Drink and Draw with Crom, Clio Isadora and Mark Stafford

Who's up for another round? Our monthly Drink and Draw that we run with our friends over at Broken Frontier makes it's return in-person! We aim to have these take place on the last Friday of each month, but it just fit all of our schedules a little better to do this one on Friday 1st August 2025. We're incredibly excited for this month's line-up! We'll be joined by our resident cartoonist Mark Stafford, along with special guests Crom and Clio Isadora. Join us at the shop from 6.30pm to take part.

So, what is a Drink and Draw? Well, it's in the name! We'll host an evening of drawing with our guest comic artists, all while having a few drinks together, alcholic and non alcholic. Mark Stafford, our resident cartoonist, will be a regular face at the monthly event, being joined by two guest artists every time. We'll meet at Gosh! for 6.30pm, where they'll be a chance to mingle with the artists and check out their comics, before we head over to The Royal George for 7pm. Once everyone has grabbed a seat and a drink, we'll start three short rounds of drawing, with each guest artist setting their own drawing theme. Gosh! will have the artists work on sale and may even have some prizes for their favourite drawings! We will likely wrap up by 9.30pm, but staying afterwards to continue the fun is more than welcome.

Broken Frontier and ourselves have been running the Drink & Draws since 2015 and we've been lucky enough to have had over 200 guest artists attend! It will be hosted by Broken Frontier's wonderful Andy Oliver and Gosh's Will Humberstone.

CROM is a London based artist who specializes in books, games, tattooing and necromancy, among other things. Creator of graphic novels Raiders and Birdking , Wizards Of the Coast artist, CROM is lastingly obsessed with manga, games, comics and pop culture, which continue to shape his work and style.

Clio Isadora is a London based cartoonist and illustrator, originally from Manchester but raised in North Tyneside. She is of Burmese and British heritage. After graduating from BA Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins, she started self publishing risograph comics and exhibiting at comic festivals. Her work is goofy, cynical and often themed around labour, identity and rotting. In 2021 Clio’s first graphic novel Sour Pickles was published by Avery Hill. She is currently working on her second graphic novel, which will be out sometime in 2026 published by Avery Hill.

Mark Stafford writes, paints and draws. He is co-creator of the Cherubs! graphic novel with Bryan Talbot, and previously collaborated with Dave Hine on 'The Colour Out Of Space' for SelfMadeHero's The Lovecraft Anthology: Volume I. He is the longstanding cartoonist-in-residence at The Cartoon Museum, London, and writes about cinema for Electric Sheep magazine.

We're so excited to see some familiar faces again at our Drink and Draws, and hopefully some fresh ones too! The event is free and everyone is welcome. We will be meeting at Gosh! Comics at 6.30pm on Friday 1st August 2025. There will be limited seating available at the Royal George and seating will be prioritised to those who were at the shop first. Look forward to seeing you then! Oh, and the online Drink and Draw will still continue for those who can't make it!

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