Birmingham Comics Festival 2016

Thank you to everyone who came by our table at the Birmingham Comics Festival!! - I had so much fun sharing with Charlotte from Laydeez Do Comics Birmingham and Joe Krawec & Angus Medford! The West Midlands comics scene is full of lovely people!

The Laydeez Do Comics Hometown anthology is now available to order online through this Big Cartel shop! and join us on Facebook for regular updates about LDC Birmingham events!

The next event will be Comica Comiket at The House of Illustration on the 14th May. Make sure you try to see the Comix Creatrix and Shojo manga exhibitions before they end - LDC Birmingham did a field trip a couple of weeks ago and it was excellent!!

See the sidebar for a up to date list of events - and don’t forget my comics and zines can be ordered online through my Etsy shop (the Grimes Fanzine is now back in stock!) 

InZine #5 and Event News

 

The comic page is from a short autobio story I drew for the Laydeez Do Comics Birmingham Hometown anthology. (the next LDC Birmingham event will be on Monday 4th April) I have some events news so it felt fitting to include the page here...

Thank you to everyone who stopped by my table at InZine Fest #5. It's always a lovely relaxed atmosphere and I had a great time chatting to local comics friends Joe Krawec, Timothy Conroy and Rees Finlay.

The next event will be the Birmingham Comics Festival - I'll be sharing a table with Joe Krawec and Angus Medford who will be launching their new comic Blood. (I wont be taking the folder of original drawings to this event due to space) I will have free mini comics to hand out.

I can also now confirm a 1/2 table at Thought Bubble! I'm super excited because it's my favourite event of the year. The convention will held on the first weekend of November.

A up to date list of events can be found on the blog sidebar (more added once confirmed) - Please don't forget I have an Etsy shop which ships world wide.

True Believers Comic Festival 2016

Thank you so much to everyone at True Believers Comic Festival - it was pretty chilled behind the table and a nice start to convention season.

I’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has been pre-ordering the 2nd print run for the Grimes Fanzine through Etsy - I completely miss calculated how many we would need and I’m really sorry about for the inconvenience!

The next event will be Midlands MCM Comic Con, Telford on Saturday 13th February. I don’t have a table number or a map yet, but I will be in the Comic Village section which is worth looking around anyway! Please come and say hi because I have FREE MINI COMICS to hand out!

Don’t forget it’s - Laydeez Do Comics Birmingham on Monday 8th February! 7.30-9.30pm at The Victoria. Presentations by Lucie Ebrey aka muggybees, Verity Hall,  and Alexandra McCarthy. LDC Birmingham are making an anthology with the theme ‘hometown’ - email ldcbirmingham@gmail.com if you’re interested in hearing more! (everyone is welcome at LDC - yes, I mean guys can come along and hang out!)

Birmingham MCM Comic Con & Giant Rhinos In Space #4

 

 

 

Thank you very much to everyone who came by my table at Birmingham MCM Comic Con, it was great to see familiar faces and meet new people - I had a lovely time with my table neighbours Ryuuza, Fat Fairy, Neil Slorance and An Android Awakes. Thanks to my sister Lisa for sitting behind the table for a bit.

MCM was the last convention of the year and I’m looking forward to focusing on finishing comic pages over the winter months. Most events I’m planning to attend in the spring are unconfirmed, but the first show of the year will be True Believers Comic Festival on Saturday 6th February 2016b at Cheltenham Racecourse. Don’t forget I’ll be launching the Grimes Art Angels Fanzine at that event - submission information here! 

I make sure to keep a up to date list of confirmed events in the blog sidebar. I also have an Etsy shop (includes international shipping).

If you are based in the West Midlands there are some events coming up that you should make a note of ....

• Thursday 26th November - Comic Book Film Night - American Splendor - Urban Coffee, Fargo Village, Coventry, at 7pm
• Saturday 28th November - Back To the Future themed Drink and Draw - Drapers’, Coventry at 7pm
• Thursday 3rd December - Laydeez Do Comics Birmingham - The Green Room Cafe at 7.30pm

Giant Rhinos In Space #4 will be launching online this Friday! updates will be at 12noon GMT on Tuesday/Fridays! bookmark a webcomic host site:

• giantrhinos.tumblr.com
• tapastic.com/series/giantrhinos
• giantrhinos.smackjeeves.com

You can also get updates through my Twitter account @ sammyborras and the Giant Rhinos In Space Facebook page

Thanks again for a wonderful con season!
Sammy

Bristol Comic and Zine Fair 2015

Thank you to everyone who came by at the Bristol Comic & Zine Fair yesterday. I had a lovely time sat next to Mair Thomas and Hamish Steele.

