杰克·麥基：“神秘畫手”勇奪年度新人獎

He is known as the “mystery[神秘] artist” at his local pub because he often draws on their blackboard menu for fun.

Now 16-year-old Jack Magee’s name could become far more widely known after winning the British Cartoonists’ Association’s （BCA） Young Cartoonist of the Year competition for 2014.

His cartoon， inspired by the discovery of Richard III’s skeleton under a Leicester car park， tickled[使高興] and impressed the judges， beating hundreds of other entries[參賽者] for the title in the under 18 age group. It shows the 15th century king buying a ticket for “500 years” from a pay and display machine.

Yesterday， talented schoolboy Jack said： “It only took me about 45 minutes to do.

“I’d like to get into this as a career and we’re getting to that stage in school where they’re trying to push us into job choices. I have suggested being a cartoonist and I don’t think the teachers hear that very often.”

The artistic endeavours[竭力] of Jack， a pupil at Earlston High School in the Scottish Borders， have previously[以前] been mainly appreciated[欣賞] by regulars[常客] and staff at the Buccleuch Arms， near his home in Melrose.

He takes chalks in with him on meals out there with his parents and draws cartoons on their menu blackboard. The pub’s owners have been so impressed with his work they started photographing them and posting them on the pub’s Facebook page， dubbing[命名] him the “mystery artist.”

Jack’s parents Maggie and Alain， both 52 and conservation[保護] advisers， say he has been“drawing since before he was walking.”

Mrs. Magee said： “He picked up a pen when he was a baby and started drawing on the back of an envelope. He’s been doing it ever since and has been known to draw on napkins[餐巾紙] in restaurants too.”

杰克·麥基：“神秘畫手”勇奪年度新人獎

他在當地酒吧被稱為“神秘畫手”，因為他經常在他們寫菜單的小黑板上涂鴉作樂。

如今，在他贏得英國漫畫家協會（BCA）“2014年度年輕漫畫家”后，現年16歲的杰克·麥基的名字就更加廣為人知了。

人們在萊斯特市的一個停車場下面發現了理查三世的遺骨，杰克以此為靈感創作的漫畫非常逗趣，給評委們留下了深刻印象，并成功擊敗了18歲以下組別的其他數百件參賽作品。在他的漫畫中，這位15世紀的國王在憑票泊車機前買了一張“五百年”的泊車票。

杰克是個很有天分的學生，他昨天這樣說道：“我用了45分鐘就完成了這幅作品。

“我很希望以此作為職業。學校到了這時候就會讓我們選擇將來從事什么工作，我就說想當個漫畫家，我覺得老師們一定很少聽到這樣的想法吧。”

杰克在位于蘇格蘭邊區的厄爾斯頓中學念書。此前，他在藝術創作上的努力的主要讀者是巴克盧阿姆斯的常客和工作人員——這家酒吧離他在梅爾羅斯的家沒多遠。

杰克與父母來店里吃飯時總會隨身帶著粉筆，在他們的黑板菜單上畫點漫畫。酒吧的老板們太喜歡他的作品了，就將這些漫畫拍了下來，并發布到酒吧的“臉譜”主頁上，還給他取了個“神秘畫手”的綽號。

杰克的雙親——52歲的瑪吉與阿蘭都是環保顧問，他們說自家兒子“還沒學會走路就開始畫畫了”。

麥基太太說：“還是個小寶寶的時候，他就會撿起一支筆，開始在信封背面畫畫。……