[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-saturday-the-day-everything-happens":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"First, I have to show off this fabulous Sea Monkey drawing from \u003Cb>Olivia Sell\u003C/b>, age 6. She wrote in her e-mail: \\r\n\u003Ci>Here is a picture of the Sea Monkey that I drew at my house.  I drew it after I saw you give a talk at the Emirates Literary Festival in Dubai where I live. I made him have clothes and he’s lost some teeth.  He’s shaking water off him because he’s just come out of the sea. His name is “Beep”. I hope you like him.\u003C/i> ... I LOVE him! :D \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seamonkey_olivia_zps67980887-66830cdee9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nNow, there is SO MUCH STUFF happening around southeast England tomorrow! Check this out, it's almost mind-boggling. First, in \u003Cb>Oxford\u003C/b>, there's the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/phoenixfest/\">Phoenix Fest\u003C/a>, happening at the Story Museum, with an incredible all-day line-up of comics professionals, including my excellent studio mate \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.com/\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/phoenixfest/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/phoenixfest_zps9d6058ba-b3e4cc4c45.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\nNext up, \u003Cb>London\u003C/b>: Gosh Comics in Soho are celebrating \u003Ca href=\"http://www.goshlondon.com/2014/04/the-gosh-authority-30414/\">Free Comic Book Day\u003C/a>! Again, and incredible line-up! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.goshlondon.com/2014/04/the-gosh-authority-30414/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/goshcomics_zps048ad6bb-c9861f784c.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Essex!\u003C/b> You have the \u003Ca href=\"http://pop-up.org.uk/festival/\">Pop Up Festival\u003C/a> at your doorstep! Click here to see a \u003Ca href=\"http://pop-up.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/POPUP_FESTIVAL2014_Programme-med-res.pdf\">PDF of the whole programme\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://pop-up.org.uk/festival/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_essex_zpsd2741775-e3df325997.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nOo, and one more in \u003Cb>London\u003C/b>. I'm a big fan of \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/isabelgreenberg\">Isabel Greenberg\u003C/a>'s comics, and here's her wall at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/pick-me-up-2014\">Pick Me Up festival\u003C/a> at Somerset House, near Trafalgar Square. Again, an amazing line-up, loads of events, and an exhibition.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/pick-me-up-2014\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pickmeup_zpsdfeb66be-611519ad62.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Edit:\u003C/i> And Philip Ardagh has flagged that \u003Cb>Stratford-upon-Avon\u003C/b>'s Literary Festival is having their \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/event/childrens-book-day\">Children's Book Day\u003C/a> on Sunday! \\r\n\\r\nAnd I'll leave you with a music video by \u003Ca href=\"http://american-interior.com/\">Gruff Rhys and Super Furry Animals\u003C/a> called \u003Ci>American Interior\u003C/i>. I'd never heard of them, but my friend Louise Evans (aka \u003Ca href=\"http://www.feltmistress.com/\">Felt Mistress\u003C/a>) designed a felt version of 18th-century explorer John Evans for the film. Apparently Evans traveled to America in 1792 on a mission to find a Welsh-speaking Native American tribe. I was mostly just psyched to see Louise's work in it, but it's a lovely song, too. You can follow Louise on Twitter as \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FeltMistress\">@FeltMistress\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2639\"/>","2014-05-02T21:04:00.000Z","saturday-the-day-everything-happens",[],"saturday, the day everything happens",1776628726352]