World's smallest comic (I'm told)

Sparing you the boring details, there's this thing I go to from time to time and, on this occasion, the lady who organised the recent Comicon came to talk about it. It turns out that it was as much of a success as it appeared to be at the time, which is good news for Kendal.

Even better, there will be another one, this year (17-19 October). You can find details here.

Anyway, the lady also and very kindly brought along a few gifts for us: copies of Jonathan Ross's acclaimed 'Turf' and also teabags containing the smallest comic in the world. At least she said it was the smallest. I must admit I was a little disappointed: I'd expected it to contain a story but, appropriately enough, it was the history of Kendal Mint Cake.

I haven't started the Jonathan Ross graphic novel yet but the reviews are surprisingly good. The esteemed Neil Gaiman writes: "I most of us had 'Turf' pegged as a novelty. We were wrong. It's an audacious story excellently told that makes the most of the comics medium".