Introduction
British Comics Now is an initiative by the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, the UK’s development agency for comics. LICAF is a well-established event taking place each year in the UK’s Lake District and featuring the best in comic art from around the world. As well as showcasing great international comic artists and writers, having worked with 32 countries to date, we have an equally strong commitment to raising the profile of the great British comic art being produced and putting a spotlight on the independent sector.
Our mission is to raise the profile of British work and to help facilitate its journey into other parts of the world, into as many countries and languages as possible through the selling of rights, translation of works and more. To date our initiative has included delegations to international festivals in Asia, North America and Europe and a new International Rights Market at our annual festival, focusing on the selling of British Comics to overseas publishers. We are proud to publish the British Comics Now Catalogue 2025. It aims to provide a snapshot of British comics focussing on work available to buy, publish and distribute in other countries and languages.
The creators featured were chosen via an open call by a specialist jury and we hope to produce further catalogues in the future. Thank you to Bobby Joseph, Lucy Sullivan and Andy Oliver for helping us choose a rich and diverse selection.
A very big thank you to Arts Council England for their support for this project and our festival as a whole, and to the Adlard Family Foundation for their support for the catalogue, the International Rights Market and our work more broadly.
Julie
Tait (Director, LICAF)
The Thesis of Margot
Author: Óscar Losada
Illustrator: Alba Ceide
Publisher: N/A
Year: 2025
Language: Galician, Spanish, English
Genre: Biography, Feminist, Historical
Age Range: 12+
Page count: 68
Size: 170 x 240 mm
Format: Full colour, Paperback
ISBN: 978-84-09-74116-8
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Margot Sponer, Galician language, Spain, Germany, Cultural immersion, Nazi oppression, Resistance, Feminism, Historical, Biographical
Website: www.albaceide.com
Synopsis
In 1926, German philologist Margot Sponer travels to Spain to study the Galician language, immersing herself in the local culture and forming friendships with key literature figures. Her groundbreaking doctoral thesis establishes her as a pioneer in the field. The comic follows Margot’s journey as she navigates the rich cultural landscape of Galicia while facing the looming threat of Nazism back in Germany, which exploits the 1936 Berlin Olympics for propaganda. Margot’s inspiring story celebrates her courage and dedication as a trailblazing woman in academia.
Sagas of the Shield Maiden Book One
Author: Asa Wheatley
Illustrator Daniel Coloma, Kay Baird, Kevin Keane, Michelle Marham, Sammy Ward and Sweeney Boo (cover).
Publisher: Asa Wheatley
Year: 2020
Language: English
Genre: Historical fantasy
Age Range: 15+
Page count: 64
Size: 210 x 272 mm
Format: Paperback
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Viking, Western, Norse, Mythology, Historical, Fantasy, Sword, Sorcery, Adventure, Anthology
Website: www.asawheatley.com
Synopsis
Sagas of the Shield Maiden is a Viking western comics anthology series that recounts the legends, or sagas, of the titular Shield Maiden as she traverses Scandinavia and beyond the North Sea. Each tale takes place at a different point in the Shield Maiden’s life. From her first raid in England to her life as a mercenary for hire and her eventual death. As well as obviously being heavily influenced by Viking history and Norse mythology the stories all draw upon traits and themes commonly found in the western genre.
Books Two - Four are also available. Book Five will be published in late 2025.
Don’t Worry, I Die at The End
Author: Beck Kubrick
Illustrator: Beck Kubrick
Publisher: Self Published
Year: 2023
Language: English
Genre: Slice of Life, Short comics
Age Range: 18+
Page count: 64
Size: 148 x 210 mm
Format: Full colour, Paperback
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Diary, Autobiography, Auto-fiction, Death, Mental Health, Mentalillness, Existential, Esoteric
Website: www.beckkubrick.com
Synopsis
A-totally-completely-true collection of funny, sad and morbid diary comics. Described as ‘A very different alternative to the usual diary comics fare...and one that really pushes the concept of such material with hints at sadder truths in its stridently uncompromising humour, then this celebration of cynicism, pessimism and morbidity from a genuinely unique voice in our scene should be grabbed and devoured.’ (Broken Frontier, 2023)
Gas - Part 1: Trapped
Author: Chie Hosaka
Illustrator: Chie Hosaka
Publisher: N/A
Year: 2025
Language: English
Genre: Literary fiction
Age Range: 18+
Page count: 30
Size: 150 x 210 mm
Format: Paperback
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Relationship, Trauma, Grief, Second-generation migrant identity, Motherhood
Website: www.chiehosaka.com
Synopsis
Gas is the story of Tia, a 32 year-old woman who, after moving back in with her widow mum, finds that her fart starts talking to her. Inspired by the author’s experience as a Japanese woman in the UK, the book explores grief, trauma, second-generation migrant identity and motherhood. Over the course of a three day weekend, culminating in the one year anniversary of her medically induced miscarriage, Tia is forced to face up to her bottled-up grief, reconnect with her mother and expartner, and finally let it all out.
