Guest Profiles

Charlie Adlard

Artist

Charlie Adlard

Charlie has been a “veteran” of the comic industry for over 20 years. He’s spent the majority of his time since 2004 working on The Walking Dead for which he has received many industry awards.

Dan Berry

Artist, writer and pen maker

Dan Berry

Dan Berry is an illustrator, designer, cartoonist and lecturer based right here in Shrewsbury.

Pierrick Colinet

Writer

Pierrick Colinet

Pierrick Colinet is a professional comic book writer from France and is a regular writer for the Star Wars Adventures series for Marvel. .

Jimmy Broxton

Artist and Designer

Jimmy Broxton

Jimmy Broxton is an artist, designer and doppleganger who has quite possibly worked professionally in comics and graphic art since the 1980s. .

Al Ewing

Writer

Al Ewing

Al Ewing began his career writing stories in the five-page Future Shocks format for 2000 AD and eventually moved on to regular stints on Judge Dredd where he wrote a story, "Doctor What?" that marked Brendan McCarthy's return to 2000 AD.

Duncan Fegredo

Artist

Duncan Fegredo

Duncan Fegredo made his debut in US comics with Kid Eternity, a book he decided to paint in full colour for no better reason than ‘everybody else was doing it’. This was followed by number of works with Peter Milligan for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint including the critically acclaimed Enigma.

Sarah Graley

Artist and Writer

Sarah Graley

Sarah has previously worked as the writer and main artist on the official Rick and Morty comic mini-series Lil' Poopy Superstar that was nominated for two Diamond Gem awards in 2016. She was also nominated for the Emerging Talent award at the 2015 British Comic Awards.

Lew Stringer

Beano, Toxic, Transformers

Lew Stringer

The British Comics legend who is known as Lew Stringer has been a professional humour comic artist and writer since 1984.

Tyler Kirkham

Artist

Tyler Kirkham

Well known for his dynamic cover art on titles like Venon, Spider-man and Deadpool for Marvel Comics.

Sonia Leong

Manga Artist

Sonia Leong

Sonia Leong is a professional comic artist and illustrator specialising in Anime/Manga.

Sarah McIntyre

Artist

Sarah McIntyre

Sarah McIntyre loves making books and comics set in places she knows well, such as her neighbourhood in south London.

Aneke Murillenem

Artist

Aneke Murillenem

Aneka has some great credits to her name including Damsels for Dynamite followed by ‘Vampirella’, ‘RedSonja’ and for DC, ‘Bombshells’, ‘BS Suicide Squad’, ‘Gotham city Garage’, and The House of Whisper.

Nigel Parkinson

Artist and Writer

Nigel Parkinson

Currently Nigel Parkinson is artist and writer on Beano's flagship character - Dennis The Menace

Greg Staples

Artist

Greg Staples

Greg is most well known for his stunning covers on 2000ad and his artwork on Judge Dredd.

Mary M Talbot

Artist and Writer

Mary M Talbot

Mary Talbot is now a freelance writer, working primarily on woman-centred innovations in the graphic novel format. She previously held academic posts for over twenty-five years, including Reader in Language and Culture at Sunderland University.

Christian Ward

Artist and Writer

Christian Ward

Christian Ward is a Shrewsbury-based illustrator, comic artist and writer who has worked with Marvel, Dark Horse and Image Comics.

Frank Quitely

Artist

Frank Quitely

Since writing and drawing his own strips in Electric Soup, Frank Quitely has worked on New-X-Men, Sandman, We3, All Star Superman and Jupiter’s Legacy, and is now back to writing and drawing his own strips again.

John Allison

Artist and Writer

John Allison

John Allison is a writer and artist living in Letchworth Garden City. He is the writer of Giant Days and By Night (BOOM!Box) and the writer/artist of Bad Machinery (Oni Press).

Laurence Campbell

Artist

Laurence Campbell

Campbell’s work is currently gracing the pages of acclaimed Hellboy spin off title BPRD for Dark Horse Comics. He has also worked for Marvel and 2000AD on titles such as Marvel Universe Vs Wolverine, Punisher Max, The Dark Tower- The Way Station.

Hassan Ostmane Elhaou

Editor of the Eisner-nominated PanelxPanel Magazine

Hassan Ostmane Elhaou

Hassan is the editor of the Eisner-nominated PanelxPanel magazine, and creator of the YouTube series Strip Panel Naked, breaking down and analysing visual storytelling in comics.

Hunt Emerson

Artist and Writer

Hunt Emerson

Born in Newcastle in 1952, and resident in Birmingham since the early 1970s, Hunt Emerson has drawn comics for over 40 years.

Laura Howell

Artist and Writer

Laura Howell

Laura Howell likes drawing and writing comics that make people laugh. In 2006 she became the first female artist to draw for the Beano, which she still contributes to every week.

Eric Stephenson

The Main man at Image Comics is coming to Shrewsbury!

Eric Stephenson

Eric Stephenson is the Chief Creative Officer and current Publisher at Image Comics. As such, he is the head of the company and in charged with cultivating the selective list of titles published by Image each year.

