“There Is An Alternative! Critical Comics and Cartoons” is now live in The Gallery at the Templeman Library (Floor 1, West), at The University of Kent, Canterbury Campus. The exhibition can be visited, free of charge, until the first of July. For more information about visiting, please refer to https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/templeman-exhibitions/visiting/. For pictures, please refer to https://tinyurl.com/TIAAKENT.

Through the displayed material, and drawing on the position of comics as an underground or marginal form, the exhibition investigates the issue of what it means to be ‘alternative’ and ‘critical’ in contemporary society.

The material on display comes from a variety of sources, most prominently the Les Coleman Collection at the London College of Communication, the British Cartoon Archive at The University of Kent and personal collections of artists. The exhibition showcases originals, published work, reprints an paraphernalia of mostly British and American artists, including Andy Singer, Cristy C. Road, Darrin Bell, Gord Hill, Hunt Emerson, J.J. McCollough, James van Otto, Jen Sorensen, Kate Evans, Khalid Albaih, Lauren Weinstein, Matt Bors, Mike Goodwin and Dan E. Burr, Rachael House, Robert Armstrong, Safdar Ahmed, Spike Trotman, Stephanie McMillan, Suzy Varty Ted Rall, Tom Tomorrow (Dan Perkins) and Vegan Sidekick.

This exhibition was made possible with generous financial support from the Templeman Library Exhibition Fund, Creative Campus, the School of Arts Graduate Studies Committee, the Centre for Popular and Comic Performance, the Centre for Film and Media Research and the Aesthetics Research Centre.