[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-return-of-the-missing-packet":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I just found a whole envelope of comics jams from the Hi-Ex festival in Inverness that I thought I'd lost. Whee! They're giving me a real giggle, here's one:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/hiex_comicsjam-b0b6821d01.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nNews: \\r\n\u003Cb>Unicomics festival!\u003C/b> I'm leading a \u003Ci>Hungry Aliens and Manky Monsters\u003C/i> workshop on \u003Cb>Sat, 24 April\u003C/b> in Hatfield. The organisers said people were booking places fast, but \u003Ca href=\"http://www.unicomics.co.uk/UniComics/Saturday.html\">there might be some left here\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Join illustrator and comics creator Sarah McIntyre for a fun hour of weird and wacky monsters. Find out what aliens love best to eat, and watch Sarah draw Morris, the most revolting monster EVER! Create your own monster or alien and jump with your beastie into an exciting storytelling game that will have everyone laughing.\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nI'll also have a table in the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.unicomics.co.uk/UniComics/Unicon.html\">Unicon convention\u003C/a> area where you can buy books and comics from me, along with loads of other comic creators.\\r\n\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Garen Ewing\u003C/b> has just posted the cover of his new \u003Ci>\u003Cb>Rainbow Orchid\u003C/b>\u003C/i>, Volume 2 \u003Ca href=\"\u003Ci>\u003Cb>Rainbow Orchid\u003C/b>\u003C/i>, Volume 2\">here\u003C/a>! It comes out July 5th and you can pre-order it online at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=58939\">Forbidden Planet International\u003C/a> and elsewhere.\\r\n\\r\nRight now I'm listening to an Inkstuds \u003Ca href=\"http://www.inkstuds.com/wp-content/podcast/100412%20Eleanor%20Davis.mp3\">podcast interview\u003C/a> of \u003Cb>Eleanor Davis\u003C/b> (\u003Ca href=\"http://squinkyelo.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">squinkyelo\u003C/a> on LiveJournal). The interviewer has a bit of a hard time getting going for awhile after the Kate Bush song in the beginning, but it gets better. Eleanor's awesome, and \u003Ca href=\"http://doing-fine.com/\">her website\u003C/a> has had a huge revamp since I last saw it. Her \u003Ci>Secret Science Alliance\u003C/i> book has rightly been nominated for an \u003Ca href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_main.shtml\">Eisner Award\u003C/a> in the \u003Ci>Best Publication for Kids\u003C/i> category, but I don't think it's just kids who will love it.","2010-04-13T11:08:00.000Z","return-of-the-missing-packet",[],"return of the missing packet",1776628717938]