Gigs

Part of Leeds Lit Fest 2026. See the full programme at https://www.leedslitfest.co.uk/

Gigs: How to Make a Worryingly Prescient Graphic Novel.

"A.I. took the work. Gigs replaced jobs. Ordinary people are left to scrape together lives in a world that's no longer built for them."

That's the blurb for GIGS, an upcoming graphic novel drawn by Si Smith and written by Mark Mosedale, but it could describe this Tuesday.

Mark and Si discuss how they spent seven years making the right graphic novel for this exact second, finding hope and getting things done in dark times, and the question 'why comics?'

SI SMITH

Si Smith is a UK-based comics artist, freelance illustrator and curmudgeon. He's married with two adult sons, and currently lives and works in Leeds.

MARK MOSEDALE

Mark Mosedale is a writer from the north of England. He lives in Leeds with his wife, kids and preoccupations. Gigs is his first graphic novel.