[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-comica-2008-and-cormorants":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"If you're anywhere near London, don't miss your chance to book tickets for \u003Ca href=\"http://www.paulgravett.com/comica/comica08/comica08.htm\">Comica 2008\u003C/a>, an amazing line-up of comics speakers, including \u003Cb>Dave McKean\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Art Spiegelman\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Posy Simmonds\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Alan Moore\u003C/b>. London Underground Comics are doing something on 22 Nov, and be sure to book tickets for the 23rd to see the DFC crew - \u003Ca href=\"http://www.adambrockbank.com\">Adam Brockbank\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk/writers-artists/John-Aggs/\">John Aggs\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk/writers-artists/Patrice-Aggs/\">Patrice Aggs\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.co.uk\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a> and me - with three guys who know a whole lot about comics: \u003Cb>David Ashford\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Steve Holland\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>David Roach\u003C/b>. Maybe Derek the Sheep and Vern can go canoodle in the corner while we're talking.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cormorants-a0d5ab0b6f.jpg\">\\r\nYesterday everyone in my rowing club came down to paint the boathouse and get ready for the clubhouse grand reopening next weekend. (We haven't even had a loo, we've had to pop next door to the pub for a pint if we wanted to use the facilities. \u003Ca href=\"http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l27/jabberworks/cormorants.jpg\">The Globe\u003C/a>, London's greatest but least posh rowing club.)\\r\n\\r\nWe were supposed to go to the Tate & Lyle sugar factory to pick up some of the furniture they've been storing for us, but the Blackwall tunnel under the Thames was blocked both ways, so all but one of us abandoned the car and ran back for our training session in the gym. On the way, we saw these cormorants sunning themselves along the river. I love cormorants (otherwise known as common shags.) We remarked on how they look sort of prehistoric, I need to do some sketches of them at some point.","2008-10-12T08:56:00.000Z","comica-2008-and-cormorants",[],"comica 2008 and cormorants",1776628723712]