'The Food Festival'

The Food Festival is the second story in Volume 1.

It saw the expansion of Cheston Village, and development of the central characters, as well as introducing several new players - most notably "Skinny" Flint Perry and Mayor Greg Jameson.

Premise
A prestigious annual event goes underway in Cheston Village, and Billy is tasked with hosting the proceedings; but when things go wrong, Billy is held responsible - can he work quickly to put things right again, or will the cunning "Skinny" Flint worsen the situation?

Contents

 * 'Interlude': A Prologue
 * Chapter One: Business As Usual
 * Chapter Two: Research
 * Chapter Three: Billy Makes a Meal of it
 * Chapter Four: "Skinny" Flint
 * Chapter Five: Making Ammends
 * Chapter Six: The Carrot-Cake Candle Craving
 * Chapter Seven: Confrontation
 * Chapter Eight: The Search For Ryan
 * Chapter Nine: The Final Round
 * Chapter Ten: Resolution?

Characters

 * Billy Butterbread
 * Jean Phelps
 * Ryan Thompson
 * Mister Snoutnose
 * PC Janet Worthing
 * Dee Livery
 * "Skinny" Flint Perry
 * Mayor Greg Jameson
 * Keith Bennett
 * Martin Matthews
 * Charlie Johnson
 * Marcus Boyd (not named; indistinguishable)
 * "The Editor" (mentioned; appears in 'Interlude' (indistinguishable))
 * Luke Taylor (appears in 'Interlude' (indistinguishable))
 * Danny O'Butterly (mentioned)
 * Sandra Butterbread (mentioned)
 * Timothy Butterbread (mentioned)
 * Pippin Butterbread (mentioned)

Trivia

 * After the dynamite has destroyed the warehouse at the end of Chapter Nine, Billy paraphrases Adam West in Batman (1966) - "I guess some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb", in homage to the original quote - "Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb!"
 * Billy also refers to "Skinny" Flint as "Private Walker" - a reference to the Spiv, Private Joe Walker in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army - the original inspiration for Flint's character.
 * This story is the first to use hand-drawn images - as of Chapter Six - albeit in Black and White.