[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-cool-cat":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I saw this elderly gentleman in a cafe yesterday who managed completely to ignore the fact there were four children running madly around the next table and one of them projectile vomiting. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cafe_cat1-545002f588.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nGo have a look over at the DFC's \u003Ca href=\"http://supercomicsadventuresquad.blogspot.com\">Super Comics Adventure Squad's new blog\u003C/a>: \u003Cb>Dave Shelton, Garen Ewing, Gary Northfield, Neill Cameron and Wilbur Dawbarn have started a Dinosaur and Monster Draw-off!\u003C/b> I think I will jump in at some point.\\r\n\\r\nRelated to \u003Ca href=\"http://eruditebaboon.livejournal.com/13784.html\">James Turner's most recent post\u003C/a>, we have the sad news that the \u003Cb>Saturday Guardian\u003C/b> will no longer be running The Comic section, so that's the end of \u003Ci>Super Animal Adventure Squad\u003C/i> and \u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i> on Saturdays, boo. You can read hi-res versions of James' strip \u003Ca href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/mar/28/super-animal-adventure-squad\">on the Guardian website\u003C/a>, but I guess because mine wasn't an ongoing story, they didn't feel the need to post it. Ah, well. Moving on... \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Forbidden Planet International\u003C/b> blog have been wonderful in their coverage of the DFC, with Richard Bruton reviewing every single one of the 43 issues. You can read numerous recent posts on the subject \u003Ca href=\"http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/index.php?s=DFC&x=39&y=11\">here\u003C/a>. Thanks so much for your support, FPI!\\r\n\\r\nSo are you coming to the \u003Cb>Oxford Literary Festival\u003C/b> next Saturday for the \u003Cb>DFC panel\u003C/b> with David Ficking, John Aggs, the Etherington Brothers and me? We're going ahead with it, David's got Plans. 12 noon, it's £5, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sundaytimes-oxfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events_04april.htm\">book your tickets here\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>The Crystal Palace Children's Book Festival\u003C/b> has a programme! It's going to be amazing family fun, click on the images to see a readable version of the flyer. (Thanks, Alex Milway, for putting that together!) Participants will include the DFC's Kate Brown, Gary Northfield, Woodrow Phoenix, Emma Vieceli, Garen Ewing, and also Ellen Lindner, Alex Milway, David O'Connell, Tom Percival, Viviane Schwarz, Kim Toohey, Migy and more.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l27/jabberworks/crystalpfest_bk1.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/crystalpfest_bk1sm-d6ef376082.jpg\" />\\r\n\u003C/a> \u003Ca href=\"http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l27/jabberworks/crystalpfest_bk2.gif\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/crystalpfest_bk2sm-f6c384bd5d.gif\" />\\r\n\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nLots of people are posting write-ups of the \u003Cb>UK Web & Mini Comics Thing\u003C/b>. I was chuffed to see Irishman Dale O'Flaherty included me in the \u003Ca href=\"http://daleof.livejournal.com/56126.html\">many fab portraits he's drawing of people who were there\u003C/a>. Thanks, Dale!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dale_portrt-b5a69342d1.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nRead Joe Decie's write-up \u003Ca href=\"http://joedecie.livejournal.com/36577.html\">here\u003C/a> and see his anthology entry \u003Ca href=\"http://joedecie.livejournal.com/36120.html\">here\u003C/a>\\r\nDavid O'Connell also contributed to the Thing anthology \u003Ca href=\"http://tozocomic.livejournal.com/59892.html\">here\u003C/a>\\r\nMore reviews from comics translation website \u003Ca href=\"http://comixinflux.com/influx/blogpost/49\">Comix Influx\u003C/a>, also from \u003Ca href=\"http://jinty.livejournal.com/550837.html\">Jenni Scott\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://beatonna.livejournal.com/90114.html\">Kate Beaton\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://mondoagogo.livejournal.com/183128.html\">Anna Mondo\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://harveyjames.livejournal.com/123165.html\">James Harvey\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://jimtyson.livejournal.com/1668.html\">Jim Tyson\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://shug-comics.livejournal.com/24387.html\">Shug Raine\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://ztoical.livejournal.com/39584.html\">Cliodhna Lyons\u003C/a>. And surely more to follow!","2009-03-31T07:15:00.000Z","cool-cat",[],"cool cat",1776628731480]