Kora: The Complete Adventures
Author: Chris Geary
Illustrator: Chris Geary
Publisher: White Hart Comics
Year: 2022
Language: English
Genre: Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Age Range: 15+ (Young Adult)
Page count: 172
Size: 210 x 297 mm
Format: Paperback, Hard cover
ISBN: (SC) 978-0-9929234-1-9 (HC) 978-0-9929234-2-6
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Female lead, Aliens, Alien planet, Stranded, Lost
Website: www.chrisgearyonline.com
Synopsis
Kora wakes up after crashing on an unknown planet, and immediately sets about trying to stay alive, and finding a way home.
After a few run ins with some local inhabitants, she finds a tribe that she can settle down with.
Unfortunately, the reason for her predicament catches up, and Kora finds herself having to defend both herself and her new found family.
This itself then turns into Kora leading an allied group of the native inhabitants in a revolution against their local oppressors.
Anfield Road
Author: Chris Shepherd
Illustrator: Chris Shepherd
Publisher: Titan
Year: 2024
Language: English
Genre: Fiction
Age Range: 15+
Page count: 272
Size: 178 x 267 mm
Format: Hardback and Kindle
ISBN: ISBN-10 178774373X. ISBM13 978-1787743731
Rights: Consult Publisher
Keywords: Liverpool, Hillsborough, Coming of age, 1989, Love story
Website: www.chrisshepherdfilms.com
Synopsis
As Conor Sterling is about to turn 18, he wrestles with the tough choice to go to art college or look after his sick, dominating grandmother? While life seems to move faster, he falls for a West-Indian girl who his grandmother disapproves of. Conor is torn between doing the right thing for him or submitting to the will of his crazy grandmother. What follows is a funny and poignant coming of age story set in Liverpool in 1989. The land of The La’s, the Hillsborough disaster and Findus Crispy Pancakes.
Magic of Myths: Compendium 1
Author: Corey Brotherson
Illustrator: Sergio Calvet
Publisher: Doodle Doodle
Year: 2023
Language: English
Genre: Urban fantasy, Action, Adventure
Age Range: 13+
Page count: 252
Size: 240 x 157 mm
Format: Paperback, Full colour
ISBN: 978-1-7393006-0-9
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Mental health, Women, Social commentary, Female protagonists, Magic, Mythology, Witches, Greek mythology, Folklore, Gods and Goddesses
Website: www.coreybrotherson.com
Synopsis
“There are five deadly trials, Miss Eve. When you complete all five, you will be returned to your world…”
What if you had the chance to get away from your own life and become the hero of your very own myth? To have your tales of adventure told across generations, long after you’re gone? But… at constant risk of danger? Would you take that chance? Eve did.
But the path to glory comes with unforeseen and life-changing costs. And Eve is about to discover just how high that price is…
Patchwork
Author: Dominique Duong
Illustrator: Dominique Duong
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Year: 2026
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Age Range: 18-25 (New Adult)
Page count: 298
Size: 210 x 297 mm
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781787334632
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Fantasy, LGBTQIA+, Queer, Romance, Grief, Bereavement, Mental Health
Website: www.domduong.com
Synopsis
One day, a mysterious young man called Thiện arrives to Ezra’s village, calling himself a Patchworker: a witch or “mender of things.” Initially they butt heads, as Ezra’s still struggling to deal with his complex feelings about his father’s death. Over time, though, they begin to grow close.
However, Thiện has a secret he’s been running from, something that will threaten to break what he and Ezra have.
Together, the two of them must confront the losses they’ve faced, or risk being consumed by the ghosts of their pasts.
