Comics Literacy Awareness (CLAw) is a national organization in the United Kingdom promoting

literacy Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

through

comic book A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...

s. Founded in 2014, it is a

registered charity A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, Religion, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definitio ...

under English law and its mission is to raise the literacy levels of UK children through the medium of comics and graphic novels. CLAw organizes the UK's Comics Laureate, on the model of the

Children's Laureate Children's Laureate, now known as the Waterstones Children's Laureate, is a position awarded in the United Kingdom once every two years to a "writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field". The rol ...

, to act as an ambassador for comic books and their potential to improve literacy. The first Comics Laureate,

Dave Gibbons David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries ''Watchmen'' and the Superman story " For the M ...

, was selected in October 2014. Subsequent Comics Laureates have been

Charlie Adlard Charles Adlard (born 4 August 1966) is a British comic book artist known for his work on books such as '' The Walking Dead'' and '' Savage''. Career Adlard began his work in the UK on ''White Death'' with Robbie Morrison and '' 2000 AD'' serie ...

(2017-19),

Hannah Berry Hannah Berry is a British comics artist and writer based in Brighton. She is the third UK comics laureate and the first woman to be offered the role, taking over from Charlie Adlard in 2019. In 2018 she was inducted as a fellow of the Royal Soc ...

(2019-21), Stephen L. Holland (2021-23) and Bobby Joseph (2023-25).The Lakes International Comic Art Festival
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* * {{EW charity, 1158064 British children's literature 2014 establishments in the United Kingdom Educational charities based in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 2014 Comics awards in the United Kingdom

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