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….
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…
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…
Mark Stafford has built up a reputation in UK comics in recent years for visual storytelling that is eerily macabre in tone and atmosphere. A frequent collaborator with David Hine on…
Jess Milton first came to the attention of many small press readers when her acclaimed short story ‘Canary Girls’ was published in the alternative First World War anthology To Arms!…
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…
Keara Stewart’s “dreams and nightmares” anthology zine A Bit of Undigested Potato is both a remarkable who’s who of UK indie comics and a welcome introduction to some newer talents…
Alternative Press have announced the line-up here of exhibitors for their second Takeover event at 47/49 Tanner Street on Saturday May 9th. Championing radical publishing from small press comickers to zinesters, it’s…
Adam Vian is the man behind the delightful all-ages fantasy Long Lost Lempi, a series that I first covered here in ‘Small Pressganged’ back in 2013. I described the comic…
In 1969 Mr. Oliver Reed met Mr. Alan Bates in the film Women in Love. When they wrestled naked in front of a roaring fire the frisson was so great that…
If you’re an aspiring self-publisher or just interested by the inner workings of the small press scene then the next Gosh! Comics Process Group evening represents a not to be…
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Today at Broken Frontier we have something a little special for you to tie in with the publication of the first print edition of Danny Noble’s Was it… Too Much…
Gary Clap and Kirk Campbell’s Dirty Rotten Comics is a small press anthology that champions creators of all levels of technical ability and experience, from established names in UK comics through…
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One of my ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’, Rozi Hathaway first came to prominence last year as part of the amazing line-up of artists on Ravi…
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…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Our ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’ coverage resumes today as I chat with Alice Urbino, an artist whose work in the graphic medicine strand of comics…
The first DIY Art Market of 2015, Patt Kelley’s new comic from Hic and Hoc, the Film Night anthology and One Beat Zines feature in our latest round-up of what…
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