[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-im-taking-part-in-24-hour-comic-day":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I'm excited to announce that I'm going to be taking part in the \u003Cb>24-Hour Comics Marathon\u003C/b> up in the Lakes District this October! It's part of the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.comicartfestival.com/\\r\n\">Lakes International Comics Festival\u003C/a>, in \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendal\">Kendal\u003C/a>, and loads of people who went last year said the festival was brilliant. Basically, a bunch of us will be drawing comics for 24 hours straight, including \u003Cb>Dan Berry, Kristyna Baczynski, Fumio Obata, Jack Teagle, me... and there's a competition for ONE MORE PERSON!\u003C/b> It's pretty cushy, they'll put you up for three nights in Kendal, they'll pay for food and travel... \u003Ca href=\"http://www.comicartfestival.com/competitions/\">find out more here\u003C/a>! The application deadline is \u003Cb>14 Feb\u003C/b>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.comicartfestival.com/competitions/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sarah_lakes_24hrcomic_zps2e24ad42-d16a60a6c4.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI know it's a hardcore way of working, and I've visited 24-Comic Days, but never actually done the whole thing myself. But it's a great way of getting a whole comic finished in one focused attempt, with the encouragement of lots of other people all doing it together. I'm not banking on my comic being super-amazing, but sometimes they turn out very well. Check out this 24-comic Viviane Schwarz made, called \u003Ca href=\"http://sequentialarttalk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/rabbit-stew-self-published-zine-by-viv.html\">\u003Ci>Rabbit Stew\u003C/i>\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\nAnother cool thing is that \u003Ca href=\"http://scottmccloud.com/\">Scott McCloud\u003C/a>, the guy who came up with the \u003Ca href=\"http://scottmccloud.com/4-inventions/24hr/index.html\">24-Hour Comic\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.24hourcomicsday.com/\">24-Hour Comics Day\u003C/a> (and these excellent comics handbooks) is going to be at the festival! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/scottmccloud-6feb1d2d60.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>17-19 Oct\u003C/b>, mark your diaries; I hear it's worth a long trip to get there. You can follow the festival on Twitter at \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/comicartfest\">@comicartfest\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\nAnd one more bit of news: Today the postman brought me a copy of \u003Cb>\u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i> in Japanese!!!\u003C/b> It looks so fabulous! I couldn't stop touching it and looking at it.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seawigs_japan3_zpsf6e6fc24-acd3407326.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOh man, if we ever get to tour Japan, I want to get a dress made up in the colours of that slipcase.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seawigs_japan2_zps536530cd-41cf5f2a44.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt's published by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.rironsha.com/?pid=66949093\">Rironsha\u003C/a>, and if you can't get it in a bookshop, it's available on \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4652200455/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=AN1VRQENFRJN5&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0C72BHJVHAM1BBQZRWND&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=155416469&pf_rd_i=489986\">Amazon.jp here\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seawigs_japan1_zps7737d343-cbc5187221.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOh, and check out these \u003Ca href=\"http://www.viralnova.com/daily-commute-drawings/\">cartoons a guy superimposes on fellow commuters' heads\u003C/a>; it's pretty funny. (Link via Bridget Strevens-Marzo.)","2014-02-08T23:46:00.000Z","im-taking-part-in-24-hour-comic-day",[],"i'm taking part in 24-hour comic day!",1776628726165]