[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-thought-bubble-approach":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I was drawing this alpaca when I suddenly thought it would be even funnier to draw alpacas as ghosts (see \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/438462.html\">two entries back\u003C/a>). But this one still makes me smile, so I'll post it.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/alpaca_avatar2-3fb64e2936.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nAre you coming to \u003Ca href=\"http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/\">Thought Bubble\u003C/a> festival in Leeds, the biggest and best British comics festival of the year? \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/thought_bubble_1-f7a9253ed7.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe festival runs \u003Cb>Sat the 19th and Sun the 20th\u003C/b>, and my writer for \u003Ci>You Can't Eat a Princess!\u003C/i> and \u003Ci>You Can't Scare a Princess!\u003C/i>, \u003Cb>Gillian Rogerseon\u003C/b> will be running a Pirate Cove Activity Table, where you and the family can design pirates, make pirate comics and generally chill out and have fun amidst all the other comics goings-on.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/thought_bubble_2-8edea25f08.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd our \u003Cb>Nelson anthology launch!\u003C/b> Quite a few new books will be launching at the festival, and we're awfully proud of ours, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.blankslatebooks.co.uk/our-books/nelson/\">published by Blank Slate\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/nelson-e9699d1a94.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nYou can read \u003Ca href=\"http://www.blankslatebooks.co.uk/tag/nelson/\">interviews with some of the creators here\u003C/a>, including \u003Cb>Woodrow Phoenix, Jamie Smart, Simon Gane, Ellen Lindner\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Rob Davis\u003C/b>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/thought_bubble_3-6ee60d2edf.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nI'll be talking on a panel at Thought Bubble about Nelson with several of the creators from \u003Cb>11-11:45am on Saturday\u003C/b>, please come show your support! :)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/thought_bubble3-0a265e4c88.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nMy comic, \u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i> has been shortlisted for the \u003Ca href=\"http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/events/young-peoples-graphic-novel-awards/\">Leeds Graphic Novel Award\u003C/a>, so I'll be giving a little talk about it to schools on \u003Cb>Friday the 18th at Leeds Central Library, 1:30pm\u003C/b>. \\r\n\\r\nYou can find a full programme of the festival, running all week, \u003Ca href=\"http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/events/full-programme/\">here on the Thought Bubble website\u003C/a>. Hope to see you there! Almost everyone I know in comics is going to be there, it'll be fabulous.","2011-11-01T09:34:00.000Z","thought-bubble-approach",[],"thought bubble approach",1776628720918]