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To commemorate our fifteenth anniversary, we’re hosting our first Online Comics Fair from 1-31 July 2025. 

In 2009, Dr Nicola Streeten and Sarah Lightman launched Laydeez Do Comics “to champion comics work based on life narrative and the drama of the everyday. Streeten and Lightman shared an interest in comics and graphic novels that were not about superheroes, but were focused on the domestic and autobiographical.”

Since then, we’ve changed our name to LDComics, become a Community Interest Company, hosted an annual festival from 2018-2020 in conjunction with a prize for graphic novels in progress, set up a mentoring programme and residencies, delivered an international British Council project and delivered workshops and talks. Most importantly we have continued to host our monthly events hosting guests’ illustrated presentations, welcoming everyone to attend free of charge.

We have some FAQs here, which includes some technical things and policies. Please contact us if you have any additional queries at laydeezteam@gmail.com.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our inaugural fair. Cheers to woolypear and Paul Gleave for creating this website. And thank YOU for being part of our community.