Laydeez  do Comics in Bristol

August 8^th  6pm - 9.30pm.

CAFE KINO
108 STOKES CROFT • BRISTOL • BS1 3RU

£1.50

Laydeez do Comics is  a unique graphic novel forum with a focus on comic works based on life narrative, the drama of the domestic and the everyday.

Launched in July 2009 the group was set up by the illustrator and author of graphic novel Billy, Me & You Nicola Streeten and the artist and curator Sarah Lightman It is the first women led graphic novel forum in the UK.

 They usually meet monthly off Brick Lane, London, but they are venturing West for one night, to convene with some Bristol comics creators.

 Artists, academics, publishers and fans from around the world are invited to speak. It is a platform for people to test new works and ideas, where emerging artists present their work alongside more established practitioners. The evenings offer an inspiring experience in a social atmosphere for both those new to comics and those already immersed.

 www.laydeezdocomics.com

 This event will feature the following speakers, including the founding Laydeez themselves:
NICOLA STREETEN: Illustrator and author of Billy, Me & You, published by Myriad Editions in 2011. Nicola also produces a zine called Liquorice.
www.streetenillustration.com

SARAH LIGHTMAN: Sarah is doing a PhD at University of Glasgow in "Autobiography and Comics". She is also an artist and curator of Graphic Details, Confessional Comics by Jewish Women.
www.sarahlightman.com
http://forward.com/graphic-details/

KATIE GREEN: Freelance illustrator based in Bristol and currently working on her first graphic novel Lighter Than My Shadow to be published by Jonathan Cape next year.
www.katiegreen.co.uk

SIMON MORETON (Smoo Comics): Academic and comics creator based in Bristol and fresh from Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF).
www.smoo.tumblr.com

ANDREW GODFREY and EMMA MOULD (Sicker Than Thou): A Bristol writer–artist team producing comics with themes of physical and mental illness, and feminism.
www.sickerthanthou.com

PAULA KNIGHT: Illustrator–author working on her graphic memoir, The Facts of Life, which was shortlisted in First Fictions First Graphic Novel Competition earlier this year.
www.paulaknight.wordpress.com
www.firstfictions.com/first-fictions-competition
www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2012/directors-commentary-first-graphic-novel-award-paula-knight