{"id":1795,"date":"2008-10-10T00:51:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T00:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1795"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:30:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:30:01","slug":"toon-thursday-plus-neil-x-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1795","title":{"rendered":"Toon Thursday, Plus Neil x 2!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And now for something completely different&#8230;<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AS3Nr1ChgcU\/SO6nUF1Lt8I\/AAAAAAAAA-Y\/6cuBmHSH5AI\/s1600-h\/PoliticsDetour1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/writingya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/PoliticsDetour1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255321778792413122\" \/><\/a><br \/>This is a historic moment. The reason is twofold (or should that be &#8220;the reasons ARE twofold&#8221;?). Firstly, though I&#8217;ve been writing like crazy this week, apparently the toon part of my brain was watching way too much CNN, so for the first time ever, here&#8217;s a political cartoon on Finding Wonderland. I hope it is an entertaining diversion. Secondly, this is a historic moment because this cartoon occupies the very last page in my sketchbook. Said sketchbook is mostly cartoons, too, which made me realize just how dang many of these I&#8217;ve posted. But now I&#8217;ll have to either start using the giant sketchbook, which is unwieldy but has many blank pages left; or buy a new one. Hmm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been meaning to post a few of these links for almost three weeks now, which is very sad. Firstly, thanks to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\">GoodReads<\/a> newsletter, I ran across interviews with two authors whom I really like&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/interviews\/show\/12.Neil_Gaiman\">Neil Gaiman<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/interviews\/show\/14.Neal_Stephenson\">Neal Stephenson<\/a>. Definitely two iconoclastic people.<br \/>Okay, I guess I wasn&#8217;t done with politics for today. Back on a political note, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsactionfund.org\/artsvote\/default.asp\">ArtsVote2008<\/a>, a program of Americans for the Arts, to find out both presidential candidates&#8217; positions on arts policy.<br \/>Right. Back to lit stuff. I was informed by <a href=\"http:\/\/amoxcalli.ginaruiz.com\/\">Gina R.<\/a> that FW is featured on an aggregator site called <a href=\"http:\/\/kidslit.alltop.com\/\">Alltop &#8211; Top Children&#8217;s Literature News<\/a>&#8211;above the fold, no less! <a href=\"http:\/\/readersrants.blogspot.com\">Readers&#8217; Rants<\/a> is on there, too, along with a host of other familiar faces from the kidlitosphere. Lastly, speaking of the kidlitosphere, don&#8217;t forget to nominate your favorite books for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cybils.com\">Cybils<\/a>! Now you can also help spread the word&#8211;and the love&#8211;with a downloadable and printable <a href=\"http:\/\/dadtalk.typepad.com\/cybils\/2008\/10\/help-us-spread.html\">flyer<\/a> that includes a list of all 2007 shortlisted titles.<br \/>Reminds me I&#8217;ve gotta sit right down and come up with MY nominees&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And now for something completely different&#8230;This is a historic moment. The reason is twofold (or should that be &#8220;the reasons ARE twofold&#8221;?). 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