[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-joy-in-the-post":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"My first copy of \u003Ci>When Titus Took the Train\u003C/i> arrived! \u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/titusbook1-c586ee3226.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIsn't it pretty? :D I've been carrying around the proofs for ages, but it's so amazing to see it as an actual \u003Ci>book\u003C/i>. I've posted a bunch of free download activity stuff over on on \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/new/titus.html\">Titus's website\u003C/a>.\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/titusbook2-735fd364e5.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd more! I gave a copy of my \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/tag/dear%20diary\">\u003Ci>Dear Diary\u003C/i>\u003C/a> mini comic to the amazing illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Riddell\">Chris Riddell\u003C/a> at the Carnegie Greenaway awards, and he was so chuffed with it that he promised to send me a copy of his own mini, \u003Ci>Hairstyles of American Civil War Generals\u003C/i>:\\r\n\u003C!--more Photos under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/riddell1-6667de9f18.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/riddell2-052fda069d.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/riddell_mini-4fa05051fc.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHe wrote, \u003Ci>This mini comic thing is addictive!\u003C/i> Yay! He's going to call his next one \u003Ci>The Book of Colours in Black and White\u003C/i>. \\r\n\\r\nAnd the post made miracles again! Here's a packet from the fabulous \u003Ca href=\"http://dlasky.livejournal.com/\">David Lasky\u003C/a>, who makes comics in Seattle. He's been working on a \u003Ca href=\"http://carterfamilycomix.blogspot.com/\">graphic novel about the Carter Family\u003C/a>. David included some of his early mini comics (\u003Ci>Dear Ella\u003C/i> features an awkward relationship with an attractive life model and \u003Ci>My Flying Dream\u003C/i> is, as the title suggests, about a dream he once had. I love that he wrote on Salmon Bay Cafe paper. My sister took me for brunch there on a visit several years ago and it made me a tiny bit homesick. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/lasky_minis-bd11741d74.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's a closeup of his comic strip:\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/davidlasky_comic-de41b94c7a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThanks so much, guys! And thanks, Bridget, for the diary you sent! :D Gonna be doing a lot more diary writing this year.\\r\n\\r\nAnd fresh in, \u003Ca href=\"http://alextsmith.blogspot.com/\">Alex T. Smith\u003C/a> just sent this photo via Twitter of our books nestled together in the shop tent at the Edinburgh Book Festival. \u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i> a whole month early!  (See you in Edinburgh tomorrow, Alex!)\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/alex_edbooks-56a9f35f5f.jpg\">","2010-08-22T07:25:00.000Z","joy-in-the-post",[],"joy in the post!",1776628718620]