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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to Caption 2026! Special thanks to all of our guests and volunteers. We are running a feedback survey so if you have any thoughts/feelings you would like to share please do ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... See you next year!

Thank you for joining Caption 2026! and big thank you to all our volunteers and guests!

See you next year! Images from the event.

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Get ready for Caption (next week?!) and peruse this year's schedule 🏴‍☠️

SATURDAY

10:00 - 12:00 Cutlass Comics Workshop with Holly Raidl

11:30 - 12:30 Broken Frontier’s Six To Watch

12:00 - 5:00 All Hands On Deck! Workshop by ILYA

12:30 - 1:30 Fifteens: 4x Lightning Talks!

1:30 - 2:30 Trans Narratives

2:30 - 3:30 Maps and Telescopes: Comics Journalism

3:30 - 4:30 Speech Dubloons: Illustrated talk by the Rickard Sisters

4:30 - 5:30 Writer/Artist Speed Dating with Kieron Gillen

6:00 - 7:00 Marine Monsters and Menaces Pub Quiz with Tony Hitchman

7:00 - 7:45 Auction

SUNDAY

1:00 - 2:00 Well-Being Panel

2:00 - 3:00 Indie Comics Versus AI

3:00 - 4:00 “Can comics change the world?”

4:00 - 5:00 Free Ocean Discussion: Ethical Piracy?

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Caption Comic Festival is looking for volunteers for this year's event at Seacourt Hall, Oxford on 8 - 9 August. Volunteers get FREE entry and a FREE t-shirt! Please contact captionfest@gmail.com with your interest and for more details. #captioncomicfest26 #comicfest #oxford

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Attendees, we'd love your submissions for our programme book. B&W or Greyscale. Deadline 30 June. captionfestival.co.uk/submissions/

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We're delighted to present this year's tee shirt design and booklet front cover by Hull's very own Sean Azzopardi. Tickets available now at caption.sumupstore.com

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Tickets are now available for pre-order! caption.sumupstore.com/category/cap...

Pirate Caption. 8-9 August, Seacourt Hall, Botley. On a red background with pirate ship.

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

8-9 August are the dates for Pirate Caption 2026 at Seacourt Hall, Oxford. Ya dirty dogs! Please come. It's nice. Tickets on sale soon.

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

CAPTION ONLINE THIS WEDNESDAY 7PM! Peek behind the committee's curtains. Give us your input. Socialise and talk comics. This Wednesday. Reach out to @captioncomicfest.bsky.social @amuletts.bsky.social @andy-luke.bsky.social,Vickie, Matt or Alistair P on Insta, BSky, FB or GMail for a Zoom invite.

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

The sun rises on a glorious Sunday and Caption day 2! Thanks to all those faces old and new who attended yesterday and made the first Caption in 8 years a success. We still have more to enjoy today: captionfestival.co.uk/2025/08/10/ca… See you there!

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

TODAY IS THE DAY! IMPORTANT - Collect your tickets ONLY FROM THE VENUE - Seacourt Hall - on the day! Check your travel plans! Go to captionfestival.co.uk/2025/08/10/ca… for all the information about the Venue, Location, Programme and more. See you there!

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

COUNTDOWN! ONE DAY TO GO! Great Scott! Sweet Merciful Zeus! Great Caesar's Ghost! Caption: Rebirth is literally tomorrow! Got your ticket yet? We have sent out emails previously to attendees but otherwise: IMPORTANT - Collect your tickets ONLY FROM THE VENUE - Seacourt Hall - on the day!>

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

COUNTDOWN! TWO DAYS TO GO! Got your ticket yet? Reminder- At Caption there are no barriers between attendees and professionals! See @alisonsampson.bsky.social‬ and @paulcornell.bsky.social‬ in on our Networking in Comics Panel, Sunday 17th August 2025, hosted by @iamgiantwoman.bsky.social‬.

