The Cartoon Museum is hosting a talk with the four finalists of the first ever The Arts Foundation Futures Awards in Comics on the Saturday 19th October 12pm - 1.30pm. Get tickets here to support an important milestone in British Comics! bit.ly/2VA0qQd

RaphaelSamuelHistCen Charlie Taverner History Workshop School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck @rob__waters Sarah Wise John Price Urban Vicarages Project Museum of Walking QMUL English & Drama Nadia Valman Luke Seaber I want to give full credit to Esther McManus for a) the title of my talk & b) spurring reflections on walking & questions of the validity/authority of knowledge production in historical research. Here are my favourite bits from the bound pamphlet she produced for #strayvoices:

Exhibitor announcement: Esther McManus (Esther McManus)! Esther makes comics and zines that explore feminist publishing histories and highlight how they connect with the present. She’s debuting “Between Friends” at Ghost. You can see more at esthermcmanus.co.uk

Esther McManus Esther will also be leading one of our four workshops at the festival on Saturday - tickets are available on our website: ghostcomicsfestival.com/#workshops

This Saturday! Join us at Ghost Comics Festival and stay for one of our drawing workshops:

Don't forget, if you're in London, drop by the The Cartoon Museum to see work on display by our four AFFAs Comics finalists, ✨Vash Taylor✨commissions OPEN Esther McManus (pic by Esther featured here) @inksplattery and @MundyMorn ! Open until 1 Dec More info: artsfoundation.co.uk/news/affas-202…

For those who couldn't make it to The Cartoon Museum the other week, you can listen to our conversation next Wednesday on Resonance FM! Thanks Alex Fitch for recording 👍

Don't miss the last chance to catch @_the_bower_ 's Women Against Imperialism show today, a fascinating collaboration with Camp Books. Brooke Palmieri will be giving a tour of the exhibition at 2pm today, with insights on the grassroots organisation and the show's 13 posters 💥

Our exhibition with @thecartoonmuseum ends this Sunday. In Focus: Arts Foundation Futures Award showcases Comics category Finalists Jess Taylor, Esther McManus, Zara Slattery and Danny Noble. Image courtesy of Esther McManus⁠ #ArtsFoundationFuturesAwards #artaward #comicartists

Don’t miss next Sunday’s Catford comics and zine fair (CCZF2019) - the line-up is thrilling! Organized by Henry & Stanley Miller 👍🏻👍🏻 at the Blythe Hill Tavern 🍻

HEY fresh copies of Between Friends are back in the shop: esthermcmanus.bigcartel.com/product/betwee… Order before 19th in the UK for pre-Xmas delivery and check this handy doc for international last posting dates: parcelforce.com/sites/default/…

And the recipient of our 2020 #Comics #ArtsFoundationFuturesAward is Esther McManus!

Boundless thanks to The Arts Foundation and the judges woodrow phoenix, Hannah Berry & @badmachinery for the AF fellowship in comics!🙏 Love and respect to DECADENCE COMICS for the nomination🦎 And such honour to be shortlisted with legit artists @MundyMorn ✨Vash Taylor✨commissions OPEN and @inksplattery💥

Too tongue-tied to articulate this last night, but I certainly wouldn't be making comics without LCBA - their glorious studio, library, wisdom and friendships mean the world to me. Support your local book arts centre!😍

Thank you Woodrow!