[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-david-oconnell-francesca-gambatesa-when-im-a-monster-like-you-dad":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"So my Jampires co-author \u003Ca href=\"http://davidoconnell.uk/\">David O'Connell\u003C/a> has just released another picture book! This time he wrote the book, and HarperCollins teamed him up with illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.francescagam.co.uk/#/whenimamonsterlikeyou/\">Francesca Gambatesa\u003C/a>, and it's all about fathers, and out just in time for Father's Day! :) (Here's a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.francescagam.co.uk/#/whenimamonsterlikeyou/\">link to it on Francesca's website\u003C/a>, where you can see some early sketches of \u003Ci>When I'm a Monster Like You, Dad!\u003C/i>.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dave_fran_book_zpsnkhn2mbd-c841e06d26.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSo a bunch of us went along to \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/GoshComics\">Gosh Comics\u003C/a> in Soho to celebrate! Gosh are awesome at not only stocking comics, but also a range of other illustrated books, often by people who also make comics. Here's a photo nabbed from \u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/GoshComicsLondon/?fref=ts\">Gosh's Facebook page\u003C/a>. (I wore my new flourescent jumper, wahey.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/gosh_photo_zpsjcyyrstx-c5b333e698.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\nA big congrats to Francesca because, while she's done lots of other illustration work in different formats, this is her first picture book, and it's lovely. Hurrah! (We agreed that picture books are \u003Ci>quite a lot of work\u003C/i> and take \u003Ci>quite a lot of time\u003C/i> to illustrate.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/franbook_zpsob2hlxu8-d34df1cc1d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Dave doing a dramatic reading with one of Francesca's pictures on the screen. It's about a little monster who thinks he can have fun being big and scary like his dad as a grownup, but the dad shows his kid how they can have fun together right now. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dave_fran_reading_zps59dmczdz-a93b7226f9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd then there was a big signing. (Stuart got our copy dedicated to both of us and we shall treasure it.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dave_fran_signing_zpsqpurz43g-b9774efc8b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nFab to see writer-illustrator friends \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Lillustrator\">Laura Ellen Anderson\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jamieillustrate\">Jamie Littler\u003C/a> and my studio mate \u003Ca href=\"http://elissaelwick.co.uk/\">Elissa Elwick\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/lil_jamie_ellie_zpsvfdwuqz6-263c0729e9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd the crafty artists \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/teasemade\">Sami Teasdale\u003C/a> and my former studio mate \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/deadlyknitshade\">Lauren O'Farrell\u003C/a> (aka Deadly Knitshade):\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sami_lauren_gosh_zpslf6l3vfe-feae1ff04b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSide note: did you see the amazing phone box cosie that Lauren and Sami knitted for The Clangers? \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.whodunnknit.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/112002_original-df206e927f.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by David Jensen from \u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/whodunnknit/?fref=photo\">Knit The City Facebook page\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nThanks to Gosh's lovely \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ventswhales\">Steven Walsh\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ExLibrisNora\">Nora Goldberg\u003C/a> (and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.breakdownpress.com/about/\">Tom Oldham\u003C/a> who was manning the basement) for hosting! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/steven_nora_gosh_zpskh4kbds8-c0961461e7.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd since I was practically the only person who'd never tweeted a selfie from the Gosh loo, that was WHAT I GONE AND DONE.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/gosh_selfie_zpsulsolg1u-16f4a93208.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHuge congrats, Dave and Francesca!","2016-05-31T12:54:00.000Z","david-oconnell-francesca-gambatesa-when-im-a-monster-like-you-dad",[],"david o'connell & francesca gambatesa: when i'm a monster like you, dad!",1776628728415]