Comic Boom - Comics in Education

About Comic Boom - Comics in Education

An education podcast exploring the use of comics in education. Each episode I’ll be joined by a special guest from a wide range of backgrounds, from passionate education professionals to academics and industry experts. I'll be exploring a wide range of perspectives in the search for information and inspiration. Listen in if you’d like to grow your understanding of the theory behind comics, discover the most effective approaches to using comics and graphic novels in your classroom and gain inspiration from passionate comics creators. This season of Comic Boom is sponsored by ALCS, The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society! Find out more about their work at www.alcs.co.uk

Publisher

Lucy Starbuck Braidley

Category

arts · arts · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jan 2023

Latest episode

10 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

54 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Sept 2026

   Comic Boom - The Comics in Education Podcast with Claire Linney

   Send us Fan Mail Send us Fan Mail In this episode Lucy is joined by writer, influencer and comics fan Claire Linney. Claire Linney is a children’s author and book influencer. A lifelong reader she is passionate about advocating for more diverse representation in literature for children and teenagers. After working in marketing for over twenty years, she stumbled across Black Tudors: The Untold Story, which inspired her to want to bring the hidden stories of Black British history to life for t...

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   28 Feb 2026

   Comic Boom - The Comics in Education Podcast: Yo Comics! A Comics Fair for and by Kids!

   Send a text In this episode Lucy is joined by Helen Jones and Hannah Lee Miller, the Co-Driectors of Yo Comics - a Comics Fair for and by Kids, run in South London at Stanley Arts. Helen Jones is a lecturer in Primary Education at UCL Institute of Education and a PhD candidate at Goldsmiths. Alongside Lucy Starbuck Braidley, she has written a soon to be published book about comics in the classroom. Helen edited the book Children’s Literature In Action and has published her work academically. ...

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   19 Feb 2026

   Comic Boom - The Comics in Education podcast with Neill Cameron

   Send a text In this episode I chat with award winning comics creator, Neill Cameron. Neill Cameron is a cartoonist and writer, creator of the comic books Mega Robo Bros, Since 2011 his work has appeared in the weekly children’s comic The Phoenix. In 2016 Mega Robo Bros and Tamsin and the Deep were both shortlisted for the British Comics Awards. In 2017, Mega Robo Bros won the Excelsior Award Jr, a national comic award voted for by school and library reading groups across the UK. In 201...

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• Fay Evans
• Kate Manning
• Hannah Kettle
• Helena Maratheftis
• Hannah Tunnicliffe

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20 ratings

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Engagement

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