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Tom Humberstone

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Contact: [email protected]
Local authority: Edinburgh City
Languages: English
Tom Humberstone's headshot

Tom Humberstone is an award-winning comic artist, illustrator and writer based in Edinburgh. He is the author of the graphic novel Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis (Avery Hill) and his comics have appeared in the Ignatz award-winning The Nib, the New Statesman, The Washington Post, Vox, Buzzfeed and many more.

He is the editor and publisher of the critically acclaimed UK comics anthology Solipsistic Pop and co-editor of Over The Line: An Introduction to Poetry Comics.

Local authorities will visit

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Events will deliver

Live drawing; Mentoring; Panel event; Residency; Talk; Workshop

Topics of work

Activism & protest; Biography & memoir; Class & society; Comedy, humour & funny books; Contemporary fiction; Editing & editing your own work; Emigration & immigration; Environment & climate; Gender equality; Historical fiction; History; Horror; Human rights; Music; Politics; Poverty; Publishing & getting published; Self-publishing & independent publishing; Sports; Wars & conflicts

Age groups published for

Teens; Adults

Age groups will work with

15-18; 18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+