Journalist Zoe Meadows doesn’t think much of the Northumberland “Solstice Festival,” considering it a fluffy puff-piece downgraded from her usual “investigative journalism,” but she needs the money. As does the…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Spawned from the darkly mischievous mindscape of Fraser Geesin – comics creator (The Cleaner), comics podcaster (SILENCE!) and stand-up comedian – Komisk sees the Brighton-based artist joined by a small…
Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital…
It’s so easy to overuse the superlatives when it comes to describing some of the work on show on the current UK small press scene but in the case of…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
We all know by now that if you want an all-encompassing sampler of the breadth and diversity of the ever vibrant small press publishing scene in the UK (and beyond!)…
It’s exhibitions (and other events!) galore in February’s round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene are up to, both within and without the world…
Kathryn Briggs’s Story(cycle) was completed as part of her Master of Fine Art degree this year. Ostensibly it’s an examination of the hero archetype as embodied in mythology in Joseph…
“There Have Been So Many Highlights!” – Publisher Andy Brown on 30 Years of Conundrum Press, Discovering Unique Voices in Comics, and the Realities of Arts Funding in CanadaOctober 20, 2026
“I Love Exploring Themes of Culture, Family and Siblinghood” – Shri Gunasekara on Experimenting with the Form, Colour as a Storytelling Device, and Artistic ProcessOctober 19, 2026
“After Reading… So Many Works… from Caribbean-British Writers and African Americans… I Wanted to Create that Space for Myself in Comics”- Lara Boyle Talks to Michael D. Kennedy on the Process Behind the Making of ‘Milk White Steed’September 30, 2026
“We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We Are Going to Make Glorious Comics About it! Get Used to It!” – The inQ! Team Are Back with the Second Edition of London’s Queer Comics FairSeptember 17, 2026
“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
