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: April 18th. Please keep checking here for announcements on the future of the Drink and Draw.
Fairs and Festivals
FOLD Zine Fest April 13th, Déda and QUAD, Derby Details here
Fine Lines Festival April 27th, University of Gloucestershire, Details here
Occultz: Oxford Comic, Cult and Zine Fair May 4th, The Star, Oxford Details here
Small Press Day August 17th, Events across the UK and Ireland 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
Haru Book 1 signing with Joe Latham April 13th, from 1pm Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Young Hag launch party with Isabel Greenberg April 18th, 7-9pm Gosh! Comics, London Details here
My Hair is as Long as a River launch party with Charlie Castle and Emma Farrarons May 1st, 7-9pm Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Sloppy Slopes signing with Frater Walpurgis, Doombag, Mutartis and Jason Atomic May 2nd, 6-7pm Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Free Comic Book Day at Gosh! Comics A day of signing events featuring Bog Eyed Books, Monster Fun, Luke Pearson, Tom Gauld and many more. Plus window painting and, of course, free comics. May 4th, 10am-4pm Gosh! Comics, London Details here
TCAF signing with Luke Healy, Will Humberstone and Josh Hicks May 14th, 6-7pm Gosh! Comics, London Details here
My Body Unspooling Launch Party with Leo Fox May 15th, 7-9pm Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Discussions, Panels, Workshops and Conferences
Comica 2024: They Shoot Comics Don’t They Panel Luke Pearson, Posy Simmonds and Peter Hogan in conversation with Ivanka Hahnenberger, April 16th, 7pm, Century Club, London Details here
Manga Moo: The Manga Cafe Takeover Speakers Julian Sedgwick and Chie Kutsuwada talk about their book 100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Cafe, April 27th, 6pm-9.30pm, Toconoco, London Details here
LDComics monthly meet-up (online) Next meeting hosted by Emma Burleigh with guests M. Sabine Rear, Myfanwy Tristram and Anna Trench. April 29th, 7pm-8.30pm Details here
Comica 2024: TOMORROW’S VOICES TODAY Diversity & Representation in UK Comics Panel Colleen Douglas, Shangomola Edunjobi, Shazleen Khan and Shanti Rai in conversation with Bobby Joseph, April 27th, 7pm, Century Club, London Details here
Comica 2024: NOTHING LIKE THE FIRST TIME Making and Publishing Your Graphic Novel Debut Panel Carol Adlam, Denise Dorrance and Leo Fox in conversation with Woodrow Phoenix, May 3rd, 7pm, Century Club, London Details here
Exhibitions
Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers Turns 30! September 12th 2023 – April 16th, 2024, Cartoon Museum, 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
Anthologies with Open Submissions
Opportunities will be posted here when they arise