CoCo Comic Con 2023 Exhibitors
CoCo Comics
Founded in 2020 by James, Tom, Theo and Caio; CoCo Comics is an independent comic book publisher aiming to create comics with Personality.
Currently, we publish The CoCo Comics Anthology, which collects three ongoing series with a handful of shorter, one-shot stories. You can find more info on us right here on this very site!
Matt & Zeke Simmons
A father and daughter team from Lancaster. Together they co-created ‘Spider Demon’, and separately they create a wide range of handmade comics and zines, including Future Egg, Mukbang and the Left Handed Horror series.
Adam Falp
Underground cartoonist making Comix 50 years too late.
Alex Paknadel
Writer. Doom gnome. I wrote REDFORK, FRIENDO and ALL AGAINST ALL, so yeah. Slightly over a quarter of #whatiswhitenoise by weight.
Andy Diggle
Comics writer, and former editor of 2000AD
Anna Readman
Cartoonist and illustrator based in Leeds.
A.s cHAMBERS
A.S.Chambers is Lancaster's notorious master of the macabre.
He is well known for marking his home town's place on the horror map of the United Kingdom.
His Sam Spallucci books, with their quirky blend of urban fantasy, film noir and dry humour, have gained a cult following over the last few years.
Readers and fans have journeyed from around the country to see where reality meets an ever-expanding universe of vampires, werewolves, angels and a plethora of other supernatural characters. He has a dark and brooding website at www.aschambers.co.uk
Conor Fenna-Toora
Freelance Illustrator with a passion for storytelling and poster design.
Dan Rock
Independent comic creator, with regular campaigns on Kickstarter. Currently writing/drawing a comic Accalia which is on its 10 th issue! I tend to write more gritty, dark topics similar to Lone Wolf & Cub or the walking dead.
Dave Cook
Dave Cook is an award-winning comic writer and video game history book author from Scotland. His cyberpunk comic series Killtopia is a Kickstarter smash and is currently in development as a TV series at LA animation studio, Voltaku.
First age comics
First Age Comics is Lancaster’s own family-run independent comic book shop, stocking comics, toys and collectables.
Hesitant Doodle
I am a Scottish-based illustrator and comic artist who loves bright colours, magical adventures and the world of wrestling! I have had the pleasure of working with such organisations as the V&A Museum in Dundee, the Scottish Book Trust and LDComics and I always strive to push the boundaries of what comics can do. I love queer characters and stories and giving them a voice in my work and I can’t wait to share them with everyone!
H. L. Roberts
21 Year Old Writer from East of England.
James Lawrence
James Lawrence is a bare-knuckle cartoonist and the perpetrator of the Lucha Libre fantasy action series The Legend of La Mariposa. He recently adopted an elderly dog named Dodger and wants you to know he's a good stinky boy.
Jake Machen
Creator of Comics, zines, prints and stickers and stuff.
J Webster Sharp
Self publishing comic creator specialising in pointillism and erotic horror.
Kawaii oh My!
Stationery, Video games, Amigurumi based in Lancaster!
Koguchi Press
Koguchi Press is a small-press publisher creating and stocking small press comics and manga from around the world.
Kristan
Specializes in Shoujo Manga and the Magical Girl genre.
Kristyna Baczynski
Kristyna Baczynski is a British-Ukrainian illustrator, Eisner-nominated comics creator. She works from her studio in Leeds where she creates images and stories for a wide range of clients and publishers, as well as her own shop. Kristyna takes inspiration from nature and our historic, futuristic and folkloric relationship with it. Her work is influenced by analogue printing processes, and utilises limited colour palettes, hand-drawn textures, overlays and halftones. Kristyna makes zines, prints, stickers, stories and confessional diary comics about daily life, where her cartoon self is much more feisty than IRL.
Mat Greaves
I’m a cartoonist who self publishes the one-man-anthology “Blat” along with other comics and zines.
MDPenman
I am a primarily self published writer artist focussed on fantasy comics. As well as creating my own comics I am a lecturer on a comic and concept art course in Leeds.
Nick gonzo
Nick Gonzo is the creator of comics such as Black Dragon, 50Signal, and Funk Soul Samurai. Surreal, cynical, emotive, philosophical, transgressive: these are all words in their Tinder bio. They’re currently researching a PhD on the benefits making comics can have on Mental Well-being.
Peter Morey
Peter is a cartoonist and graphic scribe. He is excited to present the recently completed collection of his family-comedy-drama-memory comic, Endswell, at the CoCo Comic Con this year. A long-form shaggy-dog story, Endswell weaves through the lives of the characters and creatures of Endswell Farm. At its centre is the chaotic end-of-life crisis of an eccentric matriarch which has ripples through the generations. Featuring extreme hoarding, all-consuming hobbies, rescues (human and animal), end-of-life care and responsibility, family dynamics, and post-industrial decline. And a new type of Pokémon for good measure. The complete series is being sold in box set format with a snazzy slipcase and as separate episodes.
Rob Luckett
Co-wrote Regular Show graphic novels #1,#2 & #3 and created BUMSTORM: The Comic About Farting.
Sola Simpson
London based comic artist and writer.
Steve Gregson
Steve Gregson is a North West based Illustrator and Comic Artist. His work includes BPM: Beatdowns per minute, Bastard Galaxia, Monster Mates, and the comic reboot of the 90s arcade game Ninja Baseball Bat Man.
You can see more at: http://SteveGregsonArt.com
Teeside University Comics Society
We self publish comics and novels with original prints for the series and also create fanart of the things we love.
Tom Ward
Tom Ward is a writer from Liverpool. He has been self publishing comics since 2014 with eight successful Kickstarter campaigns under his belt.
Tom is best known for his Victorian pulp adventure series Merrick: The Sensational Elephantman, with artist Luke Parker.
You can download the first issue of Merrick: The Sensational Elephantman for free at http://merrickcomic.co.uk