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Cartoon Museum/Bloomsbury festival
Ooh I do like getting children to pull faces! On your way to meet a friend in the park and faced with a lurking Cyclops, what do you do? Forty children and adults at London’s Cartoon Museum came up with … Continue reading
The Guardian Big Draw
Another very busy day running comic strip workshops, this time for the Guardian at Kings Place. Lively groups of children used comic strip narratives to trick a Cyclops who had very bad dietary habits (Children on toast – yum! etc) Great stuff. … Continue reading
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Tagged comic strips, Cyclops, Greek Myths, Sally Kindberg, the Guardian, the Guardian Big Draw, workshop
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Frinton on Sea Literary Festival
Early start and very busy day running interactive comic strip workshops at two schools. My charming Festival minders Gerald (motor-home owner and sea- kayak-er) and Sally J of Caxton Books kindly drove me round and generally looked after me. Frinton … Continue reading
Comica Social Club
Comic strip enthusiasts’ meeting last night, and if it’s your first time (it was mine), just look for the man in the emerald fez, Peter Stanbury. Does he wear it at home I wonder? Great talking to people from all sorts of … Continue reading
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Tagged comic strips, Comica, Comica Social Club, fez, Peter Stanbury
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Book review
Just seen rather nice book review for The Big Fat Book of Knowledge, omnibus edition of three Bloomsbury comic strip books I’ve worked on with Tracey Turner. This pic from one of them …
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Tagged book review, China, comic strips, Ming, Sally Kindberg, the Big Fat Book of Knowledge, Tracey Turner
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Edinburgh Festival – last day in Scotland
Yesterday to a talk by Ian Thompson on his book “Jules Verne in Scotland”. Verne loved Scotland, claiming one of his ancestors was a Scottish archer, and several of his novels are set here. The book’s publisher is Luath, named … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaida Foppa de Solorzano, Amnesty, Between Weathers, Bloomsbury Publsihing, comic strips, Edinburgh Book Festival, Johanna Skibsrud, Jules Verne, Luath, Michael arditti, Ron McMillan, Sally Kindberg, Scotland, Shetland, The Comic Strip Book of Dinosaurs, Val McDermid, Wordplay, workshop
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Edinburgh Book Festival Day 3
Thirty fans of Greek Mythological Monsters braved the rain and used caps of invisibility, cartons of lotus juice, bags of wind and flying sandals to outwit monsters in my second drawing workshop at the festival. Great atmosphere, and hugely inventive … Continue reading
Edinburgh Childrens Book Festival
Excitement … I’ve arrived at the Edinburgh Book Festival, the sun is shining (contrary to weather forecasts) and I’ve found the Authors’ Yurt in Charlotte Square Garden’s literary tentworld. I may be only one of this year’s 797 participants, but wearing a … Continue reading
Moth nursery
Called away from dinoland (yes the 4th comic strip book for Bloomsbury is Age of Dinosaurs) to investigate moth nursery which has sprung up under my printer – how dare they! RIP mothlings.