This is an #SAComics workshop event, Durban(ish) (031 area code), 21 March, R300.
I know the people who are organising this and they have a good comics (and comix) track record.
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The Comic Jam Cape Town poster. It's a black and white illustration of a guy in a beanie, T-shirt, and jeans, wielding a giant pencil, battling a hog alien with a laser pistol. There are art supplies fling in all directions and ink spilled on the ground. The guy is saying "Only R50 per person" and the alien is saying "Wowzers!") The text reads: Comic Jam Cape Town Every 1st Sunday 11H00-13H00 @ Obz Books, There is a QR code for a WhatsApp number, which probably is for contacting the organiser, Warren Raysdorf.
The 1st Comic Jam Cape Town for 2026 is happening on Sunday, 11:00 to 13:00(+), Obz Books, 76 Lower Main Road, Observatory
The R50 only applies if you want to get a Jam Starter Kit. If you have your own supplies or projects you're working on, it's free. (It's also free just to hang out)
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Here's the actual link:
david-augustyn-art.itch.io/ahodori
The comic is very good.
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A photo of the cover of The Light At The Frankenstein Place, with a pixel art picture of a skull and crossbones and "A Tiny Adventure By Mandy J Watson" written at the bottom. A hand is holding the zine and you can see how tiny it is (A8) but there's a lot going on inside!
A hand is holding the second zine, The Time Machine, which has a pixel art image of an analogue clock with the arms spinning. The text reads "A Tiny Adventure By Mandy J Watson". The zine is also A8 but it has a few more pages and a little surprise in the middle!
If you're in South Africa, buy my zines for Christmas!
On the weekend I dropped off a big order at @thebooklounge.bsky.social and they're also available elsewhere (see below) but I want to give a special shout out to The Book Lounge in Cape Town, which has been particularly supportive.
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TUESDAY: Launch of this year's Ons Klyntji zine at The Book Lounge in Cape Town. Event is free, just RSVP for catering purposes.
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#SAComics related events coming up in the next couple of days:
FRIDAY: Bitterkomix art book launch, Cape Town (free).
SATURDAY: Magic & Mayhem, Cape Town (ticketted ~R70).
SATURDAY: Sale, Smallville Comics, Johannesburg.
SUNDAY: Comic Jam Cape Town (R50).
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The first #SAComics event for December is happening right now at The Book Lounge in Cape Town until this evening: the store, which supports local comics, zines, and self-publishers, is celebrating its 18th birthday with an 18% discount on everything (so: buy comics!).
Also: free party tonight!
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A collage image featuring art, illustrations, and logos from all the events listed in the news article.
News: South African Comics Events Coming Up In December 2025
www.brainwavez.org/news/2025/20...
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There are lots and lots and lots of South African game devs, as well as some #SAComics creators and novel writers, on itch.
Support local and remember that even if their projects are free there may still be a donation option. Use it on Friday!
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Today: Zapiro signing books at Exclusive Books in Sandton (Johannesburg), free event.
Monday: Zapiro's Johannesburg 30th annual launch with Suits & Sneakers, also free.
Ongoing: Cosmic Comics and Smallville Comics (both in Johannesburg) are having sales until the end of the month.
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Today: Carlos Amato launching his cartoon anthology at The Book Lounge in Cape Town (free event).
Tomorrow: Zapiro doing a cartoon showcase at Sacred Heart College, Marist Observatory in Johannesburg (free event).
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A collage of logos and artwork (and a photo of Zapiro) to illustrate the main items in the #SAComics calendar for November 2025.
News: South African Comics Events Coming Up In November 2025
There are lots of #SAComics events coming up in the next six weeks. Here's the first roundup, for November. The second is in progress.
www.brainwavez.org/news/2025/20...
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#SAComics event this Sunday in Cape Town: Comic Jam at Obz Books, 76 Lower Main Road, Observatory. 11am+ (~1pm but often goes on longer for those who want to linger).
R50 to cover supplies and such.
Everyone welcome, no skill level required, just passion.
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Cape Town: Batman Day tomorrow at Reader's Den Comic Shop Wynberg and Tyger Valley.
Details here: readersden.co.za/batman-day-2...
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Reminder: Comic Jam Cape Town is happening again tomorrow, 7 September, at Obz Books, but at 11am, not 10am. Apparently the coffee station has now also been opened at the back of the shop
I won't be able to make it because I'll be at @openbookfestival.bsky.social but I'll be there in Oct. #SAComics
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There are also #SAComics people in the marketplace, including @losynacomics.bsky.social, Tyler Pike, and Andy Mason. (No photos yet - hopefully I'll have some tomorrow.)
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A group of people sitting at tables in the covered outdoor space behind Obz Books in Observatory, Cape Town. They are drawing comics on A4 sheets of paper. Photograph: Mandy J Watson
The jam was suitable for people of all skill levels, although there were quite a few #SAComics creators in attendance too. (Which resulted in catchup conversations and an impromptu comics and zines swap after the jam ended.)
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For this #SAComicsSunday I'm going to do a quick post about an event that happened today - Comic Jam Cape Town, which took place at Obz Books in Observatory.
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The cover of The Light At The Frankenstein Place: A Tiny Adventure By Mandy J Watson. There is 1-bit pixel art at the top of an open book that says "1" (because t's the first in an intended series) and 1-bit pixel art further down of a skull and crossbones.
