POETRY AND

COMICS

#14

May 2015

Poets, writers and artists met to exchange words and pictures in

collaborative collage, with a specific focus on the intersection between

poetry and comics.

This issue contains a selection of work made at the launch of the Poetry

Comics exhibition at the Saison Poetry Library on May 12th, 2015, and an

accompanying workshop on May 23rd.

Please see end of publication for information on how to submit for a

forthcoming Poetry Comics anthology.

May 2015

with some artwork donated bySean Azzopardi (@seanazz)

and Tom Humberstone (@TomHumberstone)

http://poetryandcomics.tumblr.com

Sidekick Books are publishing the UK’s first book of poetry comics, with support

from Arts Council England, and want to publish new work! It will be edited by

Tom Humberstone and Chrissy Williams.

We’re interested in work from solo creators, as well as collaborative groups

or partnerships, and will offer payment to successful contributors.

We are not looking for illustrated poems; we are looking for submissions

that follow the visual structure of comics, but which focus on poetry

rather than narrative.

The deadline is 12th June 2015.

For full details please visit: tinyurl.com/poemcomics

economy of line is paramount-

each panel and page must be carefully constructed-

consider how much will fit on the page-

choose whether to prioritise ideas or form-

comics are generally at their best when the words do not repeat the effects of the art and vice versa

-juxtaposition is an important tool

-the reading process is one of interpretation

rather than perception-

the reader is inextricable from the art-

what happens off the page is as important as what happens on it

-all the right notes, not necessarily in the right order