Leeds Arts University sponsor Thought Bubble 2026

Students and alumni from across the University are taking part in Thought Bubble 2026, Yorkshire’s Comic Art Festival, from 9-15 November. Leeds Arts University is once again proud to sponsor the event.

Thought Bubble is a week-long celebration of comics, illustration and more, taking place in venues across Yorkshire and culminating in a two-day comic convention at Harrogate Convention Centre on 14-15 November.

Students from BA (Hons) Comic and Concept Art and MA Comic Art with Graphic Novel will be exhibiting and selling their work at Thought Bubble Comicon on 14-15 November. A number of alumni from across the courses will also have their own tables at the event this year.

This year, a small group of Comic and Concept Art students have been selected to partner with the festival directors for a social media takeover where they will be sharing their coverage of the Comicon on the Comic and Concept Art Instagram.

On Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November, Ben Simpson, Senior Lecturer on BA (Hons) Animation (aka Doctor Simpo), will be back in the Kids Zone running another instalment of his Collaborative Comix Jam.