Comic Boom - Comics in Education with Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph

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In this episode Lucy chats to UK Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph.

Bobby Joseph is an acclaimed South London comic creator whose work has often
challenged and inspired its readers. His early work includes the creation of cult
comic classic Skank magazine, where his best-known strip, “Scotland Yardie”, first
featured, and was later published by Knockabout Press.

He has written for The Guardian newspaper, Dazed and Confused, and Vice.com.
His comic work was a prominent feature at the Anarchy in the UK comic exhibition
at the British Library in 2015 and was seen by over 60,000 visitors.

Since the beginning of his career, he has been a vocal advocate for diversity and
representation in comic books. His graphic novel, Scotland Yardie, published by
Knockabout Comics in 2017, was the first diverse graphic novel to be studied as a
module on an English Literature MA course at King’s College, London.  He is the
first POC to become Comics Laureate for the UK.

This episode of Comic Boom is sponsored by ALCS, The Authors Licensing and Collecting Society.

Find our more about the Lakes International Comics Art Festival here.

Bobby's recommendations:
American Splendor by Harvey Pekar
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Alpha by Jens Harder

Bobby's recommended reading lists can be found here.

Episodes linked to Bobby's lists
Sayra Begum
Pedro Martin
Emma Reynolds
Mark Bradley

Lucy's recommendation:
Here's the comic strip 'Are Comics Serious Literature?' that I referenced, it's by Michael Kupperman and make me laugh!

Connect with Bobby:
Instagram: @bobbyjosephcomics

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Music by John_Sib from Pixabay

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