Opportunities for Young Cartoonists
I've recently been made aware of a couple of opportunities for young cartoonists that look exciting. Firstly, there is the Graphic Novel course run by the Arvon Foundation. The course tutors are Bryan Talbot, Hannah Berry and Katie Green. This is a residential course, so it can get kinda pricy, so they encourage people to ... Read More
Helsinki Comics Festival 2011
From www.sarjakuvafestivaalit.fi comes news of the Helsinki Comics Festival 2011. This promises to be a very exciting couple of days! Book your plane tickets now! The 26th Helsinki Comics Festival will take place on the 16th - 18th of September 2011 at Lasipalatsi Square and nearby ... Read More
Acceptance of Comics
I woke up this morning to some interesting news via twitter. The first was a mention from Jessica Abel reminding Scott McCloud that the UK already had a studio degree in comics. Some of you may already know that I run the specialism in illustration for graphic novels at Glyndwr University. This three year ... Read More
Paper Science 4
I was convinced I'd already posted this, so my apologies in running so far behind all the far more worthy comics news outlets. Anyway; Paper Science 4 has launched! I suggest you track down a contributor at a convention or get yourself over to the ... Read More
Everything We Miss — Luke Pearson
I am looking forward to this like you wouldn't believe. The 20th June can't arrive soon enough for my liking. Luke writes; It’s a tricky one to really describe, but I can say that it’s rather different to Hildafolk. Also it’s aimed quite definitely at ... Read More
L’Association Strike announcement
One of the main stories from this year's Angouleme festival was L'Association's current strike action. I couldn't find a translation of the strike announcement, so I've run it through Google Translate and cleaned up the tenses a bit, so this isn't a perfect translation, ... Read More
Clark Burscough Interview
Next to be interviewed is Clark 'Thought Bubble' Burscough; 1 / Can you introduce yourself? What is your background? Hullo! My name's Clark, and I'm a trained microbiologist and lawyer, currently looking to specialise in bioethics and the regulation of biotechnology. In my spare ... Read More
Incendiary Manifesto Season
In the run-up to the Leeds Thought Bubble festival, John 'Bad Machinery' Allison published a manifesto for the UK comics scene in 2010. I strongly suggest you read it here. I also strongly suggest you read all of it, introductory provisos and all. John's tone, although it has seemingly been mis-interpreted here and ... Read More
