[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-its-time-to-draw-molly":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Remember I said, a few posts ago, that young comics reviewer \u003Cb>Molly Bruton\u003C/b> lost her arm to a hungry crocodile? (...I mean, a trampoline? Oh wait, she hasn't lost it, she still knows where it is.) Well, it wasn't just me drawing Molly, I kicked in after \u003Ca href=\"http://www.adamcadwell.com/\">Adam Cadwell\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.neillcameron.com/\">Neill Cameron\u003C/a> picked up on the \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23DrawMolly\">#DrawMolly\u003C/a> hashtag. You can see their Molly drawings over \u003Ca href=\"http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2011/drawmolly-continues-first-cadwell-now-cameron/\">on the Forbidden Planet International blog here\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/draw_molly2-fae379ffde.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThanks to the \u003Ca href=\"\\r\nhttp://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2011/sarah-mcintyres-drawmolly/\">FPI blog\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/go_look_uk_artists_draw_for_molly_bruton_and_her_broken_arm/\">The Comics Reporter\u003C/a> for featuring it!\\r\n\\r\nI met up at the pub last night with several writers and illustrators. Here I am with Marilyn and Monsterville colleague \u003Ca href=\"http://www.edvere.com/\">Ed Vere\u003C/a>, who'd just come back from Kerala in India, as part of the Hay Festival. Exciting! \u003Cb>Ed and I will be doing a Final Draw-off in \u003Ca href=\"http://www.discover.org.uk/whatson/event/welcome_to_monsterville/\">Monsterville\u003C/a> on Sunday, 4 March, 1-1:45pm for The Big Write\u003C/b>, along with other events by \u003Ca href=\"http://sussex.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/interview-with-childrens-author-jane-hissey-35088/\">Jane Hissey\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.katiecleminson.com/\">Katie Cleminson\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.vegetablefriedrice.com/\">Chris Haughton\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://guyparkerrees.com/\">Guy Parker-Rees\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://jeannewillis.com/\">Jeanne Willis\u003C/a>. (Oh, I \u003Ci>do\u003C/i> like \u003Ca href=\"http://jeannewillis.com/SmallPhotos.html\">Jeanne's online photo album!\u003C/a>)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ed_vere-1-6219da9d76.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nLast night's photos aren't brilliant, but you can explore some of their links if you like... Here are \u003Ca href=\"\">Karin Littlewood\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sallykindberg.co.uk/\">Sally Kindberg\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://heatherkilgour.com\">Heather Kilgour\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sally_kindberg_heather-8916385aad.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more photos and links under the cut-->\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.bridgetstrevens.com/\">Bridget Strevens-Marzo\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://lydiamonks.com/#/home\">Lydia Monks\u003C/a>. It was my first time meeting Lydia, and very glad! She'd come all the way down from Sheffield.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bridget_lydiamonks-020b96876e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stevecolebooks.co.uk/\">Steve Cole\u003C/a>, whose written more books than I can count, and just finished \u003Ci>Astrosaurs No.21\u003C/i> very, very late the previous night.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/steve_cole-5ff6150431.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.deborahallwright.com/\">Deborah Allwright\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://davidlucas.org.uk/\">David Lucas\u003C/a>, and creator of Rastamouse, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.rastamousebooks.com/the-creators-of-rastamouse/rastamouse-creator-genevieve-webster/\">Genevieve Webster\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/david_lucas-9cf9dc4636.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd Heather with \u003Ca href=\"http://www.evewhite.co.uk/new/component/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,41/page,shop.browse/category_id,65/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=41&page=shop.browse&category_id=65&vmcchk=1\">Noelle Davies-Brock\u003C/a>. Lovely evening, everyone!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/heather_noelle-a236179be9.jpg\">","2011-12-16T09:45:00.000Z","its-time-to-draw-molly",[],"it's time to draw molly!",1776628721112]