BA (Hons) Cartoon And Comic Arts in Stoke-On-Trent United Kingdom | University of Staffordshire

Our Cartoon and Comic Arts program offers a distinctive curriculum designed to enhance your abilities in visual and narrative storytelling.
This course equips you for dynamic careers across multiple fields including comic books, periodicals, graphic novels, editorial illustration, character creation, visual narratives, storyboarding, and advertising or film production.
Students gain access to networking opportunities and sales platforms at major comic conventions in London and Leeds, along with international travel possibilities. We maintain strong ties with London's Cartoon Museum, showcasing student work there and collaborating on nationwide events.
The University organizes Stoke Con Trent, Staffordshire's premier pop culture convention attracting 1,500+ attendees including industry experts. This event is establishing connections with Germany's Erlangen Comic Salon festival.
Set in a vibrant studio environment, our industry-aligned curriculum fosters creative problem-solving and versatile approaches to working across multiple media formats. This develops the technical proficiency needed to handle professional assignments and advance your artistic practice.
Guest professionals regularly visit our studios to mentor students, sharing career insights and specialized knowledge. Recent visitors include notable creators like Mike Collins (Doctor Who), David Lloyd (V for Vendetta), and Frazer Irving (Marvel, DC). Students have attended global conventions in New York, Germany, and Japan.
With strong emphasis on practical experience, you'll gain opportunities to publish and commercially distribute your work. Graduates complete the program fully prepared for professional creative careers.

Career Prospects
Alumni graduate with polished portfolios, exhibition experience, and valuable industry connections. Our graduates work as professional comic artists with distribution through major specialty retailers like Forbidden Planet and Travelling Man. Others pursue illustration careers, contributing to publications such as The Guardian and The Big Issue, along with various digital platforms.