[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-comics-big-top-of-awesome-the-lineup":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"What's happening in the COMICS BIG-TOP OF AWESOME ON Saturday, 30 June? Here's the schedule! It made change a little bit, but you get the picture. \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_logo2-5d1c46a24d.gif\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Noon - COMICS BIG-TOP OF AWESOME opens! Review sessions between you and the creators for your portfolio / sketchbook / newly-made-comic will run throughout the day. \u003C/b>(Tip: Get there early if you want to avoid the queues!)\u003Cb>\\r\n1:00 - COMICS CONSEQUENCES! Watch the pros create weird and wonderful characters together\\r\n1:30 - \u003Ca href=\"http://tozocomic.com/\">David O'Connell\u003C/a> - live drawing tutorial\\r\n2:00 - \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/\">Sarah McIntyre\u003C/a> - live drawing tutorial\\r\n2:15 - \u003Ca href=\"http://www.zoomrockman.com/\">Zoom Rockman\u003C/a> - live drawing tutorial\\r\n2:30 - COMICS MONSTER DRAW-OFF! Who can draw the scariest monster? The best-dressed monster? A monster dentist? Monster wedding? Help the pros decide what they're going to draw!\\r\n3:00 - \u003Ca href=\"http://www.neillcameron.com/\">Neill Cameron\u003C/a> - live drawing tutorial\\r\n3:30 - \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fumboo.com/fumbookids.php\">Jamie Smart\u003C/a> - live drawing tutorial\\r\n4:00 - \u003Ca href=\"http://nanarealm.com/\">Nana Li\u003C/a> - live drawing tutorial\\r\n4:30 - \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.co.uk/\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a> - live drawing tutorial\\r\n5:00 - COMICS BATTLE! Watch the pros pit their characters against each other for the Final Showdown.\\r\n5:30 - \u003Ca href=\"http://jamielittler.co.uk/\">Jamie Littler\u003C/a> - live drawing tutorial\\r\n6:00 - Closing time \u003C/b>(But come back tomorrow for other awesome \u003Ca href=\"http://pop-up.org.uk\">Pop Up Festival\u003C/a> events!)\\r\n\\r\nSo I hear you asking, who are all these comics creators we're going to hang out with on Saturday, 30 June? And what comics and books have they made? Can I buy copies of their books and get them to sign and draw in them? Well, here's our line-up, and yes! The Guardian bookshop will be selling these fine books throughout the day. You'll notice a certain theme going here, many of them write and draw for \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/\">The Phoenix Comic\u003C/a>. The Phoenix Comic is probably the best thing happening in comics for kids (say, ages 8+) that's happening in Britain right now, and needs your support to keep it going strong. Do think about subscribing (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/subscribe/\">which you can do here\u003C/a>)! (They're not paying me to say this, I honestly think The Phoenix Comic is Awesome.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here to see the comic creators and their books under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.co.uk/\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/gary_northfield_books-a8a2fced1c.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://nanarealm.com/\">Nana Li\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/nana_li_books1-42db2e3041.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.fumboo.com/fumbookids.php\">Jamie Smart\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jamie_smart_books1-28859db42e.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.neillcameron.com/\">Neill Cameron\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/neill_cameron_books1-33a7e50536.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jamielittler.co.uk/\">Jamie Littler\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jamie_littler_books1-a02cd1ed5e.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://tozocomic.com/\">David O'Connell\u003C/a> (who's been awesome in helping me organise this event)\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/david_oconnell_books1-e7213ccfef.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk\">Sarah McIntyre\u003C/a> (that's me!)\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sarah_mcintyre_books1-a9ab16f8ca.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd we have a new guest in the lineup, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.zoomrockman.com/\">Zoom Rockman\u003C/a>! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/zoom_rockman-5676df9b9b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI wanted to get Zoom on board because he sort of sums up the kinds of things we're hoping kids can do: making comics, finishing comics, then learning how to make them attractive, market them and get them out into the wider world. Zoom's 11, but he's already figured out how to create a web-based comic, a printed comic, and sell it at festivals. Here he is with friends at his table at \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/473276.html\">Comiket\u003C/a>, where I first met him.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comiket_zoomtable-b9d7102e0f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd do you remember \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/464323.html?thread=3262915\">some comics workshops\u003C/a> I did at \u003Cb>Winchester House School\u003C/b> for last year's World Book Day? Well, art teacher and artist \u003Ca href=\"http://www.tobias-till.co.uk/\">Tobias Till\u003C/a> reported that there was a frenzy of comics making after I left, and he's going to bring some of the creators to sell their comics with us at the Comics Big-Top of Awesome. I look forward to seeing what they've made!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/winchester_house_comics-afd5a6130e.jpg\">","2012-06-22T15:44:00.000Z","comics-big-top-of-awesome-the-lineup",[],"comics big-top of awesome: the lineup!",1776628722002]