Submissions for the First Graphic Novel Award to Open in January 2025 for Emerging Comics Creators
As someone who, back in the mists of time, was a judge for the second edition of what is now the First Graphic Novel Award I can certainly attest to…
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“I Do Think that Art Elevates Life” – Zoè Delautre Corral Speaks About the Responsibilities of Autobiographical Comics and Her Love of Ink and Graphite
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! In the third of our interviews with this year’s Broken frontier Six to Watch creators we chat with French-Spanish, UK-based artist Zoè…
April 17th – Zoè Delautre Corral’s Dreamily Eloquent Visuals Are a Highlight of this Intensely Personal Slice-of-Life Story
10 YEARS OF THE BROKEN FRONTIER SIX TO WATCH! My go-to advice for aspiring comics creators who decide to plunge straight into full-length work is that it’s essential not to…
Alex Taylor (azbt) Wins the 2023 First Graphic Novel Competition
On a joyous night, celebrating some of the very best emerging talents in comics, Alex Taylor (azbt) was announced as the winner of the 2023 First Graphic Novel Competition. Full…
The Cartoon Museum, SelfMadeHero and Award Director Corinne Pearlman Announce the 2023 First Graphic Novel Competition Longlist
It’s the competition that propelled the likes of Gareth Brookes, Jade Sarson, Sabba Khan and Jenny Robins into the spotlight and today we are delighted to let you know just…
The Cartoon Museum and SelfMadeHero Announce the Return of the First Graphic Novel Competition for 2023
I have my own connections to the First Graphic Novel Competition (formerly run by publisher Myriad) given that I was a judge back in 2014. In fact such is my…
Shortlist Announced for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition 2020
Online voyeurism, risky sex, dementia, suicide, racism, murder and selling the earth: topical and contemporary issues dominate the shortlist for Myriad’s First Graphic Novel Competition and show that the graphic…
Myriad Launches 2020 First Graphic Novel Competition for Debut Authors and Announces Two New Competition Signings
The Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition holds a special place in our hearts here at BF given that it echoes the site’s main aim to promote, champion and take the…
Myriad Editions Annnounce the Shortlist for the 2018 First Graphic Novel Competition
The waiting is over and the seven shortlisted works-in-progress for the 2018 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition have been announced and, once again, the list is a testament to the…
A Hole in the Heart – Myriad First GN Competition Finalist Henny Beaumont Talks About Her Graphic Novel in Today’s Guardian
Henny Beaumont’s graphic novel-in-progress A Hole in the Heart was one of the six projects earlier this year to make it onto the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition’s prestigious shortlist….
“I’m so chuffed. It’s unbelievable!” – Jade Sarson on Winning the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition
The waiting is over! Jade Sarson’s For the Love of God, Marie is the winner of the 2014 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition. On the evening of Friday 23rd May,…
Myriad’s First Graphic Novel Competition 2014 at Comics Unmasked – The Six Shortlisted Entries Profiled Here!
On Friday 23rd May the winner of the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition will be revealed at the British Library as part of the Comics Unmasked programme of events. On…
Who Made the Final Six on the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition Shortlist? Find Out Here!
Myriad Editions is delighted to announce the shortlist for their First Graphic Novel Competition 2014, revealed today to coincide with the first week of Comics Unmasked, the UK’s largest-ever exhibition of British comics…
Myriad’s 2014 First Graphic Novel Competition Launches
Award-winning novelist Meg Rosoff, critic and blogger Andy Oliver, and cartoonists Woodrow Phoenix and Nicola Streeten are among the judges of the 2014 First Fictions First Graphic Novel Competition, launched…
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