Laydeez Weekend Festival 2019 London 30-31 March 2019 Raising standards, expertise, representation and awareness of UK-based female-identifying graphic novelists. The 2019 Laydeez Award was presented to Niki Bañados Rosalind B. Penfold Award for works by women over 50 presented to Natalie d'Arbeloff Congratulations to everyone who participated! Read more... Sarah Lightman steps down from LDC … Continue reading Special LDC Announcements May 2019
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Leeds LDC 18/03/2019
Hello again! SPEAKER #1 SI SMITH Si Smith is an illustrator and comic-maker from Leicester who now lives in Leeds making really beautiful stuff. I got a bundle of three comics called 'Abide With Me' (one story told from three viewpoints) and had a good cry. He ties much of his work in with already … Continue reading Leeds LDC 18/03/2019
Leeds LDC 11/02/2019
Hello there! Here is a better-late-than-never upload of my sketches from our night last month. Every time I log back in here to eye up what other folk have put on the blog, I always wish I'd done something more imaginative or graphically informative with my recordings. However, I do love an excuse to sketch. … Continue reading Leeds LDC 11/02/2019
LDC Bangalore, INDIA 24 February 2019
It's Dr Nicola Streeten here reporting from my trip to India, where I took the opportunity to host the launch of LDC INDIA, on Sunday 24 February, 12 midday-2.30pm. We were gratefully hosted by the wonderful Humming Tree venue, run by the dynamic Vidhi Kundan Jain. It was a lovely touch to see our name in lights … Continue reading LDC Bangalore, INDIA 24 February 2019
London LDC 11 February 2019
Our last LDC featured the wonderful Akhila Krishnan (Laydeezdocomic's shortlist 2018), and Gareth Hopkins. What a wonderful pairing they were. It's great when 2 speakers compliment each other in this way. It was fascinating to hear about their different processes. Check out their work here: Akhila, intrigingly doesn't put her art work on her website … Continue reading London LDC 11 February 2019
Laydeez Do Comics London November 2018 by Heather Steed
Laydeez Do Comics Leeds 22/10/2018 with Tony Pickering & John Swogger by Hannah McCann
Hi from Leeds! This post is well overdue. We met as usual at Wharf Chambers on the evening of Monday 22nd Oct, ready to be regaled with tales of non-fiction comics from Tony Pickering and John G Swogger. Thankfully my diary had two blank pages, since my sketchbook lay forgotten at home. Tony's book Diabetes: … Continue reading Laydeez Do Comics Leeds 22/10/2018 with Tony Pickering & John Swogger by Hannah McCann
Laydeez Comedy Night London October 2018 by Amelie Persson
Wonderful blog by elleustrates of our Laydeez Do Comics Bristol event this week, with Alice Urbino and Jayde Perkin
LDC London 8 October 2018
Thank you to Amy Jenine Wong for these wonderful pages. And check out more of her work here! http://www.amyjenine.com