#elcaf2015

[jgspdx]

Regram from @elcafest of my wall back at #elcaf2015 where I gave a talk and shared a table with the homies @supermundane, @simonpeplow, @benjavens. Definitely in my top 5 trips, can’t wait to go back. #tbt (at London Borough of Hackney)

[packmentalities-blog]

Photo Review: East London Comics and Arts Festival 2015

The 4th East London Comics and Arts Festival (ELCAF) was held today in the hip East End of London, just off Mare Street between Hackney and Bethnal Green. Spread between two warehouse style venues ...

Our queen of power and awesome contributor Gillian Goerz got interviewed here!

[biglittletale]

Busy week - Book launch, ELCAF etc!

Last weekend was the busiest I’ve been for a long time! On the Friday night I attended the launch of one of the books I’ve been helping to promote with Avery Hill Publishing. It was really exciting to be part of launching this debut graphic novel by US comic artist Tillie Walden as I had loved it the minute I read it prior to publication. It’s a beautiful, strange and sad story with incredible atmosphere... if you’re interested in hearing more about it Tillie did a really great interview on the Comics Alternative podcast which you can listen to here! I was quite involved with this book from the printing to the promotion stage so it was great to see it generate so much interest over its launch weekend. 

Following the launch I had to be at ELCAF (the East London Comics & Arts Festival) to set up at 9am on the Saturday. I was sharing a table with the amazing Felt Mistress and Jonathan Edwards which was a lot of fun. And we were next to Tiny Pencil and Viv Schwarz!

(Photo thanks to Deadly Knitshade!)

For me the experience of tabling at two-day festivals like this is wonderful but also exhausting. As someone who’s much more at home left alone in a quiet studio than being surrounded by people I find it a real effort to get through so many hours! I also had a fairly quiet first day in terms of sales which meant that I went home on the Saturday feeling disappointed, then the Sunday far exceeded my expectations and I made more than double. So it was a rollercoaster weekend for sure!  Although I came away really pleased with how it had all gone by the end of ELCAF, I was a bit sad that I’d missed out on meeting Annie Koyama of Koyama Press, a Canadian publisher that I really admire. She was taking a rare holiday to visit the festival and give a talk, and I’d been in touch with her prior to the festival to tell her about Tillie’s book. But then the day after ELCAF, out of the blue I got invited to drinks with Annie and a few other people (including Tillie and her dad who’d accompanied her over from the States) ...so I got to say hi finally! I got this amazing comic from Joe Decie (that he drew in 24 hours at last year’s LICAF festival) and a notebook from Annie.

It was great way to end a really exhausting weekend (and a good lesson to myself to be brave. My first instinct on getting invited along was to say no out of fear and tiredness, but I went anyway and had a lovely time. Big thanks also to my pal illustrator Mike Medaglia for coming with me and making it easier!)

I almost forgot: I launched a new book of my own at ELCAF! It was the first outing of the second issue of my on-going series Katzine. There was a nice feature recently about it on The DIY Eye which you can see here. 

To find out more about Katzine go to my blog: katrionachapman.com/blog  

[dmitrybondarenko]

Just got my hands on some pictures from Gillian G, our agent on the ground at this years ELCAF which just wrapped up over the past weekend. Thank you London, UK -- Next stop Toronto! We will be bringing Pack Mentality home at the next opportunity so keep your eyes peeled.

[lauranormans]

It’s been one heck of a weekend!

I’ve had a super busy weekend up in London. On Friday, I saw the Forensics exhibition up at the Wellcome Museum in Euston, London along with their permanent exhibitions, Medicine Man and Medicine Now. I highly recommend anyone to go and visit the Wellcome Museum. (The Forensics exhibition has finished now).

http://wellcomecollection.org/

On Saturday I went back into London with genozo to ELCAF (East London Comics & Arts Festival) with our work friend. I also got to see the wonderful harleyrossillustrates and waiwaipang too! ELCAF was fantastic. It was filled with incredibly talented artists and designers all with unique art styles and I left feeling truly inspired.

Just a few of the prints & books I bought there...

http://www.elcaf.co.uk/

[melissa-castrillon]

I had an amazing weekend @ The east London comic & arts festival, selling my wares with my collective buddies BROLLYLOLLY. Its was an inspiring two days & fantastic to see some of my favourite publishers and producers of beautiful things, in particular Planeta Tangerina, Icinori and the wonderful Shin shin .

[dmitrybondarenko]

My cover of the new Pack Mentality book, soaked in the blood and sweat of Erin Rei and myself -- with work by us, Gillian Goerz, Nat Janin, Hugh Langis, Sean Lewis, Jenn Liv, Tad Michalak, and Alena Skarina. Printed and bound by Colour Code Printing in glorious risocolour. Issues are away to ELCAF -- good luck little buddies!

[dmitrybondarenko]

Brian Part of the Pack Mentality book