[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-london-design-festival-sequential-city-comics":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Last night I met up with comics artist Woodrow Phoenix - in his brilliant yellow mack - at Shoreditch High Street station in East London and we walked over to Hoxton Square, where \u003Ca href=\"http://www.londondesignfestival.com/events/sequential-city\">London Design Festival\u003C/a> was in full swing.  \u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sequential_woodrow_phoenix_mack_zps9b00ab93-544d52c265.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/banner-2_zpsb1c85ba7-954c233987.png\">\\r\n\\r\nA bunch of us are taking part in an exhibition of comics art called Sequential City themed on our relationship with London, and set up in the beautiful loft studios of \u003Ca href=\"http://www.baxterandbailey.co.uk/\">Baxter and Bailey\u003C/a>. You know all those little creatures in the margins of The Phoenix Comic, the cartoon editorial team? Well, those are the creation of Matt Baxter, half of the studio. \\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"3\">\u003Cb>NEWSFLASH: They're hosting a COMICS JAM CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP this Sunday, 11-12:30pm, ages 6+, children to be accompanied by a parent or guardian. To book, e-mail studio@baxterandbailey.co.uk.\u003C/b>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nAnd videos! Baxter and Bailey (Matt and Dom) worked with film artist \u003Cb>Rob Chan\u003C/b> of \u003Ca href=\"http://bokeh.tv/\">Bokeh TV\u003C/a> to interview four of the artists involved in the exhibition: me, my studio mate \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.com\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a>, friend and former DFC colleague \u003Ca href=\"http://www.woodrowphoenix.co.uk/\">Woodrow Phoenix\u003C/a>, and \u003Ca href=\"http://robertmball.com/\">Robert Ball\u003C/a>, whom I follow on Instagram but only met for the first time last night! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2421\"/> \u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/74946400\">Baxter and Bailey Sequential City 2\u003C/a> from \u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/baxterandbailey\">Baxter and Bailey\u003C/a> on \u003Ca href=\"https://vimeo.com\">Vimeo\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>You can visit the show (and lots of others in the area that are participating in the festival) from 14 - 22 September at Baxter and Bailey's studio, 6 Hoxton Square, London, N1 6NU.\u003C/b> (Details \u003Ca href=\"http://www.londondesignfestival.com/events/sequential-city\">here\u003C/a>.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2422\"/> \u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/74946399\">Baxter and Bailey Sequential City 3\u003C/a> from \u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/baxterandbailey\">Baxter and Bailey\u003C/a> on \u003Ca href=\"https://vimeo.com\">Vimeo\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/baxterandbailey/videos\">Click here see all the videos!\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/baxterandbailey/videos\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sequential_city_videos_zpsee46359e-40ffd8fcfc.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nWe did a large-scale Comics Jam on the night. Here are Robert and fellow exhibitor \u003Ca href=\"http://www.devicefonts.co.uk/cgi-bin/device3.cgi?action=news\">Rian Hughes\u003C/a> working together on their entry. (Rian penciled it and Robert inked.) This photo is in \u003Ci>no way\u003C/i> staged. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sequential_city_jam_rob_rian_zps22e7ebcc-cd5227bc24.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd the whole Comics Jam...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sequential_city_comicsjam1_zpsa5aff5fc-dbc84a7b10.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sequential_city_comicsjam2_zps05f43a29-08e14d0c75.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n...Does it make no sense to you? That's okay, it didn't make sense to any of us, either. Here's exhibitor \u003Ca href=\"http://www.neillcameron.com/\">Neill Cameron\u003C/a>, trying to work out where he's to jump in, and very nearly confounded. (He's just spent an entire day drawing comics for a school event in Sussex, so we were impressed he was still upright.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sequential_city_neill_camerpno_zpsfa444997-29892a5e55.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nNot to worry, because there was ACTUAL JAM at hand. Matt presented each of us with our own special Baxter and Bailey branded jam pot. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sequential_city_matt_baxter_zps26c56ab5-7361538f6a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAh, here's the illustrious studio team I keep talking about. You can follow them on Twitter at \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/baxterandbailey\">@baxterandbailey\u003C/a>. (And I follow Matt at \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mb_tweets\">@mb_tweets\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sequential_city_baxterandbailey_zps0a2095b2-aa40cd2c5c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nA group shot! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sequential_city_artists2_zps2c500a80-b4c2a9a78a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOh wait, I hafta get in there... From left: \u003Ca href=\"http://fazchoudhury.blogspot.co.uk/\">Faz Choudhury\u003C/a>, Rian Hughes, Matt Baxter, Gary Northfield, me, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/johnaggs\">John Aggs\u003C/a>, Woodrow Phoenix, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/\">Garen Ewing\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://patriceaggs.com/\">Patrice Aggs\u003C/a> and Neill Cameron. Other exhibitors include \u003Ca href=\"http://danse-macabre.nu/\">Kate Brown\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://hannahberry.co.uk/\">Hannah Berry\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://adammurphy.com/\">Adam Murphy\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.bryan-talbot.com/\">Bryan Talbot\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.paulduffield.co.uk/\">Paul Duffield\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sequential_city_artists_zps50cdb56c-bb6058e6f6.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's my part in the exhibition! It's one of the only comic strips I've watercoloured instead of colouring digitally, called \u003Ci>Thames Reach\u003C/i>, from the \u003Ca href=\"\">Birdsong/Songbird anthology\u003C/a>. And next to it is one of Gary's pages in our \u003Ca href=\"http://www.blankslatebooks.co.uk/our-books/nelson/\">NELSON anthology\u003C/a>, set in Dagenham, east London. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sequential_city_exhibit_zps1b34cf93-c3995d0f95.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Rob Chan, who made the video, with his partner:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sequential_city_rob_chan_zps6da445d4-b9285830f2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nA fabulous evening, thanks so much to Matt and Dom for hosting, and London Design Festival for linking us in! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sequential_city_pataggs_zps46ca57f7-55e9e9280a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Edit:\u003C/i> Hey, \u003Ca href=\"http://neillcameron.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/tales-of-sequentialcity.html\">Neill Cameron's just blogged about the evening here!\u003C/a>","2013-09-20T12:46:00.000Z","london-design-festival-sequential-city-comics",[],"london design festival: sequential city comics",1776628725605]