Category Events
On Friday 13th and Saturday 14th December, the semi-annual Graphic Brighton event returns to the University, curated by Alex Fitch and Barbara Chamberlin. This year’s conference is the tenth anniversary Graphic Brighton festival, and mixes talks by comics studies academics… Continue Reading →
On Weds 4th Dec at 6pm, postgraduate student Alex Fitch, and Graphic Novelist Ian Williams will be discussing the Brighton comics scene in the December ‘Brains at the Bevy’. This is a monthly outreach event, where a University of Brighton… Continue Reading →
On Monday 25th November, award-winning animator Chris Shepherd will be discussing his move into making comics, in the form of his autobiographical graphic novel Anfield Road. Chris has previous worked on turning comics by creators such as Jim Medway and… Continue Reading →
Our colleagues researching Comics at Oxford University have shared news about their “brilliant, thought-provoking talks from comics experts around the world”. This term they welcome the following eminent speakers: Professor Matt Green (University of Nottingham). Tues 22 Oct, 5pm UK… Continue Reading →
As part of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences Autumn Research Seminar series, the Comics and Graphic Narratives REG are presenting two examnples of their members’ research on Weds 6th November, in Mithras City Lab from 1-2pm. Thomas Oliver… Continue Reading →
Susan Sainsbury is a Brighton-based illustrator, seamstress and author of three graphic novels. She is a former graduate from the University of Brighton’s MA in Sequential Design, and on Weds 30th October will be talking about her new book Undressed,… Continue Reading →
For the pre-Halloween meet-up of Brighton based comics discussion group Cartoon County on Mon 28th Oct, Daniel Bell, a local creator who specialises in horror comics, will be coming along to talk about his work. The artist has worked on… Continue Reading →
Brighton based graphic novelist Warren Pleece will be discussing his new book The Sunny Luna Travelling Oracle, which has just been released by the US comics publisher Dark Horse Comics. This post-apocalyptic satirical comic imagines America after climate change and… Continue Reading →
This Autumn, the University of Brighton is providing a session run by Dr Lesley Murray (Professor of Spatial Sociology) and Ottile Hainsworth (graphic novelist, and lecturer in art and illustration) on how to use comics in your research. This will… Continue Reading →
Cartoonist Katriona Chapman will be discussing her Brighton set graphic novel Breakwater, and working in the marketing department of comics publisher Avery Hill, at the next Cartoon County meeting at The Walrus, 10 Ship Street, Brighton on Monday August 17th…. Continue Reading →
