Since they first appeared on the scene in 2021 Quindrie Press have gone from strength to strength with a range of titles that showcase the finest genre fiction narrative, alongside relevant and personal testimony in comics form. This July their latest set of titles – Estrela d’Oeste, Ways to Kill My Mother’s Lover (With Limited Pocket Money and Miminal Mess) and I Let Love Destroy Me and All I Got Was This Stupid Comic – will come to Kickstarter and we have full details and some preview art below for your perusal today at BF. Sign up for the pre-launch campaign page here.
The newest comic collection from Quindrie Press is coming to Kickstarter on July 1st
From Eisner- and Ignatz-nominated micropublisher Quindrie Press comes three newly released autobiographical comics about relationships and love, by three creators with connections to Ireland.
Estrela d’Oeste by Ashling Larkin: Through the lens of her mum Walkiria’s cancer diagnosis, Ashling reflects on her Brazilian heritage, as well the experiences she shared with her mum that both fractured and healed their relationship. A stunning and powerful reflection on heritage and xenophobia, Broken Frontier called this comic “one of the most beautiful pieces of autobiography I have ever read”. Ashling Larkin is a Brazilian-Irish comic artist, animator, and educator based in Scotland. She is the co-founder of CHIP Collective, a Scottish collective creating informational comic anthologies with the goal of making positive social change.
Ways to Kill My Mother’s Lover (With Limited Pocket Money and Miminal Mess) by Judy Powell: The relationship between a grandmother, mother, and granddaughter are at the centre of an unstable family dynamic. Surrounding the tension is Judy’s mother’s lover, Beryl, whose presence threatens to destroy the family. Judy Powell studied Fine Art and has exhibited across Ireland and the UK. She won the Rosalind Penfold Prize for her draft of Ways to Kill My Mother’s Lover, and won the DECAF printing prize in 2024 for her comic Keeping Secrets.
I Let Love Destroy Me and All I Got Was This Stupid Comic by Hel Mel: A chronicle of a heartbroken dyke braving the murky waters of dating apps. A brutally honest and strikingly funny exploration of gay yearning, the gamification of dating, and the difficulties of intimacies with strangers. Hel Mel is an Ireland-based artist working in animation. When not working or painting you can find her smoking in the area of your local dyke night, showing honeys how to speedrun wordle on her busted old phone.
Each of the books will be available to buy separately for £10 each, as a bundle for £25, or as a PDF bundle for just £12. The print bundle also comes with an exclusive print designed by Jules Valera. For readers who want more comics, each of our previous short stories will be available as add-ons, alongside our award-winning autobio comic anthology When I Was Me: Moments of Gender Euphoria.
The Kickstarter campaign can be found here. For more information, visit the Quindrie Press website here, find Quindrie Press on social media at @QuindriePress, or email quindriepress@gmail.com.
