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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery

@zaraslattery.bsky.social

SCRIBBLER-HOPPING MONOPED Comic Artist, Illustrator, Tutor. Author of COMA: https://myriadeditions.com/books/coma/ LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/zaraslattery WEBSITE: https://zaraslattery.com/

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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 3w ago

New Patreon post: The Irish Sea - The Sandgrounder. @gregorynorminton.bsky.social www.patreon.com/SweeneysProg...

Sweeney flying across the Irish Sea in 10 panels. Starting with tidal sand, he first startles herring gulls, flies alongside curlews before crossing the sea. Tired he lands on Ailisa Craig.

Sweeney wakes on the Island of Ailisa Craig. 10 panels document the sun rising and Sweeney waking among a colony of gannets. He surveys the sea before continuing his journey. A whales fluke surfaces as he flies on.

Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · last mo.

Mon 27 July 6.30pm Beth Duggleby discussing her comics (including ‘After Life' runner-up in the Graphic Short Story Prize) working as a silversmith and lecturering at Leeds bethmadethis.weebly.com/comics.html FREE! The Walrus Ship St Brighton BN1 1AD Live YouTube: www.youtube.com/@panelbordersvideo

COMICS

find me online : @bethmadethis

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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 3w ago

zaraslattery.com/blog/ New in-person classes starting in September, now available to book. Drawing and Pen & Wash techniques. #Brighton #Learntodraw

Poster advertising a 5 week Pen & Was class in Brighton. Starting in September.

Poster advertising an 8 week Drawing class in Brighton. Starting in September.

Poster advertising a 6 week Pen & Wash class in Brighton. Starting in November.

Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New Patreon Post! Chasing Green #SweeneysProgress www.patreon.com/SweeneysProg... @gregorynorminton.bsky.social

A comic page with 10 panels from Sweeney's Progress. Close up of Sweeney, he is sat in the bough of a great oak. He is startled by the 'Hag' who mocks him. Leaping of the branch he unbalances her and she falls to the ground. Sweeney follows her down and is shocked to see she is dead.

Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just seen our regular @zaraslattery.bsky.social is running another of her excellent painting workshops this summer. Get in there buytickets.at/inksplattery...

GOUACHE WORKSHOP at Starling Studio in August. Now bookable: https://buytickets.at/inksplatterydrawingclass/2287534

Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Monday Please do join us

Cartoon County@cartooncounty.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEXT LIVE MEETING Monday June 22 The fabulous @cartoonkate.bsky.social author of Threads and Red Rosa is talking to @panelborders.bsky.social about her graphic biography of Jane Austen: Patchwork cartoonkate.co.uk/pages/patchw... Join us at The Walrus, Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AD from 6:30pm

Lola Dickinson @loladickinson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Really pleased to share the comic by the fantastic @karriefransman.bsky.social on Sex Work and AIDS Activism in Edinburgh. Research by me and based on an oral history interview with Ruth Morgan Thomas of Scot-PEP.

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⏰ TONIGHT! ⏰

Hannah Berry@streakofpith.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📆 Next Monday 15th June we’re going to be talking about goddamn COMICS LIVELIHOODS. What sources do we earn an income from? What does fair pay mean? What’s the value of IP? Should only commodified art exist? What is the difference between a career and a hobby, or -god help us- a “side hustle”?

Mereida ✸@mereida.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's been incredibly rewarding working with Aysha Haddington-Ahmed and Elizabeth Evens on this comic about clinical staff working in healthcare with patients that have experienced sexual violence. The comic explores the barriers that both patients and staff may face in addressing these issues. 1/3

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 2mo ago

alex moore @notanotheralex.bsky.social · 2mo ago

HUGE props to all involved in DC PRIDE ‘25 which is up for best anthology in this year’s #eisner awards! _extremely_ fortunate to be a small part of this collection drawing Jude Doyle’s DELIGHTFULLY messy Blue Snowman short… still lol-wutting about everything about this 🫠 #art #comics #queercomics

A toad @toadlett.bsky.social · 2mo ago

also if you're not yet aware of the work CCIC are doing for comics in the UK you should absolutely check that out: www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org

The Comics Cultural Impact Collective

We believe comics have an important place in our culture, one worthy of celebration and support, and we're here to prove it.

thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org

A toad @toadlett.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So i wrote most of it and then got swamped with other stuff for several months. BUT after the recent CCIC roundtable the other week I remembered about it, and Yves very kindly put it into a website for me! comicmeetups.neocities.org

Start a Comics Meetup: A Guide for Comic Creators

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This was a groundbreaking piece of work. A work so good it means a life well spent. Millions of people understand Iran, the diaspora and the weird bittersweet details of the immigrant experience through the work she did.

Seán Costello@seanjcostello.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sad to hear Marjane Satrapi, author of this extraordinary memoir, has died

Cover of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution

Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I was delighted to join @scottmccloud.bsky.social @neilcohn.bsky.social & @reimenayee.com yesterday for an absolutely invigorating conversation on comics & education! Appreciate the good folks @cartoonist.coop for hosting & making the recording available! Listen here! www.youtube.com/live/gymwh40...

The Study of Comics in Academia (Understanding Comics)

YouTube video by Cartoonists United

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Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Come to Brighton tomorrow (Sunday): cool your feet in the sea, refresh your imagination with a market full of comics, and whet your whistle if it's dry… perfect #comics #art #cartoons day out PLEASE SHARE - look at those eager cartoonists’ names… you want to make them happy, don’t you?

Cartoon County is taking over Brighton Open Market for one day only on Sunday May 31st

Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New #SweeneysProgress Patreon post - Watercress. @gregorynorminton.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/waterc...

Sweeney, long haired and bearded has watercress spilling from his mouth as he looks up.

