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The gov has an open call for evidence on their proposed changes to fit notes.

This is open to disabled people, carers and medical professionals.

It's open til 8th July

gov.uk/government/cal…

Luddites – Peterloo – Chartists – Suffragettes
We are delighted to be supporting the new Polyp graphic history project. An intense verbatim story of the shockingly violent fight for the vote.
Crowdfunder now live!
MAKE IT HAPPEN & GET YOUR COPY!
kickstarter.com/projects/tompa…

Draw a cotton mill… then BURN IT DOWN!

From our work-in-progress Ethel Carnie Holdsworth’s classic THIS SLAVERY. There’s info about the book and the extraordinary woman who wrote it on our website

(🔊sound on for a relaxing seaside soundtrack)

Robert Tressell, author of ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists,’ was born on this day in 1870. His writing left an indelible mark on the socialist movement — but the man himself was almost forgotten by history. tribunemag.co.uk/2020/12/the-ma…

Our friends at BurnleyYouthTheatre might be looking for you... Artistic Director/CEO Karen Metcalfe is moving on to pastures new after 15 with BYT. They need someone special to take her place within this fantastic organisation. Spread the word! burnleyyouththeatre.org/about-us/jobs-…

Reminder that today is the deadline to register to vote in the May elections and also that if you don’t vote in the May elections you’re a nerd. gov.uk/register-to-vo…

Graphic novelists get to be location scout, set designer, props, costumes and casting - all with unlimited budget.

Creating meaningful places to return to throughout the book (like the family home in this clip) is one of the joys of our trade

Here are two heartthrobs taking shape on the page of No Surrender graphic novel - the fictional Labour MP Joe Hopton and everyone’s favourite political philosopher JS Mill -

This series was impactful and full of warmth - strong recommend!

As we build up to local elections, watch the parties scramble to appeal to ‘the common man’ all of a sudden.

We are many, they are few.

Shall we talk about people under 25 being held responsible for life altering decisions?

Shamima Begum is 24

'If you're under 25 your brain isn't fully developed, so you can't be trusted to make informed decisions'

I'm seeing this a LOT lately, especially today. And it's utter guff, based on hearsay, misunderstandings of neuroscience, or wilful ignorance.

Why? I'll tell you why

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A transatlantic journey, in one double page spread.
This is from the book we’re working on at the moment which almost entirely takes place in Lancashire. All except this bit