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: February 26th.
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: February 27th
Fairs and festivals
Brixton Library LGBTQ+ Zine Fair Saturday, February 21st, Brixton Library, London Details here
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
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
Romo the Wolfboy launch party with ILYA Thursday, February 19th 2026, 7-9pm, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
All the Living launch party with Roman Muradov Thursday, February 26th 2026, 7-9pm, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Vertigo signing with Jacob Phillips Saturday, February 28th OK Comics, 19, Thornton’s Arcade. Leeds Website here
Discussions, panels, workshops and conferences
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
Blooming Zine Workshop with Kristyna Baczynski Februrary 26th, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds Book online here
LDComics Online Monthly Meeting Next event March 9th, details TBC
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
Applications, submissions and competitions
Boxes #5 submissions. Closes February 28th Details here
Stripburger #87 submissions Closes March 31st Details here
