[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-spider-queen":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"For my morning warm-up sketch, I couldn't resist challenging \u003Ca href=\"http://darkwaterfrey.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">darkwaterfrey\u003C/a>'s \u003Ca href=\"http://darkwaterfrey.livejournal.com/41795.html\">magnificent portrayal\u003C/a> of \u003Ca href=\"http://www.tozocomic.com\">Tozo\u003C/a>'s Spider Queen. I loved his, but I had a totally different picture of her in mind.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/spider_queen1-5a450cd26a.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nI got a tip-off from the DFC's \u003Ca href=\"http://daveshelton.blogspot.com\">Dave Shelton\u003C/a>: if you're anywhere near Inverness on 14-15 Feb, don't miss the 2nd \u003Ca href=\"http://www.hi-ex.co.uk\">Highlands International Comics Expo\u003C/a>. Dave will be having a fling there with a lot of other good comics folk.\\r\n\\r\nAnd I just had a second-hand greeting from my second cousin in Berkshire, via DFC Headquarters, where she submitted her ideas on what the letters \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk\">DFC\u003C/a> stand for. (Hello, Alex!)\\r\n\\r\nOver on \u003Ca href=\"http://libba_bray.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">libba_bray\u003C/a>'s blog, I just saw this year's must-read book: \u003Ca href=\"http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,7847/title,Pride-and-Prejudice-and-Zombies/\">\u003Ci>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. Fabulous.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Edit:\u003C/i> Cool link from Louise at DFC Headquarters to a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.canadacool.com/COOLFACTS/ONTARIO/OttawaSpider.html\">giant spider sculpture in Ottawa\u003C/a>. I think it's the same one that was on display for awhile in the Tate Modern's turbine hall ...that one made a big impression on me!","2009-01-26T09:35:00.000Z","spider-queen",[],"spider queen",1776628727496]