Drink and Draw with John Allison, Lara Pickle and Mark Stafford

Our monthly Drink and Draw event will have its last session of 2025 this month and we've got a killer line-up to finish up the year! Every month, along with our friends at Broken Frontier, we invite three guest artists for evening of drawing at our local pub. Come along and join us on Friday 28th November 2025, from 6.30pm for our final Drink and Draw of 2025! 

As usual, we'll be joined by our resident cartoonist Mark Stafford. We're very lucky to also be joined by John Allison and Lara Pickle! Allison is the incredible creator of Giant Days and The Great British Bump-Off will be doing a signing with us the day after this on Saturday 29th November to celebrate the latest in his Bump-Off series, Kill or Be Quilt. Pickle is the author behind the gorgeously illustrated I Feel Awful, Thanks published by Oni Press.

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 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.

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 28th November 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!

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