Widdershins by Kate Ashwin. © Kate Ashwin
The Leeds group of the international Laydeez Do Comics project are hosting a special showcase of comic creators on Monday 19th May, as part of the Yorkshire Festival 2014, the first ever Arts and Cultural Festival in the lead up the Tour de France. The Grand Départ 2014 starts in Yorkshire on the 5th July and the Yorkshire Festival runs for the 100 days up to the 6th July.
Guests at the event on Monday 19th May (venue details below) are Kate Ashwin, who returns to Laydeez to talk about recent work including her wonderful Widdershins web comic which she has been publishing online since 2011; writer and illustrator Darryl Cunningham, talking about his forthcoming book, Supercrash: Ayn Rand and the New Right (to be published by Myriad Editions); and cartoonist and illustrator Jacky Fleming who is renowned for her feminist cartoons, which reached women around the world on postcards,who will be talking about her work from the first book, Be A Bloody Train Driver, published by Penguin way back in 1991, to new current works.
• Laydeez Do Comics: Leeds meetings are held bi-monthly on Mondays – no need to book. Future 2014 Leeds dates are 21 July; 29 September; and 17th November (the Monday directly after Thought Bubble). All events take place at 6.30-9.30pm, Wharf Chambers, 23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds LS2 7EQ price £1.50 (donation) and are run by Louise Crosby. Contact: laydeezdocomicsleeds@gmail.com
• Laydeez Do Comics Main Site: www.laydeezdocomics.com
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “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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