Thought Bubble 2017: ghost stories, ice skating, Jeremy Corbyn – we’ve got it all covered
21 September 2017
Thought Bubble is upon us already – two months early! This weekend, 23rd and 24th September, we’ll be laying out our wares in the Millennium Square Marquee in Leeds Town Centre. You’ll find us at tables 221-223.
The festival that has for the last few years marked the finale of our autumn season has instead become its opening ceremony – and that means lots of hot-off-the-press books.
Leah Moore and John Reppion, whose Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Vol. 1, debuted at last year’s festival, are back this year to launch the second volume: four stories about watchful guardians, architectural puzzles and ill-advised academic exploration, including the classic “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”, are brought to life with artwork from Al Davison, Abigail Larson, George Kambadais and Meghan Hetrick. Moore and Reppion will be signing on SelfMadeHero’s stand (tables 221-223 in the Millennium Square Marquee) throughout the weekend.
Ahead of its official release in October, Mike Medaglia‘s One Year Wiser: An Illustrated Guide to Mindfulness will be available for the first time at Thought Bubble. The latest book in his bestselling One Year Wiser series explores how mindfulness can be used to transform negative energy into feelings of love, compassion and positivity. Medaglia will be signing the book at table 47 in the Millennium Square Marquee.
What’s more, we’ll be giving away signed prints with every copy of Tillie Walden‘s graphic memoir Spinning, also out this month. Walden’s autobiographical graphic novel captures what it’s like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know. Earlier this week she spoke to The Guardian about her life as a competitive ice skater, her work rituals and how her emotions affect her art.
Oh, (and then there’s) Jeremy Corbyn! The Corbyn Comic Book, officially released on Monday, will also be available for the first time at Thought Bubble. This revolutionary anthology features comics on the subject of the Labour leader from Guardian cartoonists Steve Bell, Martin Rowson and Stephen Collins; graphic novelists Kate Evans, Karrie Fransman and Hannah Berry; and many more established and up-and-coming creators from across the globe. Comrades, this one is not to be missed.
A panel event, “SelfMadeHero: A Decade of Comics”, takes place on Sunday at 10:30 in the Carriageworks Studio Theatre (Fifth Floor). To mark our tenth anniversary, I.N.J. Culbard, John Reppion, Ian Edginton and Leah Moore join SelfMadeHero’s Sam Humphrey to discuss the evolution of the company’s list, which has expanded from manga adaptations of Shakespeare to encompass everything from fiction to film criticism, sci-fi to biography. There could be no finer hangover cure.
