Marie Duval is back in the spotlight in this new academic work
Simon Grennan
From the Trenches and in Pictures: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019
Heading to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019, the event the culmination a year of publicity work for me, and others, and endless hours of hard work and organisation by the dedicated team based largely in Kendal, I couldn’t… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Simon Grennan’s “Drawing in Drag by Marie Duval”
Trouser-wearing, French-speaking, home-wrecking Victorian cartoonist Marie Duval – best known for her work on Allie Sloper – appears to have drawn a new comic book – ‘Drawing in Drag…’ But has she? Looking more closely, Drawing in Drag by Marie… Read More ›
Comic Connections? The Hotspur Press, Manchester… no, sadly not
I’m sure many people have seen the derelict Hotspur Press building on Gloucester Street from the train as they travel through Manchester (or perhaps on their way to the Anthony Burgess Foundation, just around the corner) and wondered if there’s… Read More ›
Parables of Care – a free comic about dementia that will touch your heart
Here’s a touching new comic you can read for free online: Parables of Care. Creative Responses to Dementia Care, as Told by Carers is now available. This16-page publication presents true stories of creative responses to dementia care, as told by… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An Interview with Simon Grennan, writer of Dispossession
Last year, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, downthetubes brought you a number of interviews with creators attending the event – and we’re delighted to be able to run a series in the run up to their… Read More ›