Kate Brown

Graphic Novels - Winner 2010

Fascinated early on by Japanese and European comics, Kate was captivated by the variety of ways of portraying art and the story, so far removed from franchise comics and their restrictive styles.

She has previously worked for companies including SelfMadeHero, Hasbro, ILEX Press, Robinson and RandomHouse/David Fickling Books. She was part of the original DFC weekly comic, writing and drawing The Spider Moon, which has now been released, amongst other DFC titles, as a hardback collection of the original strip.

Kate is currently completing her self-published book, Fish + Chocolate, a 128-page volume of three linked and themed stories focussing around mother and child relationships. It is aimed at a more mature audience, and represents a departure from her previous work.

Following the self-publication of Fish + Chocolate, the project was subsequently picked up for publication by SelfMadeHero, one of the UK's most progressive publishers of comics. It is released through their Original Fiction line, in hardback format, with a publication date of 22nd September.