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 or digital storefront, the…
One of the five shortlisted entries for the Best Comic category in this year’s British Comic Awards Beast Wagon returns for the second part of its serialised story this November….
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From Germany to Belgium, we take a look at two recent releases, by up-and-coming alt talent Jan Soeken and Judith Vanistendael, who already has two books released in English. Friends…
“There’s never been a better time for bringing exciting comics voices into contact with an eager and engaged audience.” Longtime Staffers Murphy and Wilkins Assume New Editorial Roles Broken Frontier has…
One of the most eagerly awaited publications of the year, the latest edition of Lose, Michael DeForge’s annual anthology from Koyama Press, doesn’t disappoint. Michael DeForge’s career so far epitomises what…
The more well-mined seams of genre fiction are something I tend to shy away from in ‘Small Pressganged’, preferring instead to cover work that focuses on playing with the form…
Comics and beer. If you follow the social media feeds of our Editor in Chief Andy Oliver then you will already be aware that he’s a staunch believer in the…
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 or digital storefront, the…
After a summer break the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is back this month just in time for UK festival season with a stellar line-up of creative talent….
Mitzi Akaha’s confident comics debut marks her out as a creator to watch and puts the spotlight on trans-Pacific small press Big Ugly Robot. We’ve said this before, but if you…
An artist’s personal experiences are often found reflected in their work. This is no different for Brazilian twins Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá, who’ve offered a unique perspective through their…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
I’m a bit short on time this week so no full column, but here are some interesting news items concerning the world of European comics. I’m also on Twitter, where…
It seems I’m late to the party, once again. I first encountered Patrick Atangan’s work last year, when I covered Invincible Days, his bittersweet collection of shorts exploring his relationship…
Alice Urbino‘s powerful use of visual metaphor in comics to explore mood and state of mind so captured my imagination when I reviewed her self-published series Dimension that she immediately…
There’s never been anything normal about Reid Fleming, the self-proclaimed world’s toughest milkman. From the time of his inception, David Boswell’s caustic, perpetually enraged working-class antihero has defied the odds,…
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 or digital storefront, the…
Setting aside the issue’s obvious nostalgic appeal for anyone who grew up during the 1980s, the first issue of Paper Girls is, at its heart, a celebration of girlhood, with Brian K…
Last week in this column I recommended three comics-related Kickstarter campaigns that, for various reasons, I felt deserved your attention. One of these was for the Art Aid Nepal anthology…
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