[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-pop-up-party-comics":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"This weekend I got to meet up with one of my comics heroes, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fumboo.com/\">Jamie Smart\u003C/a> (author of fab new DFC Library book \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://dfb.randomhousechildrens.co.uk/davidficklingbooks.asp?ean=9781849921732\">Fish-Head Steve\u003C/a>\u003C/i>, The Phoenix Comic's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/bunny-vs-monkey/\">\u003Ci>Bunny vs Monkey\u003C/a>\u003C/i>, strips in \u003Ci>The Dandy\u003C/i> and lots more besides), to draw comics at a big party in the countryside.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/boombury_mastapleton_zps98cb530f-5c92d45f7c.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Photo by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mastapleton\">@mastapleton\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nUnfortunately, we signed confidentiality papers and promised we would not say which party it was, but I did tweet a few things from a made-up hashtag of #BoomburyZommerPartee. Our 'zone' was the 'Magical Zone', where everything was purple. Including Jamie and me. Look, it's Mr Smart in a SUIT! Looking very smart!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/boombury_jamie_smart_zps10bab210-e456981fc1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cb>Dylan Calder\u003C/b> from the \u003Ca href=\"http://pop-up.org.uk/\">Pop Up Festival\u003C/a> rallied us as his team, and here we are! Jamie, \u003Cb>Michael De Souza\u003C/b> of \u003Ca href=\"http://rastamouse.com/wp/\">Rastamouse\u003C/a> fame, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.lauradockrill.co.uk/\">Laura Dockrill\u003C/a> and me, sitting on some BIG STORIES.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/boombury_team_zps47dd87f8-1e9afd6081.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nLaura very kindly signed my copy of her book \u003Ca href=\"http://darcy-burdock.tumblr.com/\">\u003Ci>Darcy Burdock\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, which I am reading right now.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/boombury_laura_michael_zps313e9f73-846c624331.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Dylan, taking slightly creepy selfies with Laura. Dylan has also grown very beardy since I last saw him.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/boombury_laura_dockrill_dylanc_zpsc942a483-5062977519.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nA giant crab (hurrah!):\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/boombury_giant_crab_zpsd28f4c12-222319f6ff.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd someone who must've wandered over from the Yellow Zone. We make a good pair.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/boombury_yellowpurple_zps96baaa7b-f91b2ef430.jpg\">","2013-09-09T08:08:00.000Z","pop-up-party-comics",[],"pop up party comics",1776628725527]