Whoa! I was looking through this list this afternoon with Paul Ashley Brown and, boy, has it grown! This time next week I will be so rich from sales that I'll close CBO down!
We have over 60 incredible artists, writers and
makers exhibiting and selling their work at BCZF 2014. You can read
about them all on this page. Here are our first batch of amazing
exhibitors, with MORE TO COME!
Exhibitors
AVERY HILL PUBLISHING |
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SEAN AZZOPARDI |
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BARK We are two cool kids who really care about the world. We are setting up a mag called Bark which we hope to sell to raise money to buy rain forest from the worldlandtrust.org. We will be launching |
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ANDY BARRON @omcomics |
SAMMY BORAS AND SARAH FOGG Sammy and Sarah are friends who make comics. Sammy specialises in comics, while Sarah specialises in illustration and zines. As a team they produce a comic anthology once a year and a music zine whenever they feel like it. They both work on the quarterly zine What’s The Time, Mrs Woolf? |
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BREAKFAST CHAMPION CM Carter creates comics and illustrations under the guise of Breakfast Champion. They draw influence from alternative comix, low brow culture and dark humour. Their work can be seen in various places including Off Life, Design Week Blog, Doodlers Anonymous and Peculiar Bliss. As well as old fashioned pens and paper Breakfast Champion works with digital media, silk screen and single malt. |
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GARETH BROOKES Gareth has been small press publishing since 2005, beginning with collaborations with Banal Pig and later becoming involved with groups such as The Alternative Press and The Comix Reader. Goodies to be found artfully arranged on his table include The Black Project – a Graphic Novel created entirely in the mediums of embroidery and linocut relief print, the psychidelic sci-fi epic The Land of My Heart Chokes on its Abundance, and a bountiful preponderance of original prints and handmade zines. |
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PAUL ASHLEY BROWN |
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LAURA CALLAGHAN |
EMMA CARLISLE |
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DECADENCE COMICS |
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DIRTY ROTTEN COMICS Dirty Rotten Comics is an underground comics anthology curated by Kirk Campbell and Gary Clap. We will be debuting our third issue at the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair, featuring work from upcoming UK artists and writers |
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DRY COMICS Dry Comics is a newly-founded publisher of minicomics based in Cardiff. Debuting at BCZF will be ‘The Architect’ by Ioan Morris, a poetry zine by Rhydian Parry, and an adaptation of Gemima Salt’s short story ‘Treehouse’. They’ll also be selling other comics/zines/illustrations by founder Ioan Morris. |
EYEBALL COMIX |
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HARVEY FINCH @harveyfinch |
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FLAPJACK COLLECTIVE A collective of freshly graduated illustrators from the Arts University Bournemouth. Made up of Louis Craig Carpenter, Maia Fjord, Allie Oldfield, Hope Sloan and Florence Zealey. We’ll be selling zines, comics, screen prints, t-shirts, postcards and the like. Previously we’ve exhibited at Comica Festival in London. Come and say hello, we don’t bite! |
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FOLD COLLABORATIVE |
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FOOTPRINT Footprint are a printer co-operative from Leeds. This Risograph specialist, zine-happy, anti-capitalist, booty-shaking collective have started doing a zine distro of the finest wares that rattle off their machines and they’ll be bringing a tableful of it to Bristol. They’ll also be happy to talk to punters about printing, co-operatives and anything else they do. |
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LORENA GARCIA |
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ISABEL GREENBERG |
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GRIND YOUR TEETH |
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ALEX HAHN Alex Hahn Publishing is an independent producer of comics, zines and graphic novels. With products ranging from small, home made editions to 100-page graphic novels and more. The charm of Alex’s products is matched by the characters within them: The emasculated hero, Heracles; the lovestruck cupcake known as Muffnut (doughnut/muffin) and his muse, the Cruffin (croissant/muffin); a determined little space man and, of course, Blop -everyone’s favourite Martian! |
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JAZZ DAD BOOKS |
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GRAHAM JOHNSON |
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MAX K Max K; organiser of the up & coming ‘SHAKE BRISTOL’, comic & poster illustrator and creator of the saddest/raddest mutants. Come say hi. |
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JOSEPH P KELLY. |
