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, mistakes 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: March 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: March 20th. Details TBC.
Fairs and festivals
Yo Comics! Sunday March 22nd, Stanley Arts, London Details here
Plymouth Comic & Zine Fair Saturday March 28th-Sunday March 29th, Market Hall, Devonport, Plymouth Details here
Macc-Pow Friday June 26th-Sunday June 28th, Macclesfield Details here
South London Comic and Zine Fair Sunday, July 19th, Stanley Arts, London
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
Shushu launch party with Ziggy Hanaor and Benjamin Phillips Friday, March 13th, 7-9pm, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Was That Normal? launch party with Alex Potts Thursday, March 26th, 7-9pm, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Discussions, panels, workshops and conferences
LDComics Online Monthly Meeting Next event March 9th, 7:15-8:45pm, with ILYA, Helen Jones and the new LDComics team Book online here
Make a Zine Day: Do It Yourself Zine Printing with Megan Dobbyn March 28th, Leeds City Museum, Leeds Book online here
Make a Zine Day: So, You Wanna Sell Your Comics? with Danielle Tute March 28th, Leeds City Museum, Leeds 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
Comics: The Famous and Forgotten January 17th-March 15th, West Strand, Whitehaven. Details here
R. Crumb: There’s No End to the Nonsense January 29th-March 14th David Zwirner, 24 Grafton Street, London Details here
Mori Handmade and the Lunar Year of the Horse exhibition February 17th-March 17th, Mori Cafe, London Details here
Let the Hope In: Rachael House Until May 2026. Frank, Whitstable Details here
Applications, submissions and competitions
Stripburger #87 submissions Closes March 31st Details here
Zenesis (Koguchi Press) Closes March 31st Details here
