CaptionComicFest
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CaptionComicFest
@captioncomicfest.bsky.social
Caption Small Press & Comics Festival returning August 16/17th 2025 at Seacourt Hall, Oxford, OX2 9TH! Advance tickets are on sale now at captionfestival.co.uk
CAPTION ONLINE THIS WEDNESDAY 7PM!
Peek behind the committee's curtains. Give us your input. Socialise and talk comics. This Wednesday. Reach out to @captioncomicfest.bsky.social @amuletts.bsky.social @andy-luke.bsky.social,Vickie, Matt or Alistair P on Insta, BSky, FB or GMail for a Zoom invite.
January 2, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The sun rises on a glorious Sunday and Caption day 2!

Thanks to all those faces old and new who attended yesterday and made the first Caption in 8 years a success. We still have more to enjoy today: https://captionfestival.co.uk/2025/08/10/caption-newsletter-6/

See you there!
August 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY!

IMPORTANT -

Collect your tickets ONLY FROM THE VENUE - Seacourt Hall - on the day!

Check your travel plans!

Go to https://captionfestival.co.uk/2025/08/10/caption-newsletter-6/ for all the information about the Venue, Location, Programme and more.

See you there!
August 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
COUNTDOWN! ONE DAY TO GO!

Great Scott! Sweet Merciful Zeus! Great Caesar's Ghost!

Caption: Rebirth is literally tomorrow!

Got your ticket yet?

We have sent out emails previously to attendees but otherwise:

IMPORTANT -

Collect your tickets ONLY FROM THE VENUE - Seacourt Hall - on the day!>
August 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
COUNTDOWN! TWO DAYS TO GO!

Got your ticket yet?

Reminder- At Caption there are no barriers between attendees and professionals! See @alisonsampson.bsky.social‬ and @paulcornell.bsky.social‬ in on our Networking in Comics Panel, Sunday 17th August 2025, hosted by @iamgiantwoman.bsky.social‬.
August 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
COUNTDOWN! THREE DAYS TO GO!

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Reminder- We have Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph with a presentation on the importance of diversity in comics! We have Darryl Cunningham in conversation with Hannah Berry! We have Richard Starzecki's Kochalka Puppet Theatre Rewind! And more>
August 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
COUNTDOWN! FIVE DAYS TO GO!

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Reminder- We have a host of panels on offer! Webcomics Then And Now! Safe Spaces in Comics! The Long and Short of It! @brokenfrontier Revisited! Autobiography in Comics! And more!

Go to https://captionfestival.co.uk/about/ for more details!
August 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
COUNTDOWN! FIVE DAYS TO GO!

Got your ticket yet?

Reminder- Check out a univese of comics at the community sales table! Bring your Comics, Zines, Graphic Novels & Art Books!

Go to https://captionfestival.co.uk/about/ for more details!
August 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
COUNTDOWN! SIX DAYS TO GO!

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Reminder- portfolio review allocations close at Wednesday 12am 13th August 2025. Go to https://caption.sumupstore.com/page/portfolio-review-info for more details!

August 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sorry to announce Beck Kubrick will be now unable to attend Caption this year. We look forward to welcoming Beck back next year! Check out their work in the meantime at https://beckkubrick.com!
August 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Know your webcomics? Publish your work online? Then join our webcomics panel! Email [email protected] to register your interest. #webtoon #webcomics #festival #comics
July 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
His early work includes the creation of cult comic classic Skank magazine, where his best-known strip, “Scotland Yardie”, first featured, and was later published by Knockabout Press. He has written for @theguardian.com‬ newspaper, Dazed and Confused, and Vice.com >
July 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
CAPTION: REBIRTH IS HAPPENING 16TH AND 17TH AUGUST 2025! And we have a fantastic number of guests joining us, including...

COMICS LAUREATE BOBBY JOSEPH!

bobbyjosephcomics.bsky.social‬ is an acclaimed South London comic creator whose work has often challenged and inspired its readers. >
July 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Don't forget we are also accepting original art for our Caption auction. Attending artists get to choose on receiving the money, donating the income to Caption, or a 50/50 split. More details at captionfestival.co.uk

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July 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Pls repost! We've extended our deadline for donations of short strips to our themed festival booklet to no later than SATURDAY 12TH JULY.
July 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
art galleries and with a plethora of clients, plus loads of book covers and more. She has multiple Eisner nominations for team books (this year Cruel Universe and The Department of Truth) and is still an Architect (including being Project Architect for... >
June 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#WOLVERINE & BLOODLINE (writing AND drawing), #HELLBOY, #ECCOMICS, WINNEBAGO GRAVEYARD, #THEDEPARTMENTOFTRUTH,WEREWOLF BY NIGHT, SLEEPING BEAUTIES, REDACTED, HIT-GIRL: INDIA, work with #TORIAMOS, #IRONMAIDEN, #STEPHENKING, #STEVENILES, broadcasters, print newspapers... >
June 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
CAPTION: REBIRTH IS HAPPENING 16TH AND 17TH AUGUST 2025!

And we have a fantastic number of guests joining us, including...

ALISON SAMPSON!

@alisonsampson.bsky.social is a South London based comic artist, book cover maker, illustrator and writer. Her sequential work includes... >
June 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
June 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
He hopes to get funding to develop this approach across the whole book. Al is also keen to find a publisher for a physical edition of the book. Al will be joining us for Saturday only for our panel on autobiographical comics: True Tales- The Stories We Tell, alongside creators...>
June 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT!

We're excited to welcome back to Caption a legend in the comics industry: AL DAVISON! Al is an English comic book writer and artist from Newcastle, England. He now resides in Coventry, where he runs TAG!artworks, his studio and comic shop in Fargo Village with his wife Maggie. >
June 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
May 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
He’s the co-host of Hammer House of Podcast and Telefantasy Time Jump. His latest book is the SF novella Rosebud and his latest graphic novel is the forthcoming Who Killed Nessie? with artist Rachael Smith.
May 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The Modern Frankenstein for Magma with Emma Vieceli (Artist) and Pippa Bowland (Letterer); Saucer Country for Vertigo with Ryan Kelly (Artist), Giulia Brusco (Colourist), and Sal Cipriano (Letterer); and This Damned Band for Dark Horse with Tony Parker (Artist), Lovern Kindzierski (Colourist).
May 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM