Are YOU one of the dozen writers in Ireland NOT attending the Cúirt International Festival of Literature this coming Tuesday 21st April? If so, may I present the island's second hottest ticket - me!!
I'll be chatting to @daramcwade about cartoons and comics, giving you an intro to the medium (what ARE comics anyway?!) and we'll do a good bit of drawing to get you thinking about how your writing practice might embrace the wonderful language of images! Wow!
Sound good? Great! Get yourself over to da link to secure a spot now. It's Free!™
✍️‼️OPEN CALL TIME‼️✍️
Looks like that Sisyphean boulder 🪨 has rolled allll the way back down 👇 the hill - won't you help us get it back up again? 😮💨
That's right - "the ball is rolling" on a THIRD edition of our critically-acclaimed* local** alternative*** comics anthology LOW INTENSITY and we're hoping to pass a good chunk of the labour onto YOU 🫵
We're looking for 1-12 page comics of any and all topic and tone, preferably complete pieces from a single author (ie not excerpts or teams) intended for print at A4. More details above, and as ever if you have something you believe in that almost-but-not-quite fits, please get in touch.
Deadline for submissions is July 1st 2026, book to follow later in the year. All are welcome to submit including new and returning contributors, and based on the volume of submissions made for our second issue we regret that not everything put in may be printed.
As ever, we look forward to reading your comics!
⏰⚠️🚨 AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW 🚨⚠️⏰
This is no April Fool - the second issue of critically-acclaimed* local** comics anthology LOW INTENSITY is now available to purchase online, as is our first solo book NO, MEAN CITY!
Whether you missed our packed-out book launches last year, or just loved your copy so much you need five more, RUN don't walk to the "l1nk in the b1o" to get your mitts on some excellent print books through the twin miracles of digital and postal infrastructure WHILE YOU STILL CAN
Stocks of LOW INTENSITY 1 (now on it's third printing!) have also been replenished!
And, we'll have an exciting announcement tomorrow... Stay tuned 👀...
A huge thank you to all who made March such a good month for Belfast Comic Jam - thanks to @librariesni for having us down to Newtownbreda Library for World Book Day, and for the staff at @hustle_belfast and all who came down!
Hello folks!! 🚨 Announcement time!! 🚨 Belfast Comic Jam is back, kicking off our fourth year in a brand new venue, @hustle_belfast ! ☕🎸💀
We'll be down Thursday 26th March 7-9pm for all the usual fun - casual, collaborative comics creation!
Free event, all welcome, no matter how well you think you can or cannot draw. Basic materials provided, feel free to bring your own pens pencils etc. ✍️
The café will still be open so you should defo plan on grabbing a wee coffee or a cola or three, and you can BYOB if you fancy. ☕🥤🍷
So whether it's your first jam or your thirty-third, come down, bring a pal, and have some craic making comics with the friendliest bunch! 🎉
See you all there!!
poster by @andrewrpope (who might have a couple copies to flog on the night 👀)
We’ll be in Newtonbreda library tomorrow for another evening of comic making as part of @worldbookdaysocial ! Ages 11+ , booking essential.
Email [email protected] to book a spot!
#worldbookday #comics #comicjam #comicdrawing #worldbookday2026
🎉🎂 ATTENTION JAMMERS 🎂🎉
Belfast Comic Jam's long hibernation is over!
We come surging out of convalescence to celebrate our belated third anniversary, on the evening of Wednesday 18th February, at 7-9pm upstairs at @theamericanbarsailortown and we'd surely love to see you all there!!
So come one and all, friends new and old, for a free evening of craic, camaraderie and collaborative comics creation! Whether it's your first jam or your thirty-second, whether you're a regular Jaime Hernandez or you can't draw the curtains, you're welcome and wanted at Belfast Comic Jam!
So tell your friends or make some new ones, bring some pens or use our crappy ones, and see you there, 7-9pm, Wednesday 18th Feb, upstairs at the American Bar! Don't miss it!!
OUR FINAL CONTRIBUTORS: ANDREW POPE & KATHRYN MCGRANE
@andrewrpope is a cartoonist from Belfast. He runs @localcolourcomics where he edits and publishes Low Intensity, plus other comics like Warp Spasm (2021) and No, Mean City! (2025). His father’s family left the Woodvale after receiving an Ignatz through the parlour window, but he’s not got anything himself just yet.
@bull_leaper is a comic artist from the North of Ireland. Her work has been featured in @outburstqueerarts anthology catflap and @dublincomicarts Ignatz-nominated anthology Home.
Together, they've been running @belfastcomicjam for the last three years, and they'd both love to see you at the launch of our second anthology TOMORROW EVENING, 7-10pm at Hustle, Rosemary Street Belfast!
TONIGHT - The last Belfast Comic Jam of 2025, 7-9pm upstairs in @theamericanbarsailortown
All the usual fun of the fair PLUS our yearly raffle with a load of great prizes, including new prints from @leannetrea and these @localcolourcomics Comickbux™, sure to be the hottest promissory note of 2026!!
See you there!
🚨🚨🚨 THE WORST KEPT SECRET IN ALTERNATIVE* LOCAL** COMICS IS OUT!! 🚨🚨🚨
On Thursday 4th December - that's Late Night Art! - the new issue of LOW INTENSITY will be let loose upon a barely prepared public - that’s you!
Drop in to Hustle on Rosemary Street between 7-10pm to get your copy, and stick around for another phenomenal set from our returning musical guests, the incomparable Problem Patterns!!
Our last launch was a great night, and our second issue is even bigger than the first - 80 pages of work from 11 fantastic artists!
For now, check out the eventbrite in our bio and register for the free launch party - and stay tuned for more on our roster of contributors, coming up real soon! 👀✍️
🔔🔔🔔 THREE GHOSTS APPEAR BEFORE YOU - TWO OF THEM SEEM TO BE LOOKING MONEY... 👻👻👻
It's a busy month for us here at Belfast Comic Jam! @andrewrpope is launching his book No, Mean City! on Saturday evening in @pigment.space - and lots of jammers will also be checking out a whole heap of events at @outburstqueerarts !
Then, on the evening of Wednesday 19th we'll be back in @theamericanbarsailortown for our last Comic Jam of 2025! Fun! Comics! Raffle?! Maybe!
And that's all that's been announced so far... but what is this third and scariest ghost trying to communicate... A sinister whisper, a soft premonition of a coming announcement, just for you jammers...
See you all soon!!
