Resources

We’ll be adding to this page as we grow – get in touch with us if you have suggestions of what we could add.

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Resources for Comic Creators

Comics Creators Network with Society of Authors
The Comics Creators Network is a member-led online community that aims to empower, connect and support all types of comics creators in the UK.

Association of Illustrators
The AOI champions illustrators and the illustration industry with education, promotion and campaigning to achieve a thriving industry for us all.

List of UK Comic Publishers
Here’s a Google Sheet of the ‘Comic Publisher Landscape 2018’ that lists every active publisher sourced by Jason Thibault on his website here.

Comic Printers

Mixam UK

Research & Comic Surveys

2020 UK Comics Creator Survey by comics Laureate Hannah Berry

2018/19 Fair Pay for Artists Report by Thought Bubble

Sequential Art in Science (2014 by Diana Marques) about how the unique qualities of comics can be particularly effective in communicating complicated subjects.

Read & Buy Comics

Positives & Negatives
PositiveNegatives produce comics, animations and podcasts about contemporary social and humanitarian issues, including conflict, racism, migration and asylum. We combine ethnographic research with illustration, adapting personal stories into art, education and advocacy materials.

Graphic Medicine
Encompasses comic essays, comics about people’s experiences of illness/ healthcare. They can have an education function for both for patients and practitioners.

Books.org
Buy books online – an alternative to Amazon