Caption is back!
WHEN: 8th – 9th August 2026
WHERE: Seacourt Hall, Botley, Oxford OX2 9TH, UK
FAQs
Meet our team
Our festival committe is comprised of practicing comic book creators, educators, prior festival organisers, micropublishers and generally awesome people!
Matt Chambers
Matt Chambers is our co-producer on videos. He has a BA in Film and TV production, working for Channel 5 and is a creator working on Doctor Who fan video channels.
Shaun Picken
Shaun Picken is new to Caption. He’s excited by the opportunities the event will offer and working with the new team. An avid Doctor Who fan, likes his Marvel and DC. One of Caption’s keen researchers.
Amy Letts
Amy Letts is the Chair and has previously helped organise two previous Captions. She is studying Event Planning and is area coordinator for Oxfordshire Artweeks. She also runs a small art school “StART Art Classes” from her studio. https://amuletts.com/
Holly Raidl
Holly Raidl works on Caption’s social media and the website. She is a comic creator and has in the past been a comic reviewer for Broken Frontier. https://www.iliadtea.com/
Andy Luke
Andy Luke is Caption’s secretary. He brings his experience previously in the role from 2005-2008. A comics journalist, and creator of acclaimed minis, Gran, and Absence: a comic about epilepsy. Lately he’s pivoted to YouTube and comedic revues and video essays of franchise telly, with his sometimes co-host, Sex Pillow youtube.com/@andrewluke
Alistair Pulling
Alistair used to go to Caption back in its Palaeolithic era and has fond memories of fighting pterodactyls for copies of Jack Staff and the Rubins’ Dark. He lost the comics, but took the P sound from the start of their name. Once upon a time he wrote a few indie comics himself, some of which some people remember, even now.
Vickie Bernard
Vickie Bernard is Caption’s Accessibility contact, introducing the Quiet Space area for people to relax and recover from sensory overwhelm. A disability advocate, Vickie helps run a local cosplay social group, and enjoys reading small, indie comics with a cup of tea, whilst snuggling her chinchillas.
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