Creators in the Clock Tower include (in alphabetical order)
: Kate Ashwin, creator of the web comic
Widdershins; printmaker and illustrator
Alex Brady;
Sammy Borras and Sarah Fogg,
friends who make comics, specialising in work for teens and young
adults - as a team they produce comic anthologies, mini-comics and zines
such as
Children of the Night, a goth-themed comedy anthology;
Nick Brokenshire, artist on the fantasy adventure comic
Amelia Cole;
PM Buchan, co-creator of
BLACKOUT and Gothic-horror series
La Belle Dame Sans Merci; the long-established
Cartoonists Club of Great Britain,
the UK’s largest and oldest cartoonists’ organisation, providing a
social base for cartoonists wherever they may live or work; North
West-based illustrator
Dan Charnley; award-winning Transmedia creator
Yomi Ayeni, creator of
Clockwork Watch; Doctor Who and
Star Trek comic artist
Mike Collins;
New York Times illustrator
Gemma Correll;
Captain America,
The Losers and
Thief of Thieves writer
Andy Diggle; Oxford-based comicker, illustrator and animator
Paul Duffield, creator of the stunning web comic
The Firelight Isle that is due to be collected and published by David Fickling Books; Cumbria-based artist
Mal Earl, creator of
Bullhawk, which has featured in David Lloyd's accliamed digital anthology
Aces Weekly; mixed media artist
EdieOP, whose titles include
Jonah and
7 Blows to the Head;
Perfect Spiral's
Marvel Comics artist
Gary Erskine and molecular biologist
Mhairi Stewart, who produce illustrations for academia and industry, specialising in public engagement material and resources;
Jonathan Edwards and Felt Mistress, creators of the Festival's mascots;
Jack Falllows, co-creator of
BLACKOUT;
Dr. Victor Freakinstyle, creator of humorous and startling new sculptures informed by popular culture and environmental issues; veteran comics creator
Verity Glass, whose new graphic novel,
Noumena, debuts soon; prolific and innovative comic creator
Daniel Merlin Goodbrey;
Matthew Green,
an Associate Professor of English Literature specializing in comics at
the University of Nottingham, whose most recent work was
Alan Moore and the Gothic Tradition and who is currently completing another book on Alan Moore and William Blake; London-based illustrator and graphic novelist
Isabel Greenberg, creator of
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth;
Robin Hoelzemann, writer and illustrator of the 18th century drama
Curia Regis;
Adam Hyde and Mihaela Precup, creators of web comic
Jules & Crispin, a love story between a duck and a rat; Bolton-based artist
Rob Jackson, whose work includes a medieval spaghetti western,
A Handful of Groats and the SF and fantasy anthology,
RhiZone; Owen Michael Johnson, the Cumbrian-native writer behind Accent UK’s sell-out concept anthology
Who On Earth Was Thaddeus Mist? and co-creator of
Raygun Roads; ; small-press publisher
Christopher Kent (aka Graphite Fiction); Lancaster-based artist
Jack Knight, cartoonist for the
Lancaster Guardian;
Laydeez do Comics
, a unique graphic novel forum with a focus on comic works based on
life narrative, the drama of the domestic and the everyday; Manchester
artist
James Lawrence;
Holley McKend and Chris Baldie, creators of the web comic
Never Ever After; John Miers, whose work has featured in the renowned indie anthology
Solipsistic Pop and the political anthology
Regeneration;
Musomic. a
dedicated team of artists, award-winning educators and musicians with a
passion for games and apps; Spanish and Marvel and DC Comics artist
Guillermo Ortega;
Graham Pearce, Preston-based creator of the hilarious action-comedy comic
Sgt Mike Fury; Manchester artist
Mark Penman; manga-inspired Sweatdrop Studios artist
PinkAppleJam, creator of
Biomecha;
Owen D. Pomeroy, creator of
Between the Billboards, the web comic
Benson’s Bar Cafe and the auto-bio sketch series
The Victory Motel; artist and film maker
Andy Poyiadgi, creator of
Tea Bag Theories, a micro-comic-in-a-teabag that uses the humble brew to unravel the mysteries of science;
Karen Rubins, author of several short comics published in the
V&A Magazine,
The Word Magazine, and the
Mammoth Book of Best New Manga among others;
Seeing Poetry: Poetry in Words and Comics, an ongoing collaboration by illustrator
Louise Crosby with poet
Clare Shaw;
Russell Stearman, a Sheffield-based comic author/artist working on
Insurrection, a
comic set in contemporary Britain playing out in our current landscape
of austerity and cut-backs, which rubs up against privatization as
questioned by the Occupy movement; London-based animator
Joe Sparrow, who writes, draws and self-publishes his own comics; manga artist
Tammy Taylor; Scotland's comic collective
Team Girl Comic; comic creator and illustrator
Sally Jane Thompson,
whose work has been published by IDW, Image Comics, Black Mask Studios
and Kerrang! magazine; award-winning Manchester-based cross-media script
writer
Ravi Thornton, founder of Ziggy’s Wish, a charitable publishing endeavour; artist/writer
Andrew Tunney, creator of the British Comics Award-nominated title
GIRL&BOY; Kendal-based self-publisher
Andres Vargas and Catriona James, creators of the new comic
Disciple Machine; illustrator, animator and games designer
Adam Vian, creator of
Long Lost Lempi, a series of fairytale-ish adventure stories with a focus on subtle humour and mystery; and
Lydia Wysocki, creator of awesome small press comics!
• All the Comics Clock Tower Guests, Publishers and Retailers are detailed here: www.comicartfestival.com/comics-clock-tower
Please note, all appearances are subject to work commitments
Forbidden Planet
will again have a huge presence in the Clock Tower. Britain's leading
speciality comics chain will also be taking over the Malt Room at The
Brewery Art Centre, delivering a "pop up shop" for the duration of the
Festival. They will be stocking a massive selection of new Comics and
Graphic Novels - many of them signed or Limited Editions - as well as T
Shirts, toys and more. Plus - they will be hosting signing events for
most of the guest creators.
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