[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-ugly-whippet-and-linky-links":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Last night I was tired and brain dead, so I did some winding down by drawing an ugly whippet in a dress.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/ugly_whippet-503ce83f5d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSome links!\\r\nI got a wonderful e-mail the other day from \u003Cb>Cynthia Shelton\u003C/b>, who lives on a boat with her dog and \u003Ca href=\"http://cynxing.com/liveaboard/\">makes comics about it!\u003C/a>. Not am I only very envious of her boat and trying to figure out a way to go visit her on the California coast, the comics have a real warmth to them that makes me want to go and trawl through all her archives.\\r\n\\r\nA great \u003Ca href=\"http://www.shinyshelf.com/article/3/4/1654\">Shiny Shelf review\u003C/a> of \u003Cb>David O'Connell\u003C/b>'s \u003Ci>Tozo\u003C/i> comic. And have a look at the daily panels he's posting over at \u003Ca href=\"http://tozocomic.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">tozocomic\u003C/a>!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://worldfamousdesignjunkies.com/blessings/russian-christmas-postcards-from-outer-space/\">Russian Christmas postcards from outer space\u003C/a>\\r\nLovely \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sutkutusu.com/post/243719755/ideia\">Scott Campbell drawings\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Cb>Nicola Linder\u003C/b> has made some fab \u003Ca href=\"http://worldfamousdesignjunkies.com/fashion/the-very-literal-dresses/\">Very Literal Dresses\u003C/a>.\\r\n\u003Ci>(Thanks for those three, web designer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.hammerheadrabbits.com\">Dan Fone\u003C/a>\u003C/i>)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://sketchysantas.com/\">Some very dodgy Santa photos\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Garen Ewing\u003C/b> just posted a link over on the \u003Ca href=\"http://supercomicsadventuresquad.blogspot.com/\">Super Comics Adventure Squad\u003C/a> to \u003Cb>Patrice Aggs\u003C/b>' new comic, \u003Ci>\u003Cb>Midnite Owl\u003C/b>\u003C/i>.\\r\n\\r\nSome great things going on with \u003Cb>Stitch and Bitch London\u003C/b>. Read a hilarious \u003Ca href=\"http://ow.ly/IBbi\">interview with Derek the Sheep here!\u003C/a> (And you can win a signed copy of his book!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://ow.ly/IBbi\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/snblondon-ad08dbc768.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/Morris-Mankiest-Monster-Giles-Andreae/dp/0385615116/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253090176&sr=8-1\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/morris_button-1-49eb93c898.jpg\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"left\">\u003C/a>\u003Cb>\u003Ci>Morris the Mankiest Monster\u003C/i> reviews!\u003C/b>\\r\n\\r\nComics artist \u003Ca href=\"http://www.cartoonkate.co.uk/\">Kate Evans\u003C/a> wrote:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Morris the mankiest monster is a huge hit with my son. We went to Morrisons the mankiest supermarket the other day, and he was pretending to buy belly button cordial from the juice section.\u003C/i> \\r\n... Ha ha!\\r\n\\r\nMorris also had a review by the \u003Ca href=\"http://madhousefamilyreviews.blogspot.com/2009/12/morris-mankiest-monster-giles-andreae.html\">Madhouse Family\u003C/a> here. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>The illustrations are brilliant too - brightly coloured and intricate enough for you to notice extra details every time you read it through. As it's relatively short and written in rhyme, young non-readers will soon pick up at least parts of it and join in as you read along. (\u003Ca href=\"http://madhousefamilyreviews.blogspot.com/2009/12/morris-mankiest-monster-giles-andreae.html\">Read More\u003C/a>)\u003C/i>\u003Cbr clear=\"LEFT\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd \u003Cb>The Daily Mail\u003C/b> \u003Ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1224088/Childrens-books.html\">wrote here\u003C/a>: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Never underestimate the thrill young children get from books full of slime, smells, snot and stomach-churning scabs. Fortunately, this celebration of squalor makes Shrek look positively antiseptic and will provoke squeals of disgusted delight as its bold yellow ogre beams out his joy at life. Lovely pacey rhyme and bright illustrations will make this a favourite for years.\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nI can't believe I'm posting a cute kitty video, but here you go:\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"78\"/>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQc6bGlSEiE\">\u003Ci>YouTube link\u003C/i>\u003C/a>","2009-12-08T12:15:00.000Z","ugly-whippet-and-linky-links",[],"ugly whippet and linky links",1776628733652]