Eggyhelen a.k.a Helen Jones
@eggyhelen.bsky.social
Lecturer in Primary Education @UCL, PhD candidate @Goldsmiths. Loves children's literature & comics. And cats. Not that fussed about eggs tbh.
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Report! “It Oozed Creativity, Comics Community Spirit and FUN” – Yo Comics! Proves that Kids Can’t Get Enough of Comics.
@tomeenmurphy.bsky.social looks back on the much praised South London @yocomicsfair.bsky.social comics fair for kids.
www.brokenfrontier.com/yo-comics-fa...
@tomeenmurphy.bsky.social looks back on the much praised South London @yocomicsfair.bsky.social comics fair for kids.
www.brokenfrontier.com/yo-comics-fa...
"It Oozed Creativity, Comics Community Spirit and FUN" - Yo Comics! Proves that Kids Can't Get Enough of Comics – Broken Frontier
Tom Murphy returns to Broken Frontier to give a guest report on the Yo Comics! fair for kids, held in London in March 2025.
www.brokenfrontier.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Report! “It Oozed Creativity, Comics Community Spirit and FUN” – Yo Comics! Proves that Kids Can’t Get Enough of Comics.
@tomeenmurphy.bsky.social looks back on the much praised South London @yocomicsfair.bsky.social comics fair for kids.
www.brokenfrontier.com/yo-comics-fa...
@tomeenmurphy.bsky.social looks back on the much praised South London @yocomicsfair.bsky.social comics fair for kids.
www.brokenfrontier.com/yo-comics-fa...
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The Yo Comics @yocomicsfair.bsky.social fair is MOBBED by children already and the doors only opened 30 minutes ago! (But they do get up early)
March 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The Yo Comics @yocomicsfair.bsky.social fair is MOBBED by children already and the doors only opened 30 minutes ago! (But they do get up early)
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ATTENTION! @yocomicsfair.bsky.social is happening NOW @stanleyarts.bsky.social - come along for loads of fab comics and to laugh at the funny man with the sign…
#downwiththiskindofthing
#downwiththiskindofthing
March 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
ATTENTION! @yocomicsfair.bsky.social is happening NOW @stanleyarts.bsky.social - come along for loads of fab comics and to laugh at the funny man with the sign…
#downwiththiskindofthing
#downwiththiskindofthing
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Brand new! And ready for @yocomicsfair.bsky.social tomorrow!
"Oh No...Ghosts In Things"
24 new ghosts in 24 new things (sort of)
"Oh No...Ghosts In Things"
24 new ghosts in 24 new things (sort of)
March 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Brand new! And ready for @yocomicsfair.bsky.social tomorrow!
"Oh No...Ghosts In Things"
24 new ghosts in 24 new things (sort of)
"Oh No...Ghosts In Things"
24 new ghosts in 24 new things (sort of)
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Set up at @yocomicsfair.bsky.social which is already heaving
March 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Set up at @yocomicsfair.bsky.social which is already heaving
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We had an amazing day - sold out 'Oh No Ghosts In Things' and 'This Is Happening, Pal' (which sounds more impressive than it is - that's 15 comics altogether).
More importantly the energy and excitement in the room was amazing, so many people actively interested in comics and zines.
More importantly the energy and excitement in the room was amazing, so many people actively interested in comics and zines.
Set up at @yocomicsfair.bsky.social which is already heaving
March 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
We had an amazing day - sold out 'Oh No Ghosts In Things' and 'This Is Happening, Pal' (which sounds more impressive than it is - that's 15 comics altogether).
More importantly the energy and excitement in the room was amazing, so many people actively interested in comics and zines.
More importantly the energy and excitement in the room was amazing, so many people actively interested in comics and zines.
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Thank you so much to Hannah, @eggyhelen.bsky.social and @deadlyknitshade.bsky.social for organising, and also to all of the volunteers (including Team @colossive.com and @garethbrookes.bsky.social ) for making the day such a success.
March 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Thank you so much to Hannah, @eggyhelen.bsky.social and @deadlyknitshade.bsky.social for organising, and also to all of the volunteers (including Team @colossive.com and @garethbrookes.bsky.social ) for making the day such a success.
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🚨 YO COMICS IS TOMORROW! 🚨 Just one itty bitty day until Yo Comics Fair roars into South Norwood like an inky Godzilla!
Are you ready for Yo?
🏫 Where? Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2025
⏰ What time? 11 - 5pm
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day!
Are you ready for Yo?
🏫 Where? Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2025
⏰ What time? 11 - 5pm
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day!
March 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🚨 YO COMICS IS TOMORROW! 🚨 Just one itty bitty day until Yo Comics Fair roars into South Norwood like an inky Godzilla!
Are you ready for Yo?
🏫 Where? Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2025
⏰ What time? 11 - 5pm
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day!
