Even though two of my three publishers are based in Oxford and I go there often for meetings and such, the town has a special magic to it that never really goes away.


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I spent a lot of time with these little dudes: Jampire, whom I really ought to name, but who is still 'Jampire', and the Iron Bear, who is probably made of bronze and is really named Paddington, but I just like calling him the Iron Bear. Anyway, I spend a lot of time at Paddington station. And today I was Oxford-bound!


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Welcome to worlds of story and magic...


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Yesterday Oxford Lit Fest saw a sea life invasion!


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Somehow one of the Sea Monkeys from Oliver and the Seawigs managed to blag its way into doing a month of work experience at Oxford University Press. So the staff there are documenting his time as a sort of Christmas advent surveillance system:


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I have a dream! ...A furry, tentacled, twitching dream that one day this nation will rise up and children and grownups will make comics, side by side; people will make books and read books and swap books and love books. We will read each other's stories; we will look up from them, we will connect with each other, and we will make more stories ( Read more... )

Yesterday a bunch of us made our way to Oxford to shower kisses on our long-time comics editor, Ben Sharpe. Ben edited me when I wasn't even sure I could make weekly comics, through all my Vern and Lettuce strips in The DFC comics magazine, and then did it again with its reincarnation, The Phoenix Comic. He's moving on now, but he's done an amazing ( Read more... )

It's been great having comic artist Lucy Knisley staying here in London! Here we are, suddenly deciding to go to Oxford as part of Lucy's research for her graphic novel about Oscar Wilde.


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With two of my three publishers based in Oxford, I forget how many times I've been up and down the rail line the last few years. But on Saturday, it was extra fun because Stuart came along with me. I wore a new hat for the occasion.


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I love going to Caption comics festival, it always helps me look at storytelling through new lenses...


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