[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-quixotic-birthday-card":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Hello, Monday! Well, my dad had a birthday last week and I sent him my favourite book of the moment, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.selfmadehero.com/title.php?isbn=9781906838317\">Rob Davis's graphic novel interpretation of \u003Ci>Don Quixote\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. It's a bit cheeky to send to an aging guy, but hey, it's a good story, and my dad hasn't challenged any windmills yet, as far as I know... Some sheep did suffer slightly in the making of this fan art / birthday card picture, though. (Yeah, sorry, it's a little sick.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/don_quixote-7b12a6cb9f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's the book, and oh, it did make me laugh. And it's SO BEAUTIFULLY DRAWN. And COLOURED. Wow. I've already bought three copies. My dad said he remembered reading a graphic novel version of it when he was in school, possibly a Dell Classic, which is how he managed to pass the exam on it, since he didn't have the slightest inclination to read the text-only version. My studio mate Gary said he did that, too.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/don_quixote2-6fc64672fb.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more pics under the cut!-->\\r\nHere's a \u003Ca href=\"http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2011/don-quixote-were-all-men-of-la-mancha/\">review on the FPI blog\u003C/a>, where you can see a few more pages. This is how the story begins:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/don_quixote3-5e5ad802dd.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's the creator himself, showing off a Quixote sketch when we met up for drinks last winter (\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/354515.html\">blog post here\u003C/a>). \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/robdavis1-13cf7e113a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nRob's also one of my two editors on the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.blankslatebooks.co.uk/our-books/nelson/\">NELSON Anthology\u003C/a> (officially launching at \u003Ca href=\"http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/\">Thought Bubble\u003C/a> in two weeks), and reports are coming in that it looks FABULOUS. I can't wait to see it!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/don_quixote4-e2b18ac260.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOther news, cartoonist \u003Ca href=\"http://rosasquith.co.uk/index.html\">Ros Asquith\u003C/a> is opening \u003Ca href=\"http://www.chocolatefactoryartists.co.uk/artistdetail.php?aID=91\">her studio\u003C/a> so you can have a peek. Do stop by and say hello to her! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.chocolatefactoryartists.co.uk/artistdetail.php?aID=91\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ros_studio-0cae1cbd0a.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nYou can see some pictures from her latest book, shortlisted for the Roahl Dahl funny prize, \u003Ci>Letters from an Alien Schoolboy\u003C/i> \u003Ca href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/gallery/2011/nov/04/ros-asquith-alien-schoolboy-gallery\">here on the Guardian website\u003C/a>.","2011-11-07T11:22:00.000Z","quixotic-birthday-card",[],"quixotic birthday card",1776628720941]