[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-approaching-the-runway":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/aircraft1-aa5a837197.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nToday's morning sketch is a mixed tribute to \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsor_mccay\">Winsor McCay\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Sendak\">Maurice Sendak\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fougasse_(cartoonist)\">Fougasse\u003C/a>. It's also me trying to gear myself up to launch into a huge pile of work today. I think I'll treat it like flying a Lancaster bomber (even though this airplane doesn't look anything like a Lancaster.) I'll do it with all the sound effects, that should keep me going. And ensure I never share a studio with anyone. \u003Ci>Yes, I've realised, no louche comments on this picture, please...\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cb>Artwork\u003C/b>: I'll sell the \u003Ca href=\"http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l27/jabberworks/aircraft_orig.gif\">original artwork\u003C/a> for this strip for £40 + £5 registered mail postage (a little bit more for postage if you live outside the UK) via Paypal. The image is 17x14 cm.\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nLatest briefing from \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk\">DFC headquarters\u003C/a>: If you haven't yet subscribed to the DFC (shock, horror!), \u003Cb>you can buy it for one week only in 647 branches of Tesco, from Wed, 26 Nov - Tues, 2 Dec\u003C/b>. Here's the cover, which is different from the cover sent to subscribers, but it will have the same comic goodness inside. If you live in Britain, go see if it's in your Tesco, buy a copy and let me know what you think!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dfc_tescocover-8ec821285c.jpg\"> \\r\n\\r\nI'm sure there will still be tickets for the \u003Cb>Comica\u003C/b> panel I'm doing at the ICA with other DFC people next Sunday, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.ica.org.uk/Great%20British%20Comics%3A%20Past%2C%20Present%20%2B%20Future+18414.twl\">do come along!\u003C/a> \\r\n\\r\nToday is the \u003Cb>80th birthday of Mickey Mouse\u003C/b>. I just heard \u003Cb>Brian Sibley\u003C/b> on Radio 4 discussing Mickey, and he gives him a \u003Ca href=\"http://briansibleysblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/mouse-for-all-seasons.html\">tribute here on his blog\u003C/a>. (You might remember Brian Sibley as the guy who co-wrote the BBC radio adaptation of \u003Ci>Lord of the Rings\u003C/i> with Michael Bakewell. And he \u003Ca href=\"http://briansibleysblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/d-arn-f-ine-c-omic.html\">reviewed the first issue of the DFC here\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\nWriter and illustrator \u003Cb>Alex Milway\u003C/b> went along to the \u003Cb>studio aka\u003C/b> retrospective screening I flagged a few days ago and gave a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.themousehunter.com/blog/?p=802\">write-up here\u003C/a>. Interestingly, one of the animation directors turned out to be a guy he often sees on the train on his way to work, who live just up the street, but whom he had never talked to. And the guy knew Alex's work with mouse characters, but hadn't figured out who Alex was, either. Small world!","2008-11-18T08:56:00.000Z","approaching-the-runway",[],"approaching the runway",1776628733095]