H & H vol 3
Author: Ed Firth
Illustrator: Ed Firth
Publisher: Ed Firth
Year: 2025
Language: English
Genre: Adult fiction
Age Range: 18+
Page count: 96
Size: 210 x 297 mm
Format: Perfect bound, Full colour, Paperback
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: LGBT, Adult, Queer, Sexuality, Addiction, London, Urban, 2010s, Contemporary, British, Chemsex, Gay, Drama
Website: www.edwardfirth.com
Synopsis
2010s London: the perfect place to be gay. Everything you want is a few screen taps away and parties last all weekend, so it’s no wonder men are flocking from around the world to join in…
Five stories of passion, transgression, and addiction cross paths in the latest collection from acclaimed British graphic novelist Ed Firth, exploring a midsummer’s night of forest cruising, a season of psychedelics in an abandoned rest home, transitioning in the corporate world, and one fateful night of ecstasy with the OnlyFans star of your fantasies.
Altiplano, a Peruvian Cyberpunk saga
Author: Gustaffo Vargas
Illustrator: Gustaffo Vargas
Publisher: TACUTINTA Press (self-published)
Year: 2025
Language: English, Spanish
Genre: Science fiction, Crime, Adventure, Thriller
Age Range: 18+
Page count: 152
Size: 280 x 198 mm
Format: Hard cover & Soft cover graphic novel
ISBN: 978-1-7385477-4-6
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Strong female lead, Cyberpunk, Biopunk, Indigenous cultures, Inca civilization, Post-colonial, Folklore, Amazon Rainforest, Peruvian Highlands, Lake Titicaca, South America
Website: www.gustaffovargas.com
Synopsis
Discover a dystopian world where pre-Incan culture meets High & Low Technology, robotics and biotechnology are accessible to many and corrupt governments and criminal organisations constantly struggle over power.
ALTIPLANO, a Peruvian Cyberpunk Saga is a story about monkeys, jaguars, cyborgs, sex and warfare with a grand finale. Follow Lila and Sonia as they hide in the middle of the Peruvian jungle from an evil corporation that follows their steps, looking for a fugitive Artificial Intelligence character connected to their past.
Livestock
Author: Hannah Berry
Illustrator: Hannah Berry
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Year: 2017
Language: English
Genre: Socio-political satire
Age Range: 18+
Page count: 96
Size: 203 x 260 mm
Format: Full colour, Paperback
ISBN: 978-0224097659
Rights: Worldwide excl. UK
Keywords: Pop stars, Politics, Satire, Humour, Human cloning, Scandal, Media misdirection, Public interest, Dead cats (metaphorical), Threelegged dogs (literal)
Website: www.hannahberry.co.uk
Synopsis
Pop sensation Clementine Darling is young, sweet, beloved, and perfect for delivering government policy in a way that appeals to the target sector.
What’s in the public interest is not as important as what the public is interested in, and so long as they can be kept distracted by Clementine’s feuds, dramas and romances, who cares that human cloning has been…legalised…? Surely that won’t have any terrible repercussions.
A furious and funny satire on the media cycle, political incompetence, and human beings as a proprietary asset.
Romo the WolfBoy
Author: Ilya
Illustrator: Ilya
Publisher: ILYAgraphic
Year: 2025
Language: English
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Mild Horror
Age Range: 8+
Page count: 256
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Format: Full colour, Hardback
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Mystery, Victoriana, Slapstick, Folklore, Circus, Ambition, Acrobatics
Website: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILYA
Synopsis
ROMO and his partner and guardian FRANCIS X investigate the paranormal. But not yet, for this is only their first adventure – the story of how they meet. When Blimey O’Riley’s Travelling Circus suffers repeated acts of sabotage, new recruits stagehand Francis and a strange, wild boy team up to identify and pursue the mysterious, giggling culprit. Forging a fast friendship, they become a force to be reckoned with, their ultimate destiny pointing toward greater things…
Love Languages
Author: James Albon
Illustrator: James Albon
Publisher: Top Shelf Comics
Year: 2025
Language: English
Genre: Fiction, Romance, Comedy
Age Range: 14+
Page count: 176
Size: 8 x 10 inches
Format: Graphic novel
ISBN: 978-1-60309-557-0
Rights: Worldwide, excl. UK, USA, Canada
Keywords: Queer, LGBTQ, Languages, French, Cantonese, Paris, Hong Kong
Website: www.jamesalbon.com
Synopsis
Sarah Huxley has moved to Paris, only to find a lonely life of corporate drudgery and disappointment—a far cry from her romantic expectations of the city. She collides with Ping Loh, a young woman from Hong Kong, and the two bond over their shared struggle with the French tongue.