The zine is 32 pages, hand cut from a printed A4 sheet and then stapled, and has a 160gsm cover.
Consequently it is A8 in size (ie very tiny). #SAComics
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![A poster from Obz Books showing an illustration of four excited people drawing.
It says: Comic Jam Cape Town, only R50 per person, Sunday 3rd August, 10H00-12H00 @ Obs [sic] Books.
There's also a QR code but I don't know where it goes.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:txn2z6j5emtmboiodoqz47is/bafkreicuy3fhx3wyiramlo2svefe6mj7taucb3xgju4lv45k634us7rmtm)
A poster from Obz Books showing an illustration of four excited people drawing. It says: Comic Jam Cape Town, only R50 per person, Sunday 3rd August, 10H00-12H00 @ Obs [sic] Books. There's also a QR code but I don't know where it goes.
Happening on Sunday, 3 August: Comic Jam Cape Town at Obz Books (76 Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town). I don't know much about this but it's R50, 10am-12pm, bring your own supplies. Apparently it's going to be monthly.
More details here:
www.instagram.com/p/DMsmC70qn8H/
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Daniël Hugo is an #SAComics creator as well as an illustrator and fine artist. I highlighted one of his comics in this thread:
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The cover of The Perilous World Of Toxic Fungi zine, which is just the text of the title written in pen. Photograph: Mandy J Watson
Here's a bonus zine from our workshop for #SAComicsSunday, #IZM2025, and #InternationalZine Month: The Perilous World Of Toxic Fungi by Lemonzestt (Naadirah Moola).
(Don't miss the extra notes in the Alt text.)
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The cover of the zine Seed Pod Selections. It is black text with no images and says: SEED POD SELECTIONS A studio inventory CATRIONA TOWRISS Photograph: Mandy J Watson
Since it is #InternationalZineMonth / #IZM2025, today's #SAComicsSunday showcase is another zine from the workshop we ran last month.
It's Seed Pod Selections: A Studio Inventory by Catriona A. Towriss.
(As always, don't miss the extra notes in the Alt text.)
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A donation drive for @openbookfestival.bsky.social in Cape Town has just been announced. This festival is vital for South African and African literature, and has long been a supporter of the #SAComics community as well, so if you have any money to spare please help:
booklounge.co.za/product/open...
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Here's the previous thread, an exploration of Space Diner by British writer James Roblin and #SAComics creator Luis Tolosana, which was originally from 2015 but was tweaked in 2023.
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A photograph showing the cover of A Family Portrait, by Lindelwa Cele. It is a ballpoint pen drawing of the outlines of the heads and shoulders of a group of people, surrounded by loose rectangular shapes meant to evoke the sense of a photo frame. Photograph: Mandy J Watson
It's #IZM2025 (International ZIne Month) and also #SAComicsSunday so here's another zine from the workshop I co-facilitated in June: A Family Portrait by Lindelwa Cele.
(As always, there are additional details in the Alt text.)
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I wanted to write an itch blog post about this before I started talking about it on Bluesky but a few copies are out in the wilds of Cape Town so, uh, I made an interactive zine based on my little game of the same name.
It's for sale! R20 in SA (excl postage, which is a complication).
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The Space Diner comic was originally inspired by this artwork by Luis Tolosana of the interior of a diner filled with alien creatures who are hanging out at all the booths. A waitress, who has small wings, is walking past in the foregound with a tray of drinks. (She is one of the characters in this scene who made it into the comic, albeit adjusted because in the comic she also has a tail. The aliens at the booth on the far right also made it into the comic, although they were redesigned in the 2023 version.) The diner is lit by fancy globes and the back wall has "Falcon Comics", Luis Tolosana's comics brand for a few years in the mid 2010s, written on it in large letters, along with the Falcon Comics logo.
#SAComicSunday: Space Diner is a four page digital comic by British writer James Roblin and #SAComics creator Luis Tolosana that I don't think was ever printed. Two versions exist: the original, which was published in 2015, and an updated version that was published in 2023.
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The cover of Your Dad's House (Prototype 1). The cover has an illustration of a key, on top of which are the words "YOUR DAD'S HOUSE". Above the illustration it says "draw in me" and "write in me". Below the illustration it says "prototype 1" (which is underlined) and a GAMEBOOK by WILLIAM B. Photograph: Mandy J Watson
Your Dad's House (Prototype 1) is a gamebook zine that William Bishop (WillowWaffle in some online spaces) made during the @openbookfestival.bsky.social Workshop Week's zine workshop co-facilitated by myself and @milo-wildcat.bsky.social earlier this month.
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The cover of the comic features a high school girl named Thandi who is holding a crystal. Bars of light are beaming out from the crystal to highlight five African scientist superheroes - Rocktor (Silindokuhle Mavuso), Morpho (Kimberleigh Tommy), Bones (Keneiloe Molopyane), GeoTime (Tebogo Makhubela), and Plant Detective (Aviwe Matiwane).
This week's #SAComicsSunday is a science themed educational comic: SuperScientists Dig In! by Justin Yarrow (story) and Clyde Beech (co-writing and art). It's part of the broader SuperScientists initiative, which aims to get young people excited about real-life African scientists.
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