[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-dear-david-lasky":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"After dinner last night, I decided to sit down and make a comic from start to finish, even if it turned out a little messy. I based it on the letter I wrote to remarkable Seattle comics artist \u003Ca href=\"http://dlasky.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">dlasky\u003C/a>, but added a few extra bits. I hadn't known what to put in my letter to him, but I realised the writing paper itself had a back story, so that's what I wrote about. I going to try to print this up as a mini comic to sell at London's \u003Cb>\u003Ca href=\"http://comicsandzines.wordpress.com\">Alternative Press Fair\u003C/a>\u003C/b> on \u003Cb>Sunday, 1 Feb, near Euston station.\u003C/b>\\r\n\\r\nAnd good news! Yesterday I sent in the last of my artwork for my first UK picture book! It's published by David Fickling (who publishes \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk\">the DFC\u003C/a>) and written by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.bloomsburyusa.com/Authors/microsite.asp?id=532&cf=1\">Giles Andreae\u003C/a>. More news about that later! Now I am working like a maniac on a book I am doing for Scholastic UK, also very exciting.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/letter2lasky1-2d0af02bc7.gif\">\\r\n\u003C!--more Read more here-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/letter2lasky2-858dc06022.gif\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/letter2lasky3-1-42586d56f6.gif\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/letter2lasky4-1-c2a2278784.gif\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/letter2lasky5-6d3d2b42e3.gif\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Edit\u003C/i>:\\r\nPS Here is \u003Ca href=\"http://lolliblog.tumblr.com/\">Mike's mother's blog\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jakeandamir.com\">Mike's brother's comedy website\u003C/a>.","2009-01-13T09:49:00.000Z","dear-david-lasky",[],"dear david lasky,",1776628733097]