As their friendship blooms, so does their command of each other’s language, creating a linguistic patchwork of English, French and Cantonese. But when their feelings for each other start to deepen, they discover that the simplest words to translate can be the hardest words to say.
Stramash
Author: James Corcoran
Illustrator: James Corcoran
Publisher: Fictitious Ink Comics
Year: 2025
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Science Fiction
Age Range: 18+
Page count: 84
Size: 206 x 170 mm
Format: Softcover
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Scotland, Noir, 1960’s, Gangland, Body snatchers
Instagram: @jamescorcoran78
Synopsis
Lorcan Finlay dreams of being a cowboy on the Montana plains but is instead a down on his luck private detective somewhere off the Byres Road. When a local teen goes missing Lorcan descends into a criminal underworld that involves Scottish History and Mythology, as well as science fiction inspired by Nigel Kneale and John Wyndham.
The Closing Hour / North by Northeast
Author: Thomas Armstrong
Illustrator: John Biggs
Publisher: Armstrong & Biggs
Year: 2024
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama
Age Range: 16+
Page count: 24
Size: 210 x 297 mm
Format: Physical & Digital
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Available internationally
Keywords: Crime, Drama, British, Geordie, Noir, Anthology, Comedy, Black comedy, Historical, Community, Culture
Website: www.johnbiggs.art
Synopsis
Fred Turner is a quiet man trying to live a quiet life. He keeps to himself and tries to be a good husband and stepfather while helping to run a family deli in Newcastle’s historic Grainger Town, but as shadow’s lengthen on a windy Autumn night and a stranger steps into Fred’s quiet world turning it upside down, all that Fred Turner holds dear will be stretched to breaking point.
The Closing Hour is part of North By Northeast, a graphic novel anthology collecting seven stories of crime and suspense set in the North-East of England.
Rusalka: Whispers of the Forest
Author: Kamila Krol
Illustrator: Kamila Krol
Publisher: Strangers Publishing Year: 2023
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
Age Range: 13+
Page count: 100
Size: 250 x 176 mm
Format: Paperback
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Worldwide excl. Poland and USA
Keywords: Mythology, Fantasy, Forest, Nature, YA, Folklore, Selfdiscovery, Feminism
Website: www.pigeonmakesart.co.uk
Synopsis
Rusalka is a mysterious water demon of Slavic mythology: living by the lake in the ancient Forest, she is the deadly threat luring in lost wanderers... or so the old legends say. But who really is Rusalka and how did she come to be? Where do her powers come from and what dark secrets might hide in her fragmented memories? “Rusalka - Whispers of the Forest” is a story exploring identity, belonging and control, set in the world of Slavic mythology. Enter the ominous Forest, and unravel its dark mysteries, following Rusalka in her journey of self-discovery.
Uncle Zaxlor’s Robot Repair Shop
Author: Leo Healy
Illustrator: Torgo Wells
Publisher: Self Published
Year: 2024- Ongoing
Language: English
Genre: Kids, Sci-Fi, Humour
Age Range: 6+
Page count: 16
Size: 148 x 210 mm
Format: Colour covers, Black and white interiors, Paperback
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Robots, Family, Alien Planets, Alien Races, Lazy Bum, Plucky sidekick, Lighthearted, Sitcom, Heartfelt, Wacky
Website: www.ellaitch.bigcartel.com
Synopsis
Uncle Zaxlor’s Robot Repair Shop is an all-ages sci-fi comedy comic set on an alien planet where the often lazy Uncle Zaxlor runs a shop repairing robots, dealing with oddball customers, robots, delivery drivers and even rival shop owners. When his smart and plucky nephew Zam appears out of the blue to stay for the summer, how will this oddball pairing get along? And when they discover Zam has an amazing hidden talent, what will it mean for the shop, their relationship, and all robots everywhere?
