A HAPPY NEW YEAR - A SKELP IN THE EAR AND SOME GINGER BEER 'TIL NEXT NEW YEAR! 
That was a traditional Scots New Year greeting...well it was if you grew up reading the Oor Wullie comic strip in Scotland.  The illo above is a panerl from the Richard III book I'm doing; I worked hard to keep the subtle expression I achieved when pencilling in the inks.
 
 
