[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-dfc-issue-15":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I came back from stomping through the rain to the DFC with a gorgeous cover in my letterbox! Isn't it purdy? This week's issue introduces the new \u003Ci>Mezolith\u003C/i> story by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk/issues/15/mezolith/\">Adam Brockbank and Ben Haggarty\u003C/a>. And Simone Lia's strip on the back made me shout with laughter. Must find a quiet moment with a cup of tea and read the whole issue cover to cover!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dfc15-e7f7267621.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Mezolith\u003C/i> reminds me of the Jean M. Auel prehistoric series that starts with \u003Ci>Clan of the Cave Bear\u003C/i> which I found in my parents' library and really liked when I was little. (It was the second book with adult racy bits I ever read. The first book was \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_(novel)\">Forever\u003C/a>\u003C/i> by Judy Blume, borrowed on the school bus, and the pages were just about falling out in all the steamy parts.)\\r\n\\r\nDon't forget to book your place for the \u003Ca href=\"http://britishscbwi.org/conference2008/index.htm\">Turning Pages: the art and craft of story\u003C/a> \u003Cb>SCBWI conference on Nov 22 and 23rd\u003C/b>! It's great for both writers and illustrators, and especially for those of us (like me) who are attempting to do both! Here is the bio pic of my \u003Cb>DFC editor\u003C/b> \u003Ca href=\"http://britishscbwi.org/conference2008/faculty_ben.htm\">Ben Sharpe\u003C/a>, who is just one of the many fab speakers they have lined up:\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ben_sharpe3-01f0c8e9e1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://ztoical.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">ztoical\u003C/a> in Ireland reports that copies of the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.goalanthology.com\">GOAL Anthology\u003C/a> have come back early from the printers, can't wait to see it. She'll post order details soon. (I have a one-page strip in it.)\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/goal-e99d7a474c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOther stuff:\\r\nI haven't had time to explore \u003Ca href=\"http://www.paulhoppe.com\">Paul Hoppe\u003C/a>'s website yet, but it looks very promising.\\r\n\\r\nAnd random stuff I stumble upon when I'm doing image research for my work: here's a bizzare bathroom fixture that lets you have everything in your bathroom in a single column. I can't decide it that's very, very cool or just  a bit sad that people would have such small bathrooms that they'd need such a thing: \u003Ca href=\"http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/06/plumbing-art/\">Neatorama.\u003C/a>","2008-09-05T13:45:00.000Z","dfc-issue-15",[],"DFC issue 15!",1776628723539]