[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-the-suspense":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"The suspense, it is killing me! \u003Cb>I can hardly wait for tomorrow's bumper DFC Christmas double issue!\u003C/b> If I didn't have so much work to do today, I would go to bed now so tomorrow would come faster. \\r\n\\r\nDo think about subscribing to the DFC: you can buy \u003Ca href=\"http://www.subscription.co.uk/store/displayitem.asp?sid=2646&id=15963\">a single issue here\u003C/a>, or there are a variety of \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk\">subscription options on the DFC website\u003C/a>. Or you can get a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/DFC-Gift-Subscription-Philip-Pullman/dp/0385616716?&camp=2486&creative=10526&linkCode=waf&tag=thesecondangl-21\">mini four-comic subscription through Amazon here\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\nMessing about with ink this morning:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bookelf-dde110a6e3.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Neill Cameron\u003C/b> (of the DFC's \u003Ci>Mo-Bot High\u003C/i>) has been posting \u003Ca href=\"http://neillcameron.blogspot.com\">a Santa a day on his blog\u003C/a>, well worth having a look. \\r\n\\r\nThanks, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.themousehunter.com/blog/?p=940\">Alex Milway\u003C/a>, for pointing me toward studio aka's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.studioaka.co.uk/go/lostandfound/\">upcoming animation of Oliver Jeffers' lovely picture book \u003Ci>Lost and Found\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. Have a look at the gorgeous stills on the website. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/nabbit-4b16d2f1ac.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd I got a wonderful bundle of comics in the post from \u003Ca href=\"http://nabbit.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">nabbit\u003C/a>! His real name is \u003Cb>Peter Beare\u003C/b> and we've been LiveJournal friends for awhile, but this was the first time I'd seen a collection of his comics, and they are brilliant!! He's a marvellous storyteller, notices the most interesting little things, and has a great knack for spinning out absurd situations and making them funnier and funnier. Definitely some of the best indie comics I've read all year. Thanks, Peter! \u003Ca href=\"http://www.dangnabbit.com/comics.htm\">You can see some of his work here.\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nHmm, Garen Ewing and I have \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/blog/blog.php?request=permalink&entryid=333\">very similar posts this morning.\u003C/a> (His came first. ...'Morning, Garen!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Edit:\u003C/i> Have a look at the \u003Ca href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7656494.stm\">BBC interview of DFC contributor Laura Howell!\u003C/a> (Here's Laura's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk/writers-artists/laura-howell/\">bio on the DFC site\u003C/a>.)","2008-12-18T10:35:00.000Z","the-suspense",[],"the suspense...",1776628725630]