6 March 2010 - Lollipopman Leads Artwork for Doncaster Raceourse
Following his performance at the launch of the Doncaster Book Awards at the town's Civic Theatre, Lollipopman creator was asked to lead a group of local school children in producing an original artwork for the award's final.
With the Book Awards final taking place in a new venue, Doncaster Racecourse, the artwork links horse racing with books and reading. The horse is made entirley out of old books, the jockey out of writing instruments such as pens, pencils and keyboard keys, and the crowd is made entirely out of hundreds of book characters...
28th November 2009 - Lolli-News!
A round-up the latest 'lollipop' news from around the country. Just click on the links below to see the full story...
18th October 2009 - First Prize at Ilkley Literature Festival!
Lollipopman creator Phil Sheppard won First Prize at the Ilkley Literature Festival open mic competition last night. He beat off 19 competitors with his illustrated poem 'The Princess and the Shark'.
14th October 2009 - Lollipopman perfoms at Doncaster Book Award in "Best Launch Ever"
Around 400 students from Doncaster schools were at the Civic Theatre yesterday to see the launch of the Doncaster Book Awards. The guests also included Doncaster’s Chair of Council and her Consort:
"A captivating performance and very participative and although aimed at children it certainly captivated the adults in the audience also," commented Councillor Ros Jones "It is brilliant to see such talent working within our Doncaster Schools"
Previous years have seen top-selling authors such as Darren Shan and Derek Landy, but this year Lollipopman creator Phil Sheppard was on hand to launch the awards. The Awards website gives a glowing review:
"Phil was, quite simply, wonderful. He began by reading some of his very funny stories, complete with illustrations, which soon had the audience in stitches. He then moved on to superheroes and introduced his very own creation, ‘Lollipopman’. The audience were totally hooked!
Comments from Don Valley Students on the way home left me in no doubt as to how much they’d enjoyed themselves, words like ‘amazing’, and ‘mint’ were flying around the minibus, along with assurances that ‘we could hear you and Maureen laughing REALLY loud miss!’
Some comments from Armthorpe students were:
Cecilia and Leah, ‘Lollipop man was a bit nutty but we loved him, especially his song at the end’
Liam and Macaulay loved the ‘super villians’, the cat who stole cat's eyes from the road was good.
James thought ‘his cartoons were amazing’
All in all possibly our best launch event ever!"
Left: Launching the awards
Left: Some live drawing
20th September 2009 - Brake commissions Lollipopman cards
The road safety charity Brake has commissioned a special set of road-safety-themed Christmas cards from Lollipopman illustrator Phil Sheppard.
Support the charity by buying your cards from the Brake website.
You can also buy the original cards from the Lollishop.
2nd September 2009 - SUPER Road Safety Week Offer!
This year's Road Safety Week takes place 23rd - 29th November.
To celebrate, you can now get 5 Lollipopman books FREE when you buy 5 for your school, library or local community. Visit the Lollishop or e-mail info@lollipopman.co.uk to find out more.
This initiative, run by road safety charity Brake, is an annual event to stimulate community involvement in promoting road safety awareness year-round. Visit www.roadsafetyweek.org to find out more!
4th August 2009 - Lolli-News!
In a new feature, we round up the latest 'lollipop' news from around the country. Just click on the links below to see the full story...
This summer, Lollipopman will be part of 'Attack of the Toons' a day-long event in Rotherham.
On Wed 22nd July, 9:30am – 3:30pm, come and hear the story of Lollipopman and Rabbit of Doom told by its creator, Phil Sheppard. Then make your very own road safety lollipop!
In the afternoon, hear some of Phil's other stories, including the brand new 'Princess and the Shark'. Then make a brill shark puppet!
For families with at least one child aged 5-11 years. Places are limited and must be booked.
Please contact Laura on 01709 853395 or pop into The Willow Tree Children’s Centre.
20th May 2009 - Become a Facebook Fan!
You can now join the Lollipopman fan page at Facebook. Just click the link, sign in to Facebook and become a fan. Then you can see Lollipopman illustrations, show photos, hear the Lollipopman theme tune and receive news updates. You can even chat with other fans!
