The annual conference Cartoon Museum Conference returns to the London exhibition space next month, on Monday 23rd February 2026. If you’re interested in creating comics, of discovering some behind-the-scenes Doctor Who secrets, this event could be for you.
Learn how to survive and thrive in the cartoon and comic arts world; hear from experts in their field and pick up tips to support your own practice; and network with like-minded individuals and build your contacts!
Speakers include:
Mads Horwath is a cartoonist who is a regular for The New Yorker, The Guardian, and has made works for The Wellcome Trust.
Ringo! Award nominee (2023), comic book creator, editor and writer Dr. Colleen Douglas was the first black woman to be published by Caliber Comics in its 35 year history. As a native of the former British colony of Guyana, a country rife with superstition, she loves mystery buildings and all things supernatural (as can be seen in her comic book Silk Cotton). She lives in West London and has a PhD in Ancient Monetary Systems and a love for old comics.
Holly Burrows is Commercial Manager at The Cartoon Museum, Co-Director of Illustrators’ Fair, and a lover of cats and chocolate. Holly will discuss the best ways to prepare your work for retailers to give you the best chance of actually seeing your work on shop shelves.
Samuel Ojo is a cartoonist and Illustrator who contributes to The Guardian and BusinessDay Newspaper. His work has also appeared in The Morning Star Newspaper and has been exhibited at The Cartoon Museum, Chatham House, The International Exhibition of Press Cartooning in France.
Karrie Fransman is a comic creator whose comics have been published in The Guardian, The Times, Time Out, The Daily Telegraph, the BBC, The New Statesman and by The Arts Council. Her illustrated books, Gender Swapped Fairy Tales (2020) and Gender Swapped Greek Myths (2023) were co-created with Jonathan Plackett and published by Faber & Faber. She published two graphic novels with Penguin Random House; The House That Groaned (2012), and the award winning Death of the Artist (2015).
She developed an award winning comic, “Over, Under, Sideways, Down” about an Iranian teenage refugee, for The British Red Cross, created an installation for the British Council and Southbank Centre and was commissioned to make a ‘Selves Portrait’ for an exhibition with Manchester Art Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery. She has spoken and run workshops at The Guardian Masterclasses, Tate Modern, TEDx, Central Saint Martins, Oxford University, The Hay Festival, The Big Draw, House of Illustration and The British Library, and presented her work worldwide from Russia to Bangladesh, Lebanon and Mexico. You can find more of her work at www.karriefransman.com She will be speaking about her work at CCIC – The Comics Cultural Impact Collective.
Jules Darriulat is a Co-Founder of Concept101 and CG101 and has been working in the Film and TV industry as a concept artist for the last four years. Having worked across a variety of projects such as Wednesday, The 3 Body Problem, His Dark Materials, Doctor Who, Paddington 3, How to Train your Dragon and much more, Jules has experience working within film and TV art departments as well as with vendors such as Framestore. Jules will be talking on his working experience on film and TV shows as well as his own world building project, “Umae”.
Elpida Kyriakou is a character artist working at Framestore. She’s worked on projects like Tom & Jerry The Movie, Ring a Ding from Doctor Who, Sandman and Avatar: The Last Airbender. She is passionate about bringing CG characters to life, both for TV and movies. She also teaches character art at The Animation Workshop in Denmark. Elpida will be talking about her experience on Ring a Ding and more generally what it is like to work in VFX.
• Cartoon Museum Conference 9.30am – 6.00pm (Registration from 9.30am) 23rd February 2026: The Cartoon Museum Conference 2026 | Talks begin at 10am sharp with a welcome from our new Director Beth Bryan | Lunch provided | Book Here
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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.
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