The second online roundtable is coming up for The Comics Cultural Impact Collective on Tuesday 7th May at 7.30pm on Zoom. Here’s the Eventbrite link. The event is free. Over one hundred comics creators, publishers, journalists, booksellers, festival and museum… Read More ›
Creating Comics
Panel Borders: They Shoot Comics
Find out how comics are adapted into other medium
Lakes International Comic Art Festival announces “Manga MashUp” workshops
Manga MashUp workshops for young creators will take place in Barrow and Kendal
The 77 teases new junior comic, opens pitches
Got a comic strip you think younger comic readers will enjoy? Read on!
Portsmouth Comic Con announces 2024 Talent Search
Portsmouth Comic Con launches a new strand in its programming
Cartoon Museum launches 2024 Alison Brown Comics Maestro Award competition
18 or under? An aspiring comic artist? This competition is for you!
Society of Authors survey reveals a third of translators and quarter of illustrators losing work to AI
Authors union announces Extraordinary General Meeting to discuss AI’s impact
Comics Cultural Impact Collective report highlights creators concerns about UK comics scene
Tens of thousands make comics in Britain, but opportunities are lacking
Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Doctor Who Magazine, launches children’s Doctor Who Monster Competition
A very special Doctor Who comics competition for children has just launched
New from Lew – Lew Stringer, that is: A Comic Sampler
Check out this great little anthology/ sampler of Lew’s many works
Garth Ennis talks Battle Action with Forbidden Planet TV, third new series in the works
Andrew Sumner catches up with war comics ace, Garth Ennis
Dave Gibbons teases future “Martha Washington” project at Comics Up Close: Origin Stories
Sim Leech and Chris Wright report on the recent Comics Up Close event at Sheffield Hallam University
Three year “Comic Art Europe” project closes, but new developments in the works
An epic international project comes to a close – but the moment has been prepared for…
In Memoriam: Comic Artist and Writer Nick Spender
We celebrate the life and work of comic creator and illustrator whose career spanned 40 years in the business
Creating Comics: The Phoenix comic’s online workshops for young artists continue
A smashing lineup of interactive digital workshops on offer from the weekly comic’s creative team
ComicScene launches grant scheme for independent comic creators
A small but welcome grant program for new creators is in the works
Still time to book your place on Rachael Ball’s “Graphic Novel Your Life” course
The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is running a ten week online comic creation course
The Hooded Man Caliburn Prize for Comic Creation returns
A fantastic opportunity for aspiring comic creators returns
Alex Taylor wins First Graphic Novel Award 2023
The winner revealed.
Don’t delay: deadline looms on latest round of the Arts Council England’s “Developing Your Creative Practice” funding program
The clocks is ticking for application sit the latest round of funding from Arts Council England – comic creators, take note