The First Graphic Novel Award is a biennial award for UK debut graphic novelists run in partnership with The Cartoon Museum and SelfMadeHero, supported by The bks Agency, and generously funded by Arts Council England for the 2025 Award.
ellis benji bertram 💌 💫🌱 comics maker, illustrator, printmaker, and unusual specimen
The UK's best online comic shop and entertainment site! Back Issues, Indies, small press and more! All reviews and articles by @comiccrushpaul.bsky.social. Contact and shops here: https://linktr.ee/thecomiccrush
Ringo-nominated artist
Comics, covers, illustration, art direction
https://linktr.ee/mikemorrocco
mikemorrocco@gmail.com
Literary Agent @komediamanagement
Board of Directors @TCAF
Member @AALA & @PACLA
stephaniewinter.ca
We write & draw comics! DC, Marvel, most others. Currently:
#WorstManOGN
(skeets probably by Ted)
“The fancy cheese of comics creators” - Phoebe Hedges
Web: https://bio.site/brandtandstein
Agent: @stephaniewinter.bsky.social
Comics writer: 2000AD, Judge Dredd, Vertigo, Valiant, Heavy Metal. Scottish. Effervescent.
http://www.davidbaillie.net/
I write and draw riso-comics about black folks. I also teach math. Black, bi, and nonbinary He/They 💖💜💙 Comics and other contacts on http://akilwilsoncomics.com
Comic book artist & cartoonist. I drew a bunch of stuff you haven't read.
https://ko-fi.com/jnyfmg
i'm zen k! | gbf + misc posting | 18+ only | i draw comics! | i love 百合♂ | she/they | broken frontier's 6 to watch 2025 | published with koguchi press
💌: nodplus50pts@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/nodplus50pts
hannah-mccann.co.uk
📝
Tyrone to West Yorkshire 🐌🌳
they/she
Writer/Publisher of comics made by humans (White Ash, Glarien, The Game, The Adept, HISMWTC). Father. One of these things is harder than the other. He/him.
www.whiteashcomics.com
Peculiar comic creator, designer and illustrator. A humble genius.
Many prestigious and unremunerated awards including five Eisner.
THE SEEDS, HAWKEYE, IRON FIST, SCARLET WITCH...
https://linktr.ee/dav.aja
Comic-loving bookworm. Scribbler of words and images. (cis,he/him)
Website: https://stephencward.com
Avatar by Debbie Jenkinson
Arf Arf Arf !!! oh, and I make comics
🪱 human bag full of worms • yeschoo at gmail • linktr.ee/choo
Comic Writer/Editor • Gamma Head Studios • SCAD 2024 • Screenwriter • andrewmalacarne@gmail.com they/them
https://ajmalacarne.carrd.co/
Cartoonist and Illustrator!
HELLO! 🦔🦔🦔
SCRIBBLER-HOPPING MONOPED
Comic Artist, Illustrator, Tutor.
Author of COMA: https://myriadeditions.com/books/coma/
LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/zaraslattery
WEBSITE: https://zaraslattery.com/
We’re changing the world through comics. Our monthly talks are in-person and online.
LDComicsfair.com
Festival Director of Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival. MA. Artist, Writer, Comics Creator. She/her.
Manchester, UK | okaychloegreen.com
Caption Small Press & Comics Festival returning August 16/17th 2025 at Seacourt Hall, Oxford, OX2 9TH! Advance tickets are on sale now at captionfestival.co.uk
🇮🇹 in 🇬🇧, they/she, 32, lesbian. call me marty! illustrator & comic artist / martygee.art@gmail.com / martygart.weebly.com
The UK’s Biggest Comic Art Festival!
Across Yorkshire 9-15 November 2026, with HUGE Comic Convention 14 & 15 November, Harrogate! Tickets on sale ✨
thoughtbubblefestival.com
I draw things for work.
Creator of the Omega Rangers, Seven Secrets and Jeff the Landshark🦈
Comic artist currently working for DC.
Writer, mostly of comics. MARVELS, ASTRO CITY, ARROWSMITH, AUTUMNLANDS, THUNDERBOLTS, SUPERMAN, AVENGERS, UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN, more. NYT bestseller, Harvey & Eisner Awards, yaddita yaddita. My head hurts.
sheltre me from þe poudre & þe fingre
SWANA ☪️ Illustrator, MTG. email: zara.h.art223@gmail.com Private commissions through patreon ONLY. (Commercial commissions always open email in my linktree). Patreon: http://patreon.com/za_ra_h
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/za_ra_h_
(She/her), trans lesbian
Comic writer
Written for Marvel, BOOM, Titan, Tiny Onion, IDW and Dark Horse.
