
Gareth Brookes
Author · 4 books
Gareth Brookes is a graphic novelist, print maker, textile artist, small press publisher, teacher, event organiser and researcher. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in London in 2003. He makes experimental graphic novels and handmade comics utilising unusual materials such as embroidery, pressed flowers and fire. In 2012 Brookes won the First Graphic Novel Prize. His teaching experience includes being a tutor in Foundation Studies at City & Guilds of London Art School and a visiting lecturer in Illustration at the University of Lincoln. Brookes organised the South London Comics and Zine Fair in 2017-18. He is currently a PhD candidate at University of Arts London researching materiality and metaphor in comics.