Tonight (Tuesday 13th October, 8.00pm) will see another online session following up on the release of the UK Comics Creator Survey co-ordinated by Comics Laureate Hannah Berry, discussing the audience for comics in the UK.
Is anyone outside of comics actually buying independent comic creators work, and how important is it that they do? How can the comics community tackle public indifference and/or disdain?
Joining Hannah will be Katriona Chapman, creator of the graphic novels Breakwater and Follow Me In; Karrie Fransman, creator of Death of the Artist and The House that Groaned; Alex Norris, creator of “Oh No” comics; Hassan Otsmane-Elhau the Eisner-winning editor of @PanelxPanel; and Dr Ian Williams, comics artists and author of The Bad Doctor and The Lady Doctor.
Join them, as they hunt for creative ways to get comics into more people’s lives.
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.