[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-the-girly-comic-laydeez-and-limpix":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Last time I did events in Leicester, I stayed with two stalwart contributors on the indie comics scene, \u003Ci>\u003Cb>The Girly Comic\u003C/b>\u003C/i> editor \u003Cb>Selina Lock\u003C/b> and her partner \u003Cb>Jay Eales\u003C/b> of \u003Ca href=\"http://www.laydeezdocomics.com/\">Factor Fiction\u003C/a> press. They're staying with us in London right now and they've brought a hot-off-the press copy of the second Girly Comic book! (It really IS hot off the press, because I only wrote the foreward about a week ago.) You can read a \u003Cb>Forbidden Planet International review\u003C/b> of it \u003Ca href=\"http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2012/buy-now-girly-comic-book-2/\">here\u003C/a> and visit the comic's own website \u003Ca href=\"http://www.factorfictionpress.co.uk/girly/girlybook.html#girlybook2\">here\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/the_girly_comic_jay_selina-6489722182.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd tonight - TONIGHT! - you can come hear Selina and Jay talk about how they put together \u003Ci>The Girly Comic\u003C/i>, and lots more about self-publishing and indie comics at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.laydeezdocomics.com/\">Laydeez Do Comics\u003C/a> evening! Plus the fabulous \u003Cb>Hannah Berry\u003C/b>, creator of \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britten_and_Br%C3%BClightly\">\u003Ci>Britten and Brülightly\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.laydeezdocomics.com/\">Lily Mae Martin\u003C/a>, whom I don't know at all, but that's one of the reasons it's worth going. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.laydeezdocomics.com/\">Details on the website.\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.laydeezdocomics.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/laydeez_13aug-147a4543d8.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's the Fleece Station studio, along with Stuart, Selina and Jay in Greenwich last night, watching the Olympics Closing Ceremony on the lawn (or what's left of the lawn) of the Royal Naval College. I loved it. A friend wrote to say he'd briefly switched it on and it looked GHASTLY, and I totally see what he means, but it was brilliant getting into the mood of it with the crowd and also laughing at the comments people were making on Twitter (\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Alex_T_Smith\">Alex T Smith\u003C/a>, the Kitschies' \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/search/?q=anne+c+perry&src=typd\">Anne Perry\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/PhilipArdagh\">Philip Ardagh\u003C/a> win the evening's Twitter prize, I reckon.) I loved the Opening Ceremony as well. Hurrah, Britain, for putting on two amazing shows! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/olympic_closing_ceremony-3d47b81205.jpg\">\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more photos under the cut!-->\\r\nStuart and I live walking distance from the park, so we popped over several times just to see what was going on. And Stuart went with my studio mate, Gary, to see the Women's Modern Pentathlon, which meant they were Limpicking from 7am til past midnight, but they seemed more than happy.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/olympic_picnic_1-1f12667419.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt's great seeing all the action on the Thames:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/olympic_picnic_4-c4335b975c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd such a great crowd in Greenwich. They cheered when Mo Farah came on screen, they went wild when he won, they jumped about and shouted at every replay. Did I say that I love living in London? I love living in London.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/olympic_picnic_2-d34c533e1f.jpg\">","2012-08-13T12:52:00.000Z","the-girly-comic-laydeez-and-limpix",[],"the girly comic, laydeez and limpix",1776628724085]