[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-phoenix-comic-announcement":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Oh look, who are those two odd characters sweeping into a certain office in Oxford? \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/phoenix_doorsign-4cc7bf0a20.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThey are \u003Cfont size=\"3\">\u003Cb>Jinks & O'Hare, Funfair Repair!\u003C/b>\u003C/font> The Phoenix Comic has just announced that writer and sometimes illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philipreeve.blogspot.com/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and I will be taking you for a wild ride in an upcoming issue! I knew Philip had drawn some great stuff for Murderous Maths and Horrible Histories magazine back in the days before he became a top award-winning writer, and I was convinced he could make a great comic for The Phoenix. He said that, if I would write it, he'd draw it, and so we were agreed. (\u003Ca href=\"https://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/wild-ride/\">Read more here on the Phoenix website...\u003C/a>) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/wild-ride/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/phoenix_jinks_news-1983985690.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nHow it's actually working out is that we're co-writing it, because drawing a comic really \u003Ci>is\u003C/i> writing it. I came up with a basic first script, but the best jokes and things keep popping up as the pictures start to emerge. And because Philip was doing a lot of the writing work, I agreed to colour it, so it's very much an all-round collaboration. I was very excited when he sent me these character sketches of Jinks and O'Hare. Aren't they fabulous?\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jinks_character_design-2edc19bc04.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSo \u003Ca href=\"https://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/subscribe/\">are you subscribed yet to The Phoenix\u003C/a>? If not, what are you waiting for?! \u003Ca href=\"https://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/subscribe/\">DO IT!\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nA couple more bits of news: To celebrate the launch of \u003Cb>Dave Shelton\u003C/b>'s illustrated book \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.co.uk/davidficklingbooks.asp?ean=9780385618960&ref=search\">\u003Ci>A Boy and a Bear in a Boat\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, everyone at David Fickling Books is blogging about boats. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/01/19/sarah-mcintyre-messing-about-in-boats/\">So here's my take\u003C/a>, including my stint as Ship's Illustrator for the Cutty Sark. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/01/19/sarah-mcintyre-messing-about-in-boats/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/toyboats18-f25da93fa9.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd \u003Ca href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/17/nelson-bob-david-woodrow-phoenix-review\">The Guardian gave our \u003Ci>Nelson\u003C/i> anthology a great write-up\u003C/a>, and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.co.uk\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a> is in the studio here, still riding the wave of 'funny and poignant'. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/17/nelson-bob-david-woodrow-phoenix-review\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/guardian_nelson-ee680825e4.jpg\">\u003C/a>","2012-01-19T13:17:00.000Z","phoenix-comic-announcement",[],"phoenix comic announcement!",1776628721299]