So it seems that despite what people in comics-land believe, London Underground Comics really is at the forefront of the British comics scene when it comes to the outside world.
At 4pm on Tuesday 29th of April, the popular radio 4 show about language ‘Word of Mouth’ broadcasts an interview with Oli Smith, Alex Fitch (of resonance FM) and David Baillie that was recorded in Camden as part of a special episode about the language of comics.
you can listen to it on the radio, online here,or if you miss it, on the BBC’s ‘listen again’ service.
The Brighton Table
Gavin Burrows,
Paul O’Connell,
Sean Duffield,
Ed Hillyer,
Ralph Kidson Peter lally
If your name is not on the list but you wish to reserve a space on the table please e-mail us at camdencomics@hotmail.co.uk with your details. I expect there to be a lot more demand than the initial 30- so in return for sacrificing personal table space to fit more people I’ll be able to lower the rent per person to hopefully less than £4.
The maximum capacity per table is EIGHT people so we can have 48 exhibitors at most (allowing two to four comics to be laid out per person on the table). We’ll also be running two LUC stalls in the market hall next door which might be able to house some overflow.
Table plans are now being drawn up as I get round to it, so please bear with me whilst I find links to people’s sites and try to find a vague category their work. It is a work in progress, but feel free to comment with suggestions/preferences as to where you should go.
London Underground Comics announces: No Barcodes 31st May 2008
As part of London Underground Comic’s campaign of bringing comics back to the underground by making small press cheap, cheerful and accessible, we are proud to announce our first mini-con: No Barcodes, the first of two events planned over the summer.
An indoor area of Camden Lock Market has been set aside for us and we plan to fill it with at least six or seven stalls. The whole event will work exactly as the stall does with groups of people on different tables splitting the £30 rent between them equally- the rest is theirs. The whole event will cost no more than £7 per person exhibiting, and the more people come the cheaper it will be.
We are looking for groups of people to man essentially themed tables, for example a web comics table, a caption table for oxford creators and, say, an autobiography table etc. Each table will be given a sketchbook at the beginning of the day to hopefully fill and at closing time each table’s book will be auctioned off to help pay for LUC’s expenses in printing banners, posters, fliers etc. any profit will be put towards the next mini-con.
Depending on how many creators wish to exhibit we also plan to put aside a separate table for visitors to sketch, as well as a rotating ‘featured artist’ who can charge for portraits.
The hall is situated in the heart of Camden amongst an indoor and outdoor market with a steady flow of tourists passing through. I’m sure I don’t need to state that entry to No Barcodes will be free. This means that not only will there be plenty of room in the outdoor seating area to catch up with fellow creators, but we will also be selling to the comics-virgin tourists of Camden who will be wondering what the event is all about. I’m not even going to touch on the quantities of food and alcohol outlets around the area, most providing discounts for stall-mannees.
Also, if you are lucky, once the market closes at six, we should have an entire pub laid on near Mornington Crescent tube station to host the after-con drinks.
LUC needs you:
We want small press creators of any sort to get in touch with us via the facebook group or by emailing camdencomics@hotmail.co.uk telling us that they wish to take part.
Bring your comics, a tablecloth and any kind of merchandise or posters you wish. LUC has some banners and posters but we want to display your work.
The market opens at ten so if you could arrive in the area before then to set up we would appreciate it.
The point of the event is an excuse to bring comic creators from around the country together to socialise and sell comics to an unsaturated market without huge expense. So most of all, we want you to have a good time and bring your mates!
Two recent items onResonance Fm . Andy Luke is interviewed, And Oliver Lambden gets involved in some roving reporting. London Undergound Comics would also like to say a thanks to Alex for his support.
Due to the effects of the previous evenings jolly in Hoxton, i was confined to my bed for the early part of the day. This meant i missed out on the prestige of being interviewed by Radio 4. Thankfully Oli was there to take the strain, along with David, Oliver, Dan and Alex Fitch, who was taking a break from broadcasting the comic love.
Turning up in the afternoon, I brought bad weather, terror to the the customers, and general chaos to the the fragile eco-structure of the table. Sales continued to flourish despite this, Francesca showed up with her son, who despite enduring a barrage of foul mouthed comic discussion, produced some fine portraits that put some of us to shame.
And as another day closed I mused on the unique situation that is the stall, it is like an idea generator, i always feel charged and creative at the end.
Yay for my comic buddies
Thanks to Tanya for hosting an excellent evening in her bookshop, and thanks to everyone who turned up.
Many drinks were consumed and a good time was had by all! Clicky, clicky to have a look at the day in photo’s.
Bookartbookshop, an independent book distributor will be hosting an exhibition of
comics from the Camden Comics Stall. Regular titles such as Modern Monstrosity,
Summer Ball, Tongue of the Dead, Monkeys might Puke, Ninja Bunny, Twelve Hour Shift will be displayed along with the vast talents of the ever changing table stock.
Opening night and private view will be April 11th 2008 around 6ish, and the show will run until the 25th.
Camden, grey cold, raining, thin crowds. A film crew, a rock chick, new work revealed, a comics’ jam scuppered. A visit to the pub, a happy journey home.
Saturday 22nd March
Featuring not four but THREE tables, and appearances from,
David Baillie (Judge Dredd the Megazine, RedEye, CI)
Leon Hewitt (RedEye Magazine)
Dan Fish (Bugpowder.com)
Shane Chebsey (SmallZone)
Tim Keable and Andy Cheverton (West)
Jay Eales and Selina Lock ( Factor Fiction Press)
Andrew Luke (Bugpowder, Borderline, Caption)
Barry Renshaw (Redeye Magazinem Comics International) (Unconfirmed)
Mike J. Weller (Oz, Visual Associations, Home Baked Books)
Josceline Fenton (Mild Tarantula)
Sally Anne-Hickman (Paper Tiger Comics, Scar Comics) (Unconfirmed)
Ade Brown (Just One Page)
and Oli Smith (Idlechild, IndieReview, Bugpowder)
And many surprise guests !
Look for the big blue and yellow railway bridge sign, the oranges and the doughnut stand - we’re just in to the left !
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