[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-happiness-in-the-post":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/post1-f68d56807d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nToday my beautiful, beautiful beret arrived, knitted specially by \u003Ca href=\"http://knitfish.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">knitfish\u003C/a>! And my comic by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.benpowis.net\">Ben Powis\u003C/a>, very cool. Powis's layouts and pictures are gorgeous, with a slightly '70s macramé-era look, lovely textures, and the story is a simple, mythical style quest that works very well. I'm not so keen on the shiny paper and heavy black borders, I think they detract from the delicate linework and colours, but I definitely want to keep an eye on what this guy's doing.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/beret1-291f9f0861.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIf there's any way you can get to Oxford on the 9th of August, mark your diaries for \u003Ca href=\"http://www.caption.org\">Caption\u003C/a>! I'll be doing a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk\">DFC\u003C/a> panel with \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garenewing.co.uk\">Garen Ewing\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://danse-macabre.nu\">Kate Brown\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.neillcameron.com\">Neill Cameron\u003C/a>. The guy who originally hooked me up with the DFC work, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.paulgravett.com\">Paul Gravett\u003C/a>, will also be giving a talk, along with \u003Ca href=\"http://www.nickabadzis.com\">Nick Abadzis\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.devicefonts.co.uk\">Rian Hughes\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://lambiek.net/artists/i/ilya.htm\">Ilya\u003C/a>. It's going to be great!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/caption2008-e566e76a11.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI'm also taking part in a \u003Cb>DFC Family Fun Day\u003C/b> workshop at London's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.cartoonmuseum.org\">Cartoon Museum\u003C/a> on \u003Cb>Saturday, 12 July\u003C/b>. It runs from noon to 4pm, more details coming soon!","2008-06-25T07:47:00.000Z","happiness-in-the-post",[],"happiness in the post",1776628722971]