[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-pop-up-festival-sat-30-june-mark-your-diaries":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Cfont size=\"3\">Get ready for \u003C/font>\u003Cfont size=\"5\">COMICS AWESOME!\u003C/font> \u003Cfont size=\"3\">'Cos it's coming to London, and very soon! \u003Cb>Kids, teenagers, families\u003C/b>, this is a great chance to meet some of Britain's top comics creators, get stuck in and \u003Cb>make a whole comic book with them\u003C/b>! They are \u003Ca href=\"http://jamielittler.co.uk/\">Jamie Littler\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.co.uk\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://nanarealm.com/\">Nana Li\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fumboo.com/fumbookids.php\">Jamie Smart\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://tozocomic.com/\">David O'Connell\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.neillcameron.com/\">Neill Cameron\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk\">me\u003C/a>!\u003C/font>\\r\nYou'll get tips from these pros, feedback on your work, and a chance to watch the creators do live drawing and comics battles. If you have a portfolio, this is one of those rare chances when you can bring it along, sit down with a creator and have them look at it and discuss it with you. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pop_up_festival-44ebfdea35.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt's all free! And if you like, you can buy our comics and picture books on-site at the Guardian bookshop and get us to sign and draw in them for you. I'll be posting more exciting stuff about it soon, but \u003Cb>MARK YOUR DIARIES!\u003C/b> Go on, do it now. And \u003Cb>spread the word!\u003C/b> I'll be totally awesome. And we're not the only thing that's happening, there will be loads of other marquees with great events going on for both the Saturday and Sunday of the \u003Ca href=\"http://pop-up.org.uk/\">Pop Up Festival\u003C/a> (although our comics tent is just Saturday), including \u003Ca href=\"http://www.gruffalo.com/\">Axel Scheffler\u003C/a>, Baroness \u003Ca href=\"http://www.floellabenjamin.com\">Floella Benjamin\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://james-mayhew-author-illustrator.blogspot.com/\">James Mayhew\u003C/a>, writer (and occasional cartoonist) \u003Ca href=\"http://www.candygourlay.com/\">Candy Gourlay\u003C/a>, writer & illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.lauradockrill.co.uk/\">Laura Dockrill\u003C/a>, writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.marcussedgwick.com\">Marcus Sedgwick\u003C/a> and writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.niiparkes.com/\">Nii Parkes\u003C/a>. Awesomesauce.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pop_up_gang-7a2b6cb967.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk\">Sarah McIntyre\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://jamielittler.co.uk/\">Jamie Littler\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.co.uk\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://nanarealm.com/\">Nana Li\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fumboo.com/fumbookids.php\">Jamie Smart\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://tozocomic.com/\">David O'Connell\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.neillcameron.com/\">Neill Cameron\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nNote: Adults without kids, you can come, too! You just might need to share your scissors and give way to the teenagers and little 'uns if there's a big queue in the Portfolio Review area.\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/485834.html\">\u003Cb>\u003Cfont size=\"4\">...New! More information HERE!\u003C/a>\u003C/b>\u003C/font>","2012-06-13T18:04:00.000Z","pop-up-festival-sat-30-june-mark-your-diaries",[],"pop up festival, sat, 30 june: MARK YOUR DIARIES!",1776628721938]