[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-back-to-basics":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I lost my charger cord at BICS, so I went into the local phone shop to see if I could buy a new cable. The guys took one look at my phone and started laughing and were totally unhelpful. Sod them, I am going back to cups and string. Here is Gary and me in the studio playing with cups and string.\u003Cbr />\u003Cbr />My new phone number is two soft knocks, three loud knocks and a muffled yelp. Or you can stuff bits of paper under the door with secret messages written in lemon juice. Anyway, \u003Ca href=\"http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l27/jabberworks/dfc_ch5_b.jpg\">Bob Etherington has the same phone \u003C/a>and he is a well cool dude. I have seen a lot of illustrators with this phone, it is because we are all so \u003Cstrike>trendy\u003C/strike> poor.\u003Cbr />\u003Cbr />\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/garysarahphone-a69b342c71.jpg\" alt=\"\" />\u003Cbr />\u003Cbr />This weekend, come see my friend \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/\">Garen Ewing\u003C/a> and me talk on a panel about comics at the \u003Cb>Cheltenham literary festival\u003C/b>! We'll also get to meet \u003Ca href=\"http://www.walker.co.uk/contributors/John-Harris-Dunning-8341.aspx\">John Dunning\u003C/a>, who wrote a book called \u003Ca href=\"http://www.walker.co.uk/Salem-Brownstone-All-Along-the-Watchtowers-9781406320527.aspx\">\u003Ci>Salem Brownstone\u003C/i>\u003C/a> that's magnificently illustrated by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.walker.co.uk/contributors/Nikhil-Singh-8342.aspx\">Nikhil Singh\u003C/a>. (Have a look at Nikhil's profile, it's a good laugh.) This Saturday, 4:45pm, \u003Ca href=\"http://cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature-2009/graphic-novels-john-dunning-garen-ewing-paul-gravett-and-sarah-mcintyre/\">I think you can still book tickets here.\u003C/a>\u003Cbr />","2009-10-07T10:51:00.000Z","back-to-basics",[],"back to basics",1776628733380]