Gigs Signing With Mark Mosedale and Si Smith

We're thrilled to announce a signing with Mark Mosedale and Si Smith for their debut graphic novel Gigs! The duo will be here at the shop on Saturday 20th June 2026, from 1-2pm. Here's what publisher Top Shelf say about the comic:

A.I. took the work. Gigs replaced jobs. Ordinary people are left to scrape together lives in a world that's no longer built for them. These are their stories.

In a frighteningly near future where Basic Income is supplemented by gig work assigned by “the app”… An octogenarian punk and a lonely young worker seek escape through music. A street artist makes art by night and paints over it by day. A has-been detective chases a case into a forgotten world. A drug runner makes a long, strange delivery. A writer marks her days on a decaying space station she can’t leave. And a refugee asks for help in the last free place.

With a hard-won blend of biting satire and humanistic passion, two creators from the North of England weave together six divergent chapters into an extraordinary graphic novel. Gigs is both a powerful warning about the oppressive world to come and a defiant celebration of the humanity that will sprout up in the cracks.

Meet Mark and Si on Saturday 20th June, from 1pm. They've also created us an exclusive signed bookplate to accompany the book too! Check it out and pre-order a copy by clicking the link here.

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