Henry Spencer vive da solo in uno squallido appartamento fra le allucinazioni della sua mente malata. Durante un grottesco pranzo in casa dei suoceri, apprende che la sua ragazza Mary è incinta, e viene obbligato a sposarla. Nascerà una creatura orrenda e frignante che la madre, disgustata, abbandona alle cure di Henry.
Artful Penny could indeed draw anything she wanted with her magic crayon and it would spring into life. A fantastically useful toy to have. Only her best friend friend Dennis knew her secret so the two had acres of fun winding up adults, nosey-parkers, bullies, bad guys, teachers and ne'er-do-wells with her creations, or solving problems for folk, or sketching their way out of tricky situations. Penny would scribble away, her arm becoming a blurr as she worked and then - hey presto! - her line drawing would leap off the drawing surface as a fully-formed 3D object.
