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Caption , the UK ’s unearthly comical yard bird is coming back to Oxford in August this year . And I ’ll be making the long arduous trek from London
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Andrew Luke celebrates the UK ’s small-scale and weirdest comic conventionalism , comic fete or whatever , as it is returning to Oxford , with a ratherweird video of his own …
Through the nineties , noughties and a chunk of the teens , I hump going to Caption , a little press comic book normal held mostly in Oxford , where I lived for a twosome of years . It led me to discover the work ofJeremy Dennis , to celebrate that ofTerry WileyandMark Stafford , and to hold foresightful conversation into the night withWoodrow PhoenixandMatt Brooker . It lam as a non - profit fete from 1992 to 2017 , until life got in the agency . But it will now be returning to Oxford in 2025,as Caption : REBIRTH on the 16th of August , courtesy ofAmy Letts , Emily Brady , Andy Luke , Barry Renshaw , Matt ChambersandVickie Bernard .
Amy Letts writes ;
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" Unlike commercial-grade comics conventions , Caption has always been non - net . Its sale tabular array is tend by the organizer , earmark creators to roam free and mingle with buff in a relaxed , non - pressured environs . Without barrier , everyone got demand in Talks and Workshops , course networking , switch tips and making protagonist with people with a shared interest in comics . Our destination is , quite plainly , to institute Caption back so that more people can deal in the positivistic and unique laughable festival experience . As an Autistic someone , I personally found Caption the most well-off and welcoming experience I have ever had at a comics event . For Caption 2025 it is my personal finish to make it as accessible and neurodiverse - well-disposed as possible . Caption ’s different style of selling comic allow for creators to get straight to societal interaction and real networking , without anxiety . In a grocery store where dispersion is hard , the sales table lets creatives get at their readers , and the societal space allows for those introductions . meeter get to make contact in a friendly surround with an opportunity to relax and an ethos of fun . "
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