Red-Faced Monkey History

You might wonder how this comic came to be. And you’re right, there are some fun facts about it. An Elementary school class wrote the first comic and came up with the whole concept. They sent in pencilled drawings of their comic, and B! liked it so much, that they passed it along to one of the illustrators so that it could be published in the magazine.

After that, a few more Red-Faced Monkey comics appeared in the magazine that continued the story of Miko and his friends. Can you guess why Miko has a red face? Because he gets himself in all sorts of embarrassing situations, which is part of what makes the comic so fun. Thankfully he has good friends and teachers to help him out!

Classroom Writing Activity

Similar to how this comic came to be, writing an episode of Miko and his friends would be a great classroom activity. You could suggest it to your teacher! You could colour it similar to the comic above or keep it as a penciled doodle!