[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-comics-sushi-session":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"The other day I went for \u003Ca href=\"http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l27/jabberworks/Comic%20jams/sushi_johnemmasarah.jpg\">sushi in Soho\u003C/a> with the marvellous \u003Ca href=\"http://www.emmavieceli.com/\">Emma Vieceli\u003C/a> and magnificent \u003Ca href=\"http://aqwatic.blogspot.com/\">John Aggs\u003C/a>. Our DFC characters, John's \u003Cb>Robot Girl\u003C/b>, Emma's \u003Cb>Violet\u003C/b> and my buddies \u003Cb>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/b> came along, too. (We didn't invite the bunnies, they just showed up.) Robot Girl was a right pain in the backside. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/emmasarahjohn_sushi-859387e4ba.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Emma showing off her first cheque from Marvel Comics (with Spiderman on the envelope!) and a peek at John's sketchbook:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/emma_marvel-fed3cf4701.jpg\"> \u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/john_aggs_sketch-19fcd2f10f.gif\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Speaking of the DFC, did you know that the first book in the DFC Library series is coming out... NEXT WEEK?!!!!!!!\u003C/b> It's \u003Ci>Good Dog, Bad Dog\u003C/i> by the unimitable \u003Ca href=\"http://www.daveshelton.com\">Dave Shelton\u003C/a> (the only person I've seen with sketchbooks to rival John's, they should totally have a sketchbook battle) and it's going to be \u003Cb>FABULOUS!!!\u003C/b> And guess what, \u003Cb>you can even preview pages \u003Ca href=\"http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/extracts/dfclibrary/#/1/\">here!\u003C/a>\u003C/b> \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/extracts/dfclibrary/#/1/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dfcpreview-b221ac1534.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nGo ahead and join the \u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/dfclibrary\">DFC Library on Twitter\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0385618255/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_i4?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0JBFRP28JJXWVZGZYZSN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467198433&pf_rd_i=468294\">pre-order your copy of \u003Ci>Good Dog, Bad Dog\u003C/i> here!\u003C/a> \\r\n\\r\nThe rest of us DFC people are really, really hoping you'll support the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=dfc+library&x=0&y=0\">first six books in the series\u003C/a> because Random House will be watching sales like a hawk to see if this whole comics series thing's worth doing. And that's a no-brainer, \u003Cfont size=\"4\">\u003Cb>YES, it is!!!\u003C/b>\u003C/font> Spread the word, comics lovers, librarians, teachers, anyone who likes brilliant stories!","2010-02-22T14:29:00.000Z","comics-sushi-session",[],"comics sushi session",1776628734027]