Process #5: On Small Press Publishing and Photocomics
In this month’s report from the Process group at London’s Gosh! Comics, small press outfit Avery Hill Publishing talk about their publishing philosophy and the group focus on the subject…
In this month’s report from the Process group at London’s Gosh! Comics, small press outfit Avery Hill Publishing talk about their publishing philosophy and the group focus on the subject…
Humanity is running out of time and space in Jeff Lemire’s Trillium #1, and two stories hold the key to saving it. Dual storylines from two distinct places and…
Community-based super-heroics with a Morrison-style vibe are the order of the day in the second issue of T’sao Wei’s Windrush series… ‘Small Pressganged’ exists at Broken Frontier to promote all…
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, BF…
March: Book One is something that people are going to be talking about for the rest of the year. And for good reason. It’s an important book that is well told,…
Jazz Greenhill’s The Festival follows the misadventures of Ari, Lynda and Rob, three kids attending their first music festival with their parents. This troublesome but endearing trio sneak out of…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Dutch artist Jaron Beekes creates an easy going graphic novel about the man who raised the Beatles to stardom: Brian Epstein. Overdosing at the tender age of 32, Brian Epstein…
Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga is a tale that’s as boldly imaginative as it is grounded in the complicated tragedies of reality. It excites readers when they get…
Trying something different, the 2013 Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con tackled a new layout for their convention programming. Did the gambit pay off? It was an unusual year for the Chicago…
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,…
At Chicago Comic-Con, several guest panelists discussed the impact of the Man of Steel on popular culture, the comics industry, and their own lives. Having reached his 75th anniversary and…
Tim Bird’s Grey Area is a comic that pushes environment to the forefront, making geographical locations its central characters and replacing traditional plotting with a flowing journey of contemplative reflection….
Over at Multiversity Comics, David Harper wrote the article ‘In Defense of Comic Reviewers’, in which he responded to the discussion about the value of comics journalism (and reviewing in…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
The stated aim of Wu Wei is to provide “an anthology that gives writers and artists a space to creatively explore spirituality through the medium of comics.” If you’re wondering…
Kristensen and Perker dish up an unfortunate attempt at old-school underground that forgets to provide context or meaning for its antics. Whether it’s for the sake of publicity or to…
