F E S T I VA L E X C L U S I V E S ILLUSTRATED MIND THOUGHT BUBBLE T-SHIRT
The eleventh Leeds Comic Art Festival comic-con
fold-out map 23-24 september 2017
We are very pleased to have worked with the awesome Illustrated Mind again this year for our exclusive Thought Bubble tee. They’ve collaborated with Dilraj Mann, creator of the brilliant Dalston Monsterzz. Look out for all our volunteers who’ll be modelling a red version, and if you’d like to have one for yourself, they will be on sale at the Illustrated Mind stand (table 128 in the comiXology Marquee)!
THOUGHT BUBBLE EXCLUSIVE BOOK LAUNCHES Explore a world of amazing new books, and discover new favourites to take home! Scan this picture with your smart phone for info on titles making their debut at this year’s Thought Bubble Comic Con, or visit www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/debuting-books
COMIXOLOGY READING ROOM Take a load off and read some comics for FREE at the comiXology Reading Room! With a great selection of comics, graphic novels, manga & Bandes Dessinées from an over 100,000 strong library of digital comics - the reading room offers weary Thought Bubble attendees a place to get off their feet and experience digital comics in all their glory. Comfy chairs, many tablets, free comics - it’s everything you ever wanted! Located next to the comiXology Marquee on Millennium Square during the show! Check out the premier digital comics, graphic novel, manga and BD service at www. comixology.co.uk
COMIXOLOGY’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY MID-CON PARTY Thanks to our amazing pals at ComiXology, and to celebrate their 10th anniversary, this year’s mid-con party will be free entry! Again taking place at the awesome Trinity Kitchen, it’s the perfect way to unwind after a hectic day on the con floor. There’ll be a wide range of gourmet and street food vendors to choose from, and we’ll have the drinks and music flowing until late, so help us celebrate another Thought Bubble in style, with special guest DJs spinning tunes until the early hours (and some surprises too!). Space is strictly limited and you’ll need your yellow weekend wristband, exhibitor wristband, or guest pass to gain entry. We expect it will be super busy, so come early. Entry will be on a first-come-first-served basis and there may be queues.. It’s also important to note that this event is strictly over 18s
p r o u d ly sponsored by
www.thoughtbubblefestival.com
only, so please remember to bring photo ID with you along with your wristband/pass.
MONDO EXCLUSIVE POSTER DROPS Mondo - champions of innovative movie poster design - are returning to Thought Bubble! Utilising the talents of world-class artists and designers, Mondo produces limited edition, screen-printed posters based on all things film, television and comic properties. On both Saturday and Sunday, keep an eye on Mondo and Thought Bubble’s social media channels for exclusive, timed drops of incredible posters by some amazing Thought Bubble guests!
THOUGHT BUBBLE ANTHOLOGY 2017 A collection of new short stories by some of the best in the business from Image Comics and Thought Bubble! All profits go to Barnardo’s Children’s Charity. A 32-page oversize comic featuring work from Jason Aaron, Jen Bartel, Cecil Castellucci, Brandon Graham, Jody Houser, Jason Latour, Emi Lenox, Simon Roy, Marley Zarcone, and many more! All of the incredible artists donated their artwork completely free of charge. For more information, please go to thoughtbubblefestival. com/anthology-2017
37 a Al Neun 18 Antonio Fuso, Werther Dell’Edera 61 Ash Pure 82 a Big Brown Eyes 33 Birdwrong & Tash Grason 70 Black Dragon Press 69 Black Dragon Press / Nicolas Delort 51 Black Lodge Press 38 BlopShop (Alex Hahn & Dom McKenzie) 1 Bounce Comics 59 Caitlyn Stilgoe, Tuisku Hiltunen & Alice Möller 65 Charlie Adlard
12 b CJ & Toria 47 Craig Knowles 26 b Craig Petersen 45 Craig’s Comic Land 78 Cutie Corps 44 Dan Berry 29 a Dan Whitehead 76 David Messina 43 Dead Canary Comics 13 Dean Ormston 63-64 Doctor Geof 67 Duncan Fegredo 50 Eight Bit 23 Favourite Crayon / Bahala Na! 46 Felt Mistress 14 Fiona Stephenson
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Fraser Campbell Freaktown Comics Good Comics Gunnerkrigg Court Hamish Steele Hitsville UK Ian Denno Illustrator: Lam Iron Shod Ape Jabbercrow Comics Jack Devereaux, Nathan Hill, Robert Beech 74 Jamie McKelvie 72 Jen Bartell 31 Jenny Clements/ Mias & Elle 32 Joe Latham & Luke Hyde
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Joe Sparrow Comics / Dungeons & Drawings 35 John Lees 46 Jonathan Edwards 82 b Kate-mia White 6 a Keith Chan 6 b Kevin Fitzgerald 73 Kieron Gillen 48 Kristyna Baczynski 12 a Laura J.L.B 52 Lizz Lunney & Wilm Lindenblatt 57 Lucien Hoare & Julie Innes 83-85 Lucky Target Comics 17 Lydia Butz 7 Madebysoph
37 b Rozi Hathaway 34 Sally Jane Thompson 41 Sam Read - Writer 75 Sara Pichelli 66 Sean Phillips 19-22 Sheffield Space Centre 60 b Something Entirely Different 39 Stephen Mooney 80-81 The Pride & Stiffs 49 Timothy Winchester 56 Tom Muller 40 Umar Ditta & Elliot Balson 24 York St John Illustration 29 b Ziyed Yusuf Ayoub
3-4 Madius Comics 60 a Matty H Comics! 79 Mindless Ones & SILENCE! 62 Mindstain 2 Momalish 53 b Nate & Riyadh 25 Panels Comics 26 a Patrick Warren 28 Pedro Potier + Patrícia Furtado 54 Phil Buckenham 10-11 Pulps Comics 71 Raid 71 55 Reckless Hero 27 Ricardo Drumond 42 Rosi Kampe
Head over to the Travelling Man tables (65-82 in the comiXology Marquee) to buy a copy.
