The first Welsh-language comic was

Ifor Owen Ifor Owen (3 July 1915 – 22 May 2007) was a Welsh educator who was notable for writing, illustrating and publishing ''Hwyl'', the first children's comic book in the Welsh language. Life history Owen was born in Cefnddwysarn, a small village nea ...

's ''Hwyl'' which ran from 1949 to 1989. Other Welsh-language comics include ''Hebog (founded 1968)'', ''Llinos (1972)'', ''Sboncyn (1980s)'', ''Penbwl'' (1989) and ''Wcw''. ''Mellten,'' founded in 2016, is a quarterly children's comic created by Huw Aaron and published by

Y Lolfa Y Lolfa (Welsh for ''The Lounge'', ) is a Welsh printing and publishing company based in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion, in Mid-Wales. It publishes a wide variety of books in Welsh and English. It also provides a commercial print service. Y Lolfa was est ...

. It features work by

Jac Jones Jac Jones (born 1 March 1943) is a Welsh children's book illustrator. He was born in Gwalchmai, Anglesey and raised in Bristol until the age of 7, before returning to Gwalchmai. He was educated at Ysgol Gynradd Gwalchmai and Ysgol Uwchradd Llan ...

, Ben Hillman, Joe Watson, Alexander Matthews and

Wilbur Dawbarn Wilbur Dawbarn is a British cartoonist based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He has drawn cartoons for publications such as ''Punch'', ''The Times'', '' Private Eye'', ''The Spectator'', and comic strips, such as The Beano's Billy Whizz (2012-2 ...

. The first Welsh-language graphic novel was Pelydr-Ll, published by

, and created by Elwyn Ioan and

Gareth Miles Gareth Miles is a Welsh-language author, translator, and a founder of . He is a Marxist and translated Hamlet into the Welsh language from that perspective. In 2008 his book won the Wales Book of the Year The Wales Book of the Year is a Welsh ...

Y Mabinogi ' (English title ''Otherworld'': not a literal translation) is a 2003 Welsh film based on a series of Welsh tales written by bards in the Middle Ages. It is mostly animated, although the very beginning and end sequences are live action. It follo ...

is a graphic novel adaptation of the 2003 film, which is in turn based on the classic Welsh tales known as

The Mabinogion The ''Mabinogion'' () are the earliest Welsh prose stories, and belong to the Matter of Britain. The stories were compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions. There are two main source manuscripts, create ...

. It was written by Wales-based writer/artist Mike Collins. ''Seren a Sbarc yn Achub (Cwpan) y Bydysawd'' is a comic-format children's book created by Elidir Jones and Huw Aaron, and published by Llyfrau Broga Books ''Gwil Garw a'r Carchar Crisial'' is a 2021 children's graphic novel written and illustrated by Huw Aaron, and published by Llyfrau Broga Books.

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