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

COUNTDOWN! THREE DAYS TO GO! Got your ticket yet? Reminder- We have Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph with a presentation on the importance of diversity in comics! We have Darryl Cunningham in conversation with Hannah Berry! We have Richard Starzecki's Kochalka Puppet Theatre Rewind! And more>

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

COUNTDOWN! FIVE DAYS TO GO! Got your ticket yet? Reminder- We have a host of panels on offer! Webcomics Then And Now! Safe Spaces in Comics! The Long and Short of It! @brokenfrontier Revisited! Autobiography in Comics! And more! Go to captionfestival.co.uk/about for more details!

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

COUNTDOWN! FIVE DAYS TO GO! Got your ticket yet? Reminder- Check out a univese of comics at the community sales table! Bring your Comics, Zines, Graphic Novels & Art Books! Go to captionfestival.co.uk/about for more details!

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

COUNTDOWN! SIX DAYS TO GO! Got your ticket yet? Reminder- portfolio review allocations close at Wednesday 12am 13th August 2025. Go to caption.sumupstore.com/page/portfol… for more details!

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Sorry to announce Beck Kubrick will be now unable to attend Caption this year. We look forward to welcoming Beck back next year! Check out their work in the meantime at beckkubrick.com!

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Know your webcomics? Publish your work online? Then join our webcomics panel! Email captionfest@gmail.com to register your interest. #webtoon #webcomics #festival #comics

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

His early work includes the creation of cult comic classic Skank magazine, where his best-known strip, “Scotland Yardie”, first featured, and was later published by Knockabout Press. He has written for @theguardian.com‬ newspaper, Dazed and Confused, and Vice.com >

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

CAPTION: REBIRTH IS HAPPENING 16TH AND 17TH AUGUST 2025! And we have a fantastic number of guests joining us, including... COMICS LAUREATE BOBBY JOSEPH! bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social‬ is an acclaimed South London comic creator whose work has often challenged and inspired its readers. >

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

FINAL NEW GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW! #dimension-hopping #comics #festivals #indiecomics #comiccon #demon-battling #graphicnovels #everyone #writers #artists #ridiculous-wizard

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Don't forget we are also accepting original art for our Caption auction. Attending artists get to choose on receiving the money, donating the income to Caption, or a 50/50 split. More details at captionfestival.co.uk See Less

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Pls repost! We've extended our deadline for donations of short strips to our themed festival booklet to no later than SATURDAY 12TH JULY.

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

art galleries and with a plethora of clients, plus loads of book covers and more. She has multiple Eisner nominations for team books (this year Cruel Universe and The Department of Truth) and is still an Architect (including being Project Architect for... >

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

#WOLVERINE & BLOODLINE (writing AND drawing), #HELLBOY, #ECCOMICS, WINNEBAGO GRAVEYARD, #THEDEPARTMENTOFTRUTH,WEREWOLF BY NIGHT, SLEEPING BEAUTIES, REDACTED, HIT-GIRL: INDIA, work with #TORIAMOS, #IRONMAIDEN, #STEPHENKING, #STEVENILES, broadcasters, print newspapers... >

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

CAPTION: REBIRTH IS HAPPENING 16TH AND 17TH AUGUST 2025! And we have a fantastic number of guests joining us, including... ALISON SAMPSON! @alisonsampson.bsky.social is a South London based comic artist, book cover maker, illustrator and writer. Her sequential work includes... >

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

He hopes to get funding to develop this approach across the whole book. Al is also keen to find a publisher for a physical edition of the book. Al will be joining us for Saturday only for our panel on autobiographical comics: True Tales- The Stories We Tell, alongside creators...>

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! We're excited to welcome back to Caption a legend in the comics industry: AL DAVISON! Al is an English comic book writer and artist from Newcastle, England. He now resides in Coventry, where he runs TAG!artworks, his studio and comic shop in Fargo Village with his wife Maggie. >

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

He’s the co-host of Hammer House of Podcast and Telefantasy Time Jump. His latest book is the SF novella Rosebud and his latest graphic novel is the forthcoming Who Killed Nessie? with artist Rachael Smith.

