[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-the-new-neighbours-dinosaur-firefighters-drawing-at-gosh-comics":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"On Saturday, the 5th of May, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.goshlondon.com/\">Gosh Comics\u003C/a> in Soho hosted a big fun day of drawing! It coincided with \u003Cb>Free Comic Book Day\u003C/b>, and people queued down the street in Soho to get free comics, but it was more than that; lots of families came to meet creators, sit around a table and make comics with us. My favourite part about it was getting to read comics that kids had brought from home - I got to see some real talent! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/437333_original-c43201c729.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Photo by \u003Ca href=\"https://www.molizanephotography.com/\">Mauricio Molizane de Souza\u003C/a> for Gosh London\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nThe brilliant thing about making comics is that kids don't have to wait until they grow up to be comics artists, they can do it right now; all it takes to self-publish comics is a photocopier or home scanner/printer. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/437993_original-9888e9c5a5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\nLoved these by the girl in the green cap:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/441044_original-ce5c7d5a21.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's a comic we made! (I mostly just helped by adding speech bubbles.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/437656_original-491ef591de.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThe event was sort of billed as a workshop, but there were so many people in there, and it was quite loud, so most of us just ended up talking with kids one-on-one, which they seemed to enjoy. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/439597_original-d8aa13c109.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Photo by \u003Ca href=\"https://www.molizanephotography.com/\">Mauricio Molizane de Souza\u003C/a> for Gosh London\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nHere's a Comic Jam by this talented kid and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/bowendesign\">Ben Tomczyk-Bowen\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/438123_original-07c6cfc9f5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nI shared the time slot with \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tormalore\">Tor Freeman\u003C/a> (pictured here) and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/joelist\">Joe List\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/438452_original-cda0556bc3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Photo by \u003Ca href=\"https://www.molizanephotography.com/\">Mauricio Molizane de Souza\u003C/a> for Gosh London\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nCheck out \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sandradieckmann.com/\">Sandra Dieckmann\u003C/a>'s excellent headgear: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/438718_original-229ffe4830.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThanks for the fab portrait, Lily! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/438814_original-eae832d34f.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nExcellent Jampire: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/439271_original-eef85a697c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nLove this character design! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/439456_original-f9b228bfd8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nI have a couple new books out: \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.co.uk/the-new-neighbours/\">The New Neighbours\u003C/a>\u003C/i> and \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.co.uk/dinosaur-firefighters/\">Dinosaur Firefighters\u003C/a>\u003C/i>. Big thanks to Gosh for stocking those. I signed a lot of copies, so they might even still have some for sale if you want to pop in to the shop! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/440680_original-066f199a22.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nSo great running into lots of awesome comics people! Here are three of my all-time fave comic artists: \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tomgauld\">Tom Gauld\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/simoneliadraws\">Simone Lia\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/stephen_collins\">Stephen Collins\u003C/a> in the break room... \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/440506_original-ea9b1a3211.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nEven time for a quick coffee down the road with \u003Ca href=\"http://karenrubins.com/\">Karen Rubins\u003C/a>! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/440027_original-2d4e58e523.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nEven some costumes, hooray! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/440182_original-b480cce22d.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Photo by \u003Ca href=\"https://www.molizanephotography.com/\">Mauricio Molizane de Souza\u003C/a> for Gosh London\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nThanks to manager \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/grizzleddog\">Andrew Salmond\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ExLibrisNora\">Nora Goldberg\u003C/a> and the rest of the Gosh team for hosting a fantastic day! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/441307_original-6d5dce955e.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2018-05-13T18:28:00.000Z","the-new-neighbours-dinosaur-firefighters-drawing-at-gosh-comics",[],"the new neighbours & dinosaur firefighters: drawing at gosh comics",1776628729623]