Craig Collins is a creator whose dark wit is equalled only by his propensity for experimenting with narrative construction. In the years that ‘Small Pressganged’ has been following his work…
Is the easier availability of high quality printing options for self-publishing having a negative knock-on effect for small press comics work presented in a traditional zine or DIY culture format?…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Is the rapidly expanding number of UK comics-related shows, fairs and festivals to exhibit at an advantage? Or is this level of growth actually stretching small press creators and their…
Yesterday we began a major multi-part series of articles in ‘Small Pressganged’ looking at the challenges facing micro and self-publishers as we go into 2015. Over the next few weeks…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
For those of us involved in the world of independent British comics – whether directly as creators and publishers or more tangentially as commentators and observers – it’s easy to…
The nominations for the fourth Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance (SICBA) Awards have been released this week, celebrating excellent work from some fine creators north of the border. Public voting for…
In August of last year I reviewed the Battle Royale/The Hunger Games/Avengers Arena satire Metrodome from the team of Craig Collins and Iain Laurie in this column here. The ghoulish imaginations…
It’s time to take another trip into the tortured psyches of Messrs Collins and Laurie and become witness to twisted familial obligations, breakfast time in Hell, and the social faux…
Metrodome is the latest offering from the warped imaginations of writer Craig Collins and artist Iain Laurie, combining playful storytelling experimentation with deviously demented all-out carnage. These two gents are,…
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