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?

“This is the big one,” says Hannah, who will lead the online session – and you can sign up here via EventBrite. “The root of all our problems. Probably.”

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.

• Sign up for UK Comic Creators Survey – Show Me the Audience – taking place online at 8.00pm on Tuesday 13th October 2020 – here

Watch Hannah Berry chat about the main findings of the UK Comic Creators Survey as part of #LICAFLIVE here

• Download a PDF of the UK Comics Creators Research Report – 2020 right here on downthetubes

• Read our report on some of the Survey findings here

• You can download and read the UK Comics Creators Survey from Hannah Berry’s official web site at hannahberry.co.uk/survey

• Join Hannah Berry’s mailing list to keep in the loop on the UK Comics Creators Survey and other follow-up events

• Find out more about the work of the Comics Laureate, a post supported by Lancaster University, here on the Lakes International Comic Art Festival web site

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek Magazine) and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War and “Dan Dare”. He’s the writer of "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.

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