Co-creator of www.blademaidens.com
SYTI ON KS 01/20/26
Rep'd by @desir.ee
Work: zoetunnellwrites@gmail.com
zoetunnell.com
Pfp @speremint.bsky.social
Natalia
Watercolor and Comics🖌
Parakidshop@gmail.com
IG: www.instagram.com/parakid/?hl=en
Shop: www.parakidshop.com/
Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/parakid
Represented By howdy@illustrationx.com
She|Her - Artist/Writer: Harley Quinn, Cruella, Over My Dead Body, Captain Marvel
▪️Agency: www.brittsiesscreative.com
▪️ Portfolio: https://www.sweeneyboo.com
▪️✉️ Sweeney.boo@gmail.com
▪️ Links: https://linktr.ee/SweeneyBoo
Artist! 🌈Non binary🌈 I currently draw a surreal webcomic, Princess Beast, a love letter to shoujo manga! 💜 I have a published comic, SKIP! That's a love letter to sports manga ! 🪢 Rep'd by @takahashiperry ✨ Old-taku 🤟🏻
🛍️ https://ko-fi.com/thirtyknight/shop
She/Her | Grey ace | 🇩🇰🇿🇼 living in 🇮🇪 | Award Winning Illustrator | SALON SATURDAY (OUT SEP 2025) | Rep’d by Thao Le |
Looking for work - contact me at charlotk@hotmail.com
NO AI, NFT
linktr.ee/zolwia
HUGO nominated cartoonist, dreamer, human.
a.co/d/gaKsk6b <-- link to ALIENATED #1!
✨Eisner nominated cartoonist✨ Fuck Off Squad. she/her 💖💜💙 Shadow of the Batgirl. Everyone Is Tulip. Forest Hills Bootleg Society. Pet Peeves Www.nicolegoux.com
Linktr.ee/nicolegoux
Berwyn. he/him. live illustrator + comics artist + gogledd cymraeg dysgwr 🏴 🏳️⚧️
✉️ berwyn.mure@gmail.com
https://bmure.carrd.co/
Illustrator + Author
owenpomery.com
All the links: https://linktr.ee/odpomery
Comic artist and illustrator
Portfolio: tomhumberstone.com
Newsletter: tomhumberstone.com/newsletter
Links: linktr.ee/tomhumberstone
Illustration, comics, scribing ✏️ Known for the Queer/Gender/Sexuality illustrated Graphic Guides out through ICON Books.
Orlando - A Graphic Novel Biography coming soon from @averyhill.bsky.social!
Portfolio, etc: https://linktr.ee/julesscheele
Comics witch, teaching artist, zine-making forest hag 🌱they/she🌱 Pubs: Sycamore, a full text adaptation of Macbeth, The New Chapter Tarot, Triskelion, and more! 📍Greater Phil. area
links: https://linktr.ee/withryn
Illustrator & Eisner-nominated cartoonist She/her 📧 kriskicorp@gmail.com
www.kristyna.co.uk
https://kriski.etsy.com
www.patreon.com/kristyna
comics & weird feelings | she/her | https://bio.site/kitkanderson
Second Shift & Safer Places out now from Avery Hill 🌿
Cartoonist + indie comics fanboy
Broken Frontier's Six to Watch Alumni
MOTHER 🦠
ZEBEDEE & THE VALENTINES 🎸
SWIM 🐟
contact me here👇
www.abscomics.com
Cartoonist, comic lover, creator of Infinite Wheatpaste
Freelance Illustrator for the past 20 years and educator based in London
Comics Animation Illustration
@_alexpotts_ on instagram
@avpotts on twitter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/averyhillpublishing/was-that-normal-by-alex-potts
patreon.com/user?u=40382058
linktr.ee/avpotts
The creativity podcast about the trouble we’re having with the things we’re making. Hosted by Molly Naylor. New episodes every Monday.
I make comics 🐀 Currently working on my next book, out sometime in 2026 🤡
www.clioisadora.co.uk
Artist, Writer, Bookseller @foylesforbooks.bsky.social
Graphic novelist, author of 'The Flood that Did Come' @averyhill.bsky.social and others. Also on instagram @patrickwray77
Into strange films, good books, melodic music. http://www.patrickwray.com
Fine arts, illustration, vampire research, the weird, the uncanny and the haunted.
