[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-self-portrait-as-shark":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"A little doodle from this morning: self portrait as shark. This is me today, working hard and clacking my teeth.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/self_as_shark_zpsa86ac39c-e275b24b42.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBut in the meantime, lots of exciting things are going on! The \u003Ca href=\"http://www.comicartfestival.com/competitions/\">Lakes International Comic Art Festival\u003C/a> has announced the two artists who have won the competition to draw 24-Hour Comics with us: \u003Ca href=\"http://www.joedecie.com/\">Joe Decie\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://warwickjohnsoncadwell.blogspot.co.uk/\">Warwick Johnson Cadwell\u003C/a>. Those guys are two of my all-time favourite comic creators, so I'm super excited. And, if I was a different sort of person, I'd probably feel intimidated, but really, it's just going to be a lot of fun. I'm hugely excited about LICAF this \u003Cb>October in Kendal\u003C/b>. I've never been, but last year everyone was raving about what a wonderful festival it was, and I'm looking forward to taking part in it. You can read John Freedman's article about the latest announcement and see some of Joe and Warwick's work \u003Ca href=\"http://downthetubes.net/?p=14143\">here at Down the Tubes\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\nWarwick has a wonderful, loose, slightly abstract way of drawing that I absolutely love; his odd takes on perspective remind me a little bit of one of my early children's book influences, Satoshi Kitamura, but Warwick's linework is much more wild. Joe takes a much more gentle, watercolour approach and his storytelling is wonderfully witty and surreal.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/24hr_comic_group_zps936e535d-24a92bcfd2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nStuart and I joined the Reeve family the other day to go see \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jeevesandwoosterplay.com/\">\u003Ci>Jeeves and Wooster\u003C/i>\u003C/a> at the Duke of York Theatre in London. It's BRILLIANT, I laughed so hard my stomach hurt. It's ingeniously worked as a play within a play and the actors make me smile just thinking about them. Highly recommended!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jeevesandwoosterplay.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jeeves_and_wooster_play_zps4768ebde-8b6ee16603.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nOkay, now some other cool things people have pointed out to me on the Internets... Check out this fascinating looking documentary Kickstarter campaign, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sequart/she-makes-comics\">She Makes Comics\u003C/a>. I've given it a small backing; think about donating something, even just five bucks via Paypal. It'd be great to see more women comics people in the spotlight. (Thanks to my web designer, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.hammerheadrabbits.com/\">Dan Fone\u003C/a>, for tipping me off to it.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sequart/she-makes-comics\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/she_makes_comics_zpsd1e33b6c-bbd003db13.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI saw on Twitter that \u003Cb>Moontrug\u003C/b> is hosting a competition to write and draw about your own Seawig creation. I don't know the amount of the Waterstones voucher prize, but I can guarantee drawing Seawigs is Lots of Fun. \u003Ca href=\"http://moontrug.com/competitions/\">Details here!\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://moontrug.com/competitions/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/moontrug_competition_zps1927ef9c-62d8f77bdf.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd check out these \u003Ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/design/2014/02/imaginative-playgrounds/#slide-id-421911\">amazing playground designs\u003C/a>! \u003Cb>Thomas Knudson\u003C/b> from Danish design studio \u003Cb>Monstrum\u003C/b> takes these constructions to a whole new level. (Link via \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/bridge\">Bridget Hannigan\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/design/2014/02/imaginative-playgrounds/#slide-id-421911\">Wired\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/design/2014/02/imaginative-playgrounds/#slide-id-421911\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/cool_playground_zps57409244-888763c82b.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>James Mayhew\u003C/b> has posted \u003Ca href=\"http://blog.moomin.com/post/76948890228/letters-from-tove-it-has-been-worth-while-all-of\">a wonderful letter\u003C/a> he received from Moomin creator \u003Cb>Tove Jansson\u003C/b> in 1993.\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's a video to make you smile: how many goats can stand on a piece of bendy metal? (Link via \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/megrosoff\">Meg Rosoff\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2014/02/goats-have-fun-balancing-on-flexible.html\">Tastefully Offensive\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2460\"/>","2014-02-19T09:26:00.000Z","self-portrait-as-shark",[],"self portrait as shark",1776628726191]