Comics Uncovered 2018 Conference

Illustration students looking to break into the comic industry should check out 'Comics uncovered 2018', it's a conference taking place at The Birmingham Conference and Exhibition Centre on 

Sat & Sun July 7TH - 8TH 2018. 

The conference will have talks and portfolio reviews with Industry professionals from comic powerhouses DC comics, Dark Horse Comics, and Marvel Comics. 

This years event time table is still waiting an update, but you can have a look at last years schedule to get an idea of what to expect.

http://www.comicsuncovered.co.uk/event-timetable

As well as Seminars, master classes and panels 'Comics Uncovered' also plan to offer portfolio reviews with DC Comics, Aftershock Comics, Dark Horse Comics and Humanoids plus many more top publishers. There is also distributor meetings with 'Diamond Comics Distributors' who will be holding one to one meetings with small press and self publisher to offer advice on how to get your publication into the famous Preview Catalogue and into comic shops both here in the UK and the US. To take part in the distributor meeting you will need to email Comics Uncovered at smallzone.events@gmail.com with your full contact details and a link to your comics.

Image source Comics Uncovered 2016 promotional Video

 There are a selection of different ticket prices depending on what you want to attend and if you plan to be there for one day or the whole weekend. There is a Student tier but be warned it does not include the networking parties or access to the one to one portfolio reviews, So comic artists in level 6 with finished pages might want to get a full ticket.

Tickets can be brought here 

http://www.comicsuncovered.co.uk/bookings