[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-upcoming-gothic-evening-an-egyptian-escape":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"If you're in London and love reading, are you coming to the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thekitschies.com/kitschies-gothic.html\">Gothic Evening\u003C/a> tomorrow night (Thursday) with The Kitschies? \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.thekitschies.com/kitschies-gothic.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/kitschies_gothic-22553ca3f4.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI wouldn't say I generally dress in a gothic sort of way at all; in fact, I'm not even entirely sure what constitutes 'gothic', other than lots of black and a vague cross between Victoriana and punk. But whatever, maybe I'll dress up as a flying buttress or depressed arch; I'm going to cobble together some bits of my pirate costume and see what else I can dig out of the wardrobe and head off to the Charing Cross Road. So far I've talked with \u003Cb>Emma Vieceli\u003C/b>, she's coming, (remember we did the \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/458548.html\">Paris Manga & Sci-Fi Show a few weeks ago\u003C/a>), \u003Cb>Philip Reeve\u003C/b>, and I hear these people are coming, too: \u003Cb>Christopher Fowler, Tanith Lee, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Marcus Hearn, S.D. Crockett, Suzanne McLeod, Jonathan Rigby, James Pearson, Joel Meadows\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>John Kaiine\u003C/b>. I hardly know anyone in that list, which is a good reason to go along. Perhaps I'll see you there!\\r\n\\r\nTemplar Publishing sent me a new comic to review, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.templarco.co.uk/fiction/gerrard_dodd.html\">\u003Ci>An Egyptian Escape\u003C/i>\u003C/a> by artist \u003Cb>Emma Dodd\u003C/b> and writer \u003Cb>Kelly Gerrard\u003C/b>, a follow-up book to \u003Ci>A Roman Rescue\u003C/i> (first book \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/368638.html\">toga party pics here\u003C/a>) by this new duo of female comics creators. I haven't managed to read and review it myself yet, but while he was in town, Philip Reeve nabbed my copy for his 10-year-old son, Sam, who has reviewed it for me. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/egyptian_sam-a01f1a144a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSam's really gotten into comics in a big way since \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk\">The Phoenix Comic\u003C/a> launched, and he thinks comic creators \u003Cb>Jamie Smart\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Gary Northfield\u003C/b> are the bee's knees. Here's Sam's review:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cb>An Egyptian Escape: The story is about a boy and his dog. The boy loses his dog down a hole and travels into Ancient Egypt.\\r\n\\r\nI like the story. I like the way that the cat is the same as the other cat called Snowball. I think they could improve on drawing hands.\\r\n\\r\nI think you should buy this book. It is a great comic to read in bed.\u003C/b>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nThanks, Sam!","2012-03-07T09:54:00.000Z","upcoming-gothic-evening-an-egyptian-escape",[],"upcoming gothic evening + an egyptian escape",1776628721556]