Pistoletti
Author: Hurk
Illustrator: Hurk
Publisher: N/A
Year: 2025
Language: N/A, Silent
Genre: Surreal crime fiction
Age Range: 18+
Page count: 96
Size: 210 x 297 mm
Format: Paperback, Hardback
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Crime, Science fiction, Humour, Satire, Surrealism, Infographics, Pantomime
Website: www.lordhurk.com
Synopsis
Crime boss Pistoletti, duped by rivals with an image of his idol King Cecil VI, sets off a chaotic chain of events after revealing the location of a stolen artefact. As rival gangs clash and a third, high-tech duo—Leopard and Tiger—steal the prize, Pistoletti and his enemy Bighead unite to retrieve it. They succeed, only to discover the king’s dark secrets hidden within. But when the truth is buried by the media, Pistoletti rallies the underworld for one final mission: to overthrow the most corrupt boss of all—the king himself.
Candles
Author: Lyndon White
Illustrator: Lyndon White
Publisher: Cast Iron Books
Year: 2021
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy, Fairytale
Age Range: All ages
Page count: 144
Size: 240 x 170 mm
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1838224141
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Adventure, Mystery, Magic, Monsters, Family, Plot twist, Dragon, Mentor, Empowerment, Hope
Website: www.lyndonwhite.com
Synopsis
Generation after generation people are taught one thing, never use magic. The evil Witch has cast a plague known as Dark-bark over the land and one by one, infected villagers are lured into the enchanted forest never to be seen again. As a last resort to save her family, Grace embarks on a quest to steal the Witch’s magic and use it to save her dying village.
Candles is an original fantasy story about magic, monsters and family.
Salmonella Smorgasbord - A Collection of Crimes Against Cartooning
Author: Mark Stafford
Illustrator: Mark Stafford
Publisher: Soaring Penguin
Year: 2023
Language: English
Genre: Anthology
Age Range: 18+
Page count: 256
Size: 177.8 x 254 mm
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 978-1908030481
Rights: Worldwide excl. UK, US and Canada
Keywords: Art, Satire, Social commentary, Pop culture, Short stories, Horror, Folklore, Politics, Comedy, Supernatural, Cartooning
Website: www.hocus-baloney.com
Synopsis
Salmonella Smorgasbord is a chunky collection of the comics and art of the cartoonist Mark Stafford, who’s frankly sick and tired of being described as ‘the greatest cartoonist you’ve never heard of,’ containing a frankly unhealthy selection of his short stories, strips, illustrations and design work gathered together into themed chapters.
So we have snarky snippets of satirical observation, spooky tales of haunted people, adaptations of old folk songs, many, many monsters, posters and unsettling encounters and one silent historical romance set in a Korean shipyard. Kaiju’s clash! Killers slash! All human life is here!
Especially if it’s creepy, or funny, or both. More often both.
Aristotle’s Cuttlefish
Author: Matthew Dooley
Illustrator: Matthew Dooley
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Year: 2025
Language: English
Genre: Fiction
Age Range: 10+
Page count: 224
Size: 248 x 177 mm
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781787333956
Rights: Worldwide excl. UK, France and Poland
Keywords: Comedy, Gentle, Poignant, Absurd, Melancholy
Synopsis
Where do all the lost things go?
In Dobbiston, they’ll likely end up in the care of Mr Daniels, the long-time custodian of the local lost property office. Somewhere deep in the bowels of the town council’s shabby premises he has spent a lifetime quietly cataloguing the carelessness of his fellow Dobbiston residents.
But when something unexpected interrupts his routine, Mr Daniels is forced to embrace a little bit of life’s chaos.
Website: www.penguin.co.uk/authors/240543/matthew-dooley
Zayani Zam
Author: Mereida Fajardo
Illustrator: Mereida Fajardo
Publisher: Self Published
Year: 2023
Language: N/A, Silent
Genre: Literary, Non-fiction
Age Range: All ages
Page count: 80
Size: 265 x 155 mm
Format: N/A
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Documentary, Psychogeography, Silent, Non-fiction, Mongolia
Website: www.mereida.co.uk
Synopsis
Every day, Bolormaa drives coal from the mines at Tavan Tolgoi to the Chinese border through the featureless Gobi Desert, dreaming of a greater freedom that no longer exists. Cut off from the thousands of other drivers in her own cabin, her isolation is broken by the excitement of the open road, and the thrills it holds…
A silent comic about the monotony of existence, being stuck in a daily grind to earn a living, and the moments of human connection that break through to offer relief, hope and joy.
