I will be taking part in the Edinburgh Comic Art Festival 2019. Some new zines and comics will be for sale. The even is part of Book Weeks Scotland and takes place on Sunday 24 November 2019 at the venue below. It’s on from 12pm – 5pm.
Location
Out of the Blue Drill Hall
36 Dalmeny St,
Edinburgh
EH6 8RG
This mini-zine is a performance in a zine that looks at loneliness when you are autistic. The story tackles friendship and asking for help. The zine itself features illustrations and instructions on how and where to act out the story (but as with the other performances in the mini-zine series, you can do it wherever you please).
Be My Friend, Please is available at – https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/532370792/be-my-friend-please?ref=shop_home_active_16
I will be in London for the Weirdo Zine Fest at the Science Gallery on Saturday 30 November from 12pm – 6pm. The Gallery has an exhibition on at the moment called On Edge: Living In An Age of Anxiety. The Zine Fest is accompanying this exhibition. More info here.
Location
Science Gallery London
Great Maze Pond
London
SE1 9GU
I will be returning to Dundee to take part in the Zine Fest. I took part in 2018 and it was one of the best zine fests I have been to.
Dundee Zine Fest takes place on Saturday 7 November from 11am – 4pm. More info here.
Location
Rosangle
130/32 Perth Rd,
Dundee
DD1 4JW
I will be selling zines and comics at the Ghost Comics Festival at The Art School in Glasgow.
The festival is on 26 October 2019 from 12 – 5pm. Info on the festival here.
Location
The Art School
20 Scott Street,
G3 6PE
GLASGOW
I have a new zine for sale!
Misremembering Sarah Kane Through My Own Suicide Attempts is a comic book zine about my own experiences with mental health, suicide and self harm. The zine features text, essays and comics. It is an abstract retelling of how I confuse my memories with my experiences of watching and reading plays by the cult 1990’s playwright Sarah Kane. I use comic books as a means to discuss being a suicide survivor and how this can affect memory and personal experiences.
Sarah Kane (3 February 1971 – 20 February 1999) was an English playwright who is known for her plays that deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture—both physical and psychological—and death.
The zine is –
Full colour
40 pages
Staple bound
and Awesome
You can buy the zine here –
After a successful showing at Dundee Rep for the Rep Stripped festival, Letters We Leave Behind will be presented in Paisley at a new pop-up arts space. Dates, times and details below –
On Saturday 27 April I will be performing Letters We Leave Behind at the Dundee Rep Theatre. The show is part of the Rep Stripped Festival .
I will be doing a series of intimate performances throughout the day to a maximum of 5 people. Below is a trailer for the show.
How To Make Friends as an Adult is a 28 page fully illustrated zine that presents the different steps a person can undertake to make friends as an adult. The zine uses humour to present a story of mental health, acceptance and queer culture.
How To Make Friends as an Adult can be bought from here
Each page presents an illustration and an idea. At times the zine is tongue in cheek and it fully presents a true and emotional experience. The story looks at mental health, autism and queerness and presents an exciting and personal story.
Uncomfortable Sex With Total Strangers is a personal zine that looks at sex when you live with autism. It features illustrations, short stories, comics and a performance script that you can act out.
Uncomfortable Sex With Total Strangers can be bought from here
Uncomfortable Sex With Total Strangers takes a queer perspective on autism and sex and looks at what makes sex and sexuality special, different and frustrating when you are neuro-divergent. The story is personal, original and exciting. The performance aspect gives the reader a deep insight into the topics covered.
– Full Colour Zine
– Printed on quality paper
– Illustrations
– Comics
– Short Stories
– Performance Script
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