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Laydeez do Comics awards, Emma Burleigh, the first Female-Identifying Prize for Unpublished Graphic Novels in Progress at an all-inclusive day festival in recognition and celebration of the UK-based talent of women in the comic industry.   Held at the Free Word Centre in East London, the inspiring day showcased all works submitted in the form […]

Hi! I’m Pam Kaur Gibbons, a comic enthusiast and a teacher of English to international students based in London. I tweet @kaurgibbons LDC at The Cartoon Museum was exciting as ever: The Question: Something interesting/funny about your name OR you’re favourite plant The audience was packed with floral names: Fleur, Poppy, Lily to name a […]

There was a special pop-up LDC in NYC in March, hosted by Karen Green, in her fabulous flat. It was a wonderful night featuring local talented and inspiring comic artists and comics scholars: Karen Green, Curator of Comics and Cartoons, Columbia University Libraries Ellen Lindner Black Feather Falls, Undertow, Editor of The Strumpet Bonnie Millard Comics Artist and […]

This month the Laydeez of London, Leeds and Birmingham joined forces with Ladies Night Anthology, the Comic Book Slumber Party, and FEMSKT and took Angouleme by storm. You can read a full account of their adventures on the Broken Frontier website on the link below. Contributions by Wallis Eates, Megan Byrd and Hannah K Chapman. […]

Hello, I’m Jane Porter, your guest blogger for November 24 2016.  I’m a children’s illustrator & author, but I am also reviving my teenage interest in making comics – a current project is a graphic novel retelling of ‘Moby Dick’, set on the river Wandle in south west London. Start small! You can see more […]