British Library Archives

The digital world has made more space for diverse, marginalised and alternative voices, bringing underground comix and zine culture to more mainstream audiences. Dive into a discussion with the British Library and guests as they rise to the challenge, exploring the power of digital along the way. Speakers: Ian Cooke, Head of Contemporary British Collections at the[...]

Tonight, the British Library in London sees an evening with comic book creator Craig Thompson, author of Blankets and Habibi, in conversation with Comica's Paul Gravett. As we;; as his previous work, they'll be talking about his new family drama colour graphic novel, Space Dumplins. In the tradition of plucky heroines like Alice, and their astonishing adventures, his new[...]

If I was in London this weekend, I would be going to the British Library for the Comica Weekend. But I'm not I'm in Banbury recovering from surgery. I'd go to the Bryan Lee O'Malley talk on Friday, The Great War In Comics event with Pat Mills et al., Charles Brownstein doing his Sex War And Censorship[...]

Scott Denison, "Design fiction as a means of provoking individual foresight and participation in today's decision making." David Sweeney, "'I Cannot March Up and Down Their Ranks…' Collecting, Reading and Owning Digital Comics" 6.30pm-8pm Bryan Lee O'Malley, part of the COMICA Festival Weekend. Conference Centre, British Library £8, (£6 Over 60s) and £5.  Book now. 7pm – 8pm Comic Book Networking: It's Not Just[...]

However I didn't have the chutzpah to hold my phone up filming it all. Ramon Vitral did. And thanks to him and his blog, we now have these appearances and performances at the British Library as part of the attendance record breaking Comics Unmasked: Art And Anarchy In The UK exhibition and series of events, from Warren Ellis,[...]

The British Library pulled a neat trick As part of a series of events alongside the Comics Unmasked: Art And Anarchy In The UK exhibition, they had comics scholars Will Brooker and Sarah Zaidan  to deliver essays about the history of superheroes which, while interesting, might not have brought a crowd out on a Monday night[...]

This weekend, I went to the British Library in London to see Dave McKean sing and play the piano. To most he is an artist, whose work is often associated with the comics industry His most prominent and widely seen pieces right now are the covers to Sandman Overture Others will remember the graphic novel he[...]

Today's Sunday Times has a review by Waldemar Januszczak of the Comics Unmasked: Art And Anarchy In The UK exhibition, currently on display at the British Library And he's not happy On Friday I went to a talk by the curators Paul Gravett and John Harris Dunning looking through the exhibition for the audience talking about their[...]

We've talked a lot about the British Library exhibition Comics Unmasked: Art And Anarchy In The UK But still possibly not enough. The exhibition included tablets featuring Sequential, an iOS app that acts as a graphic novel boutique, featuring the finest comic books in digital form. And they've also made available, for free, a guide to some[...]

Well, obviously, there's the British Library Do we have to mention Comics Unmasked exhibition again, opening today? Maybe just the bit where they've recreated webcomics that are no longer available online, such as Dave McKean first hypertext narrative, or listening to the audio of the Oz obscenity trial Or wondering what dark forces could be unleashed by[...]

Last night I gatecrashed the British Library launch party for Comics Unmasked: Art And Anarchy In The UK. I didn't mean to, I'd been there in the morning for the press launch before having to dash out for a hospital appointment twenty minutes in And I hadn't had time to pick up the Comics Unmasked accompanying[...]

Last night I bought the British Library Comics Unmasked: Art And Anarchy exhibition book from the library bookstore Along with the Jamie Hewlett T-Shirt They are great More on that later, and also what I was doing there so late. I later discovered that the hardcover version, retailing for £35, could be bought for much less[...]

Wow. I just went for (twenty minutes of) the Comics Unmasked: Art And Anarchy exhibition at the British Library, with familiar face Paul Gravett having worked on it for two years And it shows It is an amazing exhibition of work, classed by theme and topic, each section having its own very unusual and distinct look[...]

This is the artwork for the upcoming British Library exhibition Comics Unmasked, by Jamie Hewlett. But did anyone get this kind of vibe? I do hope The Pro, by Garth Ennis, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, will get a mention… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree[...]

Jamie Hewlett, co-creator on both Tank Girl and Gorillaz is participating in an exhibit running at the British Library this summer. Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK will explore how British comic creators have challenged stereotypes Hewlett has created artwork for the show along with entering his original art and a video The art[...]