13th March 2009 - Loads of Lolly for Comic Relief!
Lollipopman has raised over £240 for Comic Relief with the help of Yorkshire schools.
Groups of Year 6 pupils at Conisbrough Ivanhoe School took part in a the 'Lollipopman Enterprise Project', in which pupils compete in selling Lollipopman books with profits going to charity. A similar project was carried out at Hexthorpe Primary School in Doncaster.
To find out more about Lollipopman shows, workshops and enterprise projects, e-mail info@lollipopman.co.uk
Lollipopman has been nominated in the Marketing category of the British Parking Awards 2009.
APCOA, one of the sponsors of 'Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom', used the books to promote the roles of school crossing patrol officers and road safety, putting the project up for the award.
Other nominees in the category include British Airways and NCP Carparks.
The awards are announced by John Sergeant (pictured right on Strictly Come Dancing) at the Dorchester Hotel, London, on 6 March.
6th Dec 2008 - Leeds Parties with Lollipopman!
The wardens of Leeds will be treated to the Lollipopman comedy show at their annual Christmas dinner - at the Leeds Civic Hall on Monday 22nd December.
29 Nov 08 - Lollipopman creator & 'Britain's Got Talent' winner to appear at awards
Superhero of the Highway Lollipopman will appear at the Lollipop Person of the Year Awards on Dec 16th. Winner of this year's 'Britain's Got Talent', George Sampson, will headline the event.
The hunt for the nation's top lollipop person is organised by Kwik-Fit Insurance, who also sponsored the second Lollipopman book: 'The Rabbit of Doom'.
25th November 2008 - Comical Road Safety Christmas Cards... On Sale Now!
You can now buy these humorous road safety Christmas cards ('Christmas Lights' and 'Warning: Christmas Ahead!') at the Lollishop.
14th November 2008 - Road Safety Week is a Winner!
Lollipopman had a great Road Safety Week! He is pictured below at Holy Trinity Primary School in Halifax, alongside Zak the Zebra and a talented competition winner. The school raised a whopping £18,000 for Brake the road safety charity... SUPER!
Left: Holy Trinity Primary School, Halifax
15th October 2008 - Cartoon Show at Festival
The Ilkley Literature Festival played host to Lollipopman creator Phil Sheppard's new show today.
'The Comedy Cartoon Story Show' features the superhero Lollipopman alongside some of Phil's other creations such as 'Mischief Mirror', 'The Princess Has To Pee' and 'When Biscuits Attack!'.
Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, the show features the usual blend of humorous stories, funny poems, cartoon illustrations and, of course, the Lollipopman theme song!
"Unusual and exciting, with beautiful cartoons and cleverly crafted stories" said Edinburgh Fringe mag 'ThreeWeeks'.
The next stops for Phil's shows are Halifax, Glasgow and Leeds.
Lollipopman features in Phil Sheppard's new one-man show, 'The Comedy Cartoon Story Show', which has been a big hit at the Edinburgh Fringe.
The show attracted massive audiences, filling its venue every day of its week-long run. The show proved very popular with young and old alike, as well as with reviewers. ThreeWeeks magazine, the biggest reviewer of the fringe, today gave it 4 stars out of five...
"What would you do if your reflection got caught in a mirror? What happened to the Princess when she had to Pee? Phil Sheppard explains through his cartoons in this hour of storytelling. Reminiscent of storybook television shows, the format cleverly kept the interest of even the smallest children by having one story in four parts, and shorter ones interspersed between.
"The energy generated by Sheppard when telling the stories was massive, and there was quite a bit of shouting, but the effort to bring it all to life was admirable. Unusual and exciting, with beautiful cartoons and cleverly crafted stories, this was brilliant fun for the kids, but outside, it was also the parents who were raving about it." (ThreeWeeks, Aug 2008)
You can now catch 'The Comedy Cartoon Story Show' at the Ilkley Literature Festival, Sunday 12th October, 1.15pm, Ilkley Playhouse (free).
