Sequential Scotland 2026 is back at the DoubleTree by Hilton

Sequential Scotland 2026 returns on 8 August at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Edinburgh. Scotland's dedicated small press comics convention is back for another year - and table applications are now open! It's time to get applying.

Headline Artist: Fran Morton

The headline artist this year is the incredibly talented Fran Morton. Fran is a freelance illustrator and award-winning comic creator from Edinburgh. She worked in animation for several years and has been making comics in some form since she was a teenager. In 2024, she won Best Short Comic at the Selkie Awards. In 2025, she was shortlisted for the inaugural Newberry Medieval Minicomic Prize for work that engages with medieval history.

Her work is primarily inspired by history, folklore, Arthuriana, and a fondness for tragedy. Her first comic, With Malicious Intent, was a small collection of short stories about murder and misadventure. Her second, Tide, was a fantasy story about murder and making deals with mermaids. Currently, she's working on a historical graphic novel set in the borders of 18th-century Scotland, which she's aiming to finish this year, as well as a couple of Arthurian comics. You can find more of her work at franmorton.com.

Fran also drew the incredible Sequential Scotland 2026 poster above.

Guest Creators

The remaining guest creators showcase the amazing talent currently working in the UK small-press and indie space.

Blue Fox Comics was founded in 2015 by Simon Birks & Marielle Bouleau. It has rapidly grown to become a publisher of distinct, high-quality, character-driven genre comics, graphic novels and gamebooks. From slice-of-life through to sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, they have titles to suit all ages and ship worldwide from their base in Scotland.

Simon is an award-winning writer of comics, novels, plays, poetry, and films. With co-founder Marielle Bouleau, Blue Fox has successfully funded titles including Hexes, Gone, Sinners, Robyn, The Girl in the Midnight Gown and House Bound. Marielle Bouleau is an English writer based in Scotland. She can usually be found scribbling in a notebook, no matter where she is or what she's supposed to be doing. She runs Fox Red Comics, writes the comic Busy Little Bees, and will soon be debuting her new comic, Tides. Browse their full range at the Blue Fox Bookstore.

Chris Lau Manson is a mixed Scottish-Hakka Chinese artist based near Glasgow. Originally from Hong Kong, he has built up a career in comics and illustration alongside a career in business technology. He will also be attending the Glasgow School of Art in 2026. Outside of art and storytelling, he loves to cook and enjoys cycling whenever the weather in the west of Scotland allows.

Chris' comic work draws from his twin Scottish and Chinese heritages to tell stories infused with magical realism. The themes of his stories often deal with how tradition can help reinforce ourselves, but strict adherence to traditionalism holds us back. See more of his work at chrislaumanson.co.uk.

Erika Price is a cartoonist based in the East Midlands. She's been making comics since 2018 and printing her work since 2020. Her comics have been featured in Razorblades (Image Comics), Viscere (Stregasporka) and When I Was Me (Quindrie Press).

Her debut longform comic, Disorder, was a nonlinear body horror comic about self-destruction, self-creation, disability and transness. Her current series, Worms, is a gothic horror inspired by being raised catholic and queer. It explores themes of abuse of power, guilt, self-loathing, and complicity in atrocity. Her work is available through her Big Cartel shop.

John Lees is an award-winning writer from Glasgow, Scotland. Across a 15-year career, he has built up a critically-acclaimed body of work and collaborated with publishers including ComixTribe, Vault Comics, AWA Studios, IDW and Mad Cave Studios. He is best known for his horror work - including AND THEN EMILY WAS GONE, SINK, and HOTELL, which was recently optioned for film - but has also written crime, action, fantasy, comedy and romance.

John has been a longtime fixture on the Scottish comics scene and was a founding member of the Glasgow League of Writers. Find out more about his work at johnleescomics.com.

Table Applications

Table Applications for Sequential Scotland 2026 opened on 3 April 2026 and close on 24 April 2026. As with last year, they're looking for sequential art - comics, zines, art books and TTRPG books. They want to see creators' own original works that use the interplay between text and image to tell a narrative. This definition is kept flexible so they can judge each application on its own merits, and hopefully showcase the true breadth of this art form. They can't wait to see what everyone's been creating!