Words and Pictures with Neill Cameron
Discover why comics and graphic novels are so popular right now, whether words or pictures come first when he puts pen to paper and Neill's top tips for aspiring comic creators
The Bookseller recently reported that in 2024 sales of children’s comic strip fiction and graphic novels were up by a record 18.3% and brought in a total of £19,288,380.
So it feels timely that this week we’re sharing an interview with
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We talked about why he thinks comics and graphic novels are so popular right now, his creative process and top tips.
Neill Cameron is a cartoonist and writer, creator of the graphic novel series Mega Robo Bros and Donut Squad, the Freddy VS School illustrated novels, and frequent contributor to weekly children’s comic The Phoenix.
You can watch our chat here:
We hope you found our conversation as interesting as we did. Our two boys aged 8 and 10 are both HUGE fans of Neill’s work so we got brownie points for chatting to him :)
You can find out more about Neill on his website, his substack, Bluesky and instagram.
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