[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-bog-eyed-book-festival-2019":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Today was Comics Day! Or at least, it was in southeast London, where a bunch of us whose comics are published by \u003Ca href=\"https://www.bog-eyed-books.com/\">Bog Eyed Books\u003C/a> gathered. One of the coolest things about comics festivals is seeing the comics kids make! Here's Jack, who was printing up so many of his own comics at the library that he got an A3 photocopier for his birthday, which is what he really, really wanted. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/643773_original-cb004c3742.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThe park centre at Lesnes Abbey (in Abbey Wood) is perfect for the festival. Here's a Comic Jam going on in the foyer: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/644312_original-cd57eb6989.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more photos under the cut!-->\\r\nAnd the final version (starring \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.com/\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a> and Bob the Fly). \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/644403_original-089703ead2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nBig thanks to Gary Northfield and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sillygirlIam\">Nicky Evans\u003C/a> (on the left), who run Bog Eyed Books and who organised the day's events! Comics chum \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mrphoenix\">Woodrow Phoenix \u003C/a>popped by to say hello, and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wilburdawbarn\">Wilbur Dawbarn\u003C/a> ran one of the workshops. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/644754_original-14fbb37db7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nGary and Nicky just had twins, who came along - as you can see, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tormalore\">Tor Freeman\u003C/a> and I were \u003Ci>expert \u003C/i>baby juggers. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/643985_original-9785284738.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nFor my session, I featured the tower block that my\u003Ca href=\"http://bog-eyed-books.com/vern%20and%20lettuce.html\">\u003Ci> Vern & Lettuce\u003C/i>\u003C/a> comic is set in, and talked about world building. I showed them how the first thing I did was design a tower block, then fill it with different types of animals; from there, it was easier to come up with stories just by imagining how all the different characters might interact as neighbours, and things that might go wrong and need fixing. After that, the audience helped me brainstorm another kind of structure we could populate with characters, and they picked a tree house. So we all drew tree houses, filled them with characters and their flats with some furnishings, and imagined stories that might happen between the characters. Here's a peek at some of the drawings:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/645101_original-6976e80852.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/645201_original-4f62efeac6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/645452_original-76b1b821cf.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nBig thanks to everyone who came along, and keep an eye on Bog Eyed Books social media (\u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/bogeyedbooks/\">Bog Eyed Books on Facebook\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BogEyedBooks\">@BogEyedBooks on Twitter\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bogeyedbooks/\">@bogeyedbooks on Instagram\u003C/a>) for the next event! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/645649_original-e142893725.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2019-02-20T22:40:00.000Z","bog-eyed-book-festival-2019",[],"bog eyed book festival 2019",1776628730030]