Are you ready for Yo?
🏫 Where? Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2025
⏰ What time? 11 - 5pm
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day!
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🚨 2 DAYS TIL YO COMICS FAIR 🚨 Just two days to go until Yo Comics Fair appears in a cloud of comics at Stanley Arts. Woo!
We're herding tables for our tablers today. We'll definitely have them tamed by Sunday.
🏫 Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ 23rd March 2025
⏰ 11 - 5pm
✏️ Who? Everyone
🎟️ FREE Just come along
We're herding tables for our tablers today. We'll definitely have them tamed by Sunday.
🏫 Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ 23rd March 2025
⏰ 11 - 5pm
✏️ Who? Everyone
🎟️ FREE Just come along
March 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🚨 2 DAYS TIL YO COMICS FAIR 🚨 Just two days to go until Yo Comics Fair appears in a cloud of comics at Stanley Arts. Woo!
We're herding tables for our tablers today. We'll definitely have them tamed by Sunday.
🏫 Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ 23rd March 2025
⏰ 11 - 5pm
✏️ Who? Everyone
🎟️ FREE Just come along
We're herding tables for our tablers today. We'll definitely have them tamed by Sunday.
🏫 Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ 23rd March 2025
⏰ 11 - 5pm
✏️ Who? Everyone
🎟️ FREE Just come along
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Important advice 💯🫡
March 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Important advice 💯🫡
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This weekend! South London! It’s @yocomicsfair.bsky.social! So many amazing comics creators young and old, plus me and Logan with THIS Hot Fresh Nonsense:
Announcing MEGA ROBO VILLINOOS, a special mash-up bootleg comic we’ve made specially for @yocomicsfair.bsky.social next weekend! Read all about it in this week’s newsletter at neillcameron.substack.com !
March 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This weekend! South London! It’s @yocomicsfair.bsky.social! So many amazing comics creators young and old, plus me and Logan with THIS Hot Fresh Nonsense:
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🚨3 DAYS TIL YO COMICS FAIR 🚨 It's the final countdown! There are just 3 days until Yo Comics Fair crash lands at Stanley Arts! EEEK!!!
🏫 Where: Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2025
⏰ What time? 11-5pm
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day! No tickets needed
🏫 Where: Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2025
⏰ What time? 11-5pm
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day! No tickets needed
March 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🚨3 DAYS TIL YO COMICS FAIR 🚨 It's the final countdown! There are just 3 days until Yo Comics Fair crash lands at Stanley Arts! EEEK!!!
🏫 Where: Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2025
⏰ What time? 11-5pm
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day! No tickets needed
🏫 Where: Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2025
⏰ What time? 11-5pm
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day! No tickets needed
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I'll be volunteering at this (attempting to keep the uneasy peace between the Girl Guides and the Woodcraft Folk)
🚨3 DAYS TIL YO COMICS FAIR 🚨 It's the final countdown! There are just 3 days until Yo Comics Fair crash lands at Stanley Arts! EEEK!!!
🏫 Where: Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2025
⏰ What time? 11-5pm
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day! No tickets needed
🏫 Where: Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2025
⏰ What time? 11-5pm
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day! No tickets needed
March 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I'll be volunteering at this (attempting to keep the uneasy peace between the Girl Guides and the Woodcraft Folk)
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SOON... 👀
🚨3 DAYS TIL YO COMICS FAIR 🚨 It's the final countdown! There are just 3 days until Yo Comics Fair crash lands at Stanley Arts! EEEK!!!
🏫 Where: Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2025
⏰ What time? 11-5pm
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day! No tickets needed
🏫 Where: Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2025
⏰ What time? 11-5pm
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day! No tickets needed
March 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
SOON... 👀
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Don't forget, pals, that this Sunday March 23rd is the very first @yocomicsfair.bsky.social Yo Comics Fair in London. A new event on the calendar aimed squarely at kids. www.brokenfrontier.com/yo-comics-ne...
Yo Comics! - New South London Comics Fair for Kids and By Kids Launches March 23rd, 2025 – Broken Frontier
'Yo Comics!' is a new kind of London comics fair with a pronounced emphasis on the kids comics demographic.
www.brokenfrontier.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Don't forget, pals, that this Sunday March 23rd is the very first @yocomicsfair.bsky.social Yo Comics Fair in London. A new event on the calendar aimed squarely at kids. www.brokenfrontier.com/yo-comics-ne...
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We're enrolling for this course - 'Poetry, People and Places'. I look forward to meeting you and doing wonderful creative work on poems and places.
clpe.org.uk/training/cou...
clpe.org.uk/training/cou...
