[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-vern-and-lettuce-head-off-the-farm":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Vern and Lettuce's best friends, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.co.uk/\">Derek the Sheep\u003C/a> and his buddy Lenny have invited them to the countryside for Christmas. And no snow, dodgy buses or bad trains are going to keep them from going! They've hijacked a roadside tractor and one of the bunnies rang to say they're halfway there already. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://thefleecestation.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/vern-and-lettuce-head-off-to-the-farm/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/vl_tractor-9fa7930558.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nA bit of spare time while you’re stuck in the house during the holidays? Why not print out the tractor Vern and Lettuce hijacked and get colouring, cutting and pasting! You can \u003Cb>download the free pdf file\u003C/b> \u003Ca href=\"http://thefleecestation.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/vern-and-lettuce-head-off-to-the-farm/\">over here on the Fleece Station blog\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://thefleecestation.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/vern-and-lettuce-head-off-to-the-farm/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/vernlet_tractor-8dc00b1d8b.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd while you have some extra holiday time, think about contributing a page to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.picklerye.com\">\u003Ci>The Pickle\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, Vern and Lettuce's online magazine ...written by \u003Cb>YOU!\u003C/b>\\r\n\\r\nLinks: Have you seen, my studio mate \u003Cb>Ellen Lindner\u003C/b> has reviewed \u003Cb>Posy Simmonds\u003C/b>' talk at last week's Laydeez Do Comics Event on their official blog? \u003Ca href=\"http://laydeezdocomics.blogspot.com/2010/12/posy-simmonds-mbe-at-laydeez-do-comics.html\">Read it here!\u003C/a>. (And here's \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/355040.html\">my write-up\u003C/a>, it was a great evening.) Ellen's also \u003Ca href=\"http://whoresofmensa.livejournal.com/16478.html\">interviewed Gill Hatcher\u003C/a>, a 23-year-old comic artist based in Glasgow, who gives some great insights into the state of Glasgow's growing indie comics scene.\\r\n\\r\nSpeaking of Scotland, \u003Cb>Alexander McCall Smith\u003C/b> wrote a lovely poem about Scottish winter and used Forbidden Planet International \u003Cb>Joe Gordon\u003C/b>'s photo along side it. (Nice one, Joe!) \u003Ca href=\"http://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/?p=2949\">Have a look at it over here.\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThanks to \u003Cb>Shabbir Hussain at Comic Buzz\u003C/b> for your \u003Ca href=\"http://comicbuzz.com/vern-and-lettuce-review\">fab review of \u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i>\u003C/a>!\\r\n\\r\nAnd loads more great reviews over at \u003Cb>The Comics Bureau\u003Cb>, with our very own \u003Ca href=\"http://thecomicsbureau.co.uk/?p=1380\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a> and my picture book co-creator \u003Ca href=\"http://thecomicsbureau.co.uk/?p=1634\">David O'Connell\u003C/a>.","2010-12-20T14:22:00.000Z","vern-and-lettuce-head-off-the-farm",[],"vern and lettuce head off the farm!",1776628719383]