inQ!’s queer comic fair returns to the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre this month!
Date: Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September
Time: 10:30-5:30pm
Location: London LGBTQ+ Community Centre, 60-62 Hopton St, SE1 9JH
No booking required – just pop in.
More information:
“The free event will feature a glittering selection of queer comic creators from across London and the UK. Stalls will offer comics, zines, shiny merch, and exclusive art prints, as well as the chance to
buy signed copies of graphic novels and one-off publications launching exclusively at the fair. This year’s poster was created by the brilliant KitsuneArt, who joined the inQ! Team this year.
inQ! creates a safe and welcoming space that celebrates the queer narrative where words meet pictures, and the chance to meet a diverse selection of queer, small press comic and zine creators.
The lineup on inQ! exhibitors include award-winners, new voices, social media sensations, and everything in between.”
Meet the exhibitors and the inQ! team who are making this all happen! (Plus, check out their beautiful website with more info about the day.)
Meet the exhibitors
Shazleen Khan
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Shazleen Khan (they/them) is an award-winning illustrator and author based in London, specialising in
narrative illustration.
Shazleen began self-publishing their comics as a teenager and now works full-time as an illustrator; their previous clients include Simon & Schuster, Bloomsbury and Dishoom.
Shazleen’s works include the Eisner-nominated graphic novel Saving Sunshine (written by Saadia Faruqi), the upcoming My First Monster (written by Cecil Castelucci), and their self-authored LGBTQ webcomic, BUUZA!!
Lucia alias KitsuneArt (she/her) is a queer comic artist and illustrator based in London UK. She loves
creating images and stories with a strong emotional core and LGBTQIA+ themes.
She has been publishing comics for 7 years now and exhibiting at Comic Cons and fairs in the UK and in Europe. Her illustrations have been shown in some collective and solo exhibitions in Italy, UK and the US.
Jenny Robins (she/her) is a teacher, mixed media illustrator, live portrait artist and graphic novelist who
likes to wear a lot of necklaces at one time
Her book Biscuits (Assorted) won the First Graphic Novel Prize in 2018 and was shortlisted for the 2022 V&A Illustration Awards. Her work often explores the importance, complexity and absurdity of identity.
Timothy Winchester
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Timothy Winchester (he/him) loves making stuff – whether that’s silly comics about puns, cute slice-of-life stories about animal friends, or 3d illustrations about a friendly dog. If you enjoy bright, playful, and
engaging comics, come and say hello.
Alex Taylor (he/they) is a transmasculine genderqueer queer artist by day, and a beetle bug by night.
Currently based in South London, and influenced by his experiences with mental health and gay stuff,
azbt works primarily through illustration, comics and zines to explore emotional landscapes, human
relationships, and the deconstruction of gender. Alex Taylor won the First Graphic Novel prize in 2023 for their upcoming graphic novel, Bone Broth.
Toria McCallum
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Toria McCallum (aka ToriaScribbles) is a queer and non-binary cartoonist and comic artist based in the North West. They’ve been active in the British small press scene since 2017 and make comics, zines and art about Queer joy and positivity, mental and physical health and just general cute/nerd stuff.
The Mollusc Dimension is a queer, trans, multidisciplinary artist. His comic short stories collection “The Weird & Wonderful Surviveries of Squid Horse” (2024) was shortlisted for The Selfies Awards for non-fiction and supported by Arts Council England. It explores mental health, grief and the magic of creativity as a neurodivergent, diasporic Chinese person. TMD draws to process emotions – creating zines, colourful, cute/ranty stickers, cards and badges.
Riotbones is a queer Filipino illustrator & comic artist with a passion for all things haunting, dark, and tender. Specializing in horror and fantasy, they’ve worked for various publishing houses, indie presses, and video game and TTRPG developers. Their author-illustrator debut titled Strange Cases: A Graphic Novel will be published by Andrews McMeel in October 2026.
Pita Santos (also known as Pitahpat) is a queer Filipino illustrator, comic artist and zine maker based in Manchester, UK. Their multidisciplinary practice blends analogue and digital methods to create vibrant, identity-driven work.
Holly Casio (they/them) makes queer zines and diy comics about pop culture, fandoms, anti-fascism, libraries, and Bruce Springsteen.
