HCZF: Creators United — Organising the Industry

The Hackney Comic + Zine Fair is a celebration of sequential art and the people who make it. This year our fair will host 90 astonishingly talented exhibitors showcasing a huge range of genres, styles, themes and approaches to making comics and zines – all housed on our website as a digital event from September 4th until September 30th 2021 – plus a series of talks, workshops and events both online and in-person.

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Hannah Berry leads a panel discussing the need for collective support and representation in the comics industry, followed by a live Q&A.

From decent pay rates to established standards on legal rights, and professional development opportunities to career support, we can all agree: comics has none of these things. Do we need them? Are we getting on just fine without them? Or are there ways we can make this not-quite-industry more accessible and hospitable to all within it?Hannah Berry, Nyla Ahmad and Dan Berry from the Society of Authors&#x27; Comics Creators Network and Jennie Gyllblad from the Association of Comics Creators - both organisations set up in the last year - discuss the need for collective support, advocacy, and representation, and what form that can/should/might take, followed by a Q&amp;A with the audience. Hannah Berry is an award-winning graphic novelist, comics creator, writer, illustrator and campaigner. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was appointed UK Comics Laureate 2019-21. A regular guest of art, literature and comics festivals in the UK and around the world, her artwork has been exhibited in solo and collective exhibitions worldwide.Website: <a href="http://hannahberry.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.hannahberry.co.uk</a> / Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/streakofpith/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@streakofpith</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mir.and.or/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a> / Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/streakofpith" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@streakofpith</a><a href="https://twitter.com/Mir_And_Or" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Nyla Ahmad is part of the Steering Committee for the Society of Authors&#x27; Comics Creators Network, as well as working for the Scottish Book Trust and being a board member of the Glasgow Zine Library.Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/nylanylanyla" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@NylaNylaNyla</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/peony__/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Dan Berry is a cartoonist, illustrator, podcaster and educator based in the town of Shrewsbury, UK. Since 2012 he has produced the podcast <a href="https://makeitthentelleverybody.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Make It Then Tell Everybody</a> in which he has spoken to over a hundred other artists about what they do and how they do it.Website: <a href="https://www.thingsbydan.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.thingsbydan.co.uk</a><a href="https://oliviasullivanillustration.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a> / Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thingsbydan/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@thingsbydan</a> / Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/thingsbydan" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@thingsbydan</a><a href="https://twitter.com/zeb_ko" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Jennie Gyllblad is a Swedish-born, UK-dwelling comic creator who loves handling traditional media such as watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil.Website: <a href="https://www.jenniegyllblad.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.jenniegyllblad.com</a> / Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/grthink/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jenniegyllblad/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@jenniegyllblad</a> / Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JennieGyllblad" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@JennieGyllblad</a>

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