Events

2 Sep 2010

Birmingham Zine Fest

The Birmingham Zine Festival is rapidly approaching, and features a whole host of events, including exhibitions, a fair, workshops and even a picnic! Head over to the site to acquaint yourself with the schedule and read some interviews with exhibitors. Read More
31 Aug 2010

Freak Leap

Joe List, the brains, hand and pen behind the Annotated Weekender, last year's must-have collection of abrupt stories 'Freak Leap' and the minicomic 'Guts' announced this morning that he has started a webcomic, also entitled Freak Leap. You can read ... Read More
13 Apr 2010

James Sturm Quits the Internet

James Sturm, director of CCS, conducts an interesting experiment; he quits the internet. As the director of a small school, I have a lot of legitimate reasons to be online. Every day, I am communicating with students, staff, visiting artists, board members, and alumni. ... Read More
1 Apr 2010

WARE! CLOWES! NIFFENEGGER!">WARE! CLOWES! NIFFENEGGER!

As part of the Comica events, Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes and Audrey Niffenegger will be in London and Brighton on the 24th and 25th May respectively. Read the details here. WARE! CLOWES! NIFFENEGGER!">Read More
31 Mar 2010

The Big Buzz

The big buzz at the moment is of course issue 2 of Solipsistic Pop, the biannual anthology that showcases some of the best work in the UK at the moment. Aside from Luke Pearson who has done the above cover (and whose work is ... Read More
31 Mar 2010

Life Support: Change Through Art

Hey! Are you aged between 16 & 25? Are you affected in any way by the recession? Can you draw comics? Do you fancy winning £1000 and having your work displayed in the Design Museum? Well, head over to TheSite.org to read up on ... Read More
31 Mar 2010

Manga Workshops in Leeds

If you are anywhere near Leeds on the 6th of April between 5 -7 pm, head over to Travelling Man to see Emma Vieceli running manga workshops; In partnership with Thought Bubble and Travelling Man, Leeds' premier comic book shop, we bring you an amazing opportunity to learn how to draw ... Read More
31 Mar 2010

& Comics — An International Conference">Graphic Novels & Comics — An International Conference

If you are near Manchester on the 12-14th April, you should probably try and get along to the Graphic Novel & Comics Conference featuring speakers such as Martin Barker, Mel Gibson, Paul Gravett & Roger Sabin. Comics and graphic novels enjoy a paradoxical relationship with mainstream culture. ... & Comics — An International Conference">Read More
29 Mar 2010

UK Web & Minicomix Thing 2010">UK Web & Minicomix Thing 2010

I was at the UK Web & Minicomix Thing this weekend, hawking some print copies of Oxford Clay on a table with the terribly talented Joe List who does this and this. I managed to find some time ... UK Web & Minicomix Thing 2010">Read More
18 Feb 2010

Laydeez Do Comics This Week

News comes from Nicola and Sarah, the 'Laydeez' that do comics of the next meeting on the 22nd January; Our February meeting is on Monday and we hope you will join us for Kiriko Kubo's presentation of her work. This will be followed by a discussion of 'Fun Home' by Alison Bechdel.  This month's ... Read More