Karrie Fransman @karriefransman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Who’s coming? We’re at table 1 so come find us. 🗯️💬💭 011
Reposted by Karrie FransmanHannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Are you comics? Are you Scottish/in Scotland? WELL GUESS WHAT. We have a last roundtable, all for you! 📅 Weds 9th Sept, 7pm 📍 Online 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/scottish-c... 🤝 A collaboration between the Comics Cultural Impact Collective, @smallpress.scot and @chipcollective.bsky.social Join us! 🏴 03032
Reposted by Karrie Fransmankitsuneart 🦊🔜 MCM London @kitsuneart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Small Press vs AI panel at @captioncomicfest.bsky.social was a blast!!! ⚔️🤖🔥 Thanks Amy Letts for being our chair and thanks to my fellow panellists @karriefransman.bsky.social @streakofpith.bsky.social & Kristina Stipetic (who joined last minute but rocked the stage)..we slayed!! 1157
Reposted by Karrie FransmanSelina Lock @selinalock.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Had a good time at (Pirate) Caption comic festival - one of the only non-capitalist motivated comic cons in the UK (as pointed out by @karriefransman.bsky.social ). Exhausted now. Will write more about it at some point. Well done to the committee. Lovely to see old friends & make new ones. 041
Reposted by Karrie FransmanAvery Hill Publishing @averyhill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Come along to South London Comic and Zine Fair on the 19th July! You can find us there, plus AHP creators @katrionachapman.bsky.social, @donyatodd.bsky.social and Hannah Chapman (of Comic Book Slumber Party!) #comics 042
Reposted by Karrie FransmanJohn Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026London's Gosh! comic shop have been working on some very exciting plans for August to celebrate their 40th anniversary and recently announced their Summer Festival event for kids – featuring some of the best talent and most popular artists working in kids comicsdownthetubes.netGosh! Summer Kids Festival features signings with Jamie Smart and moreFour special summer signings in just one day! 092
Reposted by Karrie FransmanJohn Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Just updated: the Downthetubes 2026 and 2027 UK and Irish Comic Events Pages: downthetubes.net/british-and-... | downthetubes.net/british-and-... 142
Reposted by Karrie FransmanThought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Our Micro-Bursary submissions are open! The Micro-Bursaries are open to early career, UK based: Comic Creators of Colour, Disabled Comic Creators, and/or Trans/Non-Binary Comic Creators. Find out more, and put your name forward here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/microbursaries 1103122
Reposted by Karrie FransmanHannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Our third and final roundtable is the big one! 🔥This Mess Won’t Fix Itself: COMICS INDUSTRY ⏰Thursday 9th July, 7pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-mess-... 26537
Karrie Fransman @karriefransman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Delighted to share my collab with @loladickinson.bsky.social on sex work and AIDs activism in the 80s. Working with oral histories from sex worker activists like Ruth Morgan Thomas of Scot-PEP was so inspiring- so many brilliant stories to choose from. Please read and share! 22510
Reposted by Karrie FransmanMereida ✸ @mereida.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Thank you to @claireplmartin.bsky.social and @drannehanley.bsky.social for creating the project. With fellow artists: @karriefransman.bsky.social @streakofpith.bsky.social @daniellocke.bsky.social @ilyagr.bsky.social @jordancollver.bsky.social @inkseer.bsky.social @zaraslattery.bsky.social 2/3 3164
Reposted by Karrie FransmanJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 24/05/2026This goes double if the best friend is from a minority group: if they don't have a life outside your protagonist, they're just a token (gay, trans, Black) character. 1758
Reposted by Karrie FransmanJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Unsolicited writing advice, no. 170: If your main character's best friend has no life outside of the main character; no other friends; no hobbies; no ambitions, then you didn't write a person at all. You wrote a plot device. 316017
Reposted by Karrie FransmanHannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Let'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? 🧵ukcomicscreators.org.ukHome - UK Comics Creators SurveyUK 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... 11712
Reposted by Karrie FransmanVicky Yuh @inkseer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Thanks @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 3128
Karrie Fransman @karriefransman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Who’s joining us to chat comics solutions? 👀 010
Reposted by Karrie FransmanHannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Photos from last nights #britishbookawards: Nominees @rickardsisters.com for This Slavery with Emma Hayley of @selfmadehero.bsky.social, plus @paulcornell.bsky.social & @rachaelsmith.bsky.social for Who Killed Nessie; and judges me, @karriefransman.bsky.social @shanazir.bsky.social 1276
Karrie Fransman @karriefransman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Really looking forward to watching this with a cuppa. 151
Reposted by Karrie FransmanHannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 06/05/2026For anyone who doesn’t have a subscription to the Bookseller, the article is based on this report which launched today: ukcomicscreators.org.uk/wp-content/u...ukcomicscreators.org.uk 01712