8th August 2008 - First Edinburgh Review In!
Lollipopman creator Phil Sheppard's new Edinburgh Fringe show received its first review today.
The Scotsman newspaper saw 'The Comedy Cartoon Story Show' on its first day, before a couple of technical hitches were sorted out. Still, the review is pretty good...
"A gifted cartoonist as well as a livewire storyteller, Phil Sheppard's one man show consists of a main story, Mischief Mirror – about a lonelymirror that steals a family's reflections in an attention-seeking cryfor help – interspersed with a few shorter tales. The former isillustrated using a slideshow, while for the latter Sheppard uses hand-drawn pictures on cards.
"The more low-tech parts of his act didn't cause him any problems, but twice the backcloth he was projecting on to for Mischief Mirror fell down, and he had to enlist the help of "a tall member of the audience" to tape it back to the wall. To his credit, he remained resolutely good-humoured throughout.
"Ditto when he tried to name the hero of Mischief Mirror after a little boy in the front row but kept forgetting his name. The kids didn't care – these incidents only added to the hilarity."
See 'The Comedy Cartoon Story Show' at Edinburgh FC, 2.10pm, until Aug 11th.
You can also catch it at the Ilkley Literature Festival, Sunday 12th October, 1.15pm, Ilkley Playhouse.
12th July 2008 - Festival Fun!
Cartoonist and author of the Lollipopman books, Phil Sheppard, will be appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Ilkely Literature Festival this year.
'The Princess Has To Pee'; 'Lollipopman - Superhero of the Highway'; 'Mischief Mirror' ... Phil presents these stories and more in his one-man comedy show.
' ... chucklingly inventive' (Stage)
'infectious humour' (TES)
'truly enjoyable' (ThreeWeeks).
Phil will be signing copies of ‘Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom’ after the shows.
Aug 5th-11th, 2:10pm, Edinburgh City FC, Leith Walk. More info here.
Sunday 12th October, 1.15pm, Ilkley Playhouse
22nd June 2008 - Lollipopman Flying High!
Lollipopman's UK school tour is gathering pace, having just returned from Sherwood Park Primary School in Kent who gave this glowing review...
"Using songs, rhymes, countless jokes and silly voices Phil brought to life his cartoon characters displayed on screen to communicate to our children the very important message of road safety. He had us all laughing in the aisles with his cartoon characters, whilst at the same time, putting over a very important message about being safe. The follow up workshops helped to reinforce and bring everything together. I thoroughly recommend him but be prepared for non stop laughing!"
(Jan Davies, School Business Manager, Sherwood Park School, Kent)
Other schools visited recently include Hull Collegiates (pictured above), Park Primary in Doncaster and Edlington Victoria in Rotherham. Next week, it's Sandringham Primary School and Walton Primary School in Wakefield.
22nd May 2008 - Lollipopman on BBC Radio
Writer and illustrator of the Lollipopman stories, Phil Sheppard, will be a guest on BBC Radio Sheffield's 'Drive Time' slot tonight.
Tune in around 5:50pm to listen, or listen online here.
19th May 2008 - Lollipopman Gets Animated?
Local newspaper The Sheffield Star ran a full-page spread today about Lollipopman creator Phil Sheppard's hopes that his character will get his own animated TV series.
"Artist Phil Sheppard is hoping his answer to Batman will follow the caped crusader onto the small screen" writes the paper. Read the full article here.
7th May 2008 - Pops Away... All Over the UK!
Lollipopman creator Phil Sheppard's UK tour is gathering pace - with schools in Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Kent, Scotland and Sandringham looking forward to his shows and workshops in the coming weeks.
Phil is pictured above, in full superhero guise, at Hull Collegiates Primary School. The children are displaying their road safety lollipops from Phil's workshops.
Writer and illustrator of the Lollipopman books, Phil Sheppard, will be a guest on the 'MacAuley and Co' breakfast show on BBC Radio Scotland tomorrow.
Tune in around 10.15am to listen.
