[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-more-monsters-and-a-hamster-book-launch":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"First, here are a couple more pics I made for the \u003Ci>Beauty & Beast\u003C/i> boutique in \u003Ca href=\"http://www.discover.org.uk/whatson/event/welcome_to_monsterville_-_free_open_day/\">Monsterville\u003C/a>. These will pin up next to the mirror where people (and monsters) will go for their fancy wig fittings. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/monsterpic2-754843ddc1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's a little tailor chappie to greet you when you come into \u003Ci>Beauty & Beast\u003C/i>. It's sort of like those funny gentlemen shops you find on Jermyn Street with big shaving brushes and shoe-horns. Except it also sells Marie Antoinette alien wigs. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/monsterpic3-78041708a2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt's funny, I'm not much of an expert on gentlemen's fashion, and I keep thinking, if I had more time, I'd love to get in three illustrators who know loads about this kind of thing. They would be my dean from art college \u003Ca href=\"http://sharrock.wordpress.com/\">Christopher Sharrock\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philipreeve.blogspot.com/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidrobertsillustration.com/\">David Roberts\u003C/a>. These guys know \u003Ci>everything\u003C/i> about men's fashion, ha ha. Oh...Hurrah! I just saw that \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidrobertsillustration.com/\">David Roberts \u003Ci>finally\u003C/i> got himself a website!\u003C/a> I'm bookmarking it to go back and have a long look. David's attention to clothing detail - well, everything, really - is AMAZING.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dandies-136a50e649.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Christopher Sharrock, David Roberts (I couldn't find a good full-outfit photo so one of his characters is standing in for him), Philip Reeve\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nSo you can come see my monster boutique Lolliplops old-fashioned soda fountain and ice scream shop. And the other fab stuff Ed Vere and Neal Layton have been coming up with! Here are the details:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.discover.org.uk/whatson/event/welcome_to_monsterville_-_free_open_day/\">\u003Cfont size=\"3\">\u003Cb>Welcome to Monsterville - FREE OPEN DAY - Sat, 28 May - All day\u003C/b>\u003C/font>\u003C/a>\\r\n***To ensure a space on events please call \u003Cb>020 8536 5555 to pre-book\u003C/b>.***\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Set off a Monster Bank Holiday by coming along to the FREE launch of Welcome to Monsterville with the brilliant Sarah McIntyre (\u003Ci>Morris the Mankiest Monster\u003C/i>), Neal Layton (\u003Ci>Emily Browne and the Thing\u003C/i>) and Ed Vere (\u003Ci>Mr Big\u003C/i>). \u003C/b>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>11.30am\u003C/b> 0+ Mini Monsters: Enjoy Story time for babies and toddlers in our Story Glade in the garden (inside if wet!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>1 & 2.30pm\u003C/b> 5+ Monstrous Trail: Our Story Builders will take visitors on a tour around Monsterville - can you spot all the monsters lurking in the shadows? Are you up to the challenges and games?\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>12 - 12.45pm 4+ Ed Vere\u003C/b>: Author of Mr Big and The Getaway will be coming along to delight us with live drawing we can join in with. Introducing us to his new book Bedtime for Monsters and telling us how he came up with his monster creations for Welcome to Monsterville.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>1-145pm 4+ Sarah McIntyre\u003C/b>: Fabulous illustrator Sarah McIntyre will be reading from her absolutely disgusting book \u003Ci>Morris the Mankiest Monster\u003C/i> and talking about how she created Monsterville's Lolliplops Cafe and Beauty and Beast Salon.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>2.30pm 4+ Monster Draw-off\u003C/b>: Monsterville makers Ed Vere, Sarah McIntyre will be drawing to become the most despicable champion monster creator of all time. Who will fashion the most terrible creature? Who will you vote for ?\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>3.30pm 4+ Neal Layton\u003C/b>: Join Neal Layton illustrator extraordinaire as he shows of his sketchbooks and talks us through how he produced his amazing range of monsters for Welcome to Monsterville. Discover's Story Builders will then present \u003Ci>Emily Brown and the Thing\u003C/i>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Monster Top Trumps\u003C/b>: Drop into this event and draw your own monster, decide what their special powers are and play away.\\r\n\\r\nOkay, moving on to what I did last night. I went to the launch of a brand-new picture book by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.vivianeschwarz.co.uk\">Viviane Schwarz\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.alexisdeacon.com\">Alexis Deacon\u003C/a>, \u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"3\">A Place to Call Home\u003C/i>\u003C/font>. Congratulations, Alexis & Viv! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch14-52252e4f79.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThis lovely book starts with a tiny hole full of baby hamsters who find it's time to stretch and explore their world. They have quite a few adventures before they start to think they may have found their place. The book is a lovely cross between picture book and comic book, with some full-page spreads and others broken up into panels, with speech bubbles.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/place_to_call_home-6f99e96866.