Alongside a lineup of incredible guests at next month’s Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival comic convention in Harrogate next month, working with various partners, the team behind the massive event have included a great range of workshops for comic creators.
Thought Bubble is the Yorkshire Comic Art Festival, offering week long celebration of comics, illustration and more spread across the whole of Yorkshire starting 11th November, finishing in a huge two day comic convention in Harrogate over 16th to 17th November, at Harrogate Convention Centre.
Assembling a massive lineup of one hundred-plus comic creators and 450-plus exhibitors every year, the organisers of the not for profit event (which supports their chosen charity, being Barnardo’s, use the festival week to promote the power of comics, aiming inspire, educate and bring people together like no other medium. So, whether you’re a long-time fan of comic art or have never picked up a graphic novel before, you’ll find something for you.
Special Guests this year include (to name but a few, full list below) include Charlie Adlard, Steven Appleby, Abby Bulmer, Neill Cameron, Becky Cloonan, Paul Cornell, Dani, Al Davison, The Etherington Brothers, Al Ewing, Francesca Fantini, Kieron Gillen, Tini Howard, Jock, Marc Laming, Sonia Leong, Tula Lotay, Mike McMahon, Anna Morozova, Leah Moore, Alex Paknadel, Mike Perkins, Alison Sampson, Declan Shalvey, Martin Simmonds, Rachael Smith, Si Spurrier, Richard Starkings, Lucy Sullivan, Zoe Thorogood, Emma Vieceli, Christian Ward, Chris Wildgoose, Rob Williams and Chip Zdarsky.
This year’s workshop schedule opens with a Poetry Comics Workshop, hosted by poet and comic book writer Chrissy Williams, ideal for all ages from seven plus; and includes All About Printing with PRINT.WORK and their technical team, offering an informative, jargon free, overview and Q&A covering everything you need to know about printing; a discussion on Comics Art Funding with the Comics Cultural Impact Collective (Hannah Berry, Karrie Fransman, Rhiannon Griffiths, Sara Kenney, Myfanwy Tristram and Zara Slattery) along with Pete Stones, Relationship Manager for Literature at Arts Council England, to discuss how individuals and organisations in the UK might better access cultural funding; and a Crowdfunding Indie Comics workshop with Adriano Ariganello, Crowdfunder and Kickstarter Backer Favourite – an overview of how to plan your campaign, hit your goals, find your audience, and roll your crowdfunding success into future projects.
There’s plenty more on offer, too – a great range of useful, informative workshops spanning a diverse range of subjects. Check out the workshop programme here on the Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival website, the lineup of workshops for kids, exhibitions, and much more.
• Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival is online at thoughtbubblefestival.com
Special Guest List in Full: Charlie Adlard, Claudia Aguirre, John Allison, Steven Appleby, Juni Ba, Kristyna Baczynski, Sweeney Boo, Fernando Blanco, Nick Brokenshire, David Brothers, Abby Bulmer, Neill Cameron, Aaron Campbell, Laurence Campbell, E.M. Carroll, Elsa Charretier, Becky Cloonan, Ruairí Coleman, Michael Conrad, Paul Cornell, CROM, Dani, Sam Davies, Al Davison, Rufus Dayglo, Werther Dell’Edera, Michael Dialynas, Danny Earls, Lucie Ebrey, The Etherington Brothers, Al Ewing, Francesca Fantini, Matt Ferguson, Ivana Filipovich, Tim Fish, Leo Fox, Lee Garbett, Kieron Gillen, Bex Glendining, Sarah Graley, Isabel Greenberg (Saturday only), Lewis Hancox, Abigail J Harding, Ned Hartley, Jonathan Hedrick, Luke Healy, Tini Howard, Jock, Shazleen Khan, Roger Langridge, Marc Laming, John Lees, Sonia Leong, Greg Lockard, Tula Lotay, George Manson, Álvaro Martínez Bueno, Jamie McKelvie, Mike McMahon, Dennis Menheere, Anna Morozova, Leah Moore, Helen Mullane, Alex Norris, Guillermo Ortego, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Alex Paknadel, Mike Perkins, Jacob Phillips, Sean Phillips, Stephanie Phillips, Emma Price, Ahmed Raafat, Khary Randolph, John Reppion, Emma Ríos, Jamila Rowser, Margaux Saltel, Alison Sampson, Declan Shalvey, Martin Simmonds, Zara Slattery, J. Marshall Smith, Rachael Smith, Si Spurrier, Joanne Starer, Richard Starkings, Hamish Steele, Nathan Stockman, Jens K Styve, Lucy Sullivan, Zoe Thorogood, Marcus To, Cian Tormey, James Tynion IV, Ram V, Luana Vecchio, Emma Vieceli, Dave Wachter, Christian Ward, Neil Watson-Slorance, J. L. Westover, Caspar Wijngaard, Chris Wildgoose, Chrissy Williams, Rob Williams and Chip Zdarsky
Thought Bubble Guests are a mix of invited, paid for, and creators who apply via the event’s curated route. Please note, appearances are based on professional availability and are subject to change. Guest tables, guest signing times and other appearances will be released closer to the convention dates.
Some photos above featured sourced from the Thought Bubble website, by Kate Broughton, Simon Godsave, and Andy Benge
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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