Halloween Late: Comic Fair

AJ O’Neill (he/they) is a queer Irish artist living in London. With a background in performance, choreography and writing/composing musicals, AJ moved into full time illustration whilst recovering from spinal damage. Their personal work explores themes of queerness, neurodivergence (they are AuDHD), sobriety and recovery and self worth alongside fantastical and science fiction genre work.

Alex Taylor (he/they) is a queer transmasc artist and cartoonist, currently based in London. Influenced by his queer identities, and experiences with mental health, Alex works primarily through drawings, comics and zines to explore emotional landscapes, human relationships, and the contemporary trans experience.

Daisy Crouch (she/her) is a UK-based comic creator who graduated from Arts University Bournemouth in 2025. After publishing her debut comic Very Hungry Women, she was chosen as one of Broken Frontier's 'Six-To-Watch' for 2026. Find Daisy on social media at @starspilli!

Dominique Duong (she/her) is an illustrator and comic artist who creates queer fantasy, horror, autobio and romance comics. She’s worked in a wide range of fields, including editorial illustration, concept art, and mobile games. However, at the core of her work, she is most interested in character study stories about damaged people. Her work has been published by SelfMadeHero, Discord Comics and Quindrie Press, among others. Her debut graphic novel, The Threads That Bind Us, set to be published by Jonathan Cape.

Ed Firth’s (he/him) Horny & High graphic novel series explores addiction and queer dating in underground gay subcultures in 2010s London. His debut was shortlisted for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Prize, and in 2022 he placed second in the Observer/Faber Short Graphic Story Competition. In 2024 he was an Artist in Residence at the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles, followed by an exhibition of the work made there. Inks from his second graphic novel are currently on display in the inaugural exhibition at the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.

Edie Woolf (she/her) is a comic artist, illustrator, animator and screen printer with a love of bright colours and deep messages conveyed with cute characters. She makes comics about her experiences in the hopes that people can relate, connect, and ultimately feel less alone. ‘Feeling my feelings’ is at the core of everything she does.

ILYA (he/him) is the pen name of Ed Hillyer. ILYA is an experienced comic strip writer, artist and editor, with 100s of comics and more than 30 book titles to his name. These include graphic novels Manga Shakespeare’s KING LEAR, SKIDMARKS, ROOM FOR LOVE, KID SAVAGE, and the award-winning END OF THE CENTURY CLUB series. His latest is ROMO the WolfBoy, an all ages character-based series released to great acclaim. His work is on display in the inaugural exhibition at the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.

Jason Chuang (he/him) is a freelance illustrator, he grew up in Taiwan and moved to the UK at the age of 15. His work sits at the crossroads of traditional East Asian art forms and surrealism, drawing heavy inspiration from his subconscious and personal experiences. His clients include some of the biggest publishing houses: Harper Collins, Bloomsbury, Viking Press, Walker books, Orbit Books, FairyLoot, Illumicrate. His work is on display in the inaugural exhibition at the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.

Leo Fox (he/him) is an artist and cartoonist from London. He graduated from the Slade School of Art. He makes surreal comics about gender and dream worlds. His books include Boy Island and Prokaryote Season, published by Silver Sprocket. His work is currently on display in the inaugural exhibition at the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.

Lily Vie (they/them) is an illustrator, printmaker, and comic artist, who makes images to process what’s around them. They work with watercolour, pen, lino, pencil, and whatever is available. Lily’s inspiration is drawn from mythology, nature, music, and real life observation; they’re excited by intricate detailing and strange colour combinations. Lily’s comics include: House for Rent - Good Condition, DOGBODY, and Ornithomancy; and are tied together with themes of alienation, found family, grief, and perseverance.

Nick Merdasi (he/him)is a London-based comic maker and graphic designer. His comic series CONDOMS explores the gay hook up scene in London, specifically focusing on how PrEP has changed condom-use and attitudes to STIs.

Ricardo Bessa (he/him) is a Portuguese illustrator based in London, who is partial to unique characters and eye-catching colour combos. Drawing inspiration from nature, comics and mythology, as well his upbringing in sunny Portugal and a variety of queer art, he tries to depict a world that's just a little bit more magical than you'd expect. He has worked for properties such as Game of Thrones, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Power Rangers, The End of the F***ing World and Lumberjanes.

Riotbones (they/them) is a queer Filipino illustrator and comic artist with a passion for all things haunting, dark, and tender. Specializing in horror and fantasy, they’ve with clients such as Dark Horse Comics and Dover Publications. Their debut graphic novel Strange Cases, a gothic horror-legal drama set in an alternate universe 19th-century colonial Philippines, was published by Andrews McMeel on October 13 this year, to be distributed in the UK by Simon & Schuster on November 19.

Sam Prentice-Jones (he/him) is an author-illustrator working in Brighton UK, specialising in graphic, character-based work. His debut graphic novel, the first instalment to a queer, witchy, mystery series - ARCANA: The Lost Heirs was released in 2025 and the sequel ARCANA: The Cursed Fate in June 2026. He likes to create work that celebrates diversity and queer culture and even created a queer illustration magazine titled POOF Magazine which ran from 2019-2021. The goal was to help uplift and celebrate LGBTQIA+ creators making themed work for each issue.

Sar Cousins (they/them) is a multi-faceted (see the felted and DIY elements of their table display!) illustrator working primarily in comics and self published books with a love of folk, horror, and odd customs and interests. Their best seller is the HORSE! Folk customs of the British Isles zine. Their other zines are about all sorts, crabs, goblins, ghost hunters, etc.

Seena Shamsavari (he/him) is an artist, comics creator, lecturer, DJ, and T-shirt designer. He created the queer zine Concerned Müthers and the autobiographical comic BoyCrazyBoy in the 90s, and more recently the comics Art Fag and Atash and the Man-Gods of the Homoverse. His work has appeared in various comics anthologies including QU33R, No Straight Lines, The Comics Reader, The Book of Boy Trouble Volumes 1 and 2, and Publish You. His work is on display in the inaugural exhibition at the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.

A. Wolfgang Crowe (he/they) is a UK alternative comics maker and illustrator whose work explores autobiography, trauma, memory and queer identity through an expressive combination of comics, printmaking and traditional drawing. His autobiographical comic series, Fractures, is published by Colossive Press. His work has been recognised by the Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize and the Association of Illustrators, and has been featured in Comics Can Change the World: British Comics Now. Alongside making comics, Wolfgang lectures and speaks about autobiographical storytelling, art and trauma, and continues to develop Fractures.

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