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.
(Please make sure to double check events via the links provided in case of changes or cancellations)
Comics socials
Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw (online) – Join us on Bluesky every two weeks for three rounds of themed drawing fun. Next event: February 12th.
Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw (in-person) – Join us every month in Soho for an evening in the pub drinking and drawing. Next event: To be announced.
Fairs and festivals
Yo Comics! Sunday March 22nd, Stanley Arts, London Details here
Macc-Pow Friday March 26th-Sunday March 28th, Macclesfield Details here
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Friday October 2nd-Sunday October 4th, Kendal Details here
Sheffield Comic ARts Fair (SCARF) Saturday, October 10th, Sheffield Details here
Thought Bubble Convention Weekend Saturday November 14th-Sunday November 15th, Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate Details here
Launches and signings
The Pass launch party with Katriona Chapman Friday 6th February 2026, 7-9pm, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Romo the Wolfboy launch party with ILYA Thursday 19th February 2026, 7-9pm, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
All the Living launch party with Roman Muradov Thursday 26th February 2026, 7-9pm, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Discussions, panels, workshops and conferences
LDComics Online Monthly Meeting Next event Monday, February 9th with Rachel Ang, Maureen Burdock and Jade King Book online here
Enough is Enough! The Politics of Health in Cartoons February 18th, Royal College of Nursing, London Book online here
The Cartoon Museum Conference 2026 February 23rd, The Cartoon Museum, London Book online here
Exhibitions
The Future Was Then October 4th, 2025-March 21st, 2026, The Cartoon Museum, London Details here
Vision & Labour: Making Comics – The Art of Avery Hill Publishing October 18th, 2025-April 26th, 2026, Mercer Gallery, Harrogate Details here
I Couldn’t Stand By (PositiveNegatives/SOAS) January 16th-March 21st, SOAS, London Details here
R. Crumb: There’s No End to the Nonsense January 29th-March 14th David Zwirner, 24 Grafton Street, London Details here
Applications, submissions and competitions
