[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-elgar-was-a-softie":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/elgar-e0b98e07fc.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nTrue fact! That composer was a bit of a delicate chappie. (I know hot water bottles looked different back then, but there's nothing like a good anachronism to start the day.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Artwork\u003C/b>: I've had some people contact me about buying drawings from my blog and I've sold a few for some welcome cash. I'm not sure how many I actually want to part with right now, or how I'd set it up, but I'll have a go with this one: \u003Cb>£40 plus registered mail postage via Paypal\u003C/b> if anyone is wanting to buy. (The image is 13 x 15 cm on heavy paper a bit larger than that.)\\r\n\u003Ci>Edit: Picture \u003Cb>sold\u003C/b>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.londonexpo.com/show_features/comic_village__expo.html\">London MCM Expo\u003C/a>: I'm going to be doing some signings this Saturday the 25th at the DFC stand with \u003Cb>Emma Vieceli\u003C/b>, who draws and writes \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk/writers-artists/emmavieceli/\">Violet\u003C/a>. Not quite sure what time yet, but stop by and say hi if you're there!\\r\n\\r\nAnd the marvellous \u003Cb>Garen Ewing\u003C/b> used my picture on his \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/blog/blog.php?request=permalink&entryid=322\">Rainbow Orchid blog\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Edit\u003C/b>: Good ol' Radio 4 news flash: At 9:30 this morning, as part of his comics series, Phil Jupitus is doing a 15-minute programme on \u003Cb>Charles Peattie\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Russell Taylor\u003C/b>, the comics guys who make The Daily Telegraph's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.alexcartoon.com\">Alex\u003C/a>. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/philljupitusstrips/pip/rvjv4/\">(radio link)\u003C/a>","2008-10-21T06:08:00.000Z","elgar-was-a-softie",[],"elgar was a softie",1776628729201]