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Mr Nobody, a creation of the peerless Roger Hargreaves, is to return to print in a new adventure in which he will meet Mr Happy. Here he is in the original story of 1985:

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you must go and buy these books immediately. They are wonderful.

Although Roger Hargreaves died in 1988, his son Adam, also an illustrator, recently discovered Mr Nobody in his father’s archives and is bringing out a new story at the beginning of March.

In the original story, Mr Nobody was described as ‘somebody who sort of was, but wasn’t!’, and was unable to remember where he was from, who he is, or what he should be doing. Hopefully Mr Happy will help him out. I’ve very excited.