[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-comics-cuddles":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/rabbithug2-e206bde5e7.gif\"> \\r\n\\r\nLettuce is sharing \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/100958.html\">comics love\u003C/a>... Here are the first two, for \u003Ca href=\"http://mr_sadhead.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">mr_sadhead\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://cordial_kitten.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">cordial_kitten\u003C/a>, who's had some problems with flooding in her new house.\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rabbithug1-479e10ec42.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nWrite Away just posted \u003Ca href=\"http://www.writeaway.org.uk/content/view/538/1/\">my review\u003C/a> of the launch party for \u003Ci>Dinosaurs Love Underpants\u003C/i>, which has already sold 55,000 copies in its first week, not bad. The drinks were very free flowing and I was a little worse for the wear when I met up afterward at the ICA with \u003Ca href=\"http://seanazz.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">seanazz\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://ellenlindner.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">ellenlindner\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://comixinflux.com\">Stephen Betts\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.nickabadzis.com\">Nick Abadzis\u003C/a>. And I got to meet for the first time one of that evening's speakers, \u003Ca href=\"http://mikedawsoncomic.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">mikedawsoncomic\u003C/a>, who had flown over from America and has just come out with his graphic novel, \u003Ci>Freddie & Me: a Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody\u003C/i>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.britishscbwi.org\">British SCBWI\u003C/a> just posted the dates for their two-day \u003Cb>Writers & Illustrators Conference in Winchester, 22-23 November\u003C/b> . My \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk\">DFC\u003C/a> comics editor, \u003Cb>Ben Sharpe\u003C/b>, will be speaking on a panel, and \u003Cb>Geraldine McCaughrean\u003C/b> will be the keynote speaker. She's written well over a hundred books, but the one I adore is \u003Ci>The White Darkness\u003C/i>, about a deaf girl who is kidnapped by her uncle and taken to Antarctica for his obsessive scheme, and you're never quite sure how much she's deluding herself that things are okay. A really gripping read.\\r\n\\r\nWaterstone's has posted their \u003Ca href=\"http://www.waterstoneswys.com\">gallery\u003C/a> of little stories that were written on to postcards and auctioned off for charity.","2008-06-13T07:00:00.000Z","comics-cuddles",[],"comics cuddles",1776628722889]