A graphic novel about ice-cream turf wars in an English seaside town has won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comedic fiction. Flake by Matthew Dooley is the first graphic novel ever to win the award, which goes to a work “in the spirit” of the Jeeves and Wooster creator PG Wodehouse. Dooley, the 21st winner of the Wodehouse prize, said he was “surprised, overwhelmed and elated” to take this year’s award. Winning the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize means it’s just got stranger in the best possible way,” Dooley said. “Now, how on earth do you chill a bottle of champagne that big…?”Matthew Dooley’s celebrates winning his Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize with an illustration.

Source: The Guardian July 01, 2020 07:52 UTC