Kate Evans, cartoonist, author and public speaker.
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Don't Call Me Princess! Out now! The brand new anti-fairytale for girls of all ages. A quirky, funny kids book for people who aspire to more in life than finding a handsome prince.
Threads from the refugee crisis, is the first graphic novel ever to be listed for the Orwell Prize for Books. “Gripping and beautiful. This is comics journalism at its finest.” – Alison Bechdel. “Haunting… Again and again, [Evans’s] narrative emphasises the desperation of people trying to reach safety… The appalling threads of these people’s lives coalesce to form a bigger picture with an underlying message: we need to treat our fellow humans with care and respect.” Times Literary Supplement.
Red Rosa, the graphic biography of Rosa Luxemburg was selected as a ‘graphic book of the year’ choice by both the Independent and Observer newspapers, and was so successful that it sold out here in the UK on the day of its official launch. 11 international editions available.
We also have Bump: how to make grow and birth a baby a truly groundbreaking ‘choose your own adventure’ approach to fertility, pregnancy and birth, and British breastfeeding bestseller The Food of Love – attachment parenting explained in the funniest, freshest, least preachy way possible.
Funny Weather We're Having At the Moment Isn't it Dear: Everything you Didn't Want to Know about Climate Change but Probably Should Find Out. Remember climate change? That climate change? The one that is still happening? Find out how, why and what to do about it in this pocket-sized comic guide.
"Kate Evans is one of the most original talents in comics I’ve seen in a long time."
Steve Bell, The Guardian.
"This @cartoonkate is a bona fide genius."
George Monbiot
Recent Posts
Escape to Safelandia
We are all boiling frogs…
As probably not endorsed by Keira Knightley or Kristen Bell
Don’t Call Me Princess! – the backstory.
Early Pregnancy, Smells, Sickness and Hunger – excerpt from Bump
Ouch! Common Breastfeeding Complaints – excerpt from Food of Love
How often should you feed your baby (Part 2)
How often should you feed your baby? (Part 1) Excerpt from The Food Of Love
‘You’ll ruin your figure!’ – Excerpt from The Food of Love
How to feed your baby – excerpt from The Food Of Love
Wanna own a picture of Boris Johnson as a pile of snot?
The Threads excerpts on the Internets
Read the first chapter. Threads: the Calais Cartoon
If the law is wrong, then break it.
A day at Dunkirk refugee camp.
#ChickenCoup. The Eagle has landed!
Read the sample: ‘Threads from the Refugee Crisis’
Phone credit for refugees
Red Rosa makes the Bread and Roses shortlist
London Review Bookshop podcast for International Women’s Day
Introducing… the Rosa Luxembag!
Children of Calais.
Radio Rosa
Broadly interview: Rosa Luxemburg, the cat lady
Interview on Red Rosa: Truth Out talk artistic process and economic prescience
Merry Christmas and all that.
21st Century Cop Out
Not bad for a Sunday morning scribble.
Threads. The Calais cartoon.
#piggate
#budget2015
Welfare Queen
‘Partners too’ – illustrations from the partner’s perspective
‘Teens too’ – illustrations on teenage miscarriage
Birth: How monkey mama does it
NHS plc
Let’s play Welfare Reform!
The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill
Fracking hell…
Thatcherism
Carbon Supermarket
Funny Weather We’re Having at the Moment…
Big Brother
…this isn’t news.
What would you do for money?