Holly Casio’s autobio comic series Cool Schmool documents the everyday from trade union battles, playing in queer punk bands, friendship breakdowns, and fighting fascists. Their debut graphic memoir Looking for Bruce shares the story of fandom, obsession, and making a New Jersey pilgrimage to somehow feel closer to Bruce Springsteen.
Eren Angiolini
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Eren Angiolini is an Italian non-binary comic colourist and fantasy artist living in the UK.
Over the last few years they have worked on some of the most loved titles in the entertainment industry: Critical Role, DC Comics (DC Pride, Teen Justice, Harley Quinn to say a few), Tomb Raider, Doctor Who and many more.
Eren is also very active in the Tabletop Roleplaying scene as an illustrator and creator.
Edie Woolf is a comic artist, illustrator, animator and screen printer with a love of bright colours and deep messages conveyed with cute characters. She likes to make comics about her experiences in the hopes that people can relate, connect, and ultimately feel less alone. ‘Feeling my feelings’ is at the core of everything she does.
Deadly Knitshade
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Deadly Knitshade is a London-based artist and author. She is best known for her Very Tiny Comics (22mm comics in a glorious restored vintage gumball machine) featuring the work of many award-winning artists and comics creators. Her own incredibly silly small press comics comics are family-friendly, oddly adorable, and feature a worrying amount of cats. She also sells art prints, badges, and comic-making kits to encourage even more comics creators.
She is also inQ!’s Head Organiser, co-creator, and marketing demon.
Cee Starling (she/her) is inQ!’s co-creator, tireless behind the scenes organiser, and email gremlin.
Cee has created comics for several years, placing the many stories bouncing around in her head onto the page. She loves to create comics inspired by fantasy, folklore, and the speculative to explore real world issues in a safe setting removed from reality. In 2020, she won the Manga Jiman Award with her entry on that year’s theme, ‘technology’.
Bex Burgess Comics
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Bex is particularly passionate about sharing their own personal experiences of autism and being gay-ace, in the form of fun and emotional stories. They are also passionate about sharing the history of resistance and solidarity via their webcomic about the French Revolution. Outside of drawing and cuddling their cat, Rebecca also loves playing RPGs with friends, going on deep dives into history and growing vegetables in their humble Bristol flat.
Abs is a cartoonist best known for her surreal and psychedelic explorations of character and identity. Her work spans multiple genres (general fiction, absurd horror, fantasy) and pulls inspiration from vintage patterns, music, and daily life.
Her critically acclaimed comics have been published by Avery Hill, BOXES, BOSH Zine, Illustoria Magazine, and various other small-press and indie anthologies.
Abbigayle Bircham is a UK comic artist published with SelfMadeHero (My Dad Fights Demons! with Bobby Joseph) and Soaring Penguin (Breakthrough: Our Time). She’s also dabbled in self-publishing anthologies with the Rat Pack Co and solo-prints her supernatural summer camp passion project Camp Faraway. With a penchant for the weird and wonderful, expect silly jokes, magical adventures and more!
Dominique Duong
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Dominique Duong (she/her) is a Chinese/Vietnamese illustrator and comic artist who creates queer
fantasy and horror comics, as well as dabbling in autobio.
Her work has been published by the likes of SelfMadeHero, Discord Comics and Quindrie Press, and she’s currently working on her graphic novel, Patchwork, a queer fantasy romance about dealing with grief and the legacies (for good or bad) left by our parents.
Rein Lee (they/them) is an upcoming illustrator and comic artist, creating works around nostalgia and
bittersweet memories. Working in a mixture of traditional and digital mediums with vibrant, warm colours, their works are soft, messy and charming.
TinyBaer is a queer writer and comics creator originally from Jersey, now based in London. He shares weekly comics online, typically featuring characters from myths, fantasy, history and nerd culture. He’s excited to bumble along to InQ! with a bounty of comics, prints, and a tiny bit of D&D stuff, too.
Vivian Truong (Super Risu) is a British-born Chinese comic artist. Her works include the bestselling middle grade series: City of Dragons: The Awakening Storm, which has sold over half a million copies worldwide; a queer teen graphic novel series Cooking with Monster with IDW; and her latest cookbook graphic novel, Buddha Jump Over the Wall, which received Google Play’s best of 2025 award. She is currently working on the fourth instalment of City of Dragons.
Sar Cousins is a TTRPG illustrator, zine maker and comic artist making things on whatever piques their interest. Their self published comics nearly always feature someone bumbling their way through life, be they a goblin OR an amateur ghost hunter.
