Sammy Borras & Sarah Fogg

Sammy and Sarah are friends who make comics. Sammy specialises in comics, while Sarah specialises in illustration and zines. As a team they produce a comic anthology once a year and a music zine whenever they feel like it. They both work on the quarterly zine What’s The Time, Mrs Woolf? Sammy Borras www.sammyborras.co.uk www.giantrhinos.co.uk www.sammyborras.tumblr.com www.etsy.com/shop/sammyborras Sarah Fogg www.sarahfogg.tumblr.com www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sarahfogg What's The Time Mrs. Woolf? www.whatsthetimemrswoolf.tumblr.com Events London MCM Comic Con - 22nd-24th May 2015 More events this year TBC Please note: this is a list of events Sammy and Sarah will be attending together. Sammy will be attending more events this year, please vist www.sammyborras.co.uk for more information.

[sammyandsarah]

A big thank you to everyone who bought stuff at London MCM Comic Con! Sarah and I had fun behind the table chatting to people who came by and inventing our own gang name and secret hand shake. 

We are hoping to exhibit at the event again in October - but no promises since there’s a lot of competition for table space!

My next event without Sarah will be Manchester MCM Comic Con, you’ll be able to find me in the Comic Village - for a detailed and up to date list of events see the sidebar of my portfolio blog.

If you can’t get to these events we also have Etsy shops:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/sammyborras

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/sarahfogg

Thanks again!

Sammy

[sammyandsarah]

Sarah and I will be at London London MCM Comic Con this weekend! Friday 22nd-Sunday 24th May! We will be at table CG6 in the Comic Village (maps and ceiling banners are usually available at the show).

We have 2 new releases !!

Kleptomania is a new collection of short comics based on one-word prompts, this time all in graphite. (more previews on Sarah’s tumblr)

Giant Rhinos In Space is a comic about a band who get kidnapped by aliens and find themselves competing in a extraterrestrial x-factor. (more previews on Sammy’s Tumblr) #3 is launched this weekend - bundle offers with previous issues are available online or at the show.

I will have FREE MINI COMICS to hand out - the secret password is ‘Do you have a business card?’

Sarah wont be visiting as many conventions this year - for a full up to date list of my events please visit my portfolio blog and see the sidebar.

Thanks Sammy

[sammyandsarah]

Thank you to everyone who came by our table at True Believers Comic Festival last Saturday! It was really great chatting to friends throughout the day. Our table was under the shadow of the balcony and it made us feel a bit sleepy - hahaa!

The soot sprites were given to us by our table neighbor Collette J Ellis - Thank you! they are super cute! 

Our next table will be at London MCM Comic Con in May - See you there!

[sammyandsarah]

2015

Hi, just to let you know that Sarah is dropping out of some comics events this year to focus on illustration portfolio work. I'm still planning to go to quite a few events on my own or with other friends.  

So far this year I can confirm I will be sharing with Sarah at:

True Believers Comic Festival - 7th February 2015

London MCM Comic Con - 22nd-24th May 2015

Fingers crossed for more events confirmed later in the year (it's becoming pretty competitive to get table spaces as years go on) 

For a list of my confirmed events please vist sammyborras and check the sidebar 

Thanks, see you there! 

Sammy

[sammyborras]

Thank you very much to everyone we saw at Thought Bubble over the weekend! I had a really good time and I’m excited about making new comics!

sarahfogg and I made a comic on the way home about something funny which actually happened on Sunday. :’)

I have a table this weekend at Birmingham MCM Comic Con. Sarah wont be there this time - but I will have some copies of the latest issue of What’s The Time Mrs. Woolf? You’ll be able to find table A8 in the Comic Village - there should be a map in the show guide. I will have FREE MINI COMICS to hand out - the secret password is ‘Do you have a business card?’

If you can’t get to events you can order most of the items on the table from on Sarah’s Etsy Shop or my Etsy Shop.

[sammyborras]

Thank you very much to everyone who came by the table in the Comic Village at MCM Comic Con last weekend! sarahfogg and I had a really great con. Sarah’s new Yawamushi Pedal stickers were very popular. (The original paintings are in the close up photo - lovely!)

Hopefully we’ll see some of you at Thought Bubble festival on the 15th-16th November. Our table will be in New Dock hall this year. (full up to date events list on the blog sidebar)

If you’re interested in buying our comics online you can find What’s The Time Mrs. Woolf? and Sarah’s comics on Sarah’s Etsy Shop and the joint Goth Anthology, Music Zine and my comics over on my Etsy Shop.