This year saw the launch of Friends of Thought Bubble and we’ve been blown away by the response. Our friends help us continue our growing education, outreach and community programme and we are hugely thankful to all of those who have joined in so far. To become a Friend of Thought Bubble, and to find out more, please visit thoughtbubblefestival. com/friends-of-thought-bubble. You’ll get lots of cool stuff like festival tickets, exclusive prints, and some super secret goodies!
5-6 2000 AD 19 b Abi Watson 77 Abz-J-Harding 45 b Afterlight Comics 48 Al Ewing Signing Slots Sat & Sun 15:30-17:00 29 Alison Sampson 79 Andy Diggle 30 Antony Johnston 26 Ariela Kristantina Morgan Beem 54 Awesome Merchandise 63 Ben Wilsonham / Brendan Purchase 78 Boo Cook 18 Card Shark Comics 23 Caspar Wijngaard Caspar is also signing at Travelling Man tables (6582) in comiXology Marquee Sat only 11:30-12:30 64 Centrala 27 Christian Ward
17 Comichaus.com 43 Cryoclaire & Jey Levang 10 a Culprit Art 23 Dan Watters 25 Dave Taylor 68 Declan Shalvey 58 b DefinitelyJenny 24 D’Israeli 61 b Emma Raby 73 a Emma Reynolds Illustration 32 Emma Vieceli 74 Emmeline Pidgen Illustration 57 b Eyeball Damage Comics 39 Fernando Blanco 11-13 Forbidden Planet International 39 Francis Portela 61 a George Kambadais 40 Guillermo Ortego 44 a HarmfulRaes 56 b Highgreen Dawn 5-6 I.N.J. Culbard 2000 AD tables
24 Ian Edginton 38 a IDCM 34 a ILYA / Kid Savage 47 Jacky Fleming Signing Slots Sat & Sun 13:50-15:20 57 a Jade Wall Illustration 72 James & Simon Walmesley 14 a Jamie Me 14 b Jinku Comics 5-6 John Reppion 2000 AD tables Sat & Sun 13:00-14:00 47 John Watson Signing Slots Sat & Sun 15:30-17:00 70-71 Jon Laight / Jay Martin / Chris Sides / Chris Travell 2 Jonathan Burton 67 Jordie Bellaire 41 b Josh Hicks & Ioan Morris 34 b Kathryn Briggs 62 Kellie Huskisson, Sally Cantirino, Sal Heron
69 Ken Reynolds & Martian Lizard Press 46 Kidura 5-6 Leah Moore 2000 AD tables Sat & Sun 13:00-14:00 41 a Lissy Raine 37 Lydia Wysocki / Applied Comics Etc 49-51 Matt Ferguson & Vice Press 1 Matt Taylor 59 Michael Doig & India Swift 48 Mike Dowling Signing Slots Sat & Sun 10:30-12:00 52-53 Mondo 73 b Moon Garage 35 Muster Press 47 Natacha Bustos Signing Slots Sat & Sun 10:30-12:00 3-4 Nautilus Art Prints & Laurent Durieux 33 Ned Hartley & Seb Antoniou
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Neil Gibson from TPub Neil R Williams Nick Brokenshire Nick Roche Signing Slots Sat & Sun 12:10-13:40 Ollie Masters Signing Slots Sat & Sun 12:10-13:40 Paul Rainey & Peet Clack Peter Doherty Poster Posse Ram V Richard Starkings Robert Luckett & Rachel Connor Rufus Dayglo Signing Slots TBC Ryan O’Sullivan Ryan is also signing at Travelling Man tables (6582) in comiXology Marquee Sat only 12:30-13:30 Rune Ryberg
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Sara Kenney Signing Slot Sun only 13:50-15:20 31 Si Spurrier & Emma Price Si is also signing at Travelling Man tables (6582) in comiXology Marquee Sat only 11:30-12:30 75 Simon Davis 56 a Simon Reid 16 Steven Horry & Abigail Brady 60 The Dalston Comic Collective / The Six Fingers of Fate 9 Tom Foster 38 b Toni Fejzula Art 44 b Tony Cooper 66 Vanesa R. Del Rey 58 a Wastezoid comics 45 a Wisdom Comics - Marc Ducrow 55 Zé Burnay, André Caetano 15 Ztoical. Ben & Dom Tomczyk-Bowen