[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-sunday-times-peek":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Here it is, a peek at my comic strip, GHOST CHEF, in today's Sunday Times! I love how the goggles mirror each other, I had no idea there'd be goggled young Pet Shop Boy look-alikes above my comic. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/funday_times_2-6b7f7dd198.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nMy comic's in the \u003Cb>Funday Times, page 7\u003C/b>, but it's a little tricky to find because it's tucked deep down inside the DRIVING section. Huh? Anyway. So even if you don't have a car, don't throw away this section.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/funday_times_1-130db652bb.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe rest of the Funday Times is all about \u003Cb>Tim Burton\u003C/b>'s new animation, \u003Ci>Frankenweenie\u003C/i>. Here's the trailer! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2238\"/>\\r\n\\r\nAnd while I was in a cafe in East Dulwich rooting around for my comic (unsuccessfully on the first attempt), my former Scholastic UK editor, \u003Cb>Katherine Halligan\u003C/b> was bemusedly looking on. Katherine commissioned and edited my first Princess Spaghetti book with \u003Cb>Gillian Rogerson\u003C/b>, \u003Ci>You Can't Eat a Princess!\u003C/i> and she's been off on maternity leave. I hadn't seen her in ages, it was great to catch up.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/katherine_halligan-f9f1471d36.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOther good things! I got a very exciting parcel from \u003Cb>Nobrow\u003C/b> Press, the new Luke Pearson book, \u003Ci>Hilda and the Bird Parade\u003C/i>! I'm a huge fan of his first book, \u003Ci>Hilda and the Midnight Giant\u003C/i>, and the second one picks up perfectly where the last one left off, diving me straight back into Hilda's beautiful, magical world. The books have a very Scandinavian, arts and crafts feel to them, with remarkably well-chosen colour palettes. If you like \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tove_Jansson\">Tove Jansson\u003C/a>'s \u003Cb>Moomin\u003C/b> books, I can guarantee you will adore these. Although there's a bit of \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki\">Hayao Miyazaki\u003C/a> influence creeping in there, too, so fans of \u003Cb>\u003Ci>Howl's Moving Castle\u003C/i>\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>\u003Ci>Spirited Away\u003C/i>\u003C/b>, these are also your books. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/hilda_books_pearson-70ccd611c3.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThese two books are the cosiest thing in the world to curl up with, I can't recommend them highly enough. My 10-year-old neighbour friend was also smitten with the first book and was begging Luke on Twitter (\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/thatlukeperson\">@thatlukeperson\u003C/a>) to come out with a second; can't wait til she gets to see this one! You can get some lovely peeks at the pages over on \u003Ca href=\"http://lukepearson.com/2012/10/hilda-and-the-bird-parade.html\">Luke Pearson's website here\u003C/a>. And you can order a special bookplate edition from Nobrow \u003Ca href=\"http://www.nobrow.net/9580\">here\u003C/a>. Luke has an \u003Cb>exhibition of original artwork from the book at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, until 17 Oct\u003C/b>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.nobrow.net/9868\">details here\u003C/a>. (Give yourself time to come back to Foyles, in case the exhibition space is closed for a meeting; that happened to me last time I went to see Jonathan Edwards' exhibition.) You can also read a shorter Hilda story in \u003Ca href=\"http://www.nobrow.net/2717\">\u003Ci>Hildafolk\u003C/a>\u003C/i>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click for more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comics_reporter_carter-ebae68c385.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOther comics news: \u003Cb>The Comics Reporter\u003C/b> has just run an interview with my friend \u003Cb>David Lasky\u003C/b> and his writer Frank M Young, who recently came out with a graphic novel called \u003Ci>The Carter Family: Don't Forget this Song\u003C/i>. Click over to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_interview_david_lasky_and_frank_young/\">read it here!\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nSome weekend photos: Stuart and I took the tube up to Camden on Saturday to get him two pairs of new shoes, both British-made: a pair of \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solovair\">Solovairs\u003C/a> and a pair of Tredairs. (Sadly, the \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tredair\">Tredair factory in Northamptonshire\u003C/a> has now gone out of business.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/british_boot_company_camden-69b57c5125.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nStuart got his last pair of boots at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.britboot.co.uk/engine/shop/index.html\">British Boot Company\u003C/a>, just by Camden Town tube station, and he was so pleased with them that we went back. They know everything there is to know about British boots there. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/british_boot_company_2-bafa1fb14e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI tweeted this photo and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mondoagogo\">Anna J\u003C/a>, who grew up in the area, tweeted back that it used to be called Holt's. And she sent a link to a Madness video for \u003Ci>The Prince\u003C/i> which shows the group filing into the shop right at the beginning of the video. (Thanks, Anna!) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2239\"/>\\r\n\\r\nFunny, my very first boyfriend was totally into Madness, they were \u003Ci>his\u003C/i> band. When we were about this age of these Camden Market hipsters, I guess. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/camden_market_stables_1-df4f58f473.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI hadn't been to \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden_Market\">Camden Market\u003C/a> in ages, there were loads of horse-related sculptures that I don't think I'd ever seen before. I guess they're trying to bring back some of the horse stable history of the place. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/camden_market_stables_2-e4937e54e9.jpg\">","2012-10-14T14:52:00.000Z","sunday-times-peek",[],"sunday times peek",1776628724316]