[sammyandsarah]

Thank you very much to everyone who came by our table in the Clock Tower at LICAF. Sarah and I had a really fantastic weekend there. Sarah was working on her Inktober drawing behind the table. You should have a look at the 24hr comic challenge blog if you haven't seen it yet.  We'll be sharing a full table at London MCM Comic Con this weekend. We'll be there Friday-Sunday and you'll be able to find our table in the Comics Village section of the event. (There should be a map in the show guide and ceiling banners to help out). Sarah will be taking along the extra anime stickers and hand sewn mini note books. We'll have FREE MINI COMICS to hand out - if we miss handing one to you the secret password is 'Do you have a business card?' If you're interested in buying our comics online you can find What's The Time Mrs. Woolf? and Sarah's comics on Sarah's Etsy Shop and the joint Goth Anthology, Music Zine and my comics over on my Etsy Shop.

[sammyborras]

This Is Not A Serious Music Publication Autumn 2014 is now printed and ready to launch along with the latest issue of whatsthetimemrswoolf at Bristol Comic & Zine Fair this Saturday! I’ll be sharing a half table with sarahfogg and we will be bringing FREE MINI COMICS & ZINES to hand out to anyone interested. :) See you there!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/sammyborras £3 Shipping: £1.50 International Shipping: £7 Articles, illustrations and comics featuring Baby Metal, Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, Pixies, Bat For Lashes, Franz Ferdinand, Courtney Barnett, Honeyblood, Glass Animals, Dizraeli, Animal Collective, Roadidendren, Haim, We Are Scientists, Cecile Corbel, Adventure Time and Regular Show. "It probably seems silly to be printing a music zine at a time when music blogs are becoming a popular alternative. You can listen to the music at the same time as reading the articles and news updates are instant. We realised we don’t have the time to keep up with it all, so last year, instead of trying, we decided to create a music zine together, where we could write about the music that makes us happy! We had so much fun making the first one that we decided to make more whenever we have enough material to fill a new issue. We’ve filled this issue with music themed comics, gig sketches, articles and illustrations. We hope you enjoyed reading it as much as we enjoyed writing it!" A5 36 Interior Pages Black and White Interior Hand Coloured Gold Tooth (Paint Marker) Dove Grey Card Cover

[sammyandsarah]

Thank you very much to everyone at the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair yesterday! We had fun behind the table drawing glittery make up on some of my Free Mini Comics. Sarah found a happy duck beak mutant Hula Hoop and brought along some truffles which matched the gold brush pen.

The next event on our comics tour will be The Lakes International Comic Arts Festival (LICAF). We have a half table in the Comics Clock Tower. Please come and say hi. We'll be taking some Free Mini Comics to hand out - the secret password is 'Do you have a business card?'. (full events list can be found on the blog sidebar)

If you're interested if buying some some comics and can't make it to any of the events they are available to order online through Sarah's Etsy Shop or my Etsy Shop (which has finally been converted into GBP).

[sammyandsarah]

Thank you to everyone who came by our table at Comica Comiket! I just wish the library was open a bit longer - I was having too much fun

The next event will be the Bristol Comic & Zine Fair on Saturday 4th October 2014. We will be sharing half a table again so we will be bringing slightly limited stock. But we really love making new things so there will probably be something brand new on the table.

We can also confirm that our table at Thought Bubble will be in New Dock Hall! for further information on events see the blog sidebar.

[whatsthetimemrswoolf]

Attention Woolves! What’s the Time, Mrs Woolf? is now accepting submissions for our Autumn 2014 issue! Our Autumnal theme this year is GHOSTS…

We will consider ghostly articles, comics, short stories, poetry, illustrations, recipes, instructions and how-tos, fact sheets, puzzles and anything else. If you’d like to read it when you pick up a zine, we’d like to see it! (Even if it’s not strictly ghost-themed.) For this issue we especially encourage classic and original ghost stories, and real-life paranormal experiences…

As usual our resident fairy, Poppet the House Hob, is also ready to answer questions and give advice and information to hapless humans. Questions for Poppet are always welcome!

The deadline for this issue is Saturday 20th September. Any submissions received after this date will be considered for the Spring zine.

Please send submissions to [email protected]

The format is A5, black and white or greyscale, 300dpi JPEG files. If you’d like to submit a cover illustration, the cover format is A4 (landscape), full colour, 300dpi, JPEG. Please read our full submission guidelines for further information, or email/message us with any questions.

Please note: due to life events Lilywoolf and I have decided there will be no Winter zine this year. If you are thinking of submitting we encourage you to submit to this Autumn issue! While we do accept submissions at any time, the next zine after this one won’t be printed until Spring next year.

