PAST SPEAKERS
Welcome to LDComic’s Past Speaker page, where you can explore amazing artists that have spoken at our monthly meet ups. To explore each artist further click the images to visit their websites.
Many more amazing speakers, who have spoken at our global online monthlies, can be found archived over at our youtube hub
Watch the December Online Global with guest speakers: Joe Berger, Kelly Froh and Shuchita Mishra, and hosted by Dr Nicola Streeten here.
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New York based multi award winning graphic novelist, cartoonist and creator of Laika
London, UK based comics artist and academic collaboration with Wallis Eates on “Wings”
Graphic novelist, Illustrator, Animator and Senior Lecturer in Illustration, Konstfack, Stockholm
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Sarah Bargiela
Sarah Bargiela, a clinical psychologist, author of Camouflage: The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women
Artist and comic who has worked in different mediums including video, performance, drawing, music, puppetry and comics
Graphic novels, zines, art comics made using embroidery, printmaking and pyrography.
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Tom and Jane Murphy (plus Vince, our feline chief of staff) – eclectic producers of zines, comics and books, based in Penge, South-east London
The award-winning author of Psychiatric Tales, Science Tales, Supercrash: How to Hijack the Global Economy (a New York Times bestseller), Graphic Science and Billionaires
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Illustrator and comic author based in London, specialising in narrative illustration and silent comics
Illustrator, comic artist and writer of queer fantasy and horror comics
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London, UK based comics artist and academic collaboration with Dr Victoria Anderson on “Wings”
Illustration, motion GFX, storyboarding, visual facilitation, woodcut, medieval, historical, illumination
Non fiction, biography, graphic reportage, children’s illustration, political cartoons, social activist
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Memoir and diary comics artist, with a special interest in physical & mental health.
Values-led graphic artist and graduate of The Royal College of Art, on a mission to make the world a better place though visual storytelling
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Author of the graphic memoir Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer’s, My Mother, and Me (2010) and the horror/historical fiction comic Agnes, Murderess (2019)
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Lecturer in Comic Studies at the University of Dundee, author of the recently published book Representation and Memory in Graphic Novels
Mostly autobiographical stories and mischievous comic strips. Officially funny since September 2020
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Artist working in a range of medium from painting, drawing, making comics to sewing and constructing using found objects
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Artist exploring themes such as sexualities, feminisms, migrations and politics. Pops is influenced by bubble graffiti, poetry, history, etc. I use striking colours and tenderness to transform harsh realities.
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Scarlett and Sophie Rickard are graphic novelists collaborators. Sophie writes, Scarlett draws.
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Multimedia artist, poet, comic illustrator, experimental filmmaker and graphic designer from Poland
Sophie Standing
Sophie Standing is based in the Seychelle and combines applique and free motion embroidery to create her artwork
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New York based psychotherapist and skilled leader of coaching, mentoring and training strategies in both social work and education
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