[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-independent-features-indie-comics-creator-zoom-rockman":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Hey, look at this! Recognise this guy and his comic?\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/zoom_rockman_independent_1-0f52b83d55.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIf you came along to \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/489519.html\">the Pop Up Festival last month\u003C/a>, you might have met \u003Cb>Zoom Rockman\u003C/b> and seen him give his workshop comics talk, with his brother \u003Cb>Ace\u003C/b>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/489519.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_zoom_talk-598feb5426.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\nAnd this is exciting, The Independent have picked up the story, they're excited to see an 11-year-old kid making, self-publishing and marketing his own comics.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/zoom_rockman_independent_2-b32a10e5bc.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/zoom_article_clip2-a0a1a5a02b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd they've printed some of his work! A great media day for indie comics, hurrah! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/zoom_rockman_independent_3-4ab3bf4f47.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nCheers for the Pop Up mention, Zoom! :D I hope lots of other kids will realise just how possible it is to start making and publishing comics NOW, and not wait until they're grown up. All you need to publish a comic is paper, something to draw with, some way to reproduce it (by hand, with a photocopier, with a computer printer, with an online printing company such as \u003Ca href=\"http://www.lulu.com/\">Lulu\u003C/a>, or \u003Ca href=\"http://www.dpsfineart.co.uk/\">DPS\u003C/a> who printed our \u003Ca href=\"http://inkpluspaper.com/\">ink+PAPER anthology\u003C/a>), a blog or website (which can be found free online), willingness to put in the hours, and you're off!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/zoom_article_clip-dd191e25b0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nYou can read the full \u003Ca href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/a-new-cartoon-superhero-zoom-rockman-is-writing-his-own-success-story-8027157.html\">Independent article on their website\u003C/a>. And here's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thezoom.co.uk/\">Zoom's website\u003C/a>, go explore!","2012-08-11T12:30:00.000Z","independent-features-indie-comics-creator-zoom-rockman",[],"independent features indie comics creator zoom rockman!",1776628724076]