[whatsthetimemrswoolf]

Avast, Woolves!

With rather un-piratelike apologies for the lateness of this post, we present the Summer 2014 PIRATES issue of What’s the Time, Mrs Woolf? for your viewing enjoyment! This issue contains articles, comics and illustrations from many dastardly wenches, and in the spirit of law-breaking and thievery a ROGUE MALE has even sneaked his way in…

In this issue: A shockingly coloured internal cover by the talented Gem ‘She Got All The Gems’ Sheldrake.

Article: Lesbian Heroes: Anne Bonny and Mary Read by our own Lilywoolf.

Illustration: Things Sarah Sees: In The Living Room by Sarahwoolf (my own self).

Article: Oceans… Oceans… an article on the good lady Tetra in the pleasant parlour game Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker by our ROGUE MALE, James ‘Long Jim Silver’ Smith.

Article: Sailing Superstitions, a fact sheet of some common nautical beliefs by Sarahwoolf.

Recipe: Old Jamaica Coco Pop Bars by Lilywoolf.

Comic: Pyrates by Meg ‘Grisly Girl O’ Golden Guineas’ Guindon.

Article: Sailor Moon vs Peppa Pig, an analysis of gender roles in children’s programming, by Nel ‘Nefarious Nautical’ McDonald.

Instructions: Sewing Sans Pattern: Adding A Sailor Collar by Sarahwoolf.

Comic: Pirate Radio by Mair ‘Terror Of Tortuga’ Thomas.

Article: Vile Bodies, an analysis of Mama Dola and the figure of the older woman in Studio Ghibli films by Lilywoolf.

Comic: Stale Symphony: Lost Socks Pirate by Sammy ‘Barbarian Of Barbados’ Borras.

Ask Another Question! our ship’s fairy answers the questions of another hapless human.

Special thanks to our own Lilywoolf, for doing the cover, intro, contents, credits and other extra admin stuff for this issue, allowing myself a much-needed break for some freelance jobs. Keep an eye on the woolfblog, for in thanks I will be recording myself reading her excellent pirate-voiced intro aloud and posting it here on the blog.

Arrrr, while we be takin’ this here issue and the three precedin’ to Comica Comiket tomorrow, that’s not a lot o’ notice fer an event, so this issue also be available for purchase on our online shop!

[sammyandsarah]

Thank you to everyone we saw at Manchester MCM Comic Con! It was a really great event. The stormy weather meant it was a soggy convention, but that didn’t seem to get in the way of the fun!

Most items in the photos are available to order from my Etsy shop or Sarah’s Etsy shop. (and the Adventure Time/Attack On Titan poster on the far right is by our table neighbour Ryuuza)

The next event we’re attending is Comica Comiket at The British Library on Saturday 16th August!

[sammyandsarah]

Gorillaz Fanzine

Available from: https://www.etsy.com/shop/sammyborras

£2.50Gorillaz Fanzine includes illustration, cosplay, articles, comics, gig sketches and puzzles! Contributors A-Z: 1000014, Abi Le Guilcher, Arthur Goodman, Chyphens, CJ Barrett, David Tolu Graham, Foxeye, Giuseppa Barresi, Gray Porter, Homiboo, Jules Valera, Kodi Kat, Laura Watton/PinkAppleJam, Morti, Rebecca Horner, Saffron-jay, Sammy Borras, Sarah Fogg & Toria McCallum A5 20 pages Black & white Blue card cover

[sammyandsarah]

Giant Rhinos In Space #1

Available from: https://www.etsy.com/shop/sammyborras

£3.50

Released: July 2014 A5 32 Interior Pages Black and White Interior Full Colour Cover Digital Printing: Inky Little Fingers Giant Rhinos In Space is also available to read as a webcomic http://giantrhinos.smackjeeves.com/

[sammyandsarah]

Thank you very much to everyone who came to our table at London MCM Comic Con last weekend. It was great to see everyone!

The next event we will be attending will be at Manchester MCM Comic con at the end of July. The table will be in the Comic Village again! We will be launching some new Zines and Free Mini Comics!

Most items in the photos are available to order from my Etsy shop or Sarah’s Etsy shop.

[sammyandsarah]

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table at BCExpo! It was nice chatting to friends again this year.

On Sunday we made had a house of cards battle with our free mini comics - Sarah won! waa!

The next event we're attending is London MCM Expo! You'll be able to find us in the comics village. So we'll see you in a couple of weeks! We update the free mini comics every year so this will be the last event we use this set. 

Most items in the photo are available to order from my Etsy shop or Sarah's Etsy shop.