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?

My first cartoon

Website Design
