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Visit from a Princess

by Admin on July 21, 2010 at 7:38 pm
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You Can't Eat A PrincessWell, a visit from Sarah McIntyre resplendent in her Princess outfit of green dress, pearls and funky tiara. Sarah was visiting Leicester to run several workshops for the Leicester Libraries Space Hop summer scheme, and based around the children’s books she’s illustrated: You Can’t Eat a Princess.

I arrived at Beaumont Leys Library just in time to catch the last few minutes of Sarah’s session. The room was packed out with kids, either watching Sarah doing live drawing and/or drawing their own aliens. Looked like they’d all had a great time and several parents bought books, while kids got their drawings signed.

Sarah McIntyre & Indian Sweets

Sarah marvels at the Indian sweets from Bobby's

Later we whisked Sarah off to Bobby’s Indian Restaurant, the most famous restaurant in Leicester. Bobby’s does a wonderful range of vegetarian dishes, from various regions of India. We partook of Jeera Mogo, Akhu Shak, Palak Paneer, Aloo Pili Pili, Pilau Rice & Peshwari/Garlic Naan. It was superb and topped off by meeting Bobby himself* on our way out, and being presented with a free box of Indian sweets.

A lovely evening of fine food and conversation. Sarah left us this morning to go gadding about on the Leicester Libraries book mobile and to do a workshop on her DFC Library Comic: Vern & Lettuce. You can also catch Sarah at Caption on 31st July & 1st Aug.

*Bobby’s is actually named after a Bollywood film rather than after the owner Mr Bhagwanjibhai Lakhani.

Edit: Read Sarah’s account of her trip, with lots of photos.

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Review: Dear Diary by Sarah McIntyre

by Admin on May 6, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Posted In: Blog, Review
Dear Diary Cover

Dear Diary Cover Image

Dear Diary: 1988-1990 by Sarah McIntyre

What’s it all about?

Sarah takes entries from one of her childhood diaries and provides amusing illustrations to accompany them.
What do I like about it?

A charming little mini-comic, which captures the feel of growing up in the late eighties/early nineties. There is an emotional honesty to the comic, plus the sense of melodrama associated with teenage years.

The diary entries Sarah has chosen to illustrate give a taste of her life from family relationships to boy trouble to school, and even the fears she then had about the future.

Dear Diary sample page

One of my favourite pages from Dear Diary.

What about the artwork?

Sarah uses a minimalist cartoon style, that works well, as it focuses on the people it portrays. There are lovely little touches, such as an intricate pattern on a dress or the iconic appearance of school desks.

She is happy to lampoon herself, but also tries to keep it consistent with how she viewed herself then, and how she draws herself in more recent sketches (as seen on her livejournal). There’s also a couple of pages of character sketches at the end of the comic showing how she arrived at the image for her younger self.

Why might Girly Comic readers like it?

It should resonate with those who’ve been a teenage girl, or anyone that kept a teenage diary. It’s a fun, interesting, autobiographical mini-comic, which shares insights into the life of American girl.

You can also read the diary entries online.

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