Comics Unmasked is not just a reminder of the darker and more esoteric layers of British comics history but also of the power of the medium as a tool of…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Is the rapidly expanding number of UK comics-related shows, fairs and festivals to exhibit at an advantage? Or is this level of growth actually stretching small press creators and their…
Twenty-five years on from its original publication in Raw, Richard McGuire has expanded his innovative six-pager ‘Here’ into a lavish visual symphony of time and place, eternity and ephemerality. Back…
This article was originally published by Tom Whiteley on his excellent Suggested for Mature Readers blog. We are sharing it here to mark the release of the new hardback edition…
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…
Alienation; the relentless oppression of modern life; the sense that we’re trapped like lab rats in a vast, nightmarish and illogical system in which we can never truly comprehend any…
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…
While it’s not altogether uncommon for someone’s birthday plans to fall short of their expectations, creators Colin Westerfield and Mac Cooper have decided to push the boundaries on just how…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
For those outside of the world of comics Jessica Martin will be best known as a versatile performer on both stage and screen – whether as star of musical theatre,…
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…
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…
Free comics! It’s hardly a difficult proposition is it? Here’s our monthly spotlight on accessible online work covering creators who have appeared in ‘Small Pressganged’ in the past at Broken…
Quirky, unusual and delightfully inventive, The Cigar That Fell in Love with a Pipe, an enchanting and ultimately tragic story by David Camus and Nick Abadzis, weaves together two romances – one…
The waiting is over! Jade Sarson’s For the Love of God, Marie is the winner of the 2014 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition. On the evening of Friday 23rd May,…
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…
With their tale of a young girl finding out about her grandfather’s life, creative pairing DS Talon and EG Thompson have produced a touching narrative about the power of the…
Press Release To put it mildly, we ARE FLIPPING OUT about what 2014 holds for Oni Press and its creators, so we decided to let it (almost) all out! We’ve…
In an exclusive interview, we chat to comics fan and film-maker Joseph Briffa, director of the BBC’s What Do Artists Do All Day? documentary on superstar artist Frank Quitely. Comics…
“We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We Are Going to Make Glorious Comics About it! Get Used to It!” – The inQ! Team Are Back with the Second Edition of London’s Queer Comics FairSeptember 17, 2026
“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