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for loads more pics and links under the cut!-->\\r\nHere's writer and illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.alexmilway.com/\">Alex Milway\u003C/a> holding a copy of the book, along with booksellers from \u003Ca href=\"http://talesonmoonlane.co.uk/\">Tales on Moon Lane\u003C/a> in Herne Hill. (That's the bookshop owner, \u003Cb>Tamara MacFarlane\u003C/b>, on the right.) Alex is busy right now working on his fourth yeti book for the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.mythical9th.com/author/\">Mythical 9th Division\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch6-e8672dbcdf.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nViv and Alexis held the launch at Viv's studio, which is also a beautiful paint shop, bookshop and workshop space in East Dulwich called \u003Ca href=\"http://www.makespeoplehappy.co.uk/\">Colour Makes People Happy\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch15-14411fb6b6.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd obviously, it does! Here are the happy launch-goers:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch7-77a3912028.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Viv in her studio with her designer at Walker Books, \u003Cb>Ben Norland\u003C/b>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch1-aa79a704f7.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nA closeup of the hairdryer-sucking bear on the wall. He's so full of hot air.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch2-d1420b17cc.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThey even have a colour spinner in the back! How cool is that.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch3-69bf7602b4.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Noëlle, \u003Cb>who's launching her very first picture book \u003Cfont size=\"3\">TOMORROW!\u003C/font>\u003C/b> It's written by the wildly famous \u003Ca href=\"http://www.mrgum.co.uk/author.htm\">Andy Stanton\u003C/a> (if you don't know his \u003Ca href=\"http://www.mrgum.co.uk/\">\u003Ci>Mr Gum\u003C/i> books\u003C/a>, do go find them!) and it's also Andi's first picture book. It has the lovely name of \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/Here-Comes-Poo-Andy-Stanton/dp/0141333995\">Here Comes the Poo Bus\u003C/i>\u003C/a> and Morris the Mankiest Monster can't WAIT to read it. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch5-504d8ac553.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nNoëlle's and Andy's book features \u003Cb>poo and death\u003C/b>, what more could anyone want in a book??\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/poo_bus-974a968a31.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt was great to see everyone, here's \u003Ci>Good Dog, Bad Dog\u003C/i> comic creator and DFC Library colleague \u003Ca href=\"http://www.daveshelton.com/\">Dave Shelton\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.scribblehound.com\">David O'Connell\u003C/a>, my co-writer/co-illustrator on a book right now with David Fickling, and me. (Davids are a big theme with me right now.) Dave Shelton just finished the final artwork for an illustrated chapter book he has coming out with David Fickling in January, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Bear-Boat-Dave-Shelton/dp/0385618964/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1304505587&sr=8-1V\">\u003Ci>A Boy and a Bear in a Boat\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. Really looking forward to this one, it's going to brilliant.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch4-32ed5c9927.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Viviane about to knight her editor, \u003Cb>Lucy Ingram\u003C/b>. I think this sword actually appears in her upcoming graphic novel, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleepwalkers-Viviane-Schwarz/dp/1406323594/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304505707&sr=1-1\">\u003Ci>The Sleepwalkers\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, launching in August.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch9-8d776bc1b1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHead of Walker Book, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.walker.co.uk/contributors/David-Lloyd-3162.aspx\">David Lloyd\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch11-ffd33c3172.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWalker designer and illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://jacknoel.co.uk/\">Jack Noel\u003C/a> and illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.evewhite.co.uk/new/component/page,shop.browse/category_id,65/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,41/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=65&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=41&vmcchk=1\">Noëlle Davies-Brock\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch12-396e962cdd.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nViv had a bunch of her illustrations for \u003Ci>A Place to Call Home\u003C/i> on the wall. Here's Noëlle and photographer and cultural magpie \u003Ca href=\"http://mondoagogo.com/\">Anna Mondo\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch10-ece5bf80d8.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI love how the shop has traces of Viv everywhere. Here's her goat, and I woudn't be surprised if she painted the cabinet as well.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch8-d9ccbd2a97.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd one more of Dave Shelton and me:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/viviane_schwarz_launch13-10019c0cb6.jpg\">","2011-05-04T10:58:00.000Z","more-monsters-and-a-hamster-book-launch",[],"more monsters... and a hamster book launch!",1776628720112]