Events
Please get in touch with our Andy Oliver here if you have a UK and Ireland community-based comics event or initiative you’d like to have listed on this page.
Comics Socials
Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw (online) – Join us on Twitter every two weeks for three rounds of themed drawing fun. Next event: May 16th. Please keep checking here for announcements on the future of the Drink and Draw.
Fairs and Festivals
Brewzine Fair July 7th, Gipsy Hill Brewery, London Details here
Small Press Day August 17th, Events across the UK and Ireland Details here
Stapled August 25th-26th, Leftbank, Leeds Details here
SEQUENT’ULL Comic Art Festival August 31st, Jubilee Central, Hull Details here
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival September 27th-29th, Bowness-on-Windermere Details here
Thought Bubble (convention) November 16th-17th, Harrogate Details here
Launches and signings
Universal Monsters: Dracula signing with Martin Simmonds May 25th, 1-2pm Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Man from Maybe signing with Shaky Kane and Jordan Thomas May 28th, 6-7pm Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Giant signing with Mollie Ray June 8th, 1-2pm Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Discussions, Panels, Workshops and Conferences
LDComics monthly meet-up (online) Guests include Caitlin Cass, Denise Dorrance and Wasfa Kamal. June 12th, 7-8.30pm Book here
Exhibitions
Inside Feelings (with work by BF Six to Watch artists Alice Urbino and Jayde Perkin) May 10th-15th, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol Details here
Manga Jiman: The Winners’ Exhibition March 28th – May 22nd, Japanese Embassy, London Details here
HEROES: The British Invasion of American Comics April 25th – October 20th, 2024, Cartoon Museum, London Details here
Prizes/Competitions/Awards
The Caliburn Prize Applications open until May 31st, 2024 Details here
Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro Competition 2024 via the Cartoon Museum Applications open until June 1st, 2024 Details here