[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-the-inking-woman-250-years-of-women-cartoon-comic-artists-in-britain":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Wahey! So proud to be in this new collection of women comic artists! Remember \u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/731995.html\">that brouhaha a couple years ago\u003C/a>, when Angoulême comics festival executive officer Franck Bondoux explained the lack of any women on their award nominee list of 30 comic creators? His explanation: \"Unfortunately there are few women in the history of comics. That's the reality. Similarly, if you go to the Louvre, you will find few women artists... The festival loves women, but we cannot rewrite the history of comics.\" \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>\u003Ci>The Inking Woman\u003C/i>\u003C/b> shows this argument is untrue. And this book doesn't even include ALL the women who make comics in Britain, it's a selection that makes a good read and shows off different styles. I'm so proud to be included in it! You can find out more about it \u003Ca href=\"http://myriadeditions.com/books/the-inking-woman/\">on Myriad Edition's website\u003C/a>. (Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.rachaelhouse.com\">Rachael House\u003C/a>)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/382369_original-dd6c9a8d29.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nWhen the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.cartoonmuseum.org/\">Cartoon Museum\u003C/a> hung up my \u003Ci>Vern and Lettuce \u003C/i>comic next to one by \u003Ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posy_Simmonds\">Posy Simmonds\u003C/a>, it was a highlight of my career. And now I'm next to \u003Ca href=\"http://isabelnecessary.com/\">Isabel Greenberg\u003C/a>, another hero of mine! Super chuffed. I wasn't in the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.cartoonmuseum.org/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/50028-exhibitions/current-exhibitions/50195-the-inking-woman-2?highlight=WyJpbmtpbmciLCJ3b21hbiIsImlua2luZyB3b21hbiJd\">original Inking Woman exhibition\u003C/a> there (I mostly do children's books, not comics), but there was a little gap that my Funday Times \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/tag/shark_and_unicorn\">Shark & Unicorn\u003C/a>\u003C/i> comic (edited by \u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/649805.html\">Karen Robinson\u003C/a>) fit into so they squeezed me in at the last moment. Both the Cartoon Museum and the House of Illustration featured exhibitions of women creators at the same time (hurrah!); you can read about \u003Ci>Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics\u003C/i> \u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/736664.html\">in this blog post\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/382497_original-842af08de4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThe woman on the left is \u003Ca href=\"http://myriadeditions.com/creator/nicola-streeten/\">Nicola Streeten\u003C/a>, co-writer of the book with \u003Ca href=\"http://www.cathtatecards.com/\">Cath Tate\u003C/a>, and the woman who, with \u003Ca href=\"http://sarahlightman.com/artist.html\">Sarah Lightman\u003C/a>, set up \u003Ca href=\"https://laydeezdocomics.wordpress.com/\">Laydeez Do Comics\u003C/a>. I was honoured to be a speaker at one of their very \u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/222288.html\">first meetings back in 2009\u003C/a> (maybe their very first?), and \u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/564840.html\">again in Dublin in 2013\u003C/a>, and now they have meetings in Leeds and Birmingham, among other places. If you're interested in meeting people and finding out more about women comic creators (and they have some male speakers, too), do pop along to one of their meetings! The woman in the middle here is comic creator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.rosasquith.co.uk/\">Ros Asquith\u003C/a>, and the woman on the right is Roz Streeten (also known as colouring book creator \u003Ca href=\"https://www.rosieflo.co.uk/\">Rosie Flo\u003C/a>):\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://laydeezdocomics.wordpress.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/382862_original-31678ff589.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/384639_original-bc5248c11f.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\nMyriad publisher/editor \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/comicopera\">Corinne Pearlman\u003C/a> hosted the launch in her amazing shared house slap-bang next to the British Museum. And it was SO crowded I didn't get past the front door for the first half hour! So I missed seeing a lot of awesome people I would have loved to have spent time with if I'd had my act together enough to get in touch with people ahead of time and figure out who was coming along. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/383652_original-49ef690c88.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nI got a lift there from the dapper \u003Ca href=\"http://www.woodrowphoenix.co.uk/\">Woodrow Phoenix\u003C/a> (on the left) who has been an amazing mentor to me in comics and helped me when I've had a wobble at the start of making picture books. (He's also been a speaker at Laydeez Do Comics.) I haven't quite worked out yet who's photo-bombing next to him (anyone know?), but next to him is \u003Ca href=\"http://karenrubins.com/\">Karen Rubins\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://emmavieceli.com/\">Emma Vieceli\u003C/a>. (You can read about \u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/458548.html\">a comics adventure I had in Paris with Emma here\u003C/a>.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/458548.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/vern_paris_manga_1-1a35787c37.gif\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Read more...\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI missed loads of people who were there, but it was impossible to miss the vibrant \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sallyshinystars.com/\">Sally-Anne Hickman\u003C/a> or \u003Ca href=\"http://www.rachaelhouse.com\">Rachael House\u003C/a>! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/383068_original-6e06375172.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nIt was great getting to meet \u003Ca href=\"https://www.michimathias.com/\">Michi Mathias\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://zaraslattery.com/\">Zara Slattery\u003C/a>: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/383363_original-dc8e57a668.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nContributors \u003Ca href=\"http://www.archcomic.com/\">Janette Parris\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://milkkitten.com/\">Tanya Meditzky\u003C/a> (does anyone know the name of the person in the middle?)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/383807_original-9a7ba26fd6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nTrout pouts by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.hennybeaumont.com/\">Henny Beaumont\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://hannahberry.co.uk/\">Hanna Berry\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/384064_original-85d8e83fe8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nOh, and one more picture of Woodrow outside the British Museum because he looked rather fine in that suit, shirt and tie combo. (Thanks for the lift, dude!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/384371_original-b4ac7f1557.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nYou can buy \u003Ci>The Inking Woman\u003C/i> \u003Ca href=\"http://myriadeditions.com/books/the-inking-woman/\">direct from Myriad\u003C/a>, at lots of fine comic shops, including Gosh London, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.page45.com/store/The-Inking-Women-250-Years-Of-Women-Cartoon-And-Comic-Artists-In-Britain-hc.html\">Page 45 \u003C/a>in Nottingham (ships worldwide!), in the Cartoon Museum shop, and in many other fine bookshops! And on Twitter, you can follow \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MyriadEditions\">@MyriadEditions\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Laydeezdocomics\">@Laydeezdocomics\u003C/a> and\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Cartoonmuseumuk\"> @Cartoonmuseumuk\u003C/a>.\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://myriadeditions.com/books/the-inking-woman/\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/384874_original-b48e845265.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\u003C/a>","2018-03-18T17:30:00.000Z","the-inking-woman-250-years-of-women-cartoon-comic-artists-in-britain",[],"the inking woman: 250 years of women cartoon & comic artists in britain",1776628729499]