[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-comics-article-in-the-telegraph":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Hey, I have an \u003Ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bath-childrens-literature/10273425/Comic-adventures-for-kids-of-all-ages.html\">article about comics in \u003Ci>The Telegraph\u003C/i>!\u003C/a> It's all part of my Evil Scheme to make Britain a world leader in comics and get all our kids reading and making their own books. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"4\">MWAH HA HA!\u003C/i>\u003C/font> *strokes wig-wearing hairless cat*\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bath-childrens-literature/10273425/Comic-adventures-for-kids-of-all-ages.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/telegraph_mcintyre_comics_article_zps57b4f2a5-a2227a9d6e.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nYou can \u003Ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bath-childrens-literature/10273425/Comic-adventures-for-kids-of-all-ages.html\">read the whole article online here!\u003C/a> (I wrote it on the train to the Edinburgh Book Festival, for \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MartinChilton\">Martin Chilton\u003C/a>, and Stuart looked it over, then Philip Reeve proof-read it before I sent it from my hotel wifi. Thanks, guys!) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/telegraph_comics_article_zps44d3220c-8afed4dea5.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Thanks, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Alibrarylady\">@Alilibrarylady\u003C/a> for tweeting the photo!\u003C/font>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>LINKS!\u003C/b> If you want to find out more about anyone I've mentioned in the article, they include: \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/\">The Phoenix Comic\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fumboo.com/\">Jamie Smart\u003C/a> (\u003Ci>Fish-Head Steve\u003C/i>), \u003Ca href=\"http://www.eruditebaboon.co.uk/\">James Turner\u003C/a> (\u003Ci>Super Animal Adventure Squad\u003C/i>), \u003Ca href=\"http://theetheringtonbrothers.blogspot.co.uk/\">The Etherington Brothers\u003C/a> (\u003Ci>Baggage\u003C/i>), \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.com\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a> (\u003Ci>The Terrible Tales of the Teenytinysaurs\u003C/i>), \u003Ca href=\"http://www.vivianeschwarz.co.uk/\">Viviane Schwarz\u003C/a> (\u003Ci>The Sleepwalkers\u003C/i>), \u003Ca href=\"http://lukepearson.com/\">Luke Pearson\u003C/a> (the \u003Ci>Hilda\u003C/i> books), \u003Ca href=\"http://www.lucyknisley.com/\">Lucy Knisley\u003C/a> (\u003Ci>Relish\u003C/i>), \u003Ca href=\"http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/\">MCM Expo\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/\">Leeds Thought Bubble festival\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://britishcomicawards.com/\">The British Comic Awards\u003C/a> Edinburgh Book Festival's \u003Ca href=\"https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/stripped\">Stripped Fest\u003C/a>, and appearing at Bath kids lit fest: \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McKean\">Dave McKean\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stevecolebooks.co.uk/\">Steve Cole\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://scribblehound.com/\">David O'Connell\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\nHa ha, some celebrity Twitter endorsement:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/PhilipArdagh\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/philip_ardagh_twitter_zpsce2946b9-6febe14135.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThe image \u003Ci>The Telegraph Online\u003C/i> used was part of my \u003Cb>Guide to Comic Conventions\u003C/b> series. Here are a couple more, and you can read that article \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/549972.html\">here\u003C/a>/\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/549972.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ComicFestivalKids_1_zps01408471-1365e2c080.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/549972.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ComicFestivalKids_2_zpsa90e1b2c-c4ec7e214a.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>So why am I so obsessed with bringing comics to kids?\u003C/b> Here's my Evil Plan, which I laid out in a blog post called \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/501730.html\">Futures for Comics: an annual comics festival in every British school\u003C/a>. It's quite simple:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/501730.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/kid_comics_festivals_1-7a89a155e7.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/501730.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/kid_comics_festivals_2-158b56ca8a.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/501730.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/kid_comics_festivals_3-a65cda5030.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/501730.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/kid_comics_festivals_4-725eed1e56.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/501730.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/kid_comics_festivals_5-e41c420d52.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n \\r\n\\r\nThe reason I got to write this article was as a trailer for \u003Ca href=\"http://bathfestivals.org.uk/childrens-literature/\">The Bath Festival of Children's Literature\u003C/a>, of which I'm very excited to be a part! Comics are starting to creep in: David O'Connell will be leading a proper comics workshop and there are several other authors there with comics backgrounds. Martin, thanks for including us in your \u003Ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bath-childrens-literature/10143487/Bath-Festival-of-Childrens-Literature-2013-10-highlights.html\">Top Ten Highlights\u003C/a> of this year's festival! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bath-childrens-literature/10143487/Bath-Festival-of-Childrens-Literature-2013-10-highlights.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/telegraph_bath_highlights_zps3cf464ae-b0886a4789.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nYou can book you place for David O'Connell's workshop \u003Ca href=\"http://bathfestivals.org.uk/blog/event/comic-books-masterclass/\">here\u003C/a>. It's the most purely comics event of the festival so I'm gonna plug the heck out of it:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://bathfestivals.org.uk/blog/event/comic-books-masterclass/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bath_monterchips_event_zpsa99fbfe7-cd780fb726.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd my sure-to-be-awesome Seawigs event with Philip \u003Ca href=\"http://bathfestivals.org.uk/childrens-literature/event/seawigs-and-sea-monkeys/\">here\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://bathfestivals.org.uk/childrens-literature/event/seawigs-and-sea-monkeys/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bath_seawigs_event_zps619be7d9-b0608ca76f.jpg\">\u003C/a>","2013-09-01T08:46:00.000Z","comics-article-in-the-telegraph",[],"comics article in the telegraph!",1776628725487]