[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-pop-up-festival-some-awesome-comics-preparations":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Here's the latest update on this \u003Cfont size=\"4\">AWESOME COMICS FESTIVAL\u003C/font> for kids, families, and everyone that's coming to London on \u003Cb>Sat, 30 June!\u003C/b> (You've marked your diary and and told all your friends, right?)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_logo2-5d1c46a24d.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nSo the way it's been working is that \u003Cb>Dylan Calder\u003C/b> and his team at the \u003Ca href=\"http://pop-up.org.uk/\">Pop Up Festival\u003C/a> have been working their tails off for our funding to host ten different creators to curate ten big marquees; five on Saturday and five on Sunday. So my tent is all about getting stuck in and making comics with help, fun times and feedback from the pros. And \u003Ca href=\"http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/\">Central Saint Martins\u003C/a> art college has jumped in to make the place look amazing! There are three art students busily working away to build the Comics Big-Top of Awesome. Here are the two I met at the \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/473276.html\">first planning meeting\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://mydearisabel.com/\">Isa Caruncho\u003C/a> and \u003Cb>Chiahui Liao\u003C/b>, and we've also been joined by \u003Cb>Maddy Rita Faye\u003C/b>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pop_up_CSMmtg_2-68b651e7e8.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nFriends of the Comics Big-Top of Awesome include \u003Ca href=\"http://www.comicafestival.com/\">Comica Festival\u003C/a>, \u003Cb>Megan Donnolley, Paul Gravett\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Peter Stanbury\u003C/b>, who run amazing comics events throughout the year; \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/\">The Phoenix Comic\u003C/a>, a weekly magazine delivery of comics awesomeness and where we sourced most of our team for the day, and \u003Cb>Hélène Fiamma\u003C/b> at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.bdandcomicspassion.co.uk/\">Institut Français\u003C/a> has also said she's very excited about it and keen to help out in any way. \u003Ca href=\"http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/\">Forbidden Planet International blog\u003C/a> always give us awesome coverage and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.goshlondon.com/\">Gosh! London\u003C/a> have been hosting loads of our creators' events recently and making a general awesome buzz for comics in central London. \\r\n\\r\nWe all hope this will get people excited and spark off kids comics festivals all over Britain. Can you imagine how \u003Cb>AWESOME\u003C/b> that would be? \u003Cb>Think about it!\u003C/b> \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/comics_friends-845c2c24a0.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's the team: \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\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pop_up_gang-7a2b6cb967.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd our three Central Saint Martins art students are turning out marvelous ideas and drawings! We thought we'd pack the space with fun, lively characters, and they've come up with all sorts:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_prep5-2baeaf26fb.gif\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more festival sketches under the cut!-->\\r\nHere are some early drawings they made of the space. The Big-Top 'Box Office' will be the place where people can get creators to sign their books and check the Events Listing and see when the different drawing battles and tutorials are going on, although the general comics making will go on throughout the day. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_prep1-059559d310.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThey're also building some Story Wheels, so people can spin them to get story starters for their comics. A sumo wrestler dragon from a swamp? A scientist robot in a haunted house? Who will feature in your story?\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_prep2-f751a67d72.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nLoads of ideas have been flying around! Here are some sketches of a robot circus ringmaster, by the creator of \u003Cb>\u003Ci>Mo-Bot High\u003C/b>\u003C/i>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.neillcameron.com/\">Neill Cameron\u003C/a>, who will be joining us on the day!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_prep7-ac390c4fef.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBesides the stage, we're going to break the tent into several zones for ultimate creating potential. \\r\n\u003Cb>Zone 1: AWESOME IDEAS\u003C/b> - This is where we'll have the story wheels and build our characters\\r\n\u003Cb>Zone 2: AWESOME MAKING\u003C/b> - Here's where the insides of the comics come together! Plunge your character into adventure in as many pages as you need to tell your story.\\r\n\u003Cb>Zone 3: AWESOME COVERS\u003C/b> - It's not enough to have an awesome comic, it needs to jump off the shelf! Make your killer zinging cover here.\\r\n\u003Cb>Zone 4: AWESOME PROS\u003C/b> - Meet with one of the fabulous professionals to have them look over your comic, talk with you and give you feedback. You're very welcome to bring along your portfolio or sketchbook at this point. (Adults, you're also welcome to bring them along, but we'll need to give kids and teenagers priority here if it's crowded.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_prep3-8d1f381dfd.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nMore fab character ideas from our art college team:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_prep4-0a97268e46.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nWe're planning to have a big, in-your-face fairground entrance to the tent!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_prep6-4d8acb79e3.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's the space, right next to the Central Saint Martins art college building at King's Cross. It's outdoors, but covered, so rain or shine, this festival will be awesome. And the Comics Big-Top of Awesome is only one of five tents going strong on the Saturday! And five different ones the following day.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_mtg24jan_3-1-0819778fb3.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>So, are you excited yet?\u003C/b> If you don't even live in London, this will be something worth coming into town for. Please spread the word, I always get people coming up to me later and saying, 'If only I'd known...!' and we don't want that to happen. Shout if from the root tops! Young (and old!) bloggers and journalists, this is a great time to flex your skills: there will be loads of great things to write about, blog, and your own comics to display. I hope bloggers will send me links and I can do a post-festival wrap-up here, so everyone can see your news and comics!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_prep9-79f3bd46bb.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI'll attach some more development sketches from Isa, Chiahui and Maddy. Exciting times!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_prep11-64854239df.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nRead earlier blog posts about the Pop-Up festival \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/473276.html\">here\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/485117.html\">here\u003C/a>!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_prep10-7a8330b4e6.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_prep12-709c722e0e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/popup_prep13-51b222c096.jpg\">","2012-06-15T10:02:00.000Z","pop-up-festival-some-awesome-comics-preparations",[],"pop up festival: some awesome comics preparations!",1776628721965]