Comic Artist Rachael Smith

Rachael Smith is an award-winning comic artist and writer. She has created numerous graphic novels including Stand in Your Power, Wired Up Wrong, Artificial Flowers, and The Rabbit. Her graphic novel Quarantine Comix: A Memoir of Life in Lockdown was written and drawn every day during the 2020 lockdown and shared online, helping people who were socially isolated to feel connected. She is currently drawing her new book Isabella & Blodwen.

Rachael discusses her work with Chris Browning from Calder Valley Scribblers and offers advice on working in the comic book industry. Chris Browning is a librarian by day and comic creator by night, and the artist behind the comic series The Common Swings. Calder Valley Scribblers are a collective of comic artists, writers and fans, who host Scribblecon in Todmorden.