[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-laydeez-do-comics-off-brick-lane":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Ca href=\"http://www.laydeezdocomics.com/\">Hannah Berry\u003C/a>'s one of those women in comics I kept meaning to meet for ages, and thank goodness for \u003Ca href=\"http://www.laydeezdocomics.com/\">Laydeez Do Comics\u003C/a> meetings, where I've been able to see this Brighton-based comics creator twice in the past few months. Her work's much darker than mine, but I love the idea of a detective having a tea-bag sidekick friend in her \u003Ci>Britten & Brülightly\u003C/i>, and I was curious about her new book, \u003Ci>Adamtine\u003C/i> (see a \u003Ca href=\"http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2012/directors-commentary-hannah-berry-talks-adamtine/\">FPI interview about it here\u003C/a>). She was sitting across the aisle from me, a couple rows up, and I made a little drawing:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/hannah_berry_laydeez-93753f73ce.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nHere are two of the evening's speakers, Hannah with her book and Berlin-based Australian \u003Ca href=\"http://www.laydeezdocomics.com/\">Lily Mae Martin\u003C/a>, who'd made a special mini comic just for the occasion.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/hannah_lily_laydeez13aug12-0d2aa3d1ac.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\nThe other speaker, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.factorfictionpress.co.uk/girly/girlybook.html#girlybook2\">\u003Ci>The Girly Comic\u003C/i>\u003C/a> editor \u003Cb>Selina Lock\u003C/b>, and Lily were both too far away to see clearly to draw, but I made little cartoons of them anyway: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/lock_martin_laydeez-72713b3526.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nSelina borrowed my hat! It's a good hat. Here she is with her partner and assistant on \u003Ci>The Girly Comic\u003C/i>, \u003Cb>Jay Eales\u003C/b>. I wrote the foreward for Book 2, which is full of standalone comics by creators such as \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/crazycrone\">Lee Kennedy\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://danse-macabre.nu/\">Kate Brown\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.laurahowell.co.uk/\">Laura Howell\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jay_selina_laydeez13aug12-9af6c88611.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt was great hearing the creators talk about their work. Hannah's book, \u003Ci>Adamtine\u003C/i>, sounded quite complex, like it might need a few readings to take in fully. She's also a big fan of horror, which I don't like at all, generally, but I'm intrigued, and going to give this book a go. The only other comic that's scared me is Woodrow Phoenix's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.myriadeditions.com/Rumble-Strip\">\u003Ci>Rumble Strip\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. I don't think it's supposed to be scary, but I read on a totally empty late-night train and it has these stark settings with absolutely no characters in them and I was thinking, GAHHH. This is also a dark comic involving rail travel. \u003Cfont size=\"3\">GAHHH!\u003C/font>  \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/hannah_laydeez13aug12-90a3cd25df.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt was great to see loads of creators at the meeting from the new \u003Ca href=\"http://inkpluspaper.com/\">ink+PAPER comics magazine\u003C/a>, including Selina, Sarah Gordon and \u003Ca href=\"http://ajpoyiadgi.com/\">Andy Poyiadgi\u003C/a>. Here I am with the editor, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.scribblehound.com\">David O'Connell\u003C/a>. I have a six-page comic in it, do go \u003Ca href=\"http://inkpluspaper.bigcartel.com/product/ink-paper-2\">get yourself a copy\u003C/a>! Also great to see former Hay Festival organiser \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sophielording\">Sophie Lording\u003C/a>, who's moved from Hay-on-Wye to London and is just starting work at the BBC, hopefully in radio. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sarah_dave_laydeez13aug12-3527f21415.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSelina and Jay have both been on the \u003Ca href=\"http://caption.org/\">Caption comics festival\u003C/a> organising committee in years past, and this year Dave's taking a big part in planning it. If you want to mingle with other creators, draw, go to workshops and talks, laugh along with Tony during his fabulous pub quiz, and have a few pints, come along to Caption next weekend! I'm going to do my best to be there. (Oh, and are you going to order \u003Ca href=\"http://caption.org/2012/14-order-your-caption-2012-shirt\">the t-shirt I designed for it\u003C/a>?) Here's today's piece about Caption \u003Ca href=\"http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/9872845.Fans_expected_for_Caption_Festival/\">in the \u003Ci>Oxford Mail\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://caption.org/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/caption2012-1643130be4.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nHere's Hannah signing my copy of \u003Ci>Adamtine\u003C/i>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/hannah_berry_adamtine-26c245f4a2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt's always fun going up to Brick Lane for the Laydeez evenings. Check out the great graffiti we saw this time!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/brick_lane_graffiti-4566eeeb48.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt was getting late and Selina, Jay and I didn't stick around for the curry dinner, but we did grab sandwiches at the famous Beigel Bake shop:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/brick_lane_beigel_bake-c694ec445f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWe liked this photo of Selina and Jay eating their sandwiches, like a still from some indie film. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/selina_jay2_laydeez13aug12-707f443a86.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd I kissed a giant hedgehog. Hee hee!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sarah_hedgehog__laydeez-05621886fa.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThese last two videos have nothing to do with Laydeez Do Comics, but I just thought you'd get a kick out of them. I love \u003Cb>StudioAKA\u003C/b>'s work and these \u003Ca href=\"http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/here-2012-profiles-grant-orchard\">Olympic videos\u003C/a> are the work of \u003Cb>Grant Orchard\u003C/b> and his team. Deceptively simple and funny.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"1970\"/> \u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/47182418\">LOVE SPORT: LOVE SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING\u003C/a> from \u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/studioaka\">STUDIO AKA\u003C/a> on \u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com\">Vimeo\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"1971\"/> \u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/46804456\">LOVE SPORT: LOVE FENCING\u003C/a> from \u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/studioaka\">STUDIO AKA\u003C/a> on \u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com\">Vimeo\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>","2012-08-14T14:37:00.000Z","laydeez-do-comics-off-brick-lane",[],"laydeez do comics off brick lane",1776628724088]