Reposted by Karrie FransmanHannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Happy launch-day to the magnificent @myfanwytristram.bsky.social - I can’t wait to read all the protest stories in the Noisy Valley! See you at @goshcomics.bsky.social 163
Reposted by Karrie FransmanHannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 07/05/2026This extremely stylish visualisation was done by Julie Brunet @datacitron.bsky.social, by the way. (Sorry, I would’ve tagged but I missed that she was on here!) 1176
Reposted by Karrie FransmanHannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 06/05/2026🔥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... 611586
Reposted by Karrie FransmanZara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026...comic creators: @karriefransman.bsky.social @streakofpith.bsky.social @daniellocke.bsky.social @ilyagr.bsky.social @jordancollver.bsky.social @inkseer.bsky.social @mereida.bsky.social 092
Reposted by Karrie FransmanThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/04/2026The one change that worked: I swapped doomscrolling for reading comic bookstheguardian.comThe one change that worked: I swapped doomscrolling for reading comic booksAfter Donald Trump’s second election, I realised the insidious hold my phone had over my life. So I turned to something I’d loved in childhood to better occupy my attention 1029884
Reposted by Karrie FransmanMark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Walking around Oxford with my son for Phoenix Fest, & it really is astounding what the comics has achieved. Every street has multiple kids on it wearing Phoenix t-shirts (I know because my son wants to speak them all). I genuinely don’t know another kid’s publisher that’s created that community. 3467
Karrie Fransman @karriefransman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026👀 Are you interested in historical sequential art and free all day in London on 2nd May? Got a couple of free tickets left for an event so DM me if so. 👀 122
Reposted by Karrie FransmanAndy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social · 14/04/2026So... #SmallPressDay is sponsored by @brokenfrontier.bsky.social this year. Or to put it more bluntly the entire running costs (hosting, app subs, payment to an artist for this year's poster, etc.) come from my pocket. On top of BF's running losses. So if you enjoy SPD please chip in if you can! 12017
Reposted by Karrie FransmanDanie Ware @danacea.bsky.social · 12/03/2026From the #LondonBookFair, the #Manga is Mainstream panel, with @karriefransman.bsky.social, @mikemotoghosh.bsky.social and Nigel Twumasi from @mayamada.com :) 1141
Reposted by Karrie FransmanBroken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 17/03/2026From back in 2018 at BF but still relevant... How to Make a Living as a Comics Artist – Tips from Graphic Novelist Karrie Fransman @karriefransman.bsky.social on Pitching to Publishers and Potential Avenues for Your Work. www.brokenfrontier.com/karrie-frans...brokenfrontier.comHow to Make a Living as a Comics Artist - Tips from Graphic Novelist Karrie Fransman on Pitching to Publishers and Potential Avenues for Your Work – Broken FrontierHow to Make a Living as a Comics Artist - Tips from Graphic Novelist Karrie Fransman on Pitching to Publishers and Potential Avenues for Work. 0146
Reposted by Karrie FransmanMyfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 10/03/2026I’m really pleased to be sharing a stage with @rickardsisters.com at @hayfestival.bsky.social on May 27th, where we’ll be chatting about the power of graphic novels & #comics to make change. Details: www.hayfestival.com/m-232-hay-fe... @selfmadehero.bsky.social 196
Karrie Fransman @karriefransman.bsky.social · 05/03/2026To celebrate #worldbookday we have some fun facts to share via The Comics Cultural Impact Collective (CCIC). Join us to help raise the value of comics in the UK. thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org/Join-Us 0177
Reposted by Karrie Fransmankitsuneart 🦊🔜 MCM London @kitsuneart.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Thanks @deadlyknitshade.bsky.social for capturing the moment I entered The Tale Spinner (a 3D ‘un-AI-able’ performed comic that @karriefransman.bsky.social manually spins around your head) yesterday night @ the @rsliterature.bsky.social ✨ 292
Reposted by Karrie FransmanBroken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 12/01/2026If there are any progressive organisations/charities/events/activist groups out there using comics as a way to spread socially relevant messages we'd love to feature you at BF. In the same way we did with PositiveNegatives a few years back. www.brokenfrontier.com/positivenega...brokenfrontier.comBroken Frontier Meets PositiveNegatives - Real Stories, Drawn From Life – Broken FrontierBroken Frontier chats with PositiveNegatives about their work using comics and visual narrative to support humanitarian causes. 267
Reposted by Karrie FransmanHannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I've had a good read of this now, and although it’s clearly not aimed at us I do have some thoughts on it. Buckle up, lads! 37038
Reposted by Karrie FransmanRik Worth 👻 @rikworth.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Check out this page for the Comics in Theory and Practice roundtable we did a few weeks back. You can watch the talk halfway down the page. Thanks to @karriefransman.bsky.social @paulfisherdavies.bsky.social and @miriamkent.bsky.social for a great chat! sites.google.com/view/comicsp...sites.google.comHomeComics Practice and Theory:Roundtable and Exhibition 087
