Shelly Bond

Shelly Bond has been editing comic books for over three decades for publishers behemoth and boutique, including a twenty-two-year stint at DC Comics’ original Vertigo imprint, editing Si Spencer's Bodies, Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles, and the 15-year Eisner Award-winning run of Bill Willingham’s Fables among others. She also edited the multiple Eisner Award-winning series Bitter Root and the Eisner Award-nominated anthology Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed The World.

She created the Filth & Grammar Trilogy, an unprecedented series of graphic memoirs chock-full of tips and tricks on making and editing comics. The books feature a coterie of talented artists including Imogen Mangle, Mark Buckingham, Laura Hole, and Lid Thom. Shelly teaches Comics Editing at Portland State University and via her website, filthandgrammar.com.

All special guests will appear at our comic convention on 14 & 15 November 2026