[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-comica-comiket-2011":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Hurrah! This year's Comiket, part of Comica Festival, was a brilliant success. Three cheers to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.paulgravett.com/\">Paul Gravett\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.peterstanbury.com/\">Peter Stanbury\u003C/a>, events co-ordinator \u003Cb>Megan Donnolley\u003C/b> and all the other people who worked so hard to make it happen! Here are fab comic artists \u003Ca href=\"http://lukepearson.com/\">Luke Pearson\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sallykindberg.co.uk/\">Sally Kindberg\u003C/a> in the Green Room.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_07-b33705a710.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd gosh, it's awfully nerve-wracking drawing a brand-new comic in front of a whole room full of people! I sort of had a think about what I was going to draw on the tube, on the way in, but I was surprised to find out just HOW BIG the screen was! I'd never drawn a comic about Captain Waffle before, he's from my picture book, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/princess-pirate.php\">\u003Ci>You Can't Scare a Princess!\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, but I thought it would be funny to have him storm a comics fair and get arrested for buying pirated copies of Tintin. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_06-212804498c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI wish I'd taken a photo of the page at the end, but I was too flustered to remember. I mostly based myself out of the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.com/davidficklingbooks_dfclibrary.asp\">DFC Library\u003C/a> table, and Matilda Johnson, the office manager at David Fickling Books, kindly let me sell my mini comic \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/07/29/sarah-mcintyres-china-travel-comic/\">\u003Ci>Please Be Moral Do Not Spit\u003C/i>\u003C/a> alongside \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/vernlettuce-book.php\">\u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. I noticed \u003Ca href=\"http://www.eruditebaboon.co.uk/\">James Turner\u003C/a>'s \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidficklingbooks.com/davidficklingbooks.asp?ean=9780857560278\">\u003Ci>Super Animal Adventure Squad\u003C/i>\u003C/a> was selling very well, which was great to see. It's SUCH a funny book. Here's writer and illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/elashfieldraws\">El Ashfield\u003C/a> with her copy of my mini comic. \\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more photos under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_09-8dcdea3e01.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt was great getting one of my comics heroes, \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posy_Simmonds\">Posy Simmonds\u003C/a>, to sign my copy of our \u003Ca href=\"http://www.blankslatebooks.co.uk/tag/nelson/\">\u003Ci>Nelson\u003C/i> anthology\u003C/a>. \u003Ci>Nelson\u003C/i> looks fabulous! Such a great coming-together of so many top British comic artists, it has to be seen to be believed.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_20-ddc0e8bff0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's the stuff I hauled out of my handbag at the end of the day. They include four diffferent issues of \u003Ca href=\"http://wearewordsandpictures.com/\">\u003Ci>We Are Words + Pictures\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://blankslatebooks.bigcartel.com/product/the-accidental-salad-joe-decie\">\u003Ci>The Accidental Salad\u003C/i>\u003C/a> by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.joedecie.com\">Joe Decie\u003C/a>. (Hey, did you know Joe recently proposed to his partner through \u003Ca href=\"http://www.joedecie.com/?p=244\">this comic\u003C/a>? And she said yes, whew!). Then there's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/10/bastien-vives-taste-chlorine-review\">\u003Ci>A Taste of Chlorine\u003C/i>\u003C/a> by \u003Ca href=\"http://bastienvives.blogspot.com/\">Bastien Vivès\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.blankslatebooks.co.uk/tag/nelson/\">\u003Ci>Nelson\u003C/a>\u003C/i>, \u003Ca href=\"http://mycardboardlife.com/\">\u003Ci>My Cardboard Life\u003C/i>\u003C/a> by \u003Cb>Philippa Rice\u003C/b>, the \u003Ca href=\"http://solipsisticpop.com/\">\u003Ci>Solipsistic Pop\u003C/i>\u003C/a> anthology, \u003Ci>The Green Bean\u003C/i> by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.katiegreen.co.uk\">Katie Green\u003C/a>, \u003Ci>Candy Bag\u003C/i> by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sallyjanethompson.co.uk\">Sally Jane Thompson\u003C/a>, \u003Ci>People I Know\u003C/i> by \u003Ca href=\"http://timothywinchester.com\">Timothy Winchester\u003C/a> and \u003Ci>End of the Line\u003C/i> by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.woodrowphoenix.co.uk/\">Woodrow Phoenix\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_27-135ce4b47b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Lovely TEAM DFC LIBRARY! It really is the most cracking set of family-friendly-but-for-everyone comic books you'll ever find.