(left: comedian Fred MacAuley)
1st May 2008: Popping Up to Edinburgh
Lollipopman creator Phil Sheppard will be performing a new one-man show 'The Comedy Cartoon Story Show - Free!' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this Aug 5-11.
The show features a selection of Phil's stories, including 'Mischief Mirror', 'The Princess Has to Pee', 'When Biscuits Attack', and of course, 'Lollipopman'. Phil has performed two previous Edinburgh shows: 'The Ever After Cartoon Show' and 'Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom' at the Gilded Balloon.
30th April 2008: Lollipopman has a Head for Radio!
Following news that lollipop people are to wear head-cams to protect themselves from abuse and attacks, writer and illustrator of the Lollipopman superhero stories, Phil Sheppard, was invited onto BBC Radio Sheffield.
Phil discussed the story, as well as his books and tours of schools, with Rony Robinson during his lunchtime slot.
Read the 'head-cam' news story here, or visit the LolliShop to buy a book.
24th April 2008: Lollipopman on TV!
Lollipopman himself appeared at the Parkex show in Manchester today - where we was even interviewed for local television.
Following the publication of 'Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom' this week, the book's sponsor, APCOA Parking, hosted a special launch of the book at the national parking industry trade show, Parkex.
Lollipopman was on hand to give away copies of the new book to APCOA's clients, which include local councils from around the country.
The hero attracted the attention of the trade and regional press, as well as the local television station Channel M, who were keen to get a 'scoop' with a real-life superhero.
Pictured on the left is Lollipopman with APCOA's Head of Business Development, Peter Stickland. APCOA organise much of the country's parking and traffic control and are keen to promote safe roads all over the UK.
'Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom' is available now from the LolliShop.
20th April 2008: Lollipopman Book 2 Out Now!
'Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom' is available now from the LolliShop.
Visit YouTube to hear the Lollipopman song with animated pics from the first two Lollipopman books. Click here.
The new Lollipopman book, Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom, will be available in a couple of weeks... watch this space!
6th March 2008: Schools get sneak peek at Lollipopman 2 on World Book Day
Schools all over the UK got a sneak peek at Lollipopman Book 2 this week.
To celebrate World Book Day, writer and illustrator of the Lollipopman stories, Phil Sheppard, toured schools with his one-man show... with an almost-completed copy of 'Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom' in his hands.
Children at Westholme School in Blackburn, Hexthorpe Primary School in Doncaster and Our Lady of Assumption School in Coventry, all loved seeing the new illustrations, road safety tips and puzzles in the latest Lollipopman adventure (see pics on the left).
'Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom' will be available to buy from this site very soon. The book is sponsored by Kwik-Fit Insurance and APCOA Parking, with funding from Arts Council England.
To book an appearance from Phil Sheppard at your school, e-mail phil@lollipopman.co.uk now.
26 Jan 2008: Children of Robin Hood School help illustrate latest Lollipopman book
The children of Robin Hood Primary School in Wakefield have helped to illustrate the new Lollipopman book (out soon). The children drew pictures of Lollipopman and made up their own road safety superheroes. Their work decorates the wall in the book's illustration above.
Would you like your artwork to appear in the new Lollipopman book? Create a drawing of your local lollipop person and to send it to:
10 Dec 2007: The Isle of Anglesey gets Festive with Lollipopman!
Lollipopman Christmas cards are proving very popular this year, with many local councils wanting to send out road safety messages for the festive period.
Bethan Parry from The Isle of Anglesey Road Safety Team, who got some cards specially produced in Welsh, commented:
"The Lollipopman robin cards were ideal for us in Isle of Anglesey Road Safety and were sent to the school crossing patrols, Kerbcraft volunteers, schools, and other road safety groups as well as pupils in our special needs school. They really do stand out as something different in the midst of mass produced cards."
2nd Dec 2007 - Lollipopman creator in New Act of the Year Final
Writer and illustrator of the Lollipopman stories, Phil Sheppard, performed last night at the final of the Other Side New Act of the Year: a nation-wide competition for new stand-up comedy talent. Although he did not walk away with the prize, Phil was delighted to reach the final as he takes his Lollipopman comedy show to schools.