Donut Squad
Author: Neill Cameron
Illustrator: Neill Cameron
Publisher: The Phoenix Comic Books
Year: 2025
Language: English
Genre: Childrens, Humour
Age Range: 5+
Page count: 208
Size: 140 x 210 mm
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1788453400
Rights: Worldwide excl. US and Denmark
Keywords: Comedy, Donuts, Nonsense, Children’s Comics, All-ages, Humour, Anarchic, Family
Website: www.neillcameron.com
Synopsis
Ever wondered what donuts get up to when they’re not being eaten? No, because that would be silly! But it turns out, donuts have BIG PLANS FOR WORLD DOMINATION!!!
Meet Sprinkles, the leader of the Squad; Jammyboi, who spreads stickiness EVERYWHERE; Dadnut and Lil’ Timmy, who explain obscure facts, and Spronky, who is bizarrely unconventional! But don’t mention the arch-nemeses of the donuts . . . the bagels, secretly plotting Donut Squad’s doom!
A Fall From Grace
Author: Norm Konyu
Illustrator: Norm Konyu
Publisher: Self Published
Year: 2024
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy, Humour
Age Range: 8-15 (Children/Young Adult)
Page count: 71
Size: 170 x 260 mm
Format: Paperback
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Humour, History, Aztec, Fantasy, Colourful
Website: www.mooseboy.co.uk
Synopsis
Meet Axopoptl, Aztec god of landslides, sinkholes, and stinging insects. He wants nothing more than to doze upon his throne, soaking up the praise of his worshippers below -- but little does he know that the Spanish are coming and everything is about to change. Like it or not, Axopoptl is going to have to find his way in the modern world with all the other fallen gods, dreaming of the day he will rightfully be restored to power.
Who Killed Nessie?
Author: Paul Cornell
Illustrator: Rachael Smith
Publisher: Avery Hill Publishing
Year: 2025
Language: English
Genre: Murder Mystery, Comedy
Age Range: All ages
Page count: 100
Size: B5
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781917355230
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Nessie, Cosy, Hotel, USA, Cryptid, Comedy
Website: www.rachaelsmith.org
Synopsis
Lyndsay Grockle has just started her new job at an isolated hotel. She’s trying to get over heartbreak. She’s amazed to be left in sole charge just before a big convention. When the terrifying guests start to arrive, she realises why: this is a gathering of the fantastic beasts of myth and legend!
The attendees ask her to stay in her room and let them be. But when the Loch Ness Monster is found dead, there’s nobody else they trust to solve the murder. She may not entirely believe in them… but they believe in her!
Road Knight
Author: Lewis J Parrin and Shane Melisse
Illustrator: Shane Melisse
Publisher: Self Published
Year: 2025
Language: English
Genre: Urban fantasy
Age Range: Teen
Page count: 150
Size: 6.625 x 10.25 inches
Format: Comic
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Consult Agent (Salma Begum at Greyhound Literary)
Keywords: Urban fantasy, Comedy, Teen, London, Food, Culture, Knights
Website: www.shanefaced.com
Synopsis
A collection of five short stories within a Dark fantasy London, highlighting London life with tales involving chicken shops, hunting for the best kebab in London, surviving the night bus commute and a skate park kaiju. Each story has reoccurring characters building up to a main antagonist, creating a lot of room for future stories within the Road Knight world.
Buuza!!
Author: Shazleen Khan
Illustrator: Shazleen Khan
Publisher: Self Published
Year: 2018
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Age Range: 16+
Page count: 300
Size: 148 x 210 mm
Format: Full colour, Paperback
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Priority to French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazillian) and Arabic
Keywords: LGBTQ, Low-Fantasy, Islamic mysticism, West / Central Asian setting
Website: www.shazleenkhan.com
Synopsis
BUUZA!! follows Sam and Zach, two twenty-somethings trying to navigate life in sprawling urban landscape of Dawlat-Al-Harir, a country where religion and state have been married since time immemorial. Along the way they meet Musa, a young man looking for his estranged half-sibling; Zhen, the same estranged brother who strikes up an unlikely romance with Zach; and Miriam, the eldest sibling who’s wrapped up in a political rivalry with divine Oracle, Daeng Aria bin Dariush, the beloved ruler of the country, who has a mysterious connection with Sam....
