Now it can be told… Attendees at Caption 2007: Dreams & Nightmares were given a prophetic dream of the theme for Caption 2008. And the dream came true. Caption 2008 is CAPTION TIMEWARP. We’re just waiting on final confirmation, but it seems likely that it will be taking place again at the East Oxford Community Centre [...]
As we mentioned previously Jay was involved in the recent BLAM! season of events run by Leicester Libraries. Read a round-up of the BLAM! events with pictures.
The Girly Comic has also been praised and highlighted in an article on women in comics by Bridgeen Gillespie.
“Bridgeen Gillespie tells us why comics aren’t just for boys anymore [...]
Today’s the day that we’ve decided to make our official launch for the new web incarnations of The Girly Comic and Violent! Some of you may have already been sampling our wares, but we wanted to have a few strips in the archive already when we launched. Press releases have now been fired off to [...]
Jeremy Dennis is a female cartoonist (yes, Jeremy is a strange name for a woman isn’t it?) living in Oxford, right in the middle of England. Oxford is a town full of music and people, two things she likes very much. She also likes comics. She’s been drawing since she could hold a pencil, a [...]
Caroline Parkinson was born in 1981 and graduated from Loughborough University with a BA in Illustration. She has animated, written and directed a short film “The Cloud Factory”, which has been shown at Brief Encounters Film Festival, Nottingham, and the Burning Man Festival, Arizona. She has also self-published several short comics, the latest of which, [...]
Irish cartoonist Ztoical is looking for submissions for a new charity anthology comic. Here’s why she’s creating this anthology:
“My Dad worked for a number of aid organizations over the years and I wanted to do something to raise money for one of them but I also wanted to raise that money doing something that was [...]
Richy K. Chandler is the creative force behind Tempo Lush Comics, including
“Delicate Axiom”, “Lucy the Octopus” and “Govinda the Meditating Rabbit”.
After earning a diploma at Wimbledon School of Art, Richy graduated from
Camberwell College of Arts with a degree in Ceramics. He’s gone on to have work
published in Britain, Germany and Japan, including cartoons, logo designs, [...]
Iain Burnside lives in Edinburgh and continually manages to breathe in and out, tell left from right, dress himself and various other amazing feats. In between doing all of these truly stunning acts he is a regular contributor to Comics Nexus and writes stories and poems whilst apparently studying history at Edinburgh University. This is [...]
In December 2006, author and friend Craig Hinton died. Discussions were had about putting together a collection of stories in celebration of his life, and after a little while, the two editors (Adrian Middleton and David McIntee) started asking about for a third person to join the editorial team. In the past, I’ve been involved [...]
Here’s a sneak peek at what should be the next major release from Factor Fiction - collecting strips from across the first seventeen issues of The Girly Comic in a shelf-friendly perfect bound edition, under a gorgeous Dez Taylor cover. Further down the line will be The Girly Comic Book Volume 2, collected strips from Violent! [...]