User blog:MisterJim/News Article Regarding Gumball and Jon Foster

An article from Thisisgloucestershire regarding The Amazing World Of Gumball and Jon Foster I found and forgot about until now.

IT has been the toast of the cartoon industry this year.

Now The Amazing World of Gumball, co-written by Cheltenham man Jon Foster, has been honoured yet again at the British Animation Awards.

The Cartoon Network show, which depicts the life of 12-year-old Gumball and his oddball pals, was a double winner at the awards, taking the prize for best children's series and triumphing in a public vote for best kids' show.

It also won Best Animated Television Production at the US Annie awards last month.

Jon, a former pupil at Dean Close School, said he was delighted with all the acclaim bestowed on the programme.

His mum Gay Foster, from Charlton Kings, said the stream of awards had led to requests for his autograph at the school where she works.

"We are really proud of how well it has done," she said. "I know Jon is pleased about it, especially as this was voted on by the children themselves.

"A few of the pupils have been asking for Jon's autograph which is nice."

"Some of them are the older ones so it shows Gumball has got quite a broad appeal."

Tomorrow night it will go up against other shows for best children's programme at the Royal Television Society (RTS) awards, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.