[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-new-boots":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Is it boot weather yet? Oh, tell me it's boot weather. I have new boots!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/new_boots-f370be8a6a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nA few things coming up in London, if you're around. \u003Cb>TONIGHT, come over to 1 Berwick Street in Soho at 7pm\u003C/b> for the first \u003Ca href=\"http://www.goshlondon.com/\">Gosh! London\u003C/a> book club meeting, featuring Watchmen by (oh, who is that by again? I forget. Some beardy guy and another dude who just happens to be giving a talk at the same time at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.cartoonmuseum.org/\">Cartoon Museum\u003C/a>) and \u003Ca href=\"http://tozocomic.com/\">Tozo\u003C/a> by my fab friend \u003Cb>David O'Connell\u003C/b>. Here's the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115259311909883\">Comic Gosh!p Facebook page\u003C/a>, if you want to let them know you're coming along.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comics_goship-6d6025c871.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd \u003Cb>TOMORROW!\u003C/b> The marvelous \u003Ca href=\"http://theetheringtonbrothers.blogspot.com/\">Etherington Brothers\u003C/a> are launching their amazing new comic with David Fickling Books at \u003Cb>6:30 in Daunt Books, Holland Park\u003C/b>. I can't wait to see the book, called \u003Ci>\u003Cb>Baggage\u003C/i>\u003C/b>; come along for the party, it'll be a good one! It's the same size and shape as our other comics with the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.co.uk/davidficklingbooks_dfclibrary.asp\">DFC Library\u003C/a>, so it'll fit neatly on your shelf with \u003Ci>Monkey Nuts, Vern and Lettuce, Mezolith\u003C/i> and all those other fine comics... \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/baggage_launch-215d3ccb8a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd one more thing, the David Fickling Blog has a new theme this month: it's authors are talking about retellings of old stories. My favourite recent retelling is \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/Don-Quixote-1-Rob-Davis/dp/1906838313\">\u003Ci>Don Quixote\u003C/a>\u003C/i>, retold in graphic novel form by \u003Cb>Rob Davis\u003C/b>, but you can read other people's thoughts on the topic over on the the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.co.uk/blog/\">DFB blog here\u003C/a>. You'll find my post and others by \u003Cb>Adèle Geras, John Dickinson, Richard Collingridge\u003C/b> (Oo, lovely \u003Ci>Robinson Crusoe\u003C/i> pics),  \u003Cb>Melanie Welsh, Linda Newbury\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Candy Gourlay\u003C/b>.","2011-10-12T11:04:00.000Z","new-boots",[],"new boots!",1776628720812]