In league with Broken Frontier.
Made a lot of comics, like a good pun
she/her. making comics and zines mereida.co.uk
co-runner of Zinezilla Bristol instagram.com/zinezilla_bristol/
Slavic illustrator & comics maker, fond of big sleeves and mysterious folk tales. 🏳️🌈🇵🇱
📖”Rusalka: Whispers of the Forest”(2023)
🌱rep: James Spackman | BKS Agency
https://www.pigeonmakesart.co.uk/links
Illustrator & Comic Artist (she/her). Ignatz Award Nominee.
Jonathan Cape | SelfMadeHero | Young V&A | Quindrie Press | Limit Break Comics
domduong.com
linktr.ee/thedomduongart
duong.dom@gmail.com
Rep: http://www.rockingchairbooks.com/
Freelance designer / cartoonist. Organiser of WIP Comics and the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair.
Design » https://www.joe-stone.co.uk/
Comics » https://www.joestonecomics.co.uk/
Social » https://linktr.ee/joe.stone
NYC writer
E-mail: aiannaccio13@gmail.com
mrtonynacho.com
Back Superguy on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mrtonynacho/superguy-2-my-date-with-the-presidents-daughter
Listen to @comicsnchronic.bsky.social
Award-winning soccer mom. Wrote the books that one of those shows you like was based on. Currently: POISON IVY for DC Comics, BLACK CAT for Marvel. Buy my books: bookshop.org/shop/gww
Comic Book Artist at Marvel
• Iron Man #1 out NOW!
• Works: eXceptional X-Men, Captain America, Miles Morales, Captain Marvel...
https://linktr.ee/CarmenCarnero
I’m a Chicagoan and a prof and I write a lot of things like books [Original Sins, Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, Maya and the Robot] and comics [Exceptional X-Men, Black Panther, Ironheart] and more + I love my dog so so much
Illustration | Comics | Design
https://linktr.ee/zeb.ko
she/her |🏳️🌈 | Illustration / Comics / Design
Canadian
GLAAD award Comic artist : Marvel, DC, Darkhorse |🚫AI |
Open for Freelance!
Rep’d by Moe Ferrara @ Triada
Portfolio: http://www.bailierosenlund.com
Hobnobbin' with hobgoblins.
Writer of THAT TEXAS BLOOD, THE ENFIELD GANG MASSACRE, OF THE EARTH, FAR DOWN BELOW, NEWS FROM THE FALLOUT, THE PERIL OF THE BRUTAL DARK: AN EZRA CAIN MYSTERY.
“Blacker than a landlord’s soul”
Brooklyn based illustrator
Cover artist At Marvel, DC, BOOM! And others
Award-winning comic creator.
https://linktr.ee/rachael_smith
26 | Comic Book Writer & Creator: Valiant Entertainment, Mad Cave, Zoop, Sumerian Comics, MASSIVE Publishing, Scout Comics, Zestworld, Action Lab, etc. | Email: louissouthard@gmail
Freelance illustrator/story artist on Baldur's Gate 3
https://linktr.ee/stokesbook
Bringing you comics, manga, and books in Bedford, Northampton, and Peterborough!
Loves: Comics, Games, Travel, Writing, Greyhounds
Cyclops is so great
I write lots of comics, animation, games and more. Come join us, won't me?
Samn/Sol 🐀 UK comic artist, illustrator, cosplayer. Small town queer.
🎨 Portfolio: samndoesart.co.uk
🐭 Diary comics: https://thatscreamingrat.tumblr.com/
💸 Tip jar, Shop & Commissions: http://ko-fi.com/screamingrat
UK based Egyptian comic book artist: Dark Horse (WHO ARE THE POWER PALS - Kevin Smith’s QUICK STOPS)/Netflix/Oni Press
He/Him
Portfolio:
https://ahmedraafathussein.myportfolio.com/work
🏴 Ringo-nominated writer of comics + game history books. AI 🚫
Killtopia | BPM | Hello Darkness | Boom! Studios | Titan Comics | Bitmap Books | Agent: Watson Little
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davecookcomics
All my links: https://linktr.ee/davecook
Letterer - Image, Discworld, Black Mirror, Titan, Dark Horse, Mad Cave, Penguin, Harper Collins, Scholastic, Humanoids & more. ADHD-er.
Part time writer.
He/Him.
AVI by Gabriele Barsotti
🔗's: https://linktr.ee/robjonesletters
https://comics-jobs.com is a free job board for comics creators.
