[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-london-alternative-press-fair":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Lookie, lookie, I had my own stall! This was a first for me and very exciting. And it couldn't have been a friendlier place; thanks to the huge \u003Ca href=\"http://comicsandzines.wordpress.com\">publicity campaign\u003C/a> by \u003Cb>Jimi Gherkin\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Peter Lally\u003C/b>, the venue was PACKED. People were buying things, and stuff was flying off the tables! And I got to be next to two fab tablemates, my friend \u003Ca href=\"http://www.tozocomic.com\">David O'Connell\u003C/a> and a lovely guy I met for the first time, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.ecartilage.co.uk\">Wes White\u003C/a>. (A third of a table each isn't much room, so I'm glad we three got on well!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/altpfair_1-b429276ab8.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nFunnily enough, the thing that sold the fastest and got the most attention was my \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/165525.html\">little neighbour girl\u003C/a>'s two minis, go figure. She is destined for great things, that kid. Here are people fussing over them:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/altpfair_3-64d30ec9b9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI had a few great LiveJournal moments, meeting \u003Ca href=\"http://joedecie.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">joedecie\u003C/a> \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/165293.html\">(whose comic I mentioned recently)\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://yunni.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">yunni\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://cdave.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">cdave\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://ratherlemony.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">ratherlemony\u003C/a> for the first time. (Hooray!) I also got to see \u003Ca href=\"http://harveyjames.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">harveyjames\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://ryclaude.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">ryclaude\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://mondoagogo.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">mondoagogo\u003C/a>, and got some great comics from \u003Ca href=\"http://maartjeschalkx.blogspot.com/\">Maartje Schalkx\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amdrawing.co.uk\">Al Maceachern\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.myspace.com/naniiebim\">Naniiebim (Louise Ho)\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thisisdrparsons.com\">Dr Parsons\u003C/a> and a little packet of circus items from \u003Cb>Divya Venkatesh, Simone Rodney-Foli\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Stacey Roper\u003C/b>. It was great to see loads of the Camberwell college illustration gang turn up (I plugged the fair rather mercilessly in \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/167140.html\">my talk there\u003C/a> last week), also \u003Ca href=\"http://vivianeschwarz.blogspot.com\">Viviane Schwarz\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.elissaelwick.co.uk\">Elissa Elwick\u003C/a>, some \u003Ca href=\"http://britishscbwi.jimdo.com\">SCBWI\u003C/a> people including \u003Ca href=\"http://www.themousehunter.com\">Alex Milway\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sueeves.com\">Sue Eves\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://kimprint.wordpress.com\">Kim Toohey\u003C/a> and lots of people I'd met at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.comicscreatorsguild.co.uk\">Comics Creators Guild\u003C/a> gatherings and at Oxford's \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/118755.html\">Caption\u003C/a> festival.\\r\n\\r\nI wish I had taken more photos, but here's one with Will \u003Ca href=\"http://chamonkee.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">chamonkee\u003C/a> and Dave \u003Ca href=\"http://tozocomic.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">tozocomic\u003C/a>. Dave's going to let me share a table with him at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.ukwebcomixthing.co.uk\">UK Web & Mini Comix Thing\u003C/a> on 28 March, which should be more good fun.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/altpfair_2-4ed02981da.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWill Kirkby and Louise Ho were driving back up north the same night, and for some reason, Will thought it would be easier to leave his car at my place. But we came out of the fair to the deepest snow I've ever seen in London and it took us ages even to get back to mine. Good luck to Will, who is determinedly committed to showing up to work in Sheffield tomorrow morning! \\r\nWill and I had both planned to do \u003Cb>Hourly Comics Day\u003C/b>, but running a stall was pretty full-on, and I just couldn't  manage it. But I'm looking forward to seeing other people's \u003Ca href=\"http://hourlycomic.com/hourlycomicday.html\">results here!\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>\u003Ci>Edit:\u003C/i>\u003C/b> Dave's posted a \u003Ca href=\"http://tozocomic.livejournal.com/55159.html\">fab drawing of our table and some photos here!\u003C/a>\\r\nAnd \u003Cb>Bugpowder\u003C/b> has posted \u003Ca href=\"http://syndicated.livejournal.com/bugpowder_rss/339952.html\">links and photos here.\u003C/a>","2009-02-01T23:58:00.000Z","london-alternative-press-fair",[],"london alternative press fair",1776628727850]