Dundee Literary festival has a feast of events this year and as usual there are plenty of comics and comics related events to sink your teeth into! For more details click on the links or visit Dundee Literary Festival.
© Helen Robinson
PANEL: WOMEN IN COMICS
Wednesday 18th October, 5.30pm
This special event accompanies the exhibition ‘Girls in Print: Female Figures in British Comics’, which explores the surprising range of subjects covered by the girls’ comics which were at their height in the 1960s and 70s.
© Tom Gauld
TOM GAULD: BAKING WITH KAFKA
Friday 20th October, 6pm
Noted as a ‘book-lover’s cartoonist’, Tom Gauld’s weekly strips in The Guardian stitch together the worlds of literary criticism and pop culture to create brilliantly executed, concise comics.
Hannah Berry by Hannah Berry
HANNAH BERRY
Saturday 21st October, 10.30am
In the fight for the public’s attention, why let public interest get in the way? Join writer and illustrator Hannah and Creative Scotland’s Sasha de Buyl in conversation about this parable for the Trump era, satire and the revolutionary potential of the graphic novel.
© DC Thomson
JUTE, JAM & JACKIE
with Gayle Anderson & Shona Main
Saturday 21st October, 5.30pm
Jackie magazine – though it folded almost 25 years ago – is still a legend in the world of publishing. Today, in the same D. C. Thomson Meadowside offices where the magic happened, journalist Gayle Anderson and filmmaker Shona Main revisit the time, the place and their experiences as young women – just a few years older than their readers – shaping the teenage sensibilities of a nation. Advice on spots, boyfriends, bad friends and bodily functions will be on offer if and where required.
