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