The next event will be London MCM Comic Con at the end of October. I was hoping to share the table with Sarah Fogg but unfortunately she needs to take a break from conventions this term. I’ve missed Sarah a lot when I’ve been at events on my own - so I’m hoping she’ll be back doing small press stuff again next year. You should definitely follow her beautiful diverse inktober pictures over on her tumblr. You’ll be able to find the table in the Comic Village (table numbers will be announced nearer the date and maps are usually in the convention guide which you can find at the show or online)

Updated autumn events:

• London MCM Comic Con (Comic Village) - 23rd-25th October 2015
• Thought Bubble (Royal Armouries Hall) - 14th-15th November 2015
• Birmingham MCM Comic Con (Comic Village) - 21st-22nd November 2015

Thank you to everyone at Laydeez Do Comics Birmingham on Thursday night. It’s always great to get a chance to chat to local comics creators. I did a presentation about the Misc Fits creation process. I'm going to post the slides online over the next couple of weeks. 

LDC Birmingham will be hosting presentations at Caption at Fargo Village in Coventry next weekend - 10am-6pm on Saturday 10th and 11am-4pm on Sunday 11th October 2015. You may have heard of Caption before, it’s an event which used to run in Oxford and I’m looking forward to see it come to my home town. More information on their website

Scotland MCM Comic Con and Laydeez Do Comics

 

 

 

Hi everyone! I had a absolutely amazing time at Scotland MCM Comic Con. I’d like to say a massive thank you to all the lovely people who came by my table over the weekend - I had such a great time and I’m happy that sales were good enough to travel to the event again next year.

I have 2 events this week to tell you about ...

I’m doing a presentation at Laydeez Do Comics Birmingham at 7.30-9.30 on Thursday 1st October at the Green Room Cafe (it’s opposite the Hippodrome, not far from New Street station). I’ll be mostly talking about the creation of Misc Fits and I’ll take along some of the original comic pages for you to look through. Jess Bradley, Joe Krawec and Dori Kirchmair will also be doing presentations - more information on the LDC website.

Then on Saturday 3rd October 2015 I’m heading down to the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair - The event is FREE ENTRY! I only have a half table at this show so I  will only be able to take comics and small merchandise such as plectrums and badges. If you were hoping to pick up a poster or a specific ink drawing (I have some listed on Etsy) give me a message and I’ll bring them along for you.

More autumn events are listed in the blog sidebar - and if you can’t make it to Bristol, London or Leeds, I have an Etsy shop were you can order online. I’m hoping I can confirm a table at Birmingham MCM Comic Con over the next couple of weeks.

Thanks again!

Mancstercon 2015

I'd like to say a big thank you to Laydeez Do Comics for the opportunity to sell my work from their table at Mancstercon on Saturday and to my parents for the lift to the event. Thank you to everyone who came by to chat or buy comics - the event was lovely and I had a nice time chilling out and meeting some new people.

This week I'll be at ICE (International Comics Expo) in central Birmingham on Saturday 5th September. I'll be sharing a table with Laura Watton and you'll be able to find us at table 4 in the 'Innovate' room.

If you can't get to any of the events listed on the blog sidebar - you can order comics online through Etsy - bundle offers are available and all orders come with a free mini comic

I'm going to be doing a presentation at the next Laydeez Do Comics Birmingham event. I'll be taking along some of the original Misc Fits pages for people to look at and talk a bit about my current comics process. I don't have the full details on the other 2 presentations yet, but the event itself will be at 7.30-9.30pm on Thursday 1st October at the Green Room Cafebar (opposite the Hippodrome in Birmingham City Center - not far from New Street station)

Manchester MCM Comic Con

I’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who came by my table at Manchester MCM Comic Con last weekend - I had a amazing time! My next convention will be at ICE - that’s International Comics Expo in Birmingham city center (not far from New Street) on Saturday 5th September 2015. I’ll be sharing a table with Laura/PinkAppleJam! A full up to date events list can be found on the sidebar of this blog. I also have a online shop over on Etsy.

Laydeez Do Comics Birmingham is meeting next week! 6pm on Monday 3rd August - Guest speakers are Selina Locke, Hunt Emerson, Charlotta Salmi & Alex Birch - more info about the event at the LDC Birmingham Facebook page. (you don’t have to be female to attend the event)