Click here to read a newspaper interview with Phil about the stand-up comedy final.
23rd October - Lollipopman Rides the Airwaves... Again!
Lollipopman writer and illustrator Phil Sheppard appeared on the BBC Radio Sheffield Breakfast Show this morning talking about the new Lollipopman book, out next year. The station got in touch after reading about Lollipopman in the Doncaster Star and Sheffield Star last week.
10th October 2007 - Lollipopman Rides the Airwaves!
Lollipopman fans in Yorkshire should keep their ears open to hear Lollipopman creator Phil Sheppard being interviewed on Real Radio (106-108fm). The interview will be played at various times throughout this week.
7th October 2007 - Coming Soon: Lollipopman Book 2!
The second book in the Lollipopman Trilogy is coming early 2008.
In 'Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom' our hero faces a crazed bunny rabbit who hynotises the children to cross the road in silly and dangerous ways. It's up to Lollipopman to save the day!
This new book is a shorter story for younger children and will feature more cartoon illustrations and puzzles. With thanks to APCOA, the Arts Council and Kwik-Fit Insurance.
The first book in the Lollipop Trilogy, 'Lollipopman: Hero of the Highway', is out now.
6th October 2007 - Big Draw for Big Lollipop at Barnsley Festival
Lollipopman himself appeared at the Barnsley Festival today with his 'Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom' show.
After the show, Lollipopman had to fly, but writer and illustrator Phil Sheppard took over to lead a workshop as part of the UK's 'Big Draw' campaign.
The people of Barnsley helped create perhaps the world's biggest lollipop (left).
To book Lollipopman and workshops in your school or festival, e-mail info@lollipopman.co.uk.
2nd October 2007 - Lollipopman creator in New Act of the Year Final
Lollipopman writer and illustrator Phil Sheppard has reached the final in The Other Side Comedy Club's 'New Act of the Year' competition with his stand-up comedy show.
Phil beat off competition from Scarborough, Whitby, Bridlington, Scunthorpe, Doncaster, York, Hull and Louth, and won the semi-final heat in Grimsby today.
Phil's stand-up show involves jokes, voices, live cartoon drawings and songs. It is nearly, but not quite, suitable for children. For a more suitable children's show, ask Lollipopman himself to come to your school (info@lollipopman.co.uk).
The final in The Other Side Comedy Club competition is on December 1st. The winner gets a trophy, £1000 and bookings throughout Yorkshire.
7th July 2007 - Lollipopman 'Big Draw' at Barnsley Festival
Come and see 'Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom' at the All Barnsley Diversity Festival and help create perhaps the world's biggest lollipop! The stand-up comedy cartoon show will be followed by a workshop where children of all ages can practice their artistic skills as part of the UK's Big Draw event.
Cooper Gallery, Barnsley, Sat 6th Oct 2007. Visit the All Barnsley Diversity Festival website for information.
16th / 23rd May 2007 - Lollipopman on BBC 1
Forget Where's Wally?, it's time for Where's Lolly?
Lollipopman has been spotted in the background of two episodes of the new BBC1 police drama, Holby Blue (see pics below).
Road safety superhero 'Lollipopman' appears on books and posters that have been used to make the Holby Blue set look like a real police station. If you spot him anywhere, e-mail info@lollipopman.co.uk and let us know!
1st May 2007 - Loads of Lolly for Brake!
Sales of 'Lollipopman: Hero of the Highway' have so far raised over £1,700 for Brake, the road safety charity.
This money will go towards campaigning for safer roads and helping people who are affected by road crashes.
For further information on the charity, visit their website.
“We are thrilled with the fantastic amount Lollipopman has raised for Brake. The money will play a vital part in helping Brake to provide road safety education
"The Lollipopman resources are a fun and engaging way of getting crucial road safety messages across to children.”
27th April 2007 - Lollipopman in 'The Leeds Guide'
Watch out for the article shown below appearing in the next issue of The Leeds Guide, on sale 2nd May...