Chip Kidd

Designer and Writer

Chip Kidd

One of the greatest designers in the world... famed for his creation of the iconic Jurrasic Park logo and numerous coffee table books for DC Comics.

Marc Jackson

Artist and Writer

Marc Jackson

Marc Jackson is a cartoonist from Macclesfield in Cheshire. As well as regularly self-publishing his own comics, his work has appeared in The Beano and Aces Weekly.

Scott McCloud

Writer, Artist and Public Speaker

Scott McCloud

Scott created the light-hearted science fiction/superhero comic book series Zot! In addition to his work as a writer and artist he is most well known as a comics theorist or, as some say, the "Aristotle of comics".

Sean Phillips

Artist

Eisner Award winning Sean Phillips has worked for all the major publishers. Since drawing Sleeper, Hellblazer, Batman, X-Men, Marvel Zombies, and Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, Sean has concentrated on creator-owned books including Criminal, Kill Or Be Killed, Incognito, Fatale and The Fade Out.

David Roach

Artist and Writer

David Roach

David Roach started in comic book illustration in the 1980s, self-publishing the Hellfire fanzine. Since 1988 he has worked as an inker and penciller for 2000 AD on such titles as Nemesis the Warlock, Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd and Synnamon as well as artist credits on Dr Who.

Ben Stenbeck

Artist

Ben Stenbeck

Ben Stenbeck is a New Zealand comics artist. He made his Hellboy Universe debut in June 2008 with B.P.R.D.: The Ectoplasmic Man and continued to work on a number of Hellboy titles including the bizarre folklore spin off Koschei the Deathless and Frankenstein Underground.

Bryan Talbot

Artist and Writer

Bryan Talbot

Winner of many comic awards, including an Eisner award, Le Prix SNCF and several Eagles, Bryan Talbot has been working in the medium for forty years.

John Wagner

Writer

John Wagner

John’s career in comics began in the late 1960’s as a member of the editorial staff with D. C. Thomson & Co. before becoming a freelance writer and a staff editor at IPC in the 1970s.

Asia Ladowska

Illustrator & Designer

Asia Ladowska

Asia Ladowska is an illustrator, designer, and character artist from Poland living in the UK. She is Instagram’s UK Art Ambassador.

Anabelle Araujo

Representing Delcourt from France

Anabelle Araujo

At Comics Salopia Anabelle will be carrying out portfolio review for aspiring artists with an interest in working within the huge French Comic Book industry, an industry many times the size of ours in the UK.

John Anderson

Editor of The Beano

John Anderson

John has worked in comics since 2004, joining the Beano team as an editorial assistant, he has now come full circle and is now the seventh incumbent of the editor’s chair, leading the team of writers and illustrators into Beano’s ninth decade of mischievous fun.

Elsa Charretier

Artist

Elsa Charretier

Elsa Charettier is a French illustrator and comic book artist. She has worked at DC (Starfire, Bombshells and Harley Quinn)) and launched The Unstoppable Wasp at Marvel.

Andy Diggle

Writer

Andy Diggle

Andy is most well known for his work with Jock on Geen Arrow: Year one, which inspired the Hit TV Series ARROW and for The Losers which was adapted into a hit film.

Christos Gage

Writer

Christos Gage

Christos Gage has over a decade’s worth of comic book credits, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Spider-man, Avengers Academy, ROM: Spacenight and many more.

Andrew Lawden

Actor & Jedi Fight Trainer

Andrew Lawden

Kieron Gillen

Writer

Kieron Gillen

Superstar writer of such massive hits as Star Wars from Marvel and The Wicked + The Divine published by Image Comics

Dave Taylor

Artist

Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has worked on many mainstream books with many highly respected writers including Batman with Matt Wagner, Alan Grant, Karl Kesel and Chip Kidd, John Wagner and with Jean Moebius Giraud.

Peter Hogan

Writer

Peter Hogan

The timing of Peter joining the festival is excellent as it’s been announced that Resident Alien has been picked up to become a TV series for SYFY with filming to begin shortly after Comics Salopia.

Jamali Maddix

Writer and Comedian

Jamali Maddix

TV and live tour sensation Jamali Maddix will be interviewing writers and artists during the festival at events sure to be highlights of the weekend

Alex Paknadel

Writer

Alex Paknadel

Alex Paknadel is a writer and academic from London. Both his debut series ARCADIA and its follow-up, TURNCOAT, were released by Boom! Studios. He then went on to write ASSASSIN’S CREED and DOCTOR WHO for Titan Comics.

Yanick Paquette

Artist

Yanick Paquette

Yanick Paquette is Shuster award winner Canadian penciller. He has worked for Topps, Marvel and DC, Wildstorm and Vertigo Comics and since 1994.

Chris Ryall

Publisher at IDW

Chris Ryall

Chris Ryall is the President & Publisher/ Chief Creative Officer at IDW Publishing, a San Diego-based comic-book publisher.

Eldo Yoshimizu

Artist, Photographer and Sculptor

Eldo Yoshimizu

Eldo Yoshimizu is a renowned artist, photographer and sculptor from Japan. He has established public art in numerous public spaces and has held exhibitions all over the world including New York, Tokyo and Korea.