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The Modern Frankenstein for Magma with Emma Vieceli (Artist) and Pippa Bowland (Letterer); Saucer Country for Vertigo with Ryan Kelly (Artist), Giulia Brusco (Colourist), and Sal Cipriano (Letterer); and This Damned Band for Dark Horse with Tony Parker (Artist), Lovern Kindzierski (Colourist).

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

He’s worked for every major comics company, including his creator- owned series I Walk With Monsters for The Vault with Sally Cantirino (Artist, Cover Artist), Dearbhla Kelly (Colorist), Andworld Design (Letterer);

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! We're excited to announce our latest guest for #CaptionRebirth, the award-winning PAUL CORNELL! @paulcornell.bsky.social has written episodes of Elementary, Doctor Who (‘Father’s Day’ & ‘Human Nature’), and many other TV series including his own ITV children’s show, Wavelength.

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

WANT TO GET ADVICE ON YOUR PROJECT? SIGN UP FOR PORTFOLIO REVIEWS! You can register your interest whilst buying your ticket at caption.sumupstore.com, just select "portfolio review" on the menu when buying your ticket. #comics #indiecomics #festival #comiccon #create #artists #writers #everyone

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

“an exceptional piece of work, right when we need it most,” and we all know Alan Moore knows the score. Tickets are limited so go to captionfestival.co.uk for more info! #billionaires #comics #festivals #indiecomics #comiccon #oligarchs #graphicnovels #everyone #writers #artists

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

... “undoubtedly one of the pivotal works in the rise of graphic medicine in the UK over the last ten years”. Other work includes: Supercrash: How to Hijack the Global Economy; Putin's Russia: The Rise of a Dictator; and his latest book, Elon Musk: American Oligarch, described by Alan Moore as...

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Darryl is a writer & artist @brokenfrontier.bsky.social described as having “established himself as one of the most vital and important voices in British comics… it’s creators of Cunningham’s calibre who are at the forefront of the resurgence of graphic journalism as an accepted form of reportage.”

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

We’re excited to announce Darryl Cunningham as a guest for a one-on-one panel for #Caption Rebirth, Sunday afternoon only on 17th August 2025 @acmedarryl.bsky.social

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

previously announced guests... (subject to work committments) Beck Kubrick, @lucysullivan.bsky.social @pbrainey.bsky.social. Tickets are limited, so go to captionfestival.co.uk for more info on this & other great festival events. #indiecomics #festival #comiccon #create #artists #writers #everyone

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

UPDATES! We welcome @nodplus50pts.bsky.social to Caption: Rebirth! Zen K. is a UK-based illustrator and comics artist whose work includes The House on 52 Carlton Street and Runaway Mayhem. Zen will be joining us on the Saturday afternoon panel, The Long And Short Of It along with..

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The review is informal, without promise of employment, nor bias or agenda- we’re there to help in whatever ways you’re looking for. To that end, they are FREE with a valid ticket for the festival. This is an unique opportunity to spend quality time with professionals...>

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

For the first time, Caption is offering attendees portfolio reviews with our volunteer panelists. These will be 20 minute slots throughout the day, with one on one discussions with established creators who have been exactly where you are and have continued to succeed in their own unique ways...>

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

MAJOR FESTIVAL UPDATE! New panels, new panelists, new portfolio review opportunities! Check out the update at www.indiegogo.com/projects/cap...

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Toickets for CAPTION: REBIRTH are limited. When they're gone, they're gone!

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CaptionComicFest @captioncomicfest.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

@lucysullivan.bsky.social is an Artist/Writer based in London, UK. Her debut Barking based on her own experience of a mental health crisis was first published in 2020. A new edition launched with @averyhill.bsky.social in 2024. Lucy is also patron of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.

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