Cartoonist and consultant geriatrician Dr Muna Al-Jawad will be our guest interviewee on Monday 28th January, upstairs at the Cricketers, Black Lion Street, Brighton. Muna is one of three coordinators of the Graphic Medicine conference taking place in Brighton in July this year, and will be talking about ways that local cartoonists can get involved, showcasing their work and making presentations. Muna will also be talking about her own comics: sharp, funny and spot on about the attitudes of medical colleagues from other disciplines towards geriatric medicine and the complex, yet sometimes all too simple, needs of elderly patients. Come and join us from 6pm until late - Muna will be speaking at 7pm.

We're delighted to welcome as guests for our next meeting two Blank Slaters: not only Laurie J Proud, creator of Peepholes, his debut comic book published by the luminary Blank Slate earlier this year, but also our very own Joe Decie, a regular at our Cartoon County meetings, whose comic book ‘The Accidental Salad’ was the first to be published by Blank Slate for their Chalk Marks series. Join us at the Cricketers, Black Lion Street, Brighton on Monday 23rd July from 6pm until late. The interview, facilitated by Fraser Geesin of the Mindless Ones, will start at 7.30pm.

Very pleased to have the creator of The Art of Pho with us on Monday 25th June at our next meeting - all the way from Winchelsea! Julian Hanshaw won the Cape Comica Graphic Short Story Prize in 2008, and his graphic novel was published by Cape in 2010. Travelogue come cookbook come novel and exquisitely rendered. Julian also has an exhibition of his work opening at the excellent GOSH comics in Soho. For those of you thinking of following the same trajectory, the competition has just been launched for this year's entries - more details from COMICA. You can join us upstairs to hear all about it from Julian and catch up with comics talk at The Cricketers, Black Lion Street, Brighton - from 6 til late. Talks scheduled for 7.30pm. Would love to hear reports from those who were lucky enough to attend ELCAF - it sounded a brilliant day.

Hannah Berry's second graphic novel, Adamtine, is to be published on 7 June by Jonathan Cape, and we'll get a chance to grill her at Monday night's meeting - 28th May, from 6pm, upstairs at The Cricketers, Black Lion Street, Brighton, when investigative reporter Fraser Geesin commits her to podcast. No doubt with Hannah's black take on things, there's more to die for than the acknowledgements and contents page, but what a classy production just for those alone. Whether you're a fan of Hannah's first book Britten & Brulightly, or just want to know what it takes to get from concept to Cape, you're all very welcome. The interview starts in at around 7.30pm.