Operated by two lovely humans 🇱🇧 🇵🇭 not bots or AI.
Eisner and Ignatz-nominated cartoonist! Gay, they/she, a ghost with a skeleton inside it. I write and draw mystery, horror, and love.
☀️ HELLO SUNSHINE ☀️ | SUNFLOWERS | TAPROOT http://keezyyoung.com | rep'd by Kurestin Armada
comics publisher from Riga
www.komikss.lv
(They/Them)
Writer & Comics Letterer. Probably thinking about horror and hip hop.
Portfolio & Other Goodies: Linktr.ee/lukewhenderson
PFP: @kewpieart.bsky.social
Words for sale.
Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/KieronGillen/
Comics: https://bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6kLb
Website: www.kierongillen.com
A mean little comic shop in the heart of London.
1 Berwick Street, London, United Kingdom W1F ODR
https://linktr.ee/goshcomics
Illustrator and comic artist
23 yr old 🇰🇷🇬🇧
(They/them) 🖤🩶🤍💜
Portfolio
https://www.reinlee.com/
Insta
https://www.instagram.com/rein__lee/
Shop
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ReinLee
https://www.reinlee.com/shop
Comic Artist/Writer (UK) • BARKING | SHELTER | BLACK HAMMER short | The Thing With Feathers [2025] | DOT Wild Fictions | Razorblades & more
Rep’d by James at The BKS
NOW- BARKING from Avery Hill
NEXT- SHELTER: Mothers Ruin
https://bio.site/LucySullivan
illustrator, comicbooker and human stain for hire. artist for Dungeons and Daddies / PRH / DC Comics || they/them || rep @takahashiperry.bsky.social
https://cargocollective.com/alexmooreillustration
alexmooreillustration.carrd.co
alxmoore6@googlemail.com
Comic artist and writer. The Phantom . Past Time. Gateway City. SKRAWL. 2000AD. Mad Cave. Rootbeer aficionado.
Official account of the UK and Ireland's annual Small Press Day, uniting self-published comics creators with shops in a celebration of our vibrant small press comics scene📚
Increasingly part-time comic printer (still the best tho). Increasingly full time dad/carer. S-tier trash talker. If you followed for the printing stuff get ready to see a lot about how society fails SEN kids instead. rich@comicprintinguk.com
he/they, concept art, character design & illustration 🇬🇪
based in📍🇨🇿
contact: mynqso@gmail.com
contact for work / commissions
RINGO WINNING Comic Writer | Bylines Popverse, Newsarama, IGN | MFA in TV Writing | Kickstarter Advisory Council | comicunoheroes@yahoo.com
https://lifelinecomics.com/
Socially conscious European comics culture site exploring the comics universe, celebrating the small press and championing new creative voices since 2002. Managed by @andywpoliver.bsky.social
Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, small press champion, Small Press Day co-organiser, multiple comics awards judge and recreational nihilist. He/Him. (Art by Francesca Cassavetti).
Writer of comics like Death of a Necromancer, Courier Z and StoneCop. Author of online bios like this one.
Buy my work: https://nickbryan.gumroad.com
More: https://linktr.ee/nickbryan
Avatar: @johntucker.bsky.social | Header: Appley/Jordan/Lettersquids
Avery Hill helps aspiring creators reach their potential and is a home for those geniuses the mainstream has yet to recognise.
Posts generally by Ricky
https://averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com/
Comic news and reviews, supporting UK indie creators
https://www.comicbooknews.co.uk
24, East Anglian Video Game Comic Book Writer
INFECTION, Sticker Knight, BloodyWeen, Auto-Bio Comic, Tournament Tour: Fighter
x2 "Best Indie Comic" Nominee from ComicScene Awards
https://hlrobertscomics.crd.co/
#1 NYT Bestseller, Eisner Award winner - DETECTIVE COMICS, SUPERMAN, NIGHTWING, DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL, DCEASED, SPIDER-MAN, INJUSTICE, WOLVERINE, STAR WARS. Co-creator NEVERLANDERS, C.O.R.T. - CHILDREN OF THE ROUNDTABLE, SEVEN SECRETS & THE DEEP TV series.
🇫🇷 visdev artist & character designer @ Netflix • FR/ENG • opinions are my own •
Artist, Author, Comics. Lancashire, UK.
giant - @faberbooks.bsky.social - out now!
https://linktr.ee/mollieray
Mariel Rodriguez | 🇺🇸🇵🇭 | BG Artist, Illustrator, sometimes doing comics | they/them | http://linktr.ee/meruz
