BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.
Comics Barcamp Belfast is the first comics barcamp in the UK and Ireland. It is hoped will pool the knowledge and share it amongst comics creators and other people with an interest in the industry North and South of Ireland. One aim is to see a follow-up event in the South next year.
WhatIsComicsBarcamp Planning and Schedule Register for the event Sponsors
All Files and Images
When: Thursday 1st September, from 8:30pm-midnight (Social and Planning Meet)
Where: The Cloth Ear, next to the Merchant Hotel, Waring Street, Belfast
When: Friday 2nd September, from 6-11pm (Social and Planning Meet)
Where: Open House, Castlereagh Rd, Belfast. Contact Andy Luke for details
When: Saturday 3rd September, 9am-6pm
Cost: Barcamp is FREE
Bring: A laptop if you have one, a portfolio if you like, notes for sessions, an open and facilitating mind
Aims: Growth and Development of Northern and Southern Irish comics arts and publications
Tooling creators with access to peer business knowledge pool
Cross-border initiatives (incl. Southern Ireland Barcamp next year)
An open platform for creatives to discuss and solve problems on ANYTHING
How to get to the venue - Location, Directions and Parking
View this handy guide at Blick's website - A must for out-of-town drivers to allay parking-panic.
You may like to purchase a Translink Metro Bus day ticket, which will cost you £2.90 and allow for travel on all city buses during the day. These can be bought from the driver.
Also, keep a look out for the bar venues The Bot (with the Welly/Wellington Park Hotel next door), and The Eglantine, on either side of the road..
Where to stay?
We'll put up a link of affordable venues in the city. Alternatively, you may be able to get crash space. See the registration page.
How do I sell my comics at barcamp?
No one's talked about that yet. The first rule of Barcamp is to talk about Barcamp.
Blick Studios are supplying us with all our tech needs on the site and with streaming wi-fi, tea, coffee and are giving us discount venue costs.
Matt McElroy and DriveThruComics.com are contributing towards most of our remaining venue costs.
Roger Sabin, Debbie McCormack (Don't Panic!) and Sean Duffield (Paper Tiger Comix) have helped secure the venue and supplied funding for paper, pens, catering and reproduction.
The wonderful Barcamp logo was designed by Deirdre de Barra and you can view this in alternate forms in the Files index.
Costs
| Breakfast |
7.00 (Shopped by Jen) |
| Lunch |
10.00 (Prepared by Richard and Aofie) |
| Lunch & Breakfast |
5.00 (Shopped by Andy) |
| Drinks, Stationery, Catering euipment, Miscellaneous |
17.00 (Shopped by Andy) |
| Presentation costs - big screen, laptop |
Supplied by Blick |
| Blick Studios Rent |
75.00 (75.00 Reduction provided by Blick) |
| Copying and Printing |
02.50 (Reduction provided by Reads) |
| Indiegogo Admin Costs |
23.00 |
| Total |
139.50 |
Sponsors
| Blick Studios |
Venue reduction, tech provided |
| Matt McElroy / Drive Thru Comics |
50.00 |
| Sean Duffield / Paper Tiger Comics |
5.00 |
| Roger Sabin |
50.00 |
| Debbie McCormack / Don't Panic Comics |
20.00 |
| Andy Luke |
15.00 |
| Total |
140.00 |
WhatIsComicsBarcamp Planning Sponsors Registration
Task List
(Cross off when done)
Erasers 5-10
Paper (Pads for pre-registering, scrap for others)
Pencils
Pens
Tape
Polystyrene Cups (50 only required)
Breakfast - NutriGrain bars,Capri Sun (To be £ shopped), Bread
Lunch - Spicy Soup (supplied by Richard and Aoife), Bread (Reduced to clear?)
Napkins
Plastic Cutlery?
Paper Scroll
Coffee/Tea _ Supplied by Blick
Milk & Sugar - as backup
Snacks - Cheddars/Crisps & Sweets (To be £ shopped)
Paper Pads (limit 20 for pre-registering attendees first)
Stickers and Sharpies - for self namebadging
Index Cards? / Post-its - for sessions on grid
LAPTOP FOR PRESENTATIONS
Participant wrangling
Checking emails
Set up USTREAM
Updating THIS WIKI
Moderating google group (enabling)
Tweet
Setting up audio and video streams on-site on the day
Venue posters (printed, to be assembled)
OpenGrid and Inspire posters (to be assembled, hand-drawn)
Confirmed Participants
Contact details
ICN posts http://www.irishcomicnews.com/tag/bar-camp/
ICN Forum http://www.irishcomicnews.com/forum/?vasthtmlaction=viewtopic&t=15.0
Google group http://groups.google.com/group/comicsbarcampbelfast
Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118887031543321
Indiegogo Fundraiser http://Indiegogo.com/Comics-Barcamp-Belfast-2011
Emails drewluke@[ihatespam]gmail.com
or any of the planners.
Twitter: @comicscampBLFST
Tags
Please use the tag #comicscamp for content related to this event
for twitter, flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc
Who's blogging?
Life, Madness, Science and Art (31st August)
What is Comics Barcamp? A Gain - Alltern8.com (30th August)
Barcamp in Text, Image, Sound - ICN (29th August)
Alex Fitch''s radio slot adapted with images - YouTube (29th August)
Don't Panic Comics and Paper Tiger join sponsors - ICN (28th August)
Broken Frontier: Belfast Comics Barcamp 2011 in a nutshell by Andy Oliver (27th August)
Roger Sabin sponsorship, and Gar Shanley recruits for market co-op - ICN (26th August)
Panel Borders on London's Resonance FM with Alex Fitch and accompanying blog entry (25th August)
Forbidden Planet International Weblog announcing DriveThruComics.com sponsorship deal. (23rd August)
Following The Nerd - Marc Savage interviews Andy Luke (13mins) Sunshine FM, Banbridge Radio (18th August)
Bugpowder.com (15th August)
Belfast Comics - Paddy Brown (21st July)
DownTheTubes: Comics Bar Camp Announced - John Freeman with quotes from Sean Duffield and Andy Luke (29th July)
Gar Shanley and Andy Luke on IrishComicNews.com (June to present)
Matt Badham and Andy Luke on WikiWorldBook.com (2008)
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