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: March 21st. Please keep checking here for announcements on the future of the Drink and Draw.
Fairs and Festivals
Coco Comic Con April 6th, The Storey Building’s Gallery Room, Lancaster Details here
Small Press Day August (date TBC), 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
Dawnrunner signing with Ram V and Evan Cagle March 20th, 6-7pm, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
Introduction to Charts signing with Tom Humberstone and Chrissy Williams March 23rd, 1-2pm Gosh! Comics, London Details here
The Gulf and Blind Alley signing with Adam de Souza March 30th, 1-2pm, Gosh! Comics, London Details here
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
Discussions, Panels, Workshops and Conferences
LDComics monthly meet-up (in-person) Thursday, March 28th, 6-8pm with guests Ed Firth, Shazleen Khan and Tess Smith-Roberts. The Cartoon Museum, London Book here
Exhibitions
Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers Turns 30! September 12th 2023 – April 16th, 2024, Cartoon Museum, London Details here
Oluwasegun Babatunde: Birth of a Universe Sun October 1st, 2023 – March 30th, 2024 Cartoon Museum, London Details here
Will Eisner: An Exhibition January 25th – March 25th, Jam Bookshop, London Website 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