We will be at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend!! You can find us at Table B15 in 2000AD Hall with many new and exciting things.
You can also participate in our FREE pumpkin themed stamp rally (beautifully illustrated by our very own Ashling) and earn yourself some lovely prizes!
We will be at @sequential-scot.bsky.social in Glasgow on August 2nd! If you love indie comics and want to support creators and micro-publishers (like us!) we'd love to see you there!
Find us at table 22 where Cat will be wearing the brightest orange jacket 🧡
sequentialscotland.co.uk
There's some INCREDIBLE work happening in the Scottish comic scene right now, and I want to take a moment to do some shoutouts! International followers, this one's for you - Scotland has some amazing work going on that you really should be following along with 🧵👇
Some other folks you should be following - @chipcollective.bsky.social, run by @ashlingdraws.bsky.social and @tsundernova.bsky.social, is a collective focused on educational comics. They put out really thoughtful and informative books and are well worth keeping an eye on.
📚 chipcollective.co.uk
map graphic showing the layout of the glasgow comic con Sequential Scotland. I've drawn on it to point out my table, with a dodle of me holding one of the sequential mascots, a little star-headed guy and weeping with awe. there's also a little doodle of the same star guy eating a comic in the corner and the text "let's eat some comics!"
Less than TWO WEEKS till @sequential-scot.bsky.social !!!! I'm so excited to be there! come find me at table 21, between the lovely Beyond the End and @chipcollective.bsky.social !
I'll have brand new prints and stickers and all my latest books!
If you're a researcher interested in collaborating with CHIP to develop an information comic of your own, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us!
🍟 www.chipcollective.co.uk 🍟
Check it out! 🌟 CHIP recently collaborated with PhD student Claire Robertson to help develop her information comic about MS - and the BBC wrote an article about it!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our current event lineup for 2025:
🪄 CYMERA - Edinburgh - June 7th
🎨 Sequential Scotland - Glasgow - August 2nd
💭Thought Bubble - Harrogate - Nov 15-16
With more events TBC! 🎉
Tomorrow we'll be attending our first event of the year - @cymerafestival.co.uk! Coincidentally, this will also be our first time tabling at Cymera, so we're super excited for them to have us! 🎉
We'll be in the Creators Hall on Saturday only - come swing by and say hi!
📣 We were delighted this week to attend the launch of UNESCO City of Design Dundee supporter scheme - Design Lives Here! CHIP was selected as one of the first 41 members of the scheme, showcasing some of the great design work in our lovely city.
More Info: cityofdesigndundee.com/design-lives...
A cover of the UK Comics Fund proposal with a cartoon pencil and the CCIC boat, next to the phrase ‘we’re asking DCMS for solid investment in comics’
Be amazing if £1.5m could be invested in the UK comics scene, wouldn’t it? Someone’d need to build a fully-costed, well-reasoned argument to DCMS for such a thing first, I guess…
WELL, NOW. Come see what your friends at CCIC have done! www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org/CCIC%20DCMS%...
We send all our love to Naomi's family and friends, and from the bottom of our hearts: Thank You, Naomi. 🧡
In her memory, we would like to share Naomi's comic for LWC:OS (drawn by the wonderful Sara Julia Campbell).
When putting the LWC:OS anthology together, we made the decision for Naomi's to be the opening story; welcoming readers into the conversation about cancer with open and comforting arms.
We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Naomi, one of the incredible people who shared her story for "Living With Cancer: Our Stories". Naomi was a ray of light, kindness, and joy, and it was truly an honour and a privilege to have worked with her to share her story.
✨TONIGHT✨
📣 Event Announcement!
To celebrate Will Eisner Week this year we have been invited to do a talk at Paisley Central Library to tell you all about the story of CHIP Collective and our projects. 🎉
📆 Wednesday 5th March - 7-8pm
Come along and chat to us, we'd be delighted to see you!
📢 Exhibitor announcement: CHIP COLLECTIVE @chipcollective.bsky.social
“Along with personal work by the founders, CHIP Collective makes informative comic anthologies on a wide range of topics to make positive social impact.”
🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk
Thanks so much! Lovely to meet you too!
Here's where we'll be with our books next:
🔴 ECAF - 23rd November - Edinburgh
ECAF bonus: Cat will be doing a talk about comic creation while Ashling will be talking with @sna1l.bsky.social about autobio comics! Entry is free!
🟠 TAGS Fest - 7th December - Edinburgh
Hope to see you there!
💛💗💜 Thanks for the shoutout Eve!
💛💗💜 Thank you so much for the shoutout!
We were honoured to have you work with us! You did an incredible job with Naomi's story, she was delighted with the results. Thank you for being wonderful 💛
Hello! We run a comics collective that does graphic medicine projects. If we could be added that would be great!
“Working in: The Arts” covers the testimonies of professional artists working in the creative field!
More info: www.chipcollective.co.uk/shop/p/digit...
Art by @elljwalker.bsky.social (@moitt.bsky.social story) and @toadlett.bsky.social (www.instagram.com/jacquelinebr... story)
A short excerpt from a comic by Ashling who introduces Living with Cancer: Our Stories. Ashling's mum was diagnosed with Stage 4 Glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in 2018. When it came to information, Ashling's family had no idea what to expect or what support was out there.
Page 1 of Naomi's story, art by Sara Julia Campbell. On April 1st 2016 Naomi was diagnosed with Grade 2 Astrocytoma in the brain. Naomi is stunned with this information, saying it must be the worst april fool's joke ever. She was on 20 years old at this diagnosis. She holds a small heart shaped stone in her hand for comfort.
An illustration of a sloth holding onto a branch with the phrase Don't Rush Yourself in large pink bubble writing around it. This illustration by Sarah Holliday reminds anyone going through tough times to go easy on themselves and take life at their own pace.
“Living With Cancer: Our Stories” aims to provide support through personal experiences with the disease as told through the medium of comics.
More information here: www.chipcollective.co.uk/shop/p/digit...
Art by @ashlingdraws.bsky.social, @sajuca.bsky.social and www.sarahhollidayart.com
Two short single page comics about Ashling and Cat starting CHIP Collective. Ashling details how her school experience was tough with undiagnosed ADHD but upon starting university realised that she had an aptitude for storytelling, analysis and creative work. Ashling now does a lot of work in graphic medicine and information comics, working with doctors, researchers and charities to make scientific and medical concepts and terminology more accessible. Meanwhile Cat found that their grades weren't good enough to pursue art in university and took forensic science for two years instead. after two years they found themselves struggling still so left university, built a portfolio and retried for illustration. They graduate in 2016 with an honours in illustration and now teaches in institutions across scotland as well as developing their own creative practice.
Here's a little information about the co-founders of CHIP!
@ashlingdraws.bsky.social (left) and @tsundernova.bsky.social (right) banded together to create CHIP after bonding over their shared experiences of working in Graphic Medicine and Information Comics and have never looked back since.
CHIP Collective is now officially on bluesky! ☁️🦋
We will be updating here to let you know our upcoming events and projects.
The page is still largely under construction at the moment, bear with us while we update and find our networks again!
If you're new CHIP this comic by co-founder @tsundernova.bsky.social for our first anthology "Living With Cancer: Our Stories" gives a little insight into what we do as a comic collective 💛
For more information about who we are, what we do, our books and more visit: www.chipcollective.co.uk
