Our guest this month is Ivanka Hahnenberger who through her company VIP Brands helped bring Paul Gravett's much loved Comica Festival back to London last month for its 10th anniversary, with a number of events at The Century Club in Soho.

Hahnenberger has a long running connection with comics as a translator, working on the English versions of Blue is the Warmest Colour by Julie Maroh, An Olympic Dream by Reinhard Kleist, Parallel by Matthias Lehmann and many others.

She has previously curated comics programming at Frankfurt Book Fair and Bologna Children's Book Fair, is a consultant to EuropeComics, and sells rights for Glenat, the famous French comics publisher.

https://bookshop.org/contributors/ivanka-hahnenberger

The Walrus
10 Ship Street
Brighton BN1

Doors at 7pm
Q&A at 7.30pm

… or online via zoom - register here on eventbrite

This month's guest sees former Cartoon County interviewer Fraser Geesin become the interviewee, as he'll be talking to Alex Fitch about his recent comics such as Tales from 500 Songs and Pricks, as well as the latter's prequel Purple Hate Balloon.

Fraser also does stand-up comedy, and might talk about the connections between writing comedy, and scripts for comics.

Recent titles include collaborations with animator Laurie Rowan and music journalist Andrew Hickey, so there are many aspects of Fraser's work to talk about!

Info about all of Fraser's projects can be found on his website frasergeesin.com



Join us at our NEW VENUE:
The Walrus pub (back room)
10 Ship St
Brighton BN1 1AD

Monday 27th March
doors open at 7pm
Q&A at 7.30pm

or watch and interact with the live video stream on zoom
via eventbrite registration.

Our guest this month is Eliza Fricker, who will be talking about her new graphic novel Can't Not Won't: A Story About A Child Who Couldn't Go To School, published this month by Jessica Kingsley. Eventbrite link for registration here

This follows on from her previous illustrated book from the same publisher - The Family Experience of PDA: An Illustrated Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance - with both titles drawing on her experience of raising a child who can't go to school. Fricker has also illustrated Nurturing Your Autistic Young Person, written by Cathy Wassell, CEO of Autistic Girls Network.

Read more about Eliza's work about autism on her “Missing the Mark” blog, which began in early 2020 as a deeply personal and all too human exploration of a mother’s journey navigating the education system and everyday life with a child who can’t go to school.

In response to overwhelmingly positive and supportive feedback Eliza has since launched a limited run companion Missing The Mark Podcast, authored several works on the subject of autism and the education system, and launched a series of Talks, Consulations, and online courses to support parents in similar situations. https://missingthemark.blog/

This month's get-together is a welcome return to Cartoon County for Eliza, who was last a guest in 2016, talking about her first graphic memoir - Just Getting Old - which dealt with her elderly mother's misdiagnosis.

Alongside her comics work, she is half of the Brighton-based design agency Baines and Fricker, which creates bespoke interior design for commercial and residential clients as well as producing a popular range of furniture & interior accessories.

More info at publisher's website here and and Baines and Fricker.

Monday 27th February,
doors at 7pm, Q&A 7.30pm

The Southern Belle
3 Waterloo Street
Hove BN3 1AQ

Also accessible via zoom. Eventbrite link for registration here

Lucie Arnoux is a French artist and graphic novelist living in London, who found fame in the country of her birth illustrating the bandes dessinées adaptations of Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes novels.

She has also provided illustrations for a number of collections of classic fairy tales, and has just finished her first autobiographical graphic novel Je Ne Sais Quoi: The Adventures of a French Woman in London,
published in October by Jonathan Cape.

"A funny, heartfelt graphic memoir about living in foreign countries, and finding one's place both at home and abroad."

Alex Fitch will be talking to Lucie about her varied career and her experiences of the French and British comic book scenes.

See more on Lucie's website here.

Monday 30th January
doors 7pm, Q&A 7.30pm

The Southern Belle
3 Waterloo Street
Hove BN3 1AQ

....and also online on zoom via eventbrite registration.

Free entry and easy access to our first small scale comic and zine fair.
Pick up some fab new comics and cool Christmas presents and meet some of the finest comic makers in Sussex.

Individual tables featuring some of Cartoon County’s finest local creators:
Ben Naylor
Corinne Pearlman (https://www.instagram.com/corinnepearlman/)
Dan Locke (http://www.daniellocke.com)
Danny Noble (https://dannyskagal.wixsite.com/mysite)
Hannah Berry (https://hannahberry.co.uk)
Hannah Eaton (https://www.instagram.com/hannaheatoncomics/)
Michi Mathias (https://www.michimathias.com)
Myfanwy Tristram (https://myfanwytristram.com)
Ottilie Hainsworth (https://www.ottiliehainsworth.com)
Zara Slattery¬¬¬ (https://zaraslattery.com)

We’ll also run an old school Community Table on the day