[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-friendly-mermaid":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I don't normally design wedding invitations (please don't ask me to do one!), but I made an exception for an wonderful old friend from university days. Her Japanese fiancé is an avid fisherman and she thought a variation on Iris the mermaid from \u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i> would be fun.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/wedding_mermaid_zps34a6587c-6b75a8a324.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI did a couple variations on the line art. Here's one with a bit of colour:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/laura_wedding_mermaid_zps6dd44cd1-27efc5a943.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOther news: did you see the collaborative comic by \u003Ca href=\"http://audreyniffenegger.com/\">Audrey Niffenegger\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://eddiecampbell.blogspot.co.uk/\">Eddie Campbell\u003C/a> in last Saturday's Guardian Weekend magazine? Audrey drew it, Eddie adapted it into comics form, then they both drew elements of the final panels. You can \u003Ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2014/apr/29/novelists-do-comics-thursdays-6-8pm-by-audrey-niffenegger-and-eddie-campbell?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487\">read it online here!\u003C/a> (It's really for adults; includes boobs and stuff.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2014/apr/29/novelists-do-comics-thursdays-6-8pm-by-audrey-niffenegger-and-eddie-campbell?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/audrey_eddie_comic_zps6183ef26-134671f37e.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's an \u003Ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/29/weekend-comics-special-audrey-niffenegger-eddie-campbell?CMP=twt_gu\">essay by Audrey about how they made the comic\u003C/a>. You can follow Audrey on Twitter: \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AANiffenegger\">@AANiffenegger\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\nSpeaking of comics for grownups, there's also going to be an exhibition of British comics, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/comics-unmasked/\">Comics Unmasked\u003C/a>, at the British Library, curated by \u003Ca href=\"http://paulgravett.com/\">Paul Gravett\u003C/a>, from \u003Cb>2 May - 19 August\u003C/b>. Photo tweeted by writer-illustrator \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LizPichon\">Liz Pichon\u003C/a>. (I love the fact the exhibition are proudly calling it 'comics', not 'graphic novels'. Liz is a great example of someone who makes excellent graphic novels which \u003Ci>aren't\u003C/i> comics, in her highly illustrated \u003Ca href=\"http://tomgatesworld.blogspot.co.uk/\">Tom Gates\u003C/a> books.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/comics-unmasked/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comics_unmasked_zpsef42bc37-a295f2f943.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI'm rather sad they haven't chosen pieces of work to display that would be family friendly, so they're not allowing in people under 16, and recommending parental guidance to accompanied people under 16. (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/comics-unmasked/\">See the website\u003C/a> for further details.) But I'm still hoping it will be a good exhibition, and I'm pleased about how much publicity it (and comics) have been getting.","2014-04-30T12:08:00.000Z","friendly-mermaid",[],"friendly mermaid",1776628726332]