“These meetings are great. It’s a chance for comics people to share their work, talk about it, and discover new people who have either been making comics for awhile or are coming from a slightly different field and just beginning to try their hand at it. And somehow the female emphasis seems to change the tone of the meetings. I’ve been to a lot of mostly male comics get-togethers where they all sit around and moan about how comics these days aren’t as good as they used to be (mostly referring to superhero comics), bitch about other comics artists behind their backs, and swap stories about how underappreciated and underpaid they are. The Laydeez meetings are totally different, there’s a very optimistic, forward looking attitude toward comics, with people being genuinely excited about the new things happening in comics and the doors that have begun to open in publishing and self-publishing.”

“This was a wonderful event (LDC Festival) that MUST happen again! As an outsider to the scene, this was the first opportunity I had to connect with a network of artists and women working in this area in the UK. Everyone went to so much effort to make all the artists feel heard and valued – so much so that we were all happy if anyone had won! I really appreciated all the press interviews as well that were organised for us. Amazing. It shows how a conventional ‘competition’ can be flipped on its head if organised by a group of stellar women!”