Friends of the site Creating Comics UK and LDComics have announced a new two-part documentary ‘The Comics Time Capsule’ which will feature interviews with 31 names from the comics world. They include a number of Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creators including Mereida Fajardo, Sabba Khan, Dominique Duong and Jem Milton, alongside BF’s very own Jenny Robins and EdieOP. Get the release date in your diaries ready for April!
The Comics Time Capsule, a two-part documentary series produced by LDComics and Creating Comics UK, will be released in April 2022. The trailer for the project is now available. The upcoming feature-length videos will spotlight 31 British-associated comics professionals discussing their relationship with comics and the comics community. Speakers include Hannah Berry, Kate Charlesworth, Mereida Fajardo, Sabba Khan, Jem Milton, Dr. Julia Round, and Harry Saxon. The episode “Personal Comics History” will be published on the LDComicsYouTube channel. The episode “Comics Communities Today” will be published on the Creating Comics UK YouTube channel. Both videos will be released on the same day.
Creating Comics UK is a web series where comics creatives and professionals discuss their careers. Creating Comics UK aims to document the lived realities of today’s UK comics scene. Their forthcoming second series premieres on 25 February and is supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. LDComics is the largest women-led comics forum in the UK and is open to all. LDcomics believes in the transformative potential of the comics form to offer wellbeing through making and reading. Their activities include monthly meet-ups, one-to-one mentoring, festivals, and workshops.
Sidney Galloway (a.k.a hesitantdoodle), Creating Comics UK’s co-producer and The Comics Time Capsule’s editor, says, “This has been a really exciting project to collaborate with LDComics on, and to be able to chat with so many UK-associated comics professionals is a true joy.” Dr. Nicola Streeten, award-winning graphic novelist, comics scholar, and LDComics’s co-founder and director, notes, “The UK comics community is growing exponentially in different areas, including small press, academic comics studies and more obvious industry contributors such as publishers. The Comics Time Capsule is a wonderful introduction and overview that reflects the abundance of vigour.”
For updates on The Comics Time Capsule, please follow LDComics and Creating Comics UK on Twitter. For press inquiries, contact Rachel Davis at creatingwomen [at] gmail [dot] com.