Rowan Frewin (they/them) is a comic artist and illustrator, originally from South Devon and now based in London. Their work often explores touches on themes of queer history, mental health and small-town isolation. They enjoy drawing on their love of museums, swimming, and weird little creatures in their work. Their debut graphic novel ‘Treading Water’ was awarded Changemakers’ Choice Small Press Comic of the year 2025.
RedBear Universe
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Yetunde (Redbearuniverse) is an illustrator and comic artist based in UK. She loves video games and is currently playing Hades.
She enjoys creating colourful and whimsical characters and uses bright and joyful colours to create a feeling of nostalgia.
Aiden Cosmo (piierrote) is a queer comic maker, zinester and risographer based in SE London. His work ranges from introspective personal work as a queer immigrant to broader fiction comics and illustrative storytelling. He has a weakness to medieval themes, especially knights at the moment, and is a lover of a good decorated border. He often blends more emotive storytelling with medical diagram illustration, combined with the bright inks of risograph.
Nene Lonergan is a comic artist and illustrator. She is ethnically Thai/Chinese and is based in the UK. She has a BA in Animation and Motion Design from the Limerick School of Art and Design. Drawing is her favourite thing to do in the whole world.
morrowdragon (aka Wilson) is a Macanese, London-based comic artist and calligrapher. His comic stories “stir fry” small-city life and urban storytelling through queer experiences. Notable projects include “Love, Paper-thin” and “same city, same us”, which focus on youth, fantasy, and self-discovery in Macau and Hong Kong.
Mo Morrell draws weird creatures and strange people, writing short stories and printing entirely pleasant stickers. Currently making some helpful How To guides, that will tell you exactly How To Read Minds, and How To Turn Yourself Inside Out.
Lily Vie is an illustrator, printmaker, and comic artist, who makes images to process what’s around them. They work in watercolour, pen, lino, pencil, and really whatever they can get their hands on! Their inspiration is drawn from mythology, nature, music, and real life observation; they’re excited by intricate detailing and strange colour combinations. They’ve been making art forever and intend to keep it that way!
ILYA (Ed Hillyer) is an experienced comic strip writer, artist and editor, with 100s of comics and 30+ book titles to his name(s): Manga Shakespeare’s KING LEAR, SKIDMARKS, ROOM FOR LOVE, the award-winning END OF THE CENTURY CLUB series, and now ROMO the WolfBoy.
Asia Kazub / Taviisii
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Asia (pronounced Asha) is a polish illustrator and comic artist who is inspired by nature and fantasy. Their favourite thing to draw are heraldic creatures and unicorns. Their work-in-progress comic The Tide Goes Out was longlisted for the First Graphic Novel Award 2025.
AJ (they/he) is an Irish creative living in London who once turned down an offer to be Jason Statham’s naked butt double. AJ writes musicals, draws comics and concept art and wants to know how your dog is doing xxx
Meet the inQ! team
Deadly Knitshade is a London-based artist and author. She is best known for her Very Tiny Comics (22mm comics in a glorious restored vintage gumball machine) featuring the work of many award-winning artists and comics creators. Her own incredibly silly small press comics comics are family-friendly, oddly adorable, and feature a worrying amount of cats. She also sells art prints, badges, and comic-making kits to encourage even more comics creators.
She is also inQ!’s Head Organiser, co-creator, and marketing demon.
Cee Starling (she/her) is inQ!’s co-creator, tireless behind the scenes organiser, and email gremlin.
Cee has created comics for several years, placing the many stories bouncing around in her head onto the page. She loves to create comics inspired by fantasy, folklore, and the speculative to explore real world issues in a safe setting removed from reality. In 2020, she won the Manga Jiman Award with her entry on that year’s theme, ‘technology’.
Lucia alias KitsuneArt (she/her) is a queer comic artist and illustrator based in London UK. She loves
creating images and stories with a strong emotional core and LGBTQIA+ themes.
She has been publishing comics for 7 years now and exhibiting at Comic Cons and fairs in the UK and in Europe. Her illustrations have been shown in some collective and solo exhibitions in Italy, UK and the US.
morrowdragon (aka Wilson) is a Macanese, London-based comic artist and calligrapher. His comic stories “stir fry” small-city life and urban storytelling through queer experiences. Notable projects include “Love, Paper-thin” and “same city, same us”