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Ed Hillyer: The Wild West Days of Comic Narrative
Ed Hillyer – also known as ILYA – has more than thirty years’ experience as a comic book writer, artist and editor, published internationally by Marvel, DC and Dark Horse in the USA, Kodansha in Japan, and numerous independent companies worldwide.
Ed’s titles include award-winning graphic novel series The End of the Century Club, Manga Shakespeare’s King Lear and Room for Love . He has also edited Mammoth Books of Best New Manga, and Colour Me Bad. He will be talking, showing and telling about the earliest days of comic strip narrative, and how those distant techniques relate to his current practice.
Date:
3 December 2025, 17:00
Venue:
Venue to be announced
Speaker:
Ed Hillyer
Organiser:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
peter.kessler@magd.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Peter Kessler (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Oxford Comics Network
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxford-comics-network-october-to-december-2025-tickets-1652949659929?aff=oddtdtcreator
Booking email:
peter.kessler@magd.ox.ac.uk
Cost:
free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Peter Kessler
