Nicola Streeten is the co-creator (with artist Sarah Lightman) of Laydeez do Comics, a graphic novel forum with a focus on the new wave of comic work ('more domestic than superheroes') based on the drama of everyday life.
Nicola studied at the University of Sussex and Middlesex Polytechnic. She is now studying for a Master of Research at the University of Lincoln.
She has worked as a freelance illustrator since 1996, applying a humorous cartoon style to people, maps and buildings. Her illustrations have been commissioned by publishers, businesses, charities and private clients.
Her first graphic book, Billy, Me & You, will be published by Myriad in October. It first appeared in serialised form in Liquorice Magazine.
As part of the Ethics in Performance series at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Nicola joined fellow graphic novelist Nye Wright and geriatrics specialist Dr Muna Al-Jawad to discuss the importance of Graphics in Medicine. Hear her discussing Billy, Me & You and the interchange between ethics, comics and medicine.