Reposted by Karrie Fransmanellis benji 💫 @shootingstarpress.xyz · 25/11/2025my minicomic for #thoughtbubble ! i was super lucky to be taken by @karriefransman.bsky.social as an intern for running her Tale Spinner, and got a chance to make this! 272
Karrie Fransman @karriefransman.bsky.social · 21/11/2025🤯 Wow. This is the strongest response I’ve ever had to any artwork I’ve made. Thank you everyone who came for a spin in The Tale Spinner @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social I’ve now got to work out how to tour this thing so if you’ve got any tips let me know. 🙏 153
Reposted by Karrie Fransmanmiriam kent @miriamkent.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Thank you to @karriefransman.bsky.social @rikworth.bsky.social and @paulfisherdavies.bsky.social for the extremely insightful chat and thanks to everyone who came out in the characteristically inhospitable weather! 084
Reposted by Karrie FransmanDeadly Knitshade @deadlyknitshade.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Dinner by Karrie Fransman is 1 of 25 limited edition comics in the first VERY TINY COMICS ANTHOLOGY: MONSTERS @karriefransman.bsky.social 🔵 Coming to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social on Nov 15 and 16 in a shiny retro gumball machine and a flurry of 22mm (1 inch) comics 🟡 Find it at Bubbleboy Hall, F13 021
Reposted by Karrie FransmanDon Mabley-Allen @donaldsummer.bsky.social · 16/11/2025DO NOT MISS The Tale Spinner by @karriefransman.bsky.social, in Bubble Boy Hall at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social. Gentle, warm, concerned, human, graceful, and so so essentially IRL. Actually, I think you just missed it. I'm so sorry! #thoughtbubblefestival #thoughtbubble #harrogate 121
Reposted by Karrie FransmanRickard Sisters @rickardsisters.com · 16/11/2025We had a good catch up with CCIC - @karriefransman.bsky.social @myfanwytristram.bsky.social , @streakofpith.bsky.social & @zaraslattery.bsky.social then went to ‘The Revolution Will Be Sequentialised’ panel which was inspiring and encouraging ✊ 152
Reposted by Karrie FransmanMyfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Near our table @karriefransman.bsky.social was working her incredible Tale Spinner machine, an “un-AI-able” comic. 131
Reposted by Karrie FransmanMyfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 18/11/2025And then it was time to host the Revolution Will Be Sequentialised panel with @karriefransman.bsky.social Joe Sacco and @reburked.bsky.social. This was such good times! A topic I love to discuss, and people with unique and useful insights to share. We had a full audience and within it were… 142
Reposted by Karrie FransmanGregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Vol. 1 of our graphic novel SWEENEY'S PROGRESS is finished. An ecological fable set in C7th Ireland, from one of the great medieval poems. Script by me, art by @zaraslattery.bsky.social. To read the book online & help with the making of Volume 2, visit our Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/sweeneyspr... 18744
Reposted by Karrie FransmanJordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 08/10/2025I won't be able to make it to this excellent panel discussion with @karriefransman.bsky.social @paulfisherdavies.bsky.social and my boy Rik, but some of my art will be part of the exhibition alongsides greats like @nsousanis.bsky.social @kaysohini.bsky.social @cartoonkate.bsky.social ! 0129
Reposted by Karrie FransmanAlex Fitch @panelborders.bsky.social · 03/10/2025repeat broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to @karriefransman.bsky.social, @zaraslattery.bsky.social & Sabba Khan re: their comics based on Canterbury Cathedral, & to NormKonyu re: @comicstitan.bsky.social's graphic novel Downlands. 11am Sun 5th Oct, 104.4 Resonance FM panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/09/29panelborders.wordpress.comSeptember 29, 2025 – Panel Borders and other podcasts1 post published by Alex Fitch on September 29, 2025 032
Reposted by Karrie FransmanAlex Fitch @panelborders.bsky.social · 29/09/2025broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to @karriefransman.bsky.social, @zaraslattery.bsky.social & Sabba Khan about their comics based on Canterbury Cathedral, and to NormKonyu re: @comicstitan.bsky.social' graphic novel Downlands. 5pm Weds 1st Oct, 104.4 Resonance FM panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/t...panelborders.wordpress.comThis week’s show: Atmospheric LocationsStarting a new series of Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to a trio of graphic novelists about stained glass inspired strips, and to an animator turned comic creator about his ghostly titles. Sabba … 088
Reposted by Karrie FransmanHannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 02/10/2025🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨 The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there! ukcomicscreators.org.uk *I thrive** on pressure **Exist painfullyukcomicscreators.org.ukHome - UK Comics Creators SurveyUK Comics Creator Survey 2025 If you are a UK-based comics creator over 16 years old, we want to know all about you! Whether you are a working professional, a casual creator or a student, if you make ... 04765
Karrie Fransman @karriefransman.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Please fill this in if you want to advocate for better funding for comics. 087
Reposted by Karrie FransmanJamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 05/06/2025By the way this is an 800 seater and I heard about 3/4 of the tickets have gone already, so if you fancy coming along do jump in 🤯 1193