[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-losing-the-best-to-brazil":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"So sad! I painted this last night for two friends who have to go back to Brazil next week, they will be sorely missed. Come back soon, guys!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/klared_bye-804c15dd04.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nCool stuff from some of my favourite comics people I first discovered on LiveJournal:\\r\n\\r\nI've been subscribing to \u003Cb>Matthew Reidsma\u003C/b>'s monthly comics (\u003Ca href=\"http://reidsrow.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">reidsrow\u003C/a>) and this month's comic, \u003Cb>Fluff Boy\u003C/b>... man, is it lush!! The whole thing is so beautifully crafted, with a great story by Matt, and another by three people I hadn't heard of, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.lizprincepower.com\">Liz Prince\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://joequinones.blogspot.com\">Joe Quinones\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.dotsforeyes.blogspot.com\">Maris\u003C/a>. I totally went crazy over their story, showing where marshmallows come from (Grown on bushes? Netted from the sea? Harpooned? Mined? Ghostbusted?). Best thing I've seen in ages. And I was thinking that even the three pages of adverts at the end somehow fit in very well, and then realised these guys had designed and drawn every single little ad themselves! There's a lot of work that went into that thar comic, and the attention to detail gets my total respect. And I like how the comic features their community, Somerville, Massachusetts, which happens to be the place where marshmallow fluff was invented. Makes me want to go do a comic about some slightly obscure aspect of my neighbourhood, and it isn't hard to find comics people around here. \u003Ca href=\"http://unionsquaremain.org/committees/Special%20Events/Flufffest08sponsorship.html\">(You can find out more and buy your copy here.)\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ci>Here's a picture of Stuart and me modeling (mugging?) with \u003C/i>Fluff Boy:\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/fluffboy-02653db74d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Lucy Knisley\u003C/b> (\u003Ca href=\"http://lucylou.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">lucylou\u003C/a>) has an great interview with Tom Spurgeon over at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_interview_lucy_knisley/\">The Comics Reporter\u003C/a>, on the relaunch of her book \u003Ci> French Milk\u003C/i>. I bought the early self-published version and I'll be curious to compare it with the new edited version. I was happy to see that Lucy cites Archie comics as one of her early influences. When I was on the panel at the Bath kids lit festival, one of the guys was a bit sniffy (in a joking way, but still!) about my early Archie days, and it warms my heart, it does, to hear that someone else did okay and was not too irrevocably damaged after reading through giant stacks of Archie. Hooray!\\r\n\\r\nAnd the \u003Ca href=\"http://londonundergroundcomics.com\">London Underground Comics\u003C/a> gang have just put out a funny video with \u003Ca href=\"http://www.paulgravett.com\">Paul Gravett\u003C/a> to promote their \u003Ca href=\"http://www.ica.org.uk/Comica%20Comiket+18413.twl\">Comiket\u003C/a> day at the ICA on \u003Cb>22 November\u003C/b>. Their videos regularly feature lots of Sean Azzopardi (\u003Ca href=\"http://seanazz.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">seanazz\u003C/a>) doing spots of slightly bewildered-looking dancing, which is actually better than it sounds.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"36\"/>\\r\nAnd related to that event, don't miss my ICA \u003Cb>Comica\u003C/b> panel with the DFC guys, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.ica.org.uk/Great%20British%20Comics%3A%20Past%2C%20Present%20%2B%20Future+18414.twl\">Great British Comics: Past, Present & Future\u003C/a> the next day, on \u003Cb>23 November\u003C/b>. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.ica.org.uk/Great%20British%20Comics%3A%20Past%2C%20Present%20%2B%20Future+18414.twl\">(Book your tickets now!)\u003C/a> :-)","2008-10-20T07:11:00.000Z","losing-the-best-to-brazil",[],"losing the best to brazil",1776628723750]