Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

Comic book from Comics Uniting Nations and founding partner UNICEF  takes the action to the North Pole, and brings the message home to kids As COP 24 finishes a new hero emerged today to help lead the global battle against the potentially catastrophic climate menace. Actually, a rather old hero. Santa Claus – also known as Father Christmas, Père Noël and St. Nicholas – released a deeply personal account of his struggle to recognize, understand and take action against the impacts of rising temperatures and extreme weather events that are threatening the very foundations of his fabled workshop and village. The comic, titled Santa's Green Christmas - Father Christmas Battles Climate Change, the newest release from Comics Uniting Nations, reveals how Mr. Claus first became aware of shifting temperatures when Dancer, the lead member of his reindeer team, nearly crashed through the previously solid Arctic ice-cap during a practice landing. “Fortunately, she was soon on the...

My first comic is now out 'Santa's Green Christmas: Father Christmas battles Climate Change' .   (downloadable here) I wrote it with Michael Strauss the Executive Director of Earth Media, an independent political and communications consultancy based in New York. The amazing art and coloring was by John Charles who has worked with Marvel UK and 2000AD. The lettering is by Ian Sharman award winning writer of Alpha Gods, Hero: 9 to 5, Hypergirl, The Intergalactic Adventures of Zakk Ridley and Spacescape, Finally the ink work is by  Lee Townsend  who started working in the comic industry in the mid 90's as an artist for Marvel on titles such as Deaths Head, Action Man, Transformers. With the holiday season approaching, businesses use every marketing technique in the book to sell more products. In a clever twist on this tradition, Dodds, Strauss and Charles have flipped the script, using the iconic figure of Santa Clause to promote individual action on climate ch...