The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns at our regular venue of The Royal George on Friday, July 31st, 2026. And this time our artist line-up includes Francis Todd, Fidelia Schlegl and cartoonist-in-residence Mark Stafford.
Poster by Mark Stafford
Again, don’t worry if you’re not London-based, our online version still happens regardless. Our reborn “real world” event though continues the past tradition of rotating guest artists alongside our artist-in-residence Mark Stafford. Co-hosts are BF’s Andy Oliver and Gosh!’s Will Humberstone. The evening starts at Gosh! at 6.30pm with the three rounds of themed drawing taking place in The Royal George from 7pm onwards. Please note: seating is limited and priority will be given to those who meet at the shop. Work from the featured artists will be on sale on the evening.
So onto our artistic line-up for July…
Francis Todd is one of this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ and the artist behind the dark and experimental comics anthology Caribou. One which we described as having “an unforgettably nightmarish quality” when we reviewed it here at BF. Francis also recently launched his Blue Funnel Books imprint bringing exciting alt-style comics to newer audiences.
Fidelia Schlegl is a German artist based in the UK whose work explores “the intersection between experimental comics and contemporary drawing.” Fidelia’s wordless comic Smoke was recently published by Blue Funnel Books and reviewed here at BF where we described it as work which “asks us not so much to read it as a comic but to react to it instead.”
Mark Stafford was a contributor to the 2016 Broken Frontier Anthology and is the Cartoon Museum’s artist-in-residence. He has been a frequent collaborator with writer David Hine including books like The Man Who Laughs and Lip Hook. His shortform work has been collected by Soaring Penguin Press as Salmonella Smorgasbord. Most recently he contributed to the Penguin folk horror anthology Bog People.
