On 27 May, Ïã¸ÛÂ×Àí lecturer and award-winning audio producer Lance Dann will team up with Hannah Berry to talk about the award-winning series , which uses science fiction stories to promote kindness and resilience for kids. On 28 May, meanwhile, there will be a comics-making workshop run by young graphic novelist Coco Kirkland, who had his first graphic novel published when he was just 16 years old!
Academic speakers include Dona Pursall from Ïã¸ÛÂ×Àí of Ghent, who will talk about her work on censorship in Children’s comics, which recently won the 2021 Sabin Award for Comics Research.
, PhD researcher in the Ïã¸ÛÂ×Àí's School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering, said: “Graphic Brighton is unique in mixing together people who make comics with academics and the public in a friendly environment that allows people to chat to – and about - their favourite writers and artists.