My short film What it Feels Like won the Short Film Award at the Voices With Impact Film Festival. The festival showcases films about serious Mental Illness. As someone who lives with a serious mental illness and endevours to create art, it means a lot to win an award like this. What it Feels Like can also be streamed online with the Voices with Impact Festival. Info at the festival website.
I am doing a lot less events this year, as I am concentrating on new work. I expect I will be doing even less next year as well. Therefore I am pleased to take part in Glasgow Comic Con on 1 June 2024. The event is taking place at The Royal Concert Hall, Killermont Street, Glasgow G2 3NY
I will have no new comics or zines for sale, but this will be the last time in quite a while that I will be selling my comic and zines in person in Glasgow. I plan on doing a lot more comics and zine events in 2026. I had a busy 2022 and 2023 and I want to come back with lots of new stuff.
I will be taking part in Glasgow Comic Art Festival 2024 on 9 March 2024. The event takes place from 4pm to 9pm and is at Glassford Trades Hall, 85 Glassford St, Glasgow, G1 1UH.
There will be no new comics or zines from me (I will hopefully have some later in 2024), but I am looking forward to tabling in Glasgow again. This is a new Comic Art Festival in the city.
I will be taking part in Edinburgh Zine Fest 2024 on Sunday 11 February 2024. The event will take place at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh. This will be my third time tabling at this zine fest and it is one of the best. I have no new zines on sale, but I will be selling some old ones that I have not had on my table in a few years. I will have copies of my How To Deal With Rejection series . There are 3 issues in total and info on these are below. Edinburgh Zine Fest will be my first event of 2024.
How To Deal With Rejection – Issue 1
How To Deal With Rejection – Issue 2
How To Deal With Rejection – Issue 3
I have updated this website with some extra information on my work and a more concise list of exhibitions and events. In the past few years I have been to many Zine Fests and Comic Cons. I have not released any new comics since Conversations with LGBTQ+ Elders and I have mostly been concentrating on my animation work. In late 2022 I released the Coming Out Autistic short film and it has gone onto screen in over 40 international film festivals and win the Best Animation Award at the Marvels of Media Awards.
My plan for 2024 is to complete a new film and hopefully put out a zine at the end of the year. I have been working busy, but I will use this blog to post updates on events.
Conversations with LGBTQ+ Elders is a comic about activism and protest as you get older. It tells the story of Will and Anthony, two older gay men as they get ready to attend a protest. The story features interviews with people who know the couple and we learn how they maintain their need to stand up and be recognised.
Conversations with LGBTQ+ Elders takes an experimental and non-linear look at comic book storytelling. The story is an intimate and personal one that shows the need for love and companionship. We see two people who have stuck together throughout their lives and overcome many problems. This inspires their activism and we see this passion within the pages of the comic.
Conversation with LGBTQ+ Elders is 32 pages long and in full colour. You can buy the comic here.
I’m tabling at Glasgow Comic Con 2022. The event takes place on 4 June 2022 at Glasgow Club Bellahouston, 31 Bellahouston Dr, Bellahouston, Glasgow.
I’ll be at table B11 and selling some fairly new comics and zines!
Prosopagnosia won the Experimental Award at Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival. This was the first award that I have won in Scotland and the third award that Prosopagnosia has won! The award ceremony took place at the CCA in Glasgow on 12/05/2022. It was nice to attend an award ceremony that was walking distance from my flat.
My short Prosopagnosia is now available to watch online on the New York Times Op-Docs site.
Prosopagnosia has been chosen to be part of their new series of short documentaries that they host online. The series looks to present independent and nonfiction filmmaking from around the world.
I was in New York for the Marvels of Media Awards at the Museum of Moving Image. My short film Prosopagnosia won the Experimental Award at the Festival. The exhibition ran from 31 March – 1 May. Prosopagnosia screened in the gallery and some Polaroid photos and a notebook from the film were also displayed. Some photos are below –
Steven Fraser 