Phil, aged 27, from Wheatley, created the character Lollipopman three years ago and started selling his second book on the character this week.

He already has orders for hundreds of copies from local councils across the country, who want to use the character to promote road safety.

Now he hopes to have talks with professional animators about the possibility of transferring his creation into a TV format. He is also looking to approach the Government about using Lollipopman in animated public information ads.

The former Hall Cross School pupil said: "I've already written to the Department of Transport, and they've told me they really like it. I'm going to contact the animation companies soon, and having it animated is my aim.

"I think it would make a great series and I think Harry Hill would be great as Lollipopman's voice!"

He has already created his own animated version of the character. His plans come as he releases his second children's book – Lollipopman and The Rabbit of Doom.

Writer, cartoonist and performer Phil's stories revolve around school crossing patrol officer, Pops.

When the children are safely in school, Pops spins round to become bumbling superhero Lollipopman. He has his work cut out, battling against the owners of the local scrapyard who try to cause road accidents to get more scrap.

Phil created the character four years ago. He wrote, illustrated and published Lollipopman's first adventure in 2005 for the road safety charity Brake, making them over £2,000.

Councils up and down the country have bought the books and are using the Lollipopman to promote road safety messages.

Phil, who works out of a studio at The Workstation on Paternoster Row, Sheffield, has also developed a one-man show based around Lollipopman and The Rabbit of Doom, and is touring schools and festivals.

He takes the show to Doncaster today, appearing at Bawtry Mayflower Primary School.

He is then set to take in Hatfield Crookesbroom Primary School on May 23, Park Primary School on June 19, Edlington Victoria Primary School on June 20, and Sandringham Primary School on June 26. He also has bookings as far away as Kent and Scotland.

In the new book, Lollipopman comes face to face with Hypnobunny, the "rabbit of doom" sent from the scrapyard to hypnotise children to cross the road in dangerous and silly ways. This time the book is targeted at slightly younger children, with fewer words and more illustrations.

"I learnt a lot from the first book," Phil said. "It went down a storm, but there's always room for improvement. This new book has a better story, more illustrations, puzzles, and lots of road safety tips to accompany the humour."

The book is available online. Click here

Click here to see Phil's animated Lollopopman sequence.

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