Hello, Rachel Davis from LDC Dundee here! LDCD’s 5 July meeting, ‘Laydeez Do COMMANDO!’, was all about the women behind the comic series Commando: For Action and Adventure. This ongoing comic book series tells stories about and set against the World Wars. The comic has been in print since 1961 and in those 58 years, […]
LDC Manchester launched at International Conference of Graphic Novels
Hello again 🙂 LDC Manchester was launched snuggled in amongst a packed programme of comics talks, panels, workshops, launches, lunches, discussions, dinners, roundtables, keynote speeches, stalls, and probably some other things, as part of Joint International Conference of Graphic Novels, Comics and Bande Dessinées at Manchester Metropolitan University. Now, I wasn’t a delegate at this […]
Celebrating our first LDC Residency 2019!
There were 8 spaces on the pilot 2019 residency, including 2 bursaries available offering free participation for those on low income. The weekend was open to women-only and all levels were welcome. Published graphic novelists and experienced practitioners from the LDComics team: Rachael Ball, Charlotte Bailey, Lou Crosby, Wallis Eates and Nicola Streeten invited the […]
LDComics Dundee 31/5/19
Hello and greetings from Dundee, Scotland! My name is Rachel Davis. I am a Comics and Graphic Novels Masters student at the University of Dundee and co-founder of LDComics Dundee! On 31 May, LDComics Dundee had its first meeting. The theme was ‘Comics and Memory’. Below is an overview of the day with illustrations and comics provided […]
LDComics Bristol News
Hi there, here’s all the blogs from LDComics Bristol this year so far. We’ve had wonderful talks from Camille Aubry, Max from Shake, Myfanwy Tristram, Lily Green from No Bindings, and Ben Dickson. Beautiful blogs here by Miranda Harris and by Tilly Barker. @miranda_harris www.bendickson.co.uk www.camilleaubry.com www.nobindings.co.uk www.shakebristol.co.uk www.myfanwytristram.com
New Site Launch
We’re currently making updates to the site – it’s just me (Charlotte) so please bare with me while I figure things out! 😀 If you’d like to volunteer your time to updating the site, please get in touch with me at ldcbirmingham (at) gmail.com
Special LDC Announcements May 2019
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]