OOMK is organising a small press & zine fair at OSE – featuring over 40 small publishers and zine stalls. There will be work for sale as well as reference displays of zines and artists’ book collections. Part of OOMK’s Future Library project at Open School East. Exhibitors ————- OOMK Book Works OSE Abondance Matanda Ameena Khan Authorrising Backwards Burd Banner Repeater Brigid Deaco...
A full festival with talks, workshops, and of course exhibiting artist. Akin to a traditional comics marketplace & artists’ alley, The Comics Clocktower occupies the whole building for the weekend, spread across a number of rooms: one large main hall and several smaller rooms and provide space for approximately 70-80 creators, retailers and publishers....
Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the extraordinary Céli Lee, an artist who is building her own universe with unusual sensitivity towards nature, myth, and of course, graphite. –Interview by Heather McCalden Hello Céli! Thanks for taking the time to talk to us. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? I’m a London based multidisciplinary artist, working across the fields of drawing, s...
S J Harris is a London-based cartoonist and purveyor of all things fine and strange. His first graphic novel Eustace (published by Jonathan Cape) was drawn entirely in pencil and concerned a young boy and his tale of salvation by corruption. It has been described as ‘a clapped-out car pointed straight at a brick wall.’ Hallo there, Steven. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? Halloa. By day I work...
Ladies and gentlemen! Presenting printmaker, textile artist and comics creator Gareth Brookes. Gareth studied printmaking at the RCA and started making small press comics in 2006. His first graphic novel The Black Project was published by Myriad Editions in 2013. Hi Gareth! Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? I guess I’m an artist and writer, I spend most of my time on graphic novels these days, b...
Ladies and gentlemen! Alexis Deacon’s musings on graphite, animals and meaning, and dancing… Alexis Deacon is a writer and illustrator of comics, picture books and children’s fiction. His books have twice been selected for The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award. In 2008 he was chosen by Booktrust as one of the ten best new illustrators of the last decade. Hi Alexis! Could you tell us a...
Pablo Auladell is a multi-award-winning artist from Alicante working primarily in comics and illustration. Elegant, lyrical and delicate yet strong and disconcerting, his images suggest a particular dialogue between the traditional and the contemporary. Hi Pablo. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? I am a picture book illustrator and comic author. A beautiful, ridiculous profession so, it only m...
Ladies and Gentlemen! Presenting the curious creations of Céline Guichard’s “twisted psychology”… An interview with Céline Guichard by Heather McCalden. Hi there. Thanks for taking the time to talk to us about your work. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? Hi, I am Céline Guichard, I make images. I have published several books and participated to many exhibition. I live a...
Ladies and gentlemen: We bring you the graphite obsessions of sublime Canadian Artist Andy Van Dinh… Hi Andy! Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? Hi, I am an emerging artist from Calgary Alberta Canada. I imprint internal thoughts, known text, used irony, and subvert specific motifs in mythology/classic-metaphors to assert my own idiosyncrasy in a visual language. Could you tell us about yo...
Bene Rohlmann is a Berlin based illustrator. His work has appeared in exhibitions throughout Europe and the United States, and his clients feature The New York Times, Converse, and Mercedes Benz amongst others. Hi Bene! Thanks for taking the time to talk to us about your work. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do? Hi, my name is Bene Rohlmann and I’m an illustrator and artists based in Berlin. Sin...