Sweeney stands in a small wooded clearing, holding his ragged dress, calling out to the inhabitants of a small reed covered hut.

Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A week tomorrow… On Sunday May 31st Cartoon County is going to takeover all the stalls in Brighton Open Market - come an meet more than two dozen cartoonists, comic makers and artists

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The first event “This Mess Won’t Fix Itself: COMICS CREATORS” is now live! 📆 Tuesday 26th May, 7pm We’ll be focussing on wellbeing, on training, on confidence and community-building, and on inclusion. You can reserve your place right here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-mess-...

This Mess Won't Fix Itself: COMICS CREATORS

Online roundtable for the comics community on how we take the recommendations of the UK Comics Creators Research Report and make them stick

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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Let's talk about YOU, shall we? As in the collective "YOU": the people who make comics, who filled in the UK Comics Creators Survey - ukcomicscreators.org.uk I hope you’re hungry for charts, because lunch is served! WHO ARE YOU? 🧵

Home - UK Comics Creators Survey

UK Comics Creators Research Report 2026 The most comprehensive overview of comics creators in the UK Drawing on the responses from nearly 700 creators to the UK Comics Creator Survey in autumn 2025, t...

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Vicky Yuh @inkseer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Thanks @dannija-yes.bsky.social @claireplmartin.bsky.social @drannehanley.bsky.social for the collaboration and support. Hey, fellow artists: @jordancollver.bsky.social @streakofpith.bsky.social @zaraslattery.bsky.social @mereida.bsky.social @daniellocke.bsky.social @karriefransman.bsky.social

Cover art for a short comic: “Think Syphilis” as the title in squiggly text, with text in bottom right corner saying “written by Danielle Jayes” and “art by Vicky Yuh”. “Treppi” the Bacterium Treponema Pallidum character is wriggling all around the figures of an old painting called "A Rake's Progress: 3 – The Orgy” by William Hogarth.

Comic Page 1: "Treppi" the syphilis bacterium introduces itself, sat on old newspapers, in front of a backdrop of older paintings that represent or are tied to syphilis/disease. Medical students discuss rising syphilis cases. There is text throughout the page explaining that syphilis can show up in different ways and in various health settings, not just in sexual health settings.

Comic Page 2: Female character visits a dermatology clinic and is seen for a rash on her palms. The doctor says it looks like eczema. She also visits the dentist for the lesions on her tongue and inner lips. She is told it could be oral candidiasis. Text throughout the page goes into how syphilis can present on the skin and in the mouth.

Comic Page 3: The female character visits the ophthalmologist, who says it looks like non-infectious uveitis. The character visits the neurologist, who finally asks if she’s ever done a syphilis test. The character is bewildered at the thought of having syphilis. Text throughout the page informs of different things, including how syphilis infections can’t resolve without treatment but can be curable, especially with early testing.

Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 3mo ago

News! CCIC Follows Up the UK Comics Creators Research Report with Online Roundtable Event ‘This Mess Won’t Fix Itself: COMICS CREATORS’ on May 26th. www.brokenfrontier.com/this-mess-wo...

CCIC Follows Up the UK Comics Creators Research Report with Online Roundtable Event 'This Mess Won’t Fix Itself: COMICS CREATORS' on May 26th – Broken Frontier

The Comics Cultural Impact Collective to hold online conversation ''This Mess Won’t Fix Itself: COMICS CREATORS' event.

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Did you know that Weds 27 May is jam packed with comics at @hayfestival.bsky.social ? Come and see me @myfanwytristram.bsky.social, @rickardsisters.com, @beckybarnicoat.bsky.social @gemmacorrell.bsky.social @neillcameron.bsky.social and more! Plus relax with a comic at @gnrr.bsky.social 🥰

SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Your right to protest is a truly pressing issue. How do the past stories of one unruly place tie into our contentious present? #NoisyValley: The Art of Protest by @myfanwytristram.bsky.social - out in the UK TOMORROW! 🔗 buff.ly/PlUbjT0 #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing

Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Here’s my Nibbies 2026 acceptance speech. Thank you to @thebookseller.com for creating the first graphic novel award, I wanted to mark that by talking about comics more widely 💖

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You may remember the big online roundtables that took place back in 2020? We’re doing them again! Dates & times tbd, but if you add yourself to the CCIC mailing list we’ll let you know the moment any ducks are in a row. 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆 www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org/Join-Us

The Comics Cultural Impact Collective

We believe comics have an important place in our culture, one worthy of celebration and support, and we're here to prove it.

thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🔥The results of the UK Comics Creators Survey 2025 are in 🔥 STATS! Come get yer STATS! Fresh juicy STATS! ukcomicscreators.org.uk/wp-content/u...

The front cover of the UK Comics creators research report, by Joanna Rivera-Carlisle, Amanda Nicole Curtis and Hannah Berry May 2026

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We did this and I think it went ok! Shout outs to @rickardsisters.com @donyatodd.bsky.social @jordancollver.bsky.social @rikworth.bsky.social @mrphoenix.bsky.social and Gareth Brookes but he’s not on here is he. Tsk. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Radio 5 Live - Listen Live - BBC Sounds

Listen live to Radio 5 Live on BBC Sounds

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Chloë Green @okaychloegreen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’m going to be on Naga Munchettys Book Club today chatting about comics. Come and listen? 12-1 on BBC Radio 5 📘📕

Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Special EARLY Cartoon County Mon 18 May 630pm Waterstones North St Brighton BN1 1ZA @myfanwytristram.bsky.social & @zebko.bsky.social with @panelborders.bsky.social about their new graphic novels Noisy Valley (SelfMadeHero) Oracles (Avery Hill) 1/2

Cartoon County: Drawing On Protest & Loss | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Cartoon County: Drawing On Protest & Loss today.

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