Noddy v's the Real World
250 x 350
1993
Graphite
Stuart Lockyear
This is the little bleeder who tried to sue me. Of course the whole story to why he had a bash is cloaked in mystery. I had just had an article written about my work in the Freethinker',
an atheist/humanist magazine (Go out and buy it!). This may of provoked 'Infuriated Christian' (telephone call to Kettering Evening Standard ) to report me.
This was to be a work up for a large picture of a crucified Noddy (Unreal Person) called "I Sparticus", a drawing I am still working on as a part of the Myths fed to me as a child.
I would like to thank Stuart Lockyear for defending me against this vicious cartoon character. It showed me just how little freedom of expression we are allowed still.
We counter-threatened Noddy with the European Declaration of Human Rights Article 19 (Freedom of Expression).
Before going to court Noddy backed down, my drawing was returned to me under the threat that if I tried to sell the picture or the posters I would be sued.
We advertised the posters in the Private Eye and heard no more from him. Shame, because it still left the issue of Freedom of Expression unsolved.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
The Day Noddy tried to sue me 1
The Day Noddy tried to sue me 2