Comic Boom - Comics in Education - with Writer, Illustrator and Educator Sayra Begum

Send us Fan MailThis episode is part of a collaboration with Lakes International Comics Arts Festival.Lucy chats to writer, illustrator and educator Sayra BegumSayra Begum is an illustrator, writer and educator based in Nottingham. She teaches Illustration at Falmouth University and Comics at De Montfort University. Begum released her debut graphic novel, Mongrel in 2020 (supported by ACE, published by Knockabout).Begum has contributed to the 10 Years to Save the World comic anthology, the Wild Escape campaign, and Constrain Climate Comics where she created a comic responding to the IPCC report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). She also took part in the Comics Cultural Exchange Residency in Prague and was also recently an artist in residence at New Art Exchange, where she launched her Pilgrimage project.  Find Sayra on:Instagram: @sayra_begum_illustration Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SayraBegumIllustratorLinks to everything  discussed in this episode  can be found on the podcast padlet.You can SUPPORT the podcast by buying a comic or buying me a comic at: https://ko-fi.com/lucysbProducer and Host: @Lucy_BraidleyContact: [email protected] by John_Sib from Pixabay