[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-ministry-of-magic-part-2":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Ever since I found out Stuart was working at \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/203805.html\">the Ministry of Magic\u003C/a>, I had been curious to get a tour. So yesterday evening, when I was coming back from leading a workshop at the Institute of Education, I popped in to visit Stuart at Old Scotland Yard. Except you don't 'pop' in to the Ministry of Magic, you are \u003Ci>beamed\u003C/i> in. I swear, this is true! If go there and you peek around the door, you can see the human-sized test tubes.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ministryofmagic2-1-6fd5d259a6.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nHey, have a look at this drawing sent to me by Aaron 'Smurf' Murphy (\u003Ca href=\"http://smurf_uk.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">smurf_uk\u003C/a>), who drew it while hiding out in an underground Derbyshire bomb shelter: \\r\n\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/smurfmurphy-9cd845c64a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHe writes: \u003Ci>Anyway getting to the point I've been working on a promo comic for the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com\">Leeds Thought Bubble festival\u003C/a> and one of the panels is a pile of Brit comics in all their glory. As you can imagine 2000AD and the Beano are in there aswell as the much missed DFC.\\r\n\\r\nAnd what did I put on the DFC cover?\\r\n\\r\nV&L, man.\\r\n\\r\nAttached is the panel in question. I figured you might get a kick from my attempt at drawing Pickle Rye's most famous residents.\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n...You made my day, Mr Smurfman!","2009-06-20T08:41:00.000Z","ministry-of-magic-part-2",[],"ministry of magic, part 2",1776628732793]