[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-festive-comics-cheer":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Look! According to this video, you can use \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/vernlettuce-book.php\">\u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i>\u003C/a> for sledging! \\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"515\"/>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV0_DuhHzG4\">\u003Ci>David Fickling Books video YouTube link\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nLast night our agent threw a little drinks party in Soho, and half of the gang were from \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_DFC\">The DFC\u003C/a> crew, and the others were good fun so it was all very cosy. A bunch of them drew in my sketchbook. Here's one by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.co.uk\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a>: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/gary_xmas10-8cbd38fbf9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnother by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fumboo.com/\">Jamie Smart\u003C/a>. (Don't miss his work all over The Dandy bumper Christmas issue! And, of course, his \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fumboo.com/find-chaffy/\">\u003Ci>Find Chaffy\u003C/i> book\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jamie_xmas10-66d01e0a8b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Lots more under the cut!-->\\r\nBob Etherington managed to come by train through the snow all the way from Bristol! You can find out loads of amazing stuff he and his brother Lorenzo are getting up to over on the DFC gang blog, such as \u003Ca href=\"http://supercomicsadventuresquad.blogspot.com/2010/03/thought-you-guys-might-like-to-see.html\">a comic for David Fickling called \u003Ci>Baggage\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, some gorgeous prints Lorenzo's been doing for his \u003Ca href=\"http://supercomicsadventuresquad.blogspot.com/2010/11/exhibition-invite.html\">Stranski comic book\u003C/a>, and their \u003Ca href=\"http://supercomicsadventuresquad.blogspot.com/2010/12/first-look-etherington-brothers-yore-in.html\">upcoming work for The Dandy\u003C/a>. Exciting times for \u003Ca href=\"http://theetheringtonbrothers.blogspot.com\">The Etherington Brothers\u003C/a>! Here's another drawing by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.scribblehound.com\">Dave O'Connell\u003C/a>, who's working on a picture book with me for David Fickling. Keep an eye out for the next printed installment of his online steampunk adventure comic, \u003Ca href=\"http://tozocomic.com/\">\u003Ci>Tozo - The Public Servant\u003C/i>\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dave_xmas10-c1369ddbcc.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's our fab agent, \u003Ca href=\"http://unitedagents.co.uk/\">Jodie Marsh\u003C/a>, and two new people we got to meet, a picture book creator and animator named \u003Ca href=\"http://www.harrietgillian.com/\">Harriet Gillian\u003C/a> and writer \u003Ca href=\"http://unitedagents.co.uk/ellie-irving#profile-3\">Ellie Irving\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/xmasdrinks10_2-c77bc7b4e9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThis one's by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.eruditebaboon.co.uk/\">James Turner\u003C/a>, who's been writing comedy scripts for an upcoming animation series and generally turns out some of the funniest comics on the planet.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/james_xmas10-c16a082d9f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nGary went a bit crazy with after-drink refreshments for the train-ride home, and James and I helped him polish off a bag of Percy Pigs and James played with the less tasty Colin Caterpillars. Now we all need to go to the dentist.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/xmasdrinks10_4-ffd5bf5f03.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/xmasdrinks10_5-455399774f.jpg\">","2010-12-21T16:11:00.000Z","festive-comics-cheer",[],"festive comics cheer",1776628720331]