Visiting lectures and talks!

Being a publisher and freelance writer/artist keeps me very busy, but I like to put something back too. I’ve delivered lectures on comics, character design, the history of Marvel Comics, Alan Moore, Ms Marvel, writing, drawing comics and self publishing at

• Dundee University,
• Edinburgh Napier University,
• Glasgow Museum of Modern Art,
• Abertay University,
• The Develop Game Conference, Brighton
• The Cheltenham Literary Festival, Cheltenham
• Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art and Design
• The International Graphic Novels and Comic Conference, Bournemouth

and many international comic festivals including Melbourne and New York. I’ve also chaired panels and talks, and been published in academic journals writing on various aspects of comics and graphic novels. I hold a Masters with Distinction in Comics and Graphic Novels from the University of Dundee, and won the Duncan of Jordanstone Prize in 2019.

A talk on writing for comics in Melbourne with Tom Taylor, Rachel Smith, and Ryan K Lindsay

A talk on the history of Marvel Comics with Mike Carey and Alan Cowsill at the Cheltenham Literary Festival – after which we all signed our books.

Feel free to contact me about doing lectures or talks using the contact form on this site.

All the best

Monty