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British and Irish Current Comic-Related Exhibitions
Updated Friday 29th November 2024, a guide to British and Irish comic-related exhibitions
Clockwork Watch transmedia project in the spotlight at the British Library next year
Fantastic news for fans of the long running interactive steampunk-inspired transmedia project, created by Yomi Ayeni
First win in 50 years for a graphic novel at 2022 Yoto Carnegie Greenaway Awards
Long Way Down, illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff, has won the Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal – the first graphic novel to win since Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas in 1973
“Children’s Paper” among latest additions to “Free to View Pages” on the British Newspaper Archive
New additions to the British Newspaper Archive offer different snapshots of life in 1920s Britain
British Library Superhero Challenge for Kids
The British Library has published some more great ideas to teach kids comic creating skills
Rescheduled 2020 Bryant Lecture “Life Drawing with Alison Bechdel” announced as online event
Rescheduled from last year
British Library partners with Universities on Digital Comics PhD projects
The British Library is collaborating with university partners to award PhD funding for four new doctoral research projects, starting in October 2019, two on digital comics. As we previously reported, the projects will be co-supervised by the British Library, offering… Read More ›
In Pictures: European Graphic Novels: Drawing Untold Stories at the British Library
Following up on their appearance at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Czech artists Tomáš Kučerovský and Toy_Box, two of the authors of the collective project We’re Still at War, were joined at the British Library in London last night… Read More ›
British Library offers opportunity to study for a PhD in British Digital Comics
The British Library has opened its new round of applications for funded collaborative PhD studentships, and this year there is an opportunity to study for a PhD in British Digital Comics. Academics at UK universities are being invited to submit… Read More ›
Cartoon Cats and Gormenghast too – British Library Comics and Art Events for autumn 2018
The list of talks at the British Library this autumn has been released and there are some great events for comics and fantasy novel fans, featuring some terrific creators from both the UK and Europe. First up is “European Graphic… Read More ›
Creating Comics: An Interview with artist and writer Olivia Hicks
The latest 2000AD Sci Fi Special was released last week and I mentioned how much I enjoyed the Terror Tale, “The Hockey Sticks of Hell”, from writer Olivia Hicks with art by Abigail Bulmer. Phillip Vaughan, Senior Lecturer at the University… Read More ›
Digital Comics at the British Library – more “Digital Conversations” event details revealed
Ian Cooke, Head of Contemporary British Publications at the British Library, has outlined a little more about the “Digital Conversations” event downthetubes has partnered with at the Library on Wednesday 18th April 2018. A panel on archiving digital comics will… Read More ›
Eddie Campbell and Audrey Niffenegger to talk Bizarre Romance and more at the British Library
Eddie Campbell and Audrey Niffenegger will be heading up a comics event exploring the bizarre nature of romance and relationships in a mixture of comic strips and illustrated prose at the British Library in London in April, at a talk… Read More ›
downthetubes partners with British Library for “Digital Conversation” event in April
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be chairing an event at the British Library in April, the first event downthetubes has ever been a partner in organising. Titled “Venturing off the page: exploring multimedia, animation and new narrative forms” guest… Read More ›