On 3rd August I headed to Herne Bay’s Beach Creative HQ to run a workshop, part of the annual Cartoonists Festival. Not only families drew impressive comic strips – the youngest was five years old – professional cartoonists joined in too. With thanks to Banx, Royston, Glen Marshall, KJ Lamb, Birch and others. As participants might need a magical object to aid their superpower – think fairy tales and Greek Myths etc – I added some random items in my Hat of Surprise for them to possibly include in their short comic strips. I also brought my Mind Reading Specs just in case … a few surprises there!
It’s great when the room goes quiet when there’s a full studio of participants and everyone’s busy thinking and drawing their fantastic ideas. With many thanks to Beach Creative for inviting and welcoming me. What fun! I walked back to the station, initially by the shore, past the statue of flying ace Amy Johnson (who sadly crashed in the sea here during WW2) and some slowly revolving teacups, then fell asleep on the train going home.
Comment from cartoonist Glen Marshall: Super heroic workshop Sally. Some lovely strips produced and I’ve never enjoyed having my mind probed so much!
Looks like another absolutely fabulous session orchestrated by unique writer/illustrator and all-round magical artist Sally Kindberg!
Thanks for your lovely comment DA