The Sculptor, Scott McCloud’s return from comics theory to narrative, has been greeted with something approaching the city-stopping ticker-tape welcomes once accorded to returning astronauts. However, for all its ambition and achievement, McCloud’s…
Time-traveling samurai love stories meet outlandish, post-apocalyptic western slapstick in this small-press anthology with a little something for everyone. There’s something to be said for perseverance. Venturing into the highly…
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The publishing history of Sam Alden‘s Haunter to date is a convoluted one. The print version of the comic first came out in 2014 from Study Group Comics via a Kickstarter campaign, although its…
Valiant’s first original major character since its rebirth helps to enrich its universe’s backstory with historical weight and introduces a powerful and intriguing new player to its ever-evolving pantheon of…
Originating in Poland, Centrala may seem like the new publishing outfit on the block but they’ve actually been around for several years. Over the last few months – and no doubt…
It’s almost 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…
Regular readers know I sometimes like to cover books that are not necessarily comics but do have their own unique point of view on the power of the visual medium….
Disquieting, chilling, disturbing, unsettling, unnerving, alarming, distressing, upsetting, disconcerting… Emily Carroll’s ‘Ann By the Bed’ is all of these things but I’m going to attempt to get through an entire…
At last November’s Thought Bubble there were two comics I was told time and again were essential books to pick up in print form for review in ‘Small Pressganged’, both…
On Thursday, February 5th, Floating World Comics in Portland, OR held a signing party for the release of Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, with contributing artists Craig Thompson and Farel…
Published last year by Breakdown Press, Gardens of Glass – Lando’s retrospective collection of short story strips from the last few years of Decadence Comics – explores “ideas of human…
In the new series from Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham, a nameless man drifts through life in the gulf between dream and reality, existing as a mercenary for those who…
Co-published by 2D Cloud and Uncivilized Books, Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories compiles nearly 400 pages of MariNaomi’s autobiographical comic strips, for the main part originally published online on…
In Saint Cole, Noah Van Sciver offers another uncomfortable look at what might be going on in the life and noddle of that bloke taking your pizza order. While Charles Forsman might be…
The world of Eric Powell’s Goon has always been one where desperation hangs like a cloud and each victory is earned with bloody knuckles. In Once Upon a Hard Time,…
Scott McCloud has secured his legacy in the comic book world through his books on the theory and craft of our medium: Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comic and Making Comics. He also wrote…
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?…
It’s almost 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…
“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
“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