Flat Filters
Author: Chino Moya
Illustrator: Tal Brosh
Publisher: Self Published
Year: 2019
Language: English
Genre: Fiction
Age Range: 14+
Page count: 28
Size: 190 x 270 mm
Format: Portrait paperback booklet with french flaps
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Surreal, Self discovery, Flashbacks
Website: www.talbrosh.com
Synopsis
A thirty-something year old wakes up one morning, looks through the window of his apartment and discovers that the world has gone. The building where he lives is now surrounded by an endless extension of a flat yellow floor and a monotone and sunless sky.
As he runs out of food and water he decides to venture out on an existential mission in which the memories of his past life and the uncertainty of his current situation play an equal part.
Adrift on a Painted Sea
Author: Tim Bird
Illustrator: Tim Bird
Publisher: Avery Hill Publishing
Year: 2024
Language: English
Genre: Graphic memoir
Age Range: 10+
Page count: 84
Size: 165 x 241 mm
Format: Full colour, Paperback
ISBN: 978-1910395820
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Art, Autobiography, Family, Landscape, Sea
Website: www.timothybird.co.uk
Synopsis
A poignant, thoughtful graphic memoir that explores family, loss, and art through the author’s relationship with his mother, who painted as a hobby throughout her life.
This graphic novel explores their family life and her creative practice through a mix of her paintings and Tim’s comics, depicting their relationship and her life from teenagehood to her struggle with cancer. After her death, this graphic novel at last showcases her work.
Adrift on a Painted Sea tells a story about the things we overlook in the people closest to us.
Fractures
Author: A. Wolfgang Crowe
Illustrator: A. Wolfgang Crowe
Publisher: Colossive Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Genre: Autobiography, Crime, LGBTQ
Age Range: 16+
Page count: 52
Size: 210 x 295 mm
Format: Magazine
ISBN: 9781738431304
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Queer identity, Homophobia, Trauma recovery, Graphic medicine
Website: www.awolfgangcrowe.co.uk
Synopsis
Fractures is a graphic novel series by A. Wolfgang Crowe, inspired by his own experience surviving a violent homophobic attack. Blending personal testimony with expressive visual storytelling, it explores the long aftermath of trauma—physical, emotional, and legal. As art student Wolf returns to university and reconnects with friends, he also faces the daunting challenge of confronting his attacker in court. Honest, raw, and ultimately hopeful, Fractures is a powerful contribution to queer graphic medicine and a testament to resilience through art.
Clockwork Watch: The Arrival, Breakaway, Countenance (Omnibus)
Author: Yomi Ayeni
Illustrator: Jennie Gyllblad
Publisher: Clockwork Watch Film
Year: 2016
Language: English
Genre: Steampunk, Victoriana
Age Range: 10+
Page count: 124
Size: 157 x 240 mm
Format: Full colour paperback
ISBN: 10 : 0957297173 13 : 978-0957297173
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Steampunk, Victoriana, Anachronist, Transmedia Storytelling
Website: www.yomster.com
Synopsis
Clockwork Watch is a captivating fusion of steampunk, mystery, and adventure, set in an alternate Victorian London. This world features advanced clockwork technology and fantastical inventions alongside societal class struggles and hidden secrets.
At the core of the series is the story of a young man named Janav, who becomes entangled in a web of conspiracy and danger following a traumatic event. The narrative delves into themes of power, invention, and the cost of progress as Janav and other key characters uncover the secrets of a clockwork-powered society. The series is complemented by a variety of media, including twelve graphic novels, multiple live events, and a podcast, creating a deeply immersive experience.
Sweeney’s Progress. Volume One. The Curse of Ronan
Author: Gregory Norminton
Illustrator: Zara Slattery
Publisher: Unpublished Year: 2025
Language: English (French)
Genre: Young Adult
Age Range: 14+
Page count: 96
Size: 8 x 11 inches
Format: Full colour, Paperback
ISBN: N/A
Rights: Worldwide
Keywords: Adaptation, Irish, Medieval, Eco-fable, Poetry, Environment, History
Website: www.zaraslattery.com
Synopsis
It’s springtime and the warring tribes of Ireland are on the rampage. Sweeney leads his men, with the priest, Ronan Finn, in tow to bless the souls of the dying. When Sweeney flouts the rules of battle he is cursed and cast adrift to wander half-man, half-bird, through the wilds of Ireland. Humiliated and fearful the wilderness breaks him down before slowly restoring him to his humanity. Sweeney’s Progress is the retelling of the medieval Irish poem, Buile Suibhne. An eco-fable and hymn to the natural world as a place of trial and healing.
Gregory Norminton Zara Slattery
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