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Right now, drop EVERYTHING and READ the FIRST CHAPTER of each of Dave's hilarious 'UFO - Unavoidable Family Outing' novels!! Head to 'DAVE'S BOOKS' and scroll down to the bottom - you know you wanna... |
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NERDY NOVEMBER COMPETITIONS!!!
COMPETITION # 1:
Like to draw?
Then head to the KIDS CLUB, click on the COMPETITIONS page, and this SUPER STYLISH AND WEARABLE 'CARTOON DAVE' TSHIRT could be yours! (if you're not a member yet, you can join right now! It's totally easy, totally free and totally stinky - just remember to correctly type in your email address- GET IT RIGHT, OR IT WILL BE WRONG. Amazing, really.).
COMPETITION # 2:
Another way to score your own Fabulously fashionable 'CARTOON DAVE' TSHIRT is to head to the competitions section of the KIDS CLUB, and try out the WRITING COMP. If you do, and you send your entry to me, and then you actually win, then there's a very good chance that you could be wearing a shirt A BIT LIKE THE ONE IN THE PICTURE really soon!!
COMPETITION # 3:
Wanna win some MONKEYS??? Well, not the furry banana-munching kind, but the sea-variety? There are two (2) Amazing Live Sea Monkeys Ocean Zoo prizes (from those awesome folks at Moose Toys) to be won. Just head to the Kids club (if you haven't yet joined, just make sure you enter your email address correctly), and head to the COMPETITIONS page!!
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Want to get out of your house and see Cartoon Dave LIVE??? In the actual flesh??? Besides billions of school visits, some appearances on some of the best TV shows in the world and the odd trip to his local grocery store once every couple of weeks, here are some places you'll find him during the remainder of 2008 and beyond:
Nov 8 Glenbrook Spring Festival (11:45am Main stage, plus you can visit the Cartoon Dave stand, to grab signed T-shirts, books, stickers and more!)
Nov 23 Art Gallery NSW (2:30 pm) FREE! (no booking necessary)
Dec 14 Art Gallery NSW (2:30 pm) FREE! (no booking necessary)
2 0 0 9 (it's a whole new year - imagine that!)
Jan 7 Museum of Sydney 10am + 11:30am
Jan 8 Liverpool Library / Casula Library / Moorebank Library
Jan 9 Green Valley Library / Miller Library
Jan 12 Castle Hill Library 10.30-11.30am (Cnr Castle & Pennant Streets, Castle Hill)
Jan 12 Carlingford Library 2.00-3.00pm (Lloyds Avenue, Carlingford)
Jan 13 Camden Library 10:00 + 11:30
Jan 14 Castle Hill Library 10.30-11.30am (Cnr Castle & Pennant Streets, Castle Hill)
Jan 14 Baulkham Hills Library 2.00-3.00pm (Railway Street, Baulkham Hills)
Jan 15 Vinegar Hill Memorial Library 10.30-11.30am (29 Main Street, Rouse Hill Town Centre)
Jan 15 Dural Library 2.00-3.00pm (Pellitt Lane, Dural)
Jan 20 Gladesville Library 10:15-11:15
Jan 20 Eastwood Library 12.30-1.30
Jan 20 West Ryde 3:00 - 4:00
Jan 22 Mudgee Library 10:30-11:30 + 2:00-3:00pm
Haven't booked yet? With a bit of luck there'll be room to squeeze you in at the venue of your choice... Please contact the venues directly for bookings and details.
(Plus, Dave visits a STACK of schools across the country each year, so check with your school to find out if he's on his way to your school hall, classroom or making sandwiches in the canteen!)
Want Dave at your school? Click on the SCHOOL VISITS page, print out the info sheets and WAVE THEM IN FRONT OF YOUR TEACHER or SCHOOL LIBRARIAN'S FACE!!! (this may do the trick, or it may just get you a detention. Worth the risk though, don't you think?)
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EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY you can learn to draw with Cartoon Dave in the SUNDAY TELEGRAPH's 'FUNDAY TELEGRAPH' full colour liftout! Been doing it each weekend for more than a year now - that's a lot of learn-to-draw action!! (Check out this week's... it's one of my favourites!) If you're up for it, get someone you know to grab you the Sunday Telegraph EVERY single Sunday there is (but don't try to buy it on a Wednesday, Thursday or 4am on a Tuesday 'cos you'll be out of luck). Go on...
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 With three UFO novels under my belt, I'm currently writing the fourth (it won't be in stores for a while yet, though) plus a new book for the littlies... the 'early readers' crowd. It's a cracker of a book, and it should be hitting stores in February 2009 (just a few sleeps to go!! Woohoo!!!) There'll be more info on that soon, and a sneak preview coming up for members of the kids club ...
Plus, you can Read the first chapter of each of my novels NOW! That's right - put down that deep fried squirrel on a stick, click on 'DAVE'S BOOKS' and print out the first chapter of any of my three novels. That way, you'll be able to get the flavour of the book before you go off and buy a billion copies for everyone you know. Cool, huh?
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CARTOON DAVE (that's me) has just recorded a new season's worth of famous face caricatures for that fab show 'IT'S ACADEMIC' (Channel 7, 4:30pm). I'm pretty sure that you can see me each FRIDAY, so stay tuned! Oh,
You've probably seen me hanging out with Kell & Palmer on TOASTED TV (network Ten, weekdays 7am - 8.30). I was there in October doing some wacky craft and cartoony stuff, and there's a good chance I'll be doing the SeaWorld jiggle with them again some time soon, so stay tuned...
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What Cartoon Dave is up to at this very second...
READING: At the moment, I'm pouring through the groovily fab 'Kids Night In' books (both number 1 and number 2).
They're jam-packed with pics, stories and poems by a whole stack of highly important and attractive Aussie authors.
What do I like about them? The stories are SHORT, which means that if you have a spare three minutes, you can belt your way through a cracking read!
 
WATCHING: : Right this second I'm being subjected to 'In the night garden'. That Macca Pacca - what a great actor.
Also, I'm doing Tuesday nights with 'Packed to the Rafters' (good viewing for the 'Mums & Dads' crowd), plus I've been sucked in by Idol again. Have to admit, I'm a bit surprised that the sheep bloke is still there, but hey... good luck to him!
LISTENING TO: As you may or may not know (which I think covers everybody) I recently had a birthday, and the birthday fairy brought me lots of music (yay!). Here is just a selection of what I've been wrapping my ears around lately - it's a varied and mixed bag, so be warned. Oh, and satisfy your curiosity by checking some of the music out for yourself:
Panic! At the Disco - A fever you can't sweat out
Regina Spektor - Beign to hope (this gal is wickety-wacky... but soooo groovy)
John Mayer - Live in Los Angeles (he's just a total dude - legendary guitar)
James Morrison - Songs for you, truths for me
Sara Bareilles - Little Voice (this girl is amazing!)
Paolo Nutini - These Streets (pick this one up... seriously!)
Fallout Boy - Songs from the Cork Tree (cool early album. Dance Dance is the first video of theirs I remember seeing on 'V')
The Killers - Sawdust (just B-sides and leftovers, but there's some GREAT killers stuff here!)
Jason Mraz - Waiting for my Rocket (Better than his latest one... great stuff!)
'Across the Universe' Movie Soundtrack (Awesome re-workings of the Beatles songs... brilliant - just check out Bono's 'I am the Walrus' and Eddie Izzard's wack-licious 'For the benefit of Mister Kite')
plus, I'm digging Gabriella Cilmi, a touch of the Kanye's and the odd spot of the Presets (talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, like, like, like, like, like, that, that...)
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