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STEPHEN KELLY |
LEADACHE |
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ISAAC LENKIEWICZ |
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LIZE MEDDINGS |
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THE MODERNIST |
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MOMO WORKS Momo Works is a small press based in London. After publishing Flamingo Magazine, it now focuses on short-run essays. |
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MONSTER EMPORIUM PRESS
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NUALA MURPHY |
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LOUIS NETTER |
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IAN NORRIS Fixed Up is the story of one man’s journey from a geeky, awkward, shy teenager in Cape Town – to a geeky, awkward, shy adult in Oxford. It tells the story of how being in love is the worst thing ever. The first three epic issues will be on sale, as well as a speak preview of issue 4. |
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OOMK |
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OPPOSITE THE ALLEY Opposite The Alley is a small independent press founded by Illustrators Emma Evans and Iselle Maddocks. It offers a platform for illustrators working in a wide variety of styles and aims to shed light onto both emerging artists and young talent. We’re friendly so be sure to say ‘hi’ if you stop by our stall! |
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SANDRA ORTUNO |
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MARK PEARCE AND JAMES STAYTE |
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JIM POWNALL |
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ZOE POWER Fresh off the boat from Montréal, where she’s been living for the past few years, Zoe is moving back to her hometown with a paintbrish in hand and a thirst for collaboration. Bikes and food are some of her favourite things as are black marker pens, sexy lettering, relief print and dry humour. |
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PRINCESA PIRATA |
SHAPE OF MY HEART Based in London, I write perzines focusing on mental health recovery, travel and penguins! |
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SICKER THAN THOU |
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SAMANTHA STARKEY
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LEE TAYLOR
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MAIR THOMAS Mair (A little lost) makes DIY lo-fi surreal comics and colouring books, which often feature flying tortoises. She has a weekly updated Welsh Language online comic called ‘Llong’ about a boat’s adventures around a flat world. Mair’s work can sometimes be seen in Bear Pit Zine and What’s the Time, Mrs Woolf Zine. |
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TWIN FREAKS |
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WATER CLOSET PRESS Richard Worth is a bearded comics writer; he’s Northern. Jordan Collver is a bearded comics artist; he’s Canadian. They have been making comics together as The Water Closet Press since 2010. Their chief export is a small press serial comic entitledLadies & Gentlemen. The Water Closet transcends all divides and is located in both Leeds and Bristol. |
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OWEN WATTS |
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ELLICE WEAVER Ellice Weaver is a young comic maker, self publisher and cake artist from Bristol. She studies Illustration at the University of West England and prints her zines and comics under ‘Cringe Press’. Most of her Comics are autobiographical and deal with the problems of everyday life: petting soft animals, getting a haircut and the creeping feeling of not belonging anywhere. |
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WE STUDIO PRESS We Studio Press is a wee/small press publishing initiative based in |
WOLF MASK |
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Hey, Terry. Sorry I haven't been putting up any comments - I've been a bit under the weather.
ReplyDeleteAnyway. Package recieved yesterday - nothing about X-10 but Slicksure ( detective ?) handled a BAT and Strongman was STRONG against my favourite people. Fun !
Good luck with the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair next weekend - I'm sure it'll be a success. Take it easy.
Hi. I did wonder. Hope you're feeling a lot better now? Nothing about X-10 in the package?? Hang on....letter of 19th reads: "X-10 One of the most active of the “brothers” and has been a member of the LLE, SGG and teamed up with other heroes in the past. When the Philosophers Stone fragment was placed into his central cortex it triggered a change. He began to feel more human and his capacity to learn increased ten fold.
ReplyDeleteIt was X-10 “Tenny” who read of the “I-- B--” and carried out research and found the photographs that made him realise the truth. Along with his brothers he tracked down the last known location of the I---B--- –a large house built in the midlle of a private forest in Wiltshire." Sorry but I've sent so much I lose track so not sure if you have the letter with all the info about the Xs??