Hearing the lives and journeys of comics creators On (most) third Mondays of the month, Foyles bookshop hosts an evening that focuses on autobiographical comics, hosted by the Laydeez: Sarah Lightman and Nicola Streeten. This particular event offered candid insight into journeys of discovery, sometimes fraught with anguish, families offering support and collaboration or judgement […]
Laydeez do comics Leeds July 2013
Hi, my name is Charlotte Overton and I set up a company last year called ItchyPalm, the main business is Graphic Design and Illustration. However one of the things I love doing is illustrating typography. I sell items online, and within the JuJu shop in the Corn Exchange in Leeds. Comic books have always been […]
Laydeez do comics London, August 2013
A suspected murder in an Alaskan village; a house that has its history written on its walls; and a wolf with what seemed to be women’s parts. These are some of the things I saw that night. – o – Six o’clock had passed when I walked deep into the streets of London. I knew […]
Laydeez do comics, London, February 2013
I am artist Jacqueline Nicholls and I was the guest blogger at the February London meeting of Laydeez do comics. You can see more of my work on my website http://www.jacquelinenicholls.com/ Laydeez began that night with their awkward question which was which woman would you nominate for the Woman’s Hour power list of top 100 influential […]
Laydeez do comics Brighton, July 2013
Hello, we are Ottilie Hainsworth and Eleanor George, two artists who live in Brighton. On Friday the 5th July we rolled along to the Laydeez do Comics event being held in association with Myriad Editions, Cartoon County and Fourth International Conference on Comics and Medicine at Phoenix with our sketch-pads to draw what went on. Partly due […]
Laydeez do Comics Glasgow, June 2013
The first Laydeez do Comics Glasgow took place last Tuesday (25th June) at The Centre for Contemporary Arts on Sauchiehall Street. It was a great venue and the International Graphic Novel & International Bande Dessinée Society Conference running that week at University of Glasgow helped ensure a large and global audience. Please allow me a moment to […]
Laydeez do comics London, June 2013
June 17, 2013 The June meeting featured two renowned artists, Bobby Baker and David Small. Baker is the author of Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me (2010); Small, the author of Stitches: a memoir (2009). Small’s presentation began with an eleven-minute trailer that he called a “short film for an almost wordless book.” The film […]
Laydeez do Comics London, May 2013
First up – Rachael Ball Illustrator, comic book artist and blogger. Rachael Ball began her webcomic ‘The Inflatable Woman’ after treatment following a diagnosis of breast cancer. At her Laydeez do comics presentation, she described how her zoo keeper, Dr Doolittle-like heroine ‘Iris Pink-Percy’ came about. The story is “loosely based” on the author’s own experience, Iris too has […]