Writer Owen Michael Johnson and artist John Pearson’s Beast Wagon was first previewed back in the latter part of last year with an introductory 6-page offering premiering at Thought Bubble….
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Bries is a Belgian publishing house that focuses on the creative aspect of comic books. It was founded in 1999 by Ria Schulpen and is currently still going strong under…
Last year in this column I reviewed the first issue of Lindsay Draws’ zine The Man Called Uncle Tim; a self-published offering that is not so much a comic as…
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Keiler Roberts is the creator behind Powdered Milk, an ongoing series of Ignatz Award-nominated autobiographical comics that centre around the day-to-day existence of Roberts, her husband Scott, daughter Xia and…
The latest anthology from Vancouver’s Cloudscape Comics Society celebrates our relationship with wildlife of all stripes, while spotlighting the work of some of Canada’s best up-and-coming female creators, with lush…
Billing itself as embracing “the spirit of independence, autonomy, and alternatives”, 2015’s DIY Cultures fair takes place at London’s Rich Mix on Bethnal Green Road this Sunday 24th May. While comics…
Available at CECAF! The niggling night terrors of 40 creators bubble balefully to the surface in Keara Stewart’s unsettling anthology collection mixing comic strips and single illustrations to bring to disturbing…
Available at CECAF! Simon Moreton’s Smoo Comics reappeared earlier this year – after around an 18-month hiatus – with an eighth issue that I described here in this column as…
It’s 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 BF…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Bries is a Belgian publishing house that focuses on the creative aspect of comic books. It was founded in 1999 by Ria Schulpen and is currently still going strong under…
Available at CECAF! Craig Conlan has been producing comics since the ‘90s, including an involvement with the fondly remembered Slab-O-Concrete distro/micropublisher of years past. Conlan’s characters Hairy Mary – a protagonist…
This slim but worthwhile volume from Modesty Comics collects single-page gags and extended sketches by Serbian artist Mladen Oljača. Initially appearing in various underground media, these shorts buzz with the kind…
Available at CECAF! Matt Boyce’s Everything is one of those anthologies that may appear a little disjointed at a first glance given that it collects strips that are often quite disparate…
Despite a downtempo start, Injection, the latest collaboration from Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire, promises to unfold into another genre-hopping epic. A year on, and now with four acclaimed series…
In a modern world where magic is the secret stitching that holds the universe together, it falls to Phil Hester and John McCrea’s team of mystic troubleshooters to repair the…
Emma Raby‘s stunningly rendered work – with its clear influences from the world of children’s illustration – first came to my attention in the pages of Donya Todd’s anthology Bimba. Her meticulously…
It’s 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 BF…
Bries is a Belgian publishing house that focuses on the creative aspect of comic books. It was founded in 1999 by Ria Schulpen and is currently still going strong under…
“There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’August 31, 2026
“Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’August 31, 2026
“I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power” – Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel ‘Heaven’, the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative RideAugust 27, 2026
“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
“I Felt an Instant Connection with Bernie” – Joe D’Esposito on His Krigstein Graphic Biography ‘The Outsider’ and His Affinity with the Legendary EC Comics ArtistAugust 7, 2026
