[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-watch-your-back-its-a-jam-attack":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Have you heard what's lurking just around the corner???\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_portrait1_zpsa4e1bd3e-a96782438a.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davewarrenimages.co.uk/\">David Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/font>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nHave you ever bitten into a jam doughnut and thought, \u003Ci>\u003Cb>HEY! What happened to all the JAM??!\u003C/b>\u003C/i> Well... that jam was stolen... SUCKED OUT, in fact, by some mischievous little characters, called... \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampiresblog_samdrydonut_zps468ed65f-49690fb86b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"4\">...JAMPIRES.\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampiresblog_books_zps6ab6d4c9-9af558899c.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Gorgeous knitted Jampire created by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/apytown\">Ann Lam\u003C/a>. More about this soon....\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nAnd Jampires love nothing more than - you got it - \u003Cfont size=\"4\">JAM!\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampiresblog_jamcloseups_zpsd6ec2c49-2160489531.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe stickier the jam, the better! Our publicist \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LoisNina\">Philippa Perry\u003C/a> teamed us up with local jam-makers at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thebutchinstitute.co.uk/\">The Butch Institute\u003C/a> to get this custom-made raspberry and vanilla jam \u003Ci>with added sparkles\u003C/i>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_jammyportrait_zps5136aff4-a3e2de76f6.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davewarrenimages.co.uk/\">David Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/font>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"4\">THE PICTURE BOOK:\u003C/font> So my fabulous friend \u003Cb>David O'Connell\u003C/b> and I have written a picture book for you in rhyming verse, published by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.com/\">David Fickling\u003C/a>, and we're very excited about it!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_pb_spread_zps48997ddb-ab63c937ec.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nJAMPIRES will emerge hot out of the oven \u003Cb>\u003Cfont size=\"3\">at the beginning of September\u003C/font>\u003C/b>, and it's \u003Cfont size=\"3\">\u003Ci>not your usual book.\u003C/font>\u003C/i> Most picture books are written by one person and illustrated by the other. But Dave and I are both writer and illustrators, and for this book, we were completely co-writers and co-illustrators. AND we got our inspiration through comics! The story game we played together to come up with the idea is called a '\u003Cb>Comics Jam\u003C/b>', and we loved how our Comics Jam was also about jam! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comic_zpsfcfae15e-6f3d1159fc.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"4\">THE COMIC:\u003C/font> Our picture book started out as this collaborative comic, and you can read the original version here on our \u003Cfont size=\"5\">\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jampires.com\">BRAND-NEW JAMPIRES WEBSITE\u003C/a>\u003C/font>, designed by multi-talented Dave. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jampires.com/jampires-the-great-doughnut-mystery/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampiresblog_comicwebsite_zpsf1490e2a-e1d0c41e46.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThis Jampires website is absolutely JAM-PACKED with things to explore and activities to make and do. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jampires.com\">Have a browse!\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nJAMPIRES is mainly a picture book, but we \u003Ci>did\u003C/i> print up a small number of Comics Jam comics, which you might be able to get from us if you come to our events. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampiresblog_comic_cover_zps87cbb74b-3c72a2e8b3.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"4\">EVENTS: \u003C/font> These events include Sat, 30 August at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jamieoliver.com/thebigfeastival/\">The Big Feastival\u003C/a> in Oxfordshire; we may be able to provide you with some at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.comicartfestival.com/\">Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal\u003C/a> on the 18th & 19th of Oct; our event on Tues, 28 Oct at Oxford's Story Museum (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.storymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/jampire-jamboree/\">details here\u003C/a>); we'll be running a whole Jampires Comics Jamtastic activity area at the awesome \u003Ca href=\"http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/\">Thought Bubble comics festival in Leeds\u003C/a> on 15 & 16 Nov.  \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampiresblog_comic_inside_zps700308c0-faf8c3b334.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nYou'll be hearing more from us about JAMPIRES, our hymn to jam - only a few more weeks until it comes out! - and in the meantime, spread the word (spread it thickly!), so no one misses out on this jammy treat. You can follow us on Twitter at \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/davidoconnell\">@davidoconnell\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jabberworks\">@jabberworks\u003C/a>, hash tag \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/jampires?src=hash\">#JAMPIRES\u003C/a>! Here's \u003Ca href=\"http://davidoconnell.uk/meet-jampires/\">Dave's blog post\u003C/a> about it!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_seatedportraits_zpsc649faa5-7d1e258c79.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davewarrenimages.co.uk/\">David Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/font>\u003C/i>","2014-08-05T07:28:00.000Z","watch-your-back-its-a-jam-attack",[],"watch your back, it's a jam attack!!!",1776628726671]