Alex Potts heads to Cartoon County

By John Freeman on 25 October 2026 • ( 0 )

Cartoon County’s guest at their next event tomorrow night (Monday 26th October) is animator and indie comics creator Alex Potts, who has created adverts for Nespresso and the Cartoon Network, the graphic novel Was That Normal? and various indie titles.

The comics review website Solrad notes this book has “a story that’s tender, funny, and deeply human. A beautifully observed graphic novel about connection, confusion, and the spaces in between”.

Alex will be talking to Alex Fitch about moving from self-publishing via Kickstarter to Avery Hill, from comics to animation and back, and much more.

If you can’t make it, you can also available to watch live via YouTube at www.youtube.com/@panelbordersvideo

• Cartoon County with Alex Potts Monday 26th October | Doors at 6.30pm, Q&A 7.30pm, in ‘The Hideaway’ (in usual room), The Walrus, 10 Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AD | Free

More info about Alex’s work can be found at alexanderpotts.com

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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.