26th March 2007 - Lollipop Person of the Year is Announced by Lorraine Kelly
Pictured below is TV personality Lorraine Kelly with 'Lollipopman' creator Phil Sheppard, Kwik-Fit Insurance Managing Director Martin Oliver, and Bob Band, Scotland's Lollipop Person of the Year 2007. Well done Bob!
Bob received a trophy, £500 prize money and an original framed 'Lollipopman' drawing by Sheppard, who also performed his stand-up kids' show 'Lollipopman and the Rabbit of Doom' at the event in Glasgow. Charlotte Hanna, Marketing Manager at Kwik Fit, commented:
"Phil presented his show with incredible enthusiasm and the children were totally captivated throughout. It was a fantastic show that I would recommend to anyone!"
21st March 2007 - This website is quite good... it's official!
www.lollipopman.co.uk has been named as a Top Ten Website hosted by Easily, the web service providers.
This is the ninth best out of thousands of others... that's right, look impressed! See the Top Ten here.
20th Feb 2007 - Top of the 'Pops
Lollipopman writer Philip Sheppard was the guest on this afternoon's 'Bob Warmsley Show' on BBC Radio Leeds.
Discussing the cartoon superhero and his role in road safety education, the show also took a phone-in from listeners asking them which superhero power they would choose. The most original answer received a free copy of 'Lollipopman: Hero of the Highway.'
8th Feb 2007 - 'Beyond Leeds' Feature
Calling all residents in and around Leeds! Watch out for this month's 'Beyond Leeds' magazine that will feature a full-page spread on Lollipopman, as well as this specially commissioned comic strip...
23rd Jan 2007 - Lollipop Person of the Year Awards
Lollipopman creator Philip Sheppard will be performing his one-man show at the 'Lollipop Person of the Year Awards 2007'.
The event will take place in Glasgow on Friday March 23rd with the winner receiving an original, framed and signed Lollipopman drawing alongside his or her trophy and prize money.
"When we read the reviews from Phil’s appearance at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival we were sure he would be very well suited to put on a show for the Kwik-Fit Insurance Scottish Lollipop Person of the Year Awards. We are delighted to invite him to Glasgow … What better way to champion the heroes of our local communities?” Martin Oliver, Managing Director, Kwik-Fit Insurance
Lollipopman creator Phil Sheppard won First Prize at the Ilkley Literature Festival open mic competition last night. He beat off 19 competitors with his illustrated poem 'The Princess and the Shark'.
Comments from Don Valley Students on the way home left me in no doubt as to how much they’d enjoyed themselves, words like ‘amazing’, and ‘mint’ were flying around the minibus, along with assurances that ‘we could hear you and Maureen laughing REALLY loud miss!’
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9th Feb 2009 - Lollipopman Up For Award!
Other nominees in the category include British Airways and NCP Carparks.
25th November 2008 - Comical Road Safety Christmas Cards... On Sale Now!
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17th August 2008 - An Edinburgh Fringe Hit!
8th August 2008 - First Edinburgh Review In!
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Schools all over the UK got a sneak peek at Lollipopman Book 2 this week.
Lollipopman Christmas cards are proving very popular this year, with many local councils wanting to send out road safety messages for the festive period. 
2nd Dec 2007 - Lollipopman creator in New Act of the Year Final
23rd October - Lollipopman Rides the Airwaves... Again! 
10th October 2007 - Lollipopman Rides the Airwaves!
7th October 2007 - Coming Soon: Lollipopman Book 2!
6th October 2007 - Big Draw for Big Lollipop at Barnsley Festival
7th July 2007 - Lollipopman 'Big Draw' at Barnsley Festival
Sales of 'Lollipopman: Hero of the Highway' have so far raised over £1,700 for Brake, the road safety charity.
21st March 2007 - This website is quite good... it's official!
20th Feb 2007 - Top of the 'Pops
Lollipopman creator Philip Sheppard will be performing his one-man show at the 'Lollipop Person of the Year Awards 2007'. 
