Formed in 1993 as The Sussex Association of Cartoonists and Comic Strip Artists, Cartoon County’s aims are:

●      To increase understanding and enjoyment of comics, graphic novels, sequential illustration, and related visual arts

●      To foster greater engagement with contemporary comics, graphic novels and sequential illustration, and other visual arts

●      To increase opportunities for artists and professionals within the comics industry (including but not limited to critics, producers, promoters, funders) to come together for presentations, discussion, learning and social events

●      To create, develop or promote opportunities for cartoonists, graphic novelists and sequential illustrators in getting their work more widely seen

●      To provide support to artists for artistic and creative development in the form of skills-sharing, mentorship and instructional resources

●      To showcase new and established artists

●      To defend and promote the work of human artists against technologies which may threaten their livelihoods

●      To create an environment that is welcoming and accessible to all.