ARC FESTIVAL 2026! The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns at our regular venue of The Royal George on Friday, July 10th, 2026. And this time our artist line-up includes Matt Seneca, Niall Breen 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 our ARC Special…
Matt Seneca is a cartoonist from California whose graphic novels include Affected, 200 Deaf Boys and The Infinite Prison. Matt has also worked in comics commentary including writing for The Comics Journal. His recent comics include Pure Evil and Butterface.
Niall Breen is an Irish cartoonist whose Dog & Frog characters are an Instagram phenomenon. The strips have been published in a number of collections and Niall will have a new zine of the strips available at ARC.
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.
