Programme

All times subject to change

Saturday 18 August

Doors open 10 a.m. Bar open from 10 for coffee, 12 for drinks.

12:00–13:00. Panel: Good, Clean, Knockabout Fun! Publisher Tony Bennett joins artists Hunt Emerson, Krent Able and Brick to talk about the 32 years of the controversial British comics company. More…
13:30–15:30. WORKSHOP with Al Davison. ‘The Alchemist's Easel: a rough guide to drawing the unconscious’
14:30–16:00. Panel: Shedding Light on the Dark Art of Editing Comics. Woodrow Phoenix and Rob Davis (Nelson), Corinne Pearlman, John Anderson, other guests TBC
16:30–17:30. Panel: Myriad Editions. Corinne Pearlman discusses the output of the company alongside Woodrow Phoenix (Rumble Strip), Darryl Cunningham (Science Tales), Nicola Streeten (Billy, Me & You) and Gareth Brookes (The Black Project ). More…
21:00. Quiz by Tony Hitchman, ‘Dangerous when wet’

Doors close 23:00

Doors open 10 a.m. Bar open from 10 for coffee, 12 for drinks.

11.00–13:00. Bar Panel: Comic Gosh!p Book Club (escaping from London) with Maus (Art Spiegelman) & My Cardboard Life (Philippa Rice). Try to (re)read one or both of these before the panel so you can join in! More…
12:00–14:00. Workshop Jeremy Day’s Quick and Dirty Awesome Swimsuit Special Workshop-a-thon.
12:30–13:30. Panel: Playing in Someone Else’s Sandbox (Self-published vs licensed characters). Richy Chandler (Wallace & Grommit) , David Baillie (via video!—TNMT in Russia), Charles Cutting and Robin Etherington.
14.00–15:00. Panel: The Phoenix: A Gallimaufry of Graphical Goodness. Daniel Hartwell (writer on ‘Pirates of the Pangaea’), Neill Cameron (artist on ‘Pirates of the Pangaea’, Adam Murphy (‘Corpse Talk’), Robin Etherington (writes ‘Long Gone Don’)
15.30–16:30. Panel. America is not the Only Fruit. looking outside Anglo / American comics for inspiration, with manga creators Rebecca Burgess, Sarah Burgess, Joe Morgan and Jade Sarson, and bandes-desinées-inspired David O'Connell (Tozo) and Garen Ewing (The Rainbow Orchid).

Doors Close 17:00