[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-ben-franklin":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I had an amazing weekend seeing some of my best out-of-town friend, from Tokyo and Brussels, and then came back to a very hard day at work with lots of things going wrong, so I drew a picture of \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_franklin\">Benjamin Franklin\u003C/a> to cheer myself up. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ben_franklin-cf35c814db.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nMy friend Laura and I saw this portrait of him on some French china when we cottoned on to a hilariously funny tour by a guide at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.wallacecollection.org/\">The Wallace Collection\u003C/a>. Apparently the French thought revolutionary Ben was the dude to know, and they had a great time fêting him when he was in town because it pissed off the English so badly. \\r\n\u003C!--more Original portrait under the cut, and other weekend pics-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ben_franklin2-368448cce0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI'd been meaning for ages to stop by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.cartoonmuseum.org/\">The Cartoon Museum\u003C/a> and I was chuffed to bits to find episode 6 of \u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i> (the penciled version and the final digital colour print) hanging next to work by one of my heroes, \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posy_Simmonds\">Posy Simmonds\u003C/a>. (Although I had to remind myself that one of the stated reasons the museum likes my work is that I am 'young, female and not dead'.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cartoonmuseum-88e18dac95.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's The Original of Laura (not the book), and Laura and me having a cosy drink with Stuart in an old pub called \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub77.php\">The Lamb\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/lauraw-94417fa414.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd lovely Belgians! (You might remember \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/261646.html\">their family portrait from Christmas\u003C/a>.) They were very excited to see \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Bridge_%28London%29\">this bridge\u003C/a>, \u003Ci>Le Pont de Harry Potter\u003C/i>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/magsmano-03b06bd4d4.jpg\">","2010-02-15T23:02:00.000Z","ben-franklin",[],"ben franklin",1776628734021]