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Never fear, Superworm's here! He can fish Spider out of a well, and rescue Toad from a busy road. But who will come to Superworm's rescue, when he's captured by a wicked Wizard Lizard? Luckily, all of Superworm's insect friends have a cunning plan...
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Axel says:
Having a worm as the hero of a story is quite a challenge. They have no arms, legs, noses, ears or anything much, so all the expression had to be his eyes and mouth. I tried to sketch him in a superhero cape ...but then that looked entirely wrong. For once I tried to get the text changed - as I really hate ear-wigs, but Julia insisted on keeping her in.
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Character development
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