[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-next-week-smile":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Hooray! Next week - Feb 2 - the fabulous \u003Cb>Raina Telgemeier\u003C/b> is launching her new graphic novel, \u003Cb>\u003Ci>SMILE\u003C/b>\u003C/i>!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"91\"/> \\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjAmPnXq9Dc\">\u003Ci>YouTube link\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI've bought and read all of Raina's adaptations of \u003Ci>The Babysitters Club\u003C/i> series and her work is gorgeous and her storytelling skills amazing. This one's about her experience of getting braces, and I can totally relate to all stuff that goes with that. I hope she makes a killing selling this to dentists for their waiting rooms, but it's something anyone who likes comics will love. You can see some \u003Ca href=\"http://goraina.com/books_smile.html\">sample pages here\u003C/a>, and her LiveJournal name is \u003Ca href=\"http://goraina.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">goraina\u003C/a>. I met her a couple years ago at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.ukwebcomixthing.co.uk/\">UK Web & Mini Comix Thing\u003C/a> and she was really nice! (\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/27122.html\">Photo here\u003C/a>.)\\r\nIf you're buying it in the USA and want to get it from a local comic shop, Raina writes: \u003Ci>it should ship on Wednesday, February 3. If for some reason you can't find a copy, ask the store to order one for you! If you'd like to find your nearest local comic shop, you can always call 1-888-COMIC-BOOK , or go to http://comicshoplocator.com\u003C/i>.","2010-01-25T22:46:00.000Z","next-week-smile",[],"next week... smile!",1776628733925]