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: June 5th.
Please keep checking here for announcements on the in-person future of the Drink and Draw.
Fairs and festivals
Readers and Writers Zine Fair Saturday June 7th, Brixton Library, London Details here
Macc Pow! Saturday June 22nd-Sunday June 23rd, Macclesfield, Details here
LDComics Online Fair July 1st-31st Details here
Small Press Day Saturday July 19th, shops across the UK and Ireland, Details here
Sequential Scotland Saturday August 2nd, Doubletree Hilton, Glasgow Details here
Caption: Rebirth Saturday August 16th-Sunday August 17th, Oxford Details here
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Friday September 26th-Sunday September 28th, Bowness-on-Windermere Details here
ShortBox Online Comics Fair October 1st-31st Details here
Thought Bubble Convention Weekend Saturday November 15th-Sunday December 16th, Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate Details here
Launches and signings
The Wicked + The Divine launch with Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie Friday, May 30th, 7pm-9pm, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Low: Bowie’s Berlin Years signing with Reinhard Kleist Saturday, May 31st, 1pm-2pm, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Aristotle’s Cuttlefish launch with Matthew Dooley Thursday June 5th, 7-9pm, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
The Dissident Club signing with Taha Siddiqui Wednesday June 11th, 6pm-7pm, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Colossive Press Colossive Cartographies 5th anniversary party Friday, June 20th, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Discussions, panels, workshops and conferences
LDComics Online Global (Online Fair Special) Monday, June 9th, Details TBC
Exhibitions
Cats in Cartoons April 8th-September 30th, The Cartoon Museum, London Details here
Myfanwy Tristram’s Protest Comics May 2nd-28th The Brighton Reading Room, One Church, Florence Road, Brighton Details here
Applications, submissions and competitions
The 2000 AD Talent Search at Thought Bubble Details here