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_26-578d9bed12.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's \u003Ci>Mo-Bot High\u003C/i> creator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.neillcameron.com/\">Neill Cameron\u003C/a> doing his turn at the signing table:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_24-7b1107feb0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Woodrow's fab studio mate, \u003Ca href=\"http://jake-art.com/\">JAKe\u003C/a>, who also bravely stepped up to the drawing challenge (and took the earlier photo of me).\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_12-0b625a424c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://ventedspleen.com/\">Tom Humberstone\u003C/a> and the lovely \u003Ci>Solipsistic Pop\u003C/i> (which I creatively mispronounce each time I say it; it would feel \u003Ci>wrong\u003C/i> to say it correctly).\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_01-0c24064500.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nExcellent children's book writer and illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://lerrynkorda.com/\">Lerryn Korda\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_02-737208d465.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.devicefonts.co.uk/cgi-bin/device3.cgi?action=news\">Rian Hughes\u003C/a> signing a copy of \u003Ci>Nelson\u003C/i> for \u003Cb>Jonathan South\u003C/b>. (Rian drew the pages set in 1990.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_03-18c5dd0039.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's a wider view of the hall. The \u003Ca href=\"http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/content/1101/Great-Hall\">Bishopsgate Institute\u003C/a> was such a lovely new venue for the festival, and very central.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_21-77d0bb71b3.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nPhilippa Rice with her amazing knitted creature:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_16-2b4f2a5216.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.karriefransman.com/\">Karrie Fransman\u003C/a> doing live drawing:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_23-c531667cd1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.katiegreen.co.uk\">Katie Green\u003C/a> with her wonderful creations:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_14-b5e969f570.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nFab friends Woodrow Phoenix and Bridget Hannigan:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_15-7f01c60264.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSome young kid walked up to the \u003Ci>We Are Words + Pictures\u003C/i> table and drew this great portrait of \u003Ca href=\"http://theenglishholidayclub.com/\">Anne Holiday\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://matthewsheret.com\">Matt Sheret\u003C/a>. Cool!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_19-a775d34bc2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnne and Matt with their fab portrait:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_10-190e558bf5.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"www.spacestationsixtyfive.com\">Rachel House\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ6uuOHkxWY\">Jo David\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_13-56a9e9ba83.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nJoe Decie made this lovely drawing for me in my copy of \u003Ci>The Accidental Salad\u003C/i> but he was eating a very large throat lozenge which made him pull dour faces. \\r\n\u003Cb>Edit: \u003C/b>Oh no, Joe corrected me on Twitter:\u003Ci> Ha! (actually it was a cherry chocolate liqueur from @itsthatlady) Plus I was trying to look angry, it's my new look.\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_08-b813d29336.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSally Kindberg on the Drawing Parade! I wish I'd caught a picture of \u003Ca href=\"http://us.macmillan.com/brittenandbrulightly/HannahBerry\">Hannah Berry\u003C/a> drawing, but I was chatting away and missed it. Lots of amazing drawing happened up front, a lot of people just sat in the chairs in the middle and watched, I might do that more next time. I think the next one will be in April, but keep an eye on the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.comicafestival.com/\">Comica Festival\u003C/a> website.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_05-4fd1b71482.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Megan Donnolley, on the left (with \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fabtoons.com/\">Francesca Cassavetti\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.myriadeditions.com/about\">Corinne Pearlman\u003C/a>), who put so much work into the festival. Well done, girlfriend! You look very efficient with that walkie-talkie.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_25-a18e293000.jpg\">","2011-11-12T23:30:00.000Z","comica-comiket-2011",[],"comica comiket 2011",1776628720974]