[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-its-not-a-bean-its-not-a-dog-its-both":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Before the bean dogs, just to say, come see what's happening in Tibet in Part 9 of my travel comic over on the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/08/07/sarah-mcintyres-china-travel-comic-part-9/\">David Fickling Books blog\u003C/a>! Here's one of the panels:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/08/07/sarah-mcintyres-china-travel-comic-part-9/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcintyre_chinacomic_44-6580b16de1.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd my little video of the Tibetan prayer wheels we saw. I did quite a lot of spinning.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"1040\"/>\\r\n\\r\nOur studio, \u003Ca href=\"http://fleecestation.co.uk/\">The Fleece Station\u003C/a>, went for drinks on Friday night and we got to see the new book by my comics hero and former DFC colleague \u003Ca href=\"http://www.eruditebaboon.co.uk/\">James Turner\u003C/a>. Hurrah! (James is \u003Ca href=\"http://eruditebaboon.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">eruditebaboon\u003C/a> on LiveJournal and \u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/eruditebaboon\">eruditebaboon on Twitter\u003C/a>.) \\r\n...\u003Ci>Mameshiba on the Loose!\u003C/i> And if you go over to Wikipedia, you will see that \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mameshiba_%28character%29\">Mameshiba are actually quite a big thing in Japan\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mameshiba_1-b46d344255.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nJames writes and draws, and he only wrote this book, but it is so, so, so \u003Ci>cute\u003C/i>. Look, here's a little Indiana Jones scene!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mameshiba_4-9550eb0a81.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWe got to thinking bean-dog hybrids were so \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuteness_in_Japanese_culture\">\u003Ci>kawaii!!\u003C/i>\u003C/a> that we all started drawing each other as beans. See if you can spot anyone you know...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bean_people-69209d575b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more More Mameshiba goodness under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mameshiba_5-f64cb4d2ce.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mameshiba_3-97fae56410.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mameshiba_2-56fb8c0ce6.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Mameshiba on the Loose!\u003C/i> is an American edition, but look out for it at top comic shops and if you can't find it there, you can buy it on \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mameshiba-Loose-James-Turner/dp/1421538806/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312747536&sr=8-1\">Amazon.co.uk\u003C/a> or \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Mameshiba-Loose-James-Turner/dp/1421538806/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312747592&sr=8-1\">Amazon.com\u003C/a>.","2011-08-07T20:32:00.000Z","its-not-a-bean-its-not-a-dog-its-both",[],"it's not a bean, it's not a dog, it's both!",1776628720533]