[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-the-phoenix-comic-goes-digital":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Not only can you get the wonder that is \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/\">The Phoenix Comic\u003C/a> in lovely, good-sniffin' print format, but \u003Cb>you can now read it on an iPad\u003C/b>! (And other formats are in the works!) This is \u003Cb>GREAT NEWS\u003C/b> to all these people in other countries who've been reading my numerous Phoenix \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/tag/phoenix_comic\">blog posts\u003C/a> but feeling sad because it was too expensive for you to get the print version posted internationally to you. Well, now you can read it! I hope lots of international comics and reading forums take up this news and spread the word. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/digi-phoenix/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/phoenix_itunes-a03cf5389d.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nHere I am at London's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.cartoonmuseum.org/\">Cartoon Museum\u003C/a>, marveling at The Phoenix's global possibilities. Oh, and also papping a shot with the amazing \u003Cb>Patrice Aggs\u003C/b>, who draws the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/zarascrown/\">\u003Ci>Zara's Crown\u003C/i>\u003C/a> strip in The Phoenix. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/phoenix_sarah_patrice-b580676ce0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThis is such exciting news for comics! Fresh new stories, funny humour strips, adventure tales,  no advertising, it doesn't really get better than this. \u003Cb>The stories are primarily aimed at kids ages 7 or 8 to 12, but adults love them, too\u003C/b>; fun for the whole family. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/digi-phoenix/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/phoenix_digital-3a3960a470.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nWe got a sneak peek at the upcoming digital goodness at the Cartoon Museum party. Here are some of the gang who bring you your lovely comics: \u003Cb>Paul Duffield\u003C/b> (\u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/starborn/\">Danica Starborn's Secrets of the Universe\u003C/a>\u003C/i>), \u003Cb>Kate Brown\u003C/b> (dressed up as Bob from her strip \u003Ci>The Lost Boy\u003C/i>) and \u003Cb>John Aggs\u003C/b> (\u003Ci>Zara's Crown\u003C/i> writer)!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/phoenix_paulkatejohn-770565c9a8.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nModeling The Phoenix on iPad and also in its \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/subscribe/\">gift-box format\u003C/a>, \u003Cb>Caro Fickling\u003C/b>, who's been spearheading the comic since it picked up from where \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_DFC\">The DFC\u003C/a> left off. And lovely editor \u003Cb>Ben Sharpe\u003C/b>, who has just passed on his hat to \u003Cb>Will Fickling\u003C/b>, but whom we recently fêted and made a special \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/529899.html\">Phoenix Issue Ben\u003C/a>. See if you can pick out a few more of The Phoenix creators in this Cartoon Museum crowd in the second photo:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/phoenix_cartoon_museum-d90fe4c6a4.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSo let's go forth and spread the good news! \u003Cb>The Etherington Brothers\u003C/b> are doing it here, splashing their \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/doogclues/\">Von Doogan\u003C/a> across the front of \u003Ca href=\"http://www.goshlondon.com/\">Gosh!\u003C/a> comics shop in Soho. And goshdarnit, you can even share the news in the pub. Here's my studio mate \u003Cb>Gary Northfield\u003C/b> (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/garys-garden/\">\u003Ci>Gary's Garden\u003C/i>\u003C/a>), \u003Cb>James Turner\u003C/b> (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/star-cat/\">\u003Ci>Star Cat\u003C/a>\u003C/i>) and \u003Cb>Adam Murphy\u003C/b> (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/corpse-talk/\">\u003Ci>Corpse Talk\u003C/a>\u003C/i>). Long live comics!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/phoenix_ethergaryjamad-7aaa2fa0ef.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nYou can follow almost everyone on \u003Cb>The Phoenix team on Twitter\u003C/b> on this \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/gnorthfield/the-phoenix-comic\">Phoenix Twitter List\u003C/a>. And keep an eye on the \u003Ca href=\"http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2012/comics-phoenix-comic-finds-issue-50-loses-santa/\">Forbidden Planet International Blog\u003C/a> for their fab Phoenix \u003Cb>reviews\u003C/b>!\\r\n**\u003Ci>Edit: The Phoenix has just set up a hash tag, if you're tweeting the news! It's \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23digiphoenix&src=hash\">#digiphoenix\u003C/a>.\u003C/i>**","2013-01-04T11:24:00.000Z","the-phoenix-comic-goes-digital",[],"the phoenix comic goes digital!",1776628724613]