Poetry, People and Places with Michael Rosen and Ben Ballin
Join us for this very special cross-curricular course, led by award winning poet Michael Rosen and Primary Geography Consultant, Ben Ballin, with CLPE's Anja...
clpe.org.uk
March 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We're enrolling for this course - 'Poetry, People and Places'. I look forward to meeting you and doing wonderful creative work on poems and places.
clpe.org.uk/training/cou...
clpe.org.uk/training/cou...
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Print copies of MEGA ROBO VILLINOOS are here! And they look rather lovely, I have to say. (Thanks @comicprintinguk.bsky.social!) Available only at @yocomicsfair.bsky.social next Sunday!
March 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Print copies of MEGA ROBO VILLINOOS are here! And they look rather lovely, I have to say. (Thanks @comicprintinguk.bsky.social!) Available only at @yocomicsfair.bsky.social next Sunday!
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1️⃣🗓️🎉 It's just one week until Yo Comics Fair! The countdown begins!
Bring your comics-loving pals!
🏫 Where: Yo Comics Fair, Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2023
⏰ What time? 11-11:45am
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day! Entry is free!
Bring your comics-loving pals!
🏫 Where: Yo Comics Fair, Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2023
⏰ What time? 11-11:45am
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day! Entry is free!
March 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
1️⃣🗓️🎉 It's just one week until Yo Comics Fair! The countdown begins!
Bring your comics-loving pals!
🏫 Where: Yo Comics Fair, Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2023
⏰ What time? 11-11:45am
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day! Entry is free!
Bring your comics-loving pals!
🏫 Where: Yo Comics Fair, Stanley Arts, SE25
🗓️ When? 23rd March 2023
⏰ What time? 11-11:45am
✏️ Who's it for? Everyone
🚀 Tickets: FREE Just come along on the day! Entry is free!
Really excited!!
First 6 copies of Jimmy Hotdog 3 printed and ready for @yocomicsfair.bsky.social next week.
March 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Really excited!!
This is so exciting!
Announcing MEGA ROBO VILLINOOS, a special mash-up bootleg comic we’ve made specially for @yocomicsfair.bsky.social next weekend! Read all about it in this week’s newsletter at neillcameron.substack.com !
March 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This is so exciting!
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Announcing MEGA ROBO VILLINOOS, a special mash-up bootleg comic we’ve made specially for @yocomicsfair.bsky.social next weekend! Read all about it in this week’s newsletter at neillcameron.substack.com !
March 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Announcing MEGA ROBO VILLINOOS, a special mash-up bootleg comic we’ve made specially for @yocomicsfair.bsky.social next weekend! Read all about it in this week’s newsletter at neillcameron.substack.com !
It's me! Eek!
💥TEAM YO COMICS INTRO! Say hello to Helen Jones @eggyhelen.bsky.social one of Yo Comics Fair’s creators and organisers.
Helen works in education, and loves reading comics, and running comics clubs and workshops.
As you can probably tell, she really is into comics.
🚀 Find Helen at Yo on March 23rd
Helen works in education, and loves reading comics, and running comics clubs and workshops.
As you can probably tell, she really is into comics.
🚀 Find Helen at Yo on March 23rd
March 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
It's me! Eek!
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💥TEAM YO COMICS INTRO! Say hello to Helen Jones @eggyhelen.bsky.social one of Yo Comics Fair’s creators and organisers.
Helen works in education, and loves reading comics, and running comics clubs and workshops.
As you can probably tell, she really is into comics.
🚀 Find Helen at Yo on March 23rd
Helen works in education, and loves reading comics, and running comics clubs and workshops.
As you can probably tell, she really is into comics.
🚀 Find Helen at Yo on March 23rd
March 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
💥TEAM YO COMICS INTRO! Say hello to Helen Jones @eggyhelen.bsky.social one of Yo Comics Fair’s creators and organisers.
Helen works in education, and loves reading comics, and running comics clubs and workshops.
As you can probably tell, she really is into comics.
🚀 Find Helen at Yo on March 23rd
Helen works in education, and loves reading comics, and running comics clubs and workshops.
As you can probably tell, she really is into comics.
🚀 Find Helen at Yo on March 23rd
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So it's the @goshcomics.bsky.social and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw tonight online here on Bluesky. How does it work? How can you join in? The basic details are here: www.brokenfrontier.com/drink-draw-m... But here's a little thread on how to "play" if you've always fancied a go. #GoshBFDD
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online – Join Us Thurs, March 13th for a Classic Covers Special (NOW ON BLUESKY!) – Broken Frontier
Your fortnightly drawing fun on Bluesky returns with themes pulled from some favourite comic covers of the past.
www.brokenfrontier.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
So it's the @goshcomics.bsky.social and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw tonight online here on Bluesky. How does it work? How can you join in? The basic details are here: www.brokenfrontier.com/drink-draw-m... But here's a little thread on how to "play" if you've always fancied a go. #GoshBFDD