[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-friday-tidbits":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"First, I just had to show you this fab photo of Emma that her mum sent in, with her new Vern and Lettuce book. Her mum wrote on Twitter, \u003Ci>Emma got her \u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i> at last. I'd say (call me Sherlock) that she's happy about this.\u003C/i> Hurrah! Emma actually made a page for \u003Ci>\u003Cb>The Pickle\u003C/b>\u003C/i> without having seen the whole of \u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i>. (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.picklerye.com/\">Read it here, it's the comic on page 6 called \u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce Go to Paris\u003C/i>\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbonthebrink/5453429074/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/emma_vl-0414f36aa8.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd a huge thanks to Deadlyknitshade, who took time yesterday to do a \u003Cfont size=\"3\">\u003Cb>MEGA BLOG POST\u003C/b>\u003C/font> about what we at The Fleece Station have been getting up to. It's the first time I've shown any artwork from the book I'm working on right now, \u003Ca href=\"http://thefleecestation.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/fleece-station-frenzy/\">go over and have a peek here!\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://thefleecestation.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/fleece-station-frenzy/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/fleeceblog-07e824e3c8.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI saw \u003Ca href=\"http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2011/shaun-tans-lost-thing-nominated-for-oscar/\">an article over on the FPI blog\u003C/a> that Shaun Tan's short animation based on his book \u003Ci>The Lost Thing\u003C/i> has been nominated for an Oscar. I haven't seen the animation yet, it looks lovely. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.shauntan.net\">Shaun Tan\u003C/a>'s work is nothing like mine, but if I could decide to come back as a different illustrator in another life, I'd probably choose him.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"646\"/>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kikA9pUAnWs\">\u003Ci>The Lost Thing YouTube link\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nHere's a look at another one of his books, \u003Ci>The Red Tree\u003C/i>:\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"647\"/>\\r\n\u003Ca hrf=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrmMFFpKxgw\">\u003Ci>The Red Tree YouTube link\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Mo-Bot High\u003C/i> creator and robot-maker extraordinaire \u003Ca href=\"http://www.neillcameron.com\">Neill Cameron\u003C/a> has been making me laugh on Twitter with comments like these (\u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/neillcameron\">do go follow him\u003C/a>):\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>*just had the best timewasting illustration enquiry ever. EVER!\\r\n*It was a combination of sheer galling barefaced timewastiness and comedy broken english. I may have to frame this and hang it over my desk.\\r\n*Here's the killer line: \u003Cb>\"I am sorry, I didn't think that need pay for your draw, I think that you draw wantonly\"\u003C/b>\\r\n*I shall be spending the rest of this evening, and indeed my career, \"drawing wantonly\".\\r\n\\r\n*JimbobC: @neillcameron for that you need a kerchief, so you can drape it in a disheveled manner. You have to be disheveled to be wanton I think\\r\n*@JimbobC I am always disheveled. I am in fact never knowingly heveled.\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nAnd don't miss this \u003Cb>mad comics jam\u003C/b>, \u003Ca href=\"http://nedroid.com/2011/02/laserpony-studios-presents-the-horsemans-tale/\">\u003Ci>The Horseman's Tale\u003C/i>\u003C/a> by \u003Ca href=\"http://nedroidcomics.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">nedroidcomics\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://emmycic.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">emmycic\u003C/a> with an ending by \u003Ca href=\"http://kcgreendotcom.com/\">KC Green\u003C/a>, because you \u003Ci>need\u003C/i> to know what happens if a radioactive horse bites you.","2011-02-18T09:36:00.000Z","friday-tidbits",[],"friday tidbits",1776628719759]