Don’t Fold Press

I've been nominated for Young Comics Laureate! It's a new role that would really expand my horizons. The pages itself has a bio for me but it was cut down from what I would like to fully say. I love comics, if you've listened to my podcast interviews or really just spent time with me you know that. I think of comics as a truly wonderful medium that has the power to do a great deal.

I want to represent my community being autistic I feel this role would help me advocate for autistic people in a way that I feel is needed. I am a trans-person, those of you who are from Dundee might have seen me speak at protests about this and I hope that this role would help me to help others in this community. 

Again those who are Dundee based might have seen me at the weekly Palestine protests. I am already planning on leveraging my practice as a storyteller to give the Palestinians in my community a platform, this role would allow me to expand that and perhaps bring other artists on this project. 

I am also a comics creator and DONT FOLD PRESS was launched to be the change I want to see in that field. I love the people who make comics and I think that we have so much room to grow. I want that to happen and with this role I think I could do that.

Everyone who is nominated deserves to be on that list. I believe that genuinely. I think that no matter what this role will be good. I hope that I can be the one to guide that though and I hope that you have faith in me to do that.

You can see the finalists here

You can vote here

With the project fully funded! I'll point to our stretch goals by @cadaverkeys and @0162-tuu !!! Shay is drawing a pin up of their character DOA if we make it and Ella is creating a wrap around alt cover! Shay drew this to celebrate!

ONE DAY LEFT TO BACK OUR BOOK !

Alien abductions, sinister plots, tourism!

(Additional promo art by @cadaverkeys )

ONE DAY LEFT TO BACK OUR BOOK !

Alien abductions, sinister plots, tourism!

(Additional promo art by @cadaverkeys )

With comics by @cadaverkeys @0162-tuu @frankosteln @hesitantdoodle @frankosteln @elladorable-art @peejalien

just to name a few

You may have already seen some promo stuff here on Tumblr for this anthology. This the flagship project for a new Scottish indie publisher, DON'T FOLD PRESS! It has been super exciting to be working on the ground floor of something like this.