Webworm Popup Photos!

I had such a blast - here are a few of my favourite snaps.

Hi,

Thanks to all the beautiful Worms who came to the LA Webworm popup on Saturday. We’ll be doing a similar event in New Zealand soon!

It was a way to celebrate the online store we launched last week — and it was super special.

As I talk about a lot, I really value our community here — and it was a BLAST to bring that into the real world.

Thanks to those who took part in the popup: Rachel Loaf, Freak Nature Puppets, EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE! and Lil’ Guys.

Thanks to Kiwi artist Jess Johnson for creating all the Webworm merch - we have more stuff coming so keep an eye on webworm.store. Thanks also to Bobby for creating our online store and handling all the background chaos to this project.

But mainly — THANKS TO ALL THE WORMS WHO SHOWED UP! I loved meeting you all, so much so I almost lost my voice.

We’ll do one of these popups in New Zealand later this year. Stay tuned.

Okay: Highlights from the photos below to look out for:

-The man who bought an “I HAVE WORMS” cap, who revealed he actually had worms (ringworm).
-John from HEALTH turned up. You know how much I love HEALTH.
-Some special dogs.
-A lot of great readers - one who brought me chocolate from New Zealand.
-A bunch of photos I screengrabbed off social media - thanks to those of you who shared!

If you missed the popup, a bunch of stuff is available at the store, and it ships pretty quickly.

A happy Worm!

Okay — onto the photos.

Webworm Popup Photos!

Signage by Jess Johnson.

Jess kitted out, setting up our lil’ Webworm fashion store!

Some of Jess’s one-off original tie dye hand-drawn tees. A lot sold, but will bring some to a New Zealand popup later this year…

The Elysian Theatre crew kindly set up a popup bar!

My podcast producer Rob Holysz with his son Calvin (one of our Webworm.store models)

Dr Sea made it from New Zealand! (And brought Whittakers chocolate!)

The popup in full swing!

The Freak Nature Puppets brought some of their kit, much to the delight of the kids…

Rachel Loaf brought her amazing cookies - and Calvin wanted a selfie. Rachel obliged.

One of Rach’s chocolate chip cookies - just incredible.

Of course there were animals!

My heroes EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE! had a very popular stand at the popup!

Bobby kindly handled all our sales. He also set up the Webworm online store. He’s a key part of all of this!

The Lil’ Guys game was part of the popup. It’s a game my friend designed and it’s really great.

This is Alice with her dog Potato.

Potato!

The kids liked the Worm hats.

Okay, so this is Max who picked up an “I HAVE WORMS” cap…

And he revealed that he actually has worms: Ringworms.

Max has worms.

In a full circle moment, Johnny from HEALTH showed up. HEALTH is one of my favourite bands. This is a full circle moment, because one of the first shirts Jess made was the one I’m wearing. It includes a lot of things I love - including HEATH.

The nicest people showed up and I feel incredibly lucky.