Plymouth Comic & Zine Fair returns this weekend

By John Freeman on March 3, 2025

This coming weekend sees the return of Plymouth Comic & Zine Fair (8th – 9th March 2025), organised by Real Art Make Print at Ocean Studios, coordinated by creatives Laura Hole and Sam Rowe.

This year’s poster is the work of Leo Fox, perhaps best known for his webcomic, Boy Island, also available in print from Silver Sprocket.

Plymouth Comic & Zine Fair 2025 - poster by Leo Fox

Based in the iconic RWY Royal William Yard in the city, the PCZF Fair brings comic and zine makers from far and wide to Ocean Studios each year.

Founded in 2023 by award-winning webcomic creator Laura Hole, working with illustrator and teacher Sam Rowe and others, PCZF 2025 is open to the public from 11am until 5.00pm. There will be a party for exhibitors in the evening of Saturday 8th March.

Exhibitors include Abs Bailey, Beth Bennett, Mal Bielecka, Amy Bugs, Capeverse Comics, Hannah K. Chapman, Gabriel East, Cath Garvey, Jess Holloway, Archie Mckenzie, Saudah Pop Illustration, Karenza Sparks, James Taylor, Jack Teagle, Amy Tilsed, Donya Todd, Oscar Woodiwiss, Benjamin Wright and many, many more.

• Plymouth Comic & Zine Fair 2025 11.00am – 5.00pm 8th – 9th March 2025 Real Art Make Print at Ocean Studios, The Factory Cooperage Royal William Yard Stonehouse PL1 3RP| £3 entry | Official Website: plymouthcomicandzinefair.co.uk | Tickets here from EventBrite | Instagram | PCZF Facebook Page| Facebook Event Page

Ocean Studios is accessible via wheelchair. PCZF is split across the ground and first floor, and Ocean Studios has a lift. Paid parking, including disabled bays, is available roughly a one minute walk from the venue. Ocean Studios has public, wheelchair accessible toilets

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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.