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I’ve launched a new Comic Strip
I’ve known for a while that I don'’t want to continue (in comic form at least). I think it was a good format for my quarter-life (and love?) crisis and I’ve been waiting for something new to come alive. Probably the fact that I GOT MARRIED has had something to do with it… (You might… -
Mecca2Medina Story Writing Weekend
As you may know, I have been working on a documentary project about 1990s British-Islamic hip-hop group Mecca2Medina (www.mecca2medinafilm.co.uk). On the weekend of 23rd October 2022 the four of us working on the project - Rakin, Aminah, Eliot, and myself - sat down to really identify what this story is about. It was quite an… -
First Prizes at the SOAS Audiovisual Awards!
Really chuffed to have won First Prize in the Group Film and Individual Photography categories at the SOAS Audiovisual Awards! First Prize Group Film Mecca2Medina: The Birth of British Islamic Hip-Hop Keep up-to-date with the project Supporting Statement This proposal film is part of an ongoing project, with filmmaker Eliot Gelberg-Wilson, to realise a feature-length… -
FOCUS Zine: ‘as i fall apart’
I was commissioned to write a comic for FOCUS zine which brings researchers and artists together to publish creative-scholarly booklets. I worked with researcher Oriana Rose to develop a comic on the theme of contraception. The blurb for the zine reads: This essential interrogation examines the cultural narratives surrounding the contraceptive implant and its effects… -
Ink Well Exhibition // Hackney Comic + Zine Fair
Read the comic Chuffed to have been commissioned for this Ink Well Exhibition at Gillett Square, Dalston from 4-30 September. It's part of Hackney Comic + Zine Fair 2021! It's a group exhibition with an interesting concept; 13 comic artists were commissioned in the style of an 'exquisite corpse' which means each artist follows on… -
FML Comics Presents… by Eliot Gelberg-Wilson
As part of my exhibition at The Cartoon Museum this summer I hosted a series of events called 'Panel by Panel Discussions'. Over 3 Saturdays in June I invited contemporary cartoonists Jenny Robins, Rob Bidder and Rachael House to collaborate with me at the museum. I wanted to celebrate and platform other comic artists that… -
Final Term at Rumi’s Cave Art Club
Plants, Charcoal, Collage & Collaboration We have had a fantastic term at Rumi's Cave Art Club. Not only did we have 7 weekly sessions but we had 3 amazing workshops to make up for the sessions we missed at the beginning of the year because of lockdown. We also enjoyed a final exhibition to celebrate… -
FML Comics Cartoon Museum Event
On Friday 23rd July 2021, I celebrated my FML Comics exhibition at the Cartoon Museum with a really lovely event. We enjoyed drinks, a performance by the musician Midori Jaeger and a premiere of the film interviews about contemporary cartoonists Jenny Robins, Rob Bidder, and Rachael House made by Eliot Gelberg-Wilson as part of my… -
Panel by Panel Discussions – Rachael House
This Panel by Panel Discussion with Rachael House on Saturday 26 June, the day of Trans Pride, marks the last event for me at The Cartoon Museum! I had a fantastic day live drawing and discussing queerness. I had been nervous about exploring this topic but felt really nourished by the experience. We found many… -
Panel by Panel Discussions – Rob Bidder
Rob Bidder is an all-round fantastic human so it comes as no surprise to me that I had a fantastic day of live drawing another collaborative comic with him at The Cartoon Museum - last time I was with Jenny Robins. This was the second event in a series of Panel by Panel Discussions I've… -
Panel by Panel Discussions – Jenny Robins
Had the best day live drawing a collaborative comic at The Cartoon Museum with Jenny Robins yesterday! We spent the whole day bang in the middle of the museum drawing comics. A bit like zoo animals except Jenny kept saying Hi to strangers and at one point followed Hi with: “you don’t get that at… -
House of Illustration Residency
From February to May 2021 I was the School Illustrator in Residence for the House of Illustration. I delivered a 10-week comic book project with 2 year 3 student classes at Bell Lane Primary School in North London. Below you will find an interview I did with House of Illustration about the project. What did…
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