Small Press Spotlight on… Paul B. Rainey
The recent publication of Paul B. Rainey’s sprawling time-travel epic There’s No Time Like the Present by Escape Books gives much deserved recognition to one of the true mainstays of…
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Off Life #11 – The Emerging Talents of Darren Cullen, Brigid Deacon, Alex Potts, Grace Wilson and More Get a Welcome Anthology Spotlight
If there’s one thing I have wanted to see more of in the nevertheless always very worthy free anthology Off Life in its short life to date then it’s been a greater…
Spooky Womb and X Utero: A Cluster of Comics – Paula Knight’s Graphic Medicine Work Explores Issues Surrounding Childlessness, Fertility and Miscarriage
Back in 2012, Paula Knight was one of the shortlisted creators for the very first Myriad Editions First Graphic Novel Competition and – like a number of the finalists from…
Small Press Round-Up, Early April 2015 – DIY Cultures 2015, Nerd Hutch Small Press Expo, ‘Off Life’ Submissions Open, and ‘The List’ Announces Kickstarter
Fairs, submissions and Kickstarters feature in our latest round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene are up to, both within and without the world…
Small Press Spotlight on… Wallis Eates (Part 2)
Today I’m continuing my discussion with Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition Finalist Wallis Eates about her comics work, with a particular focus on her graphic memoir Mumoirs. The first part of this…
Small Press Spotlight on… Wallis Eates (Part 1)
Wallis Eates‘s major work-in-progress – the graphic memoir Mumoirs – details her fractious relationship with her mother as she grew up as part of a single parent family in the 1980s-1990s….
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Small Press Spotlight on… Alice Urbino
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…
Small Press Round-Up, Late March 2015 – DIY Art Market at EPIC Dalston, Creator Announcements from One Beat Zines, Patt Kelley at Hic & Hoc, and More…
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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Small Press Spotlight on… Danny Noble
One of my ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’, Danny Noble is not just a brilliantly witty autobiographical cartoonist she’s also a self-published novelist and singer with…
Old Ground #1 – Cemetery Slapstick and Morbid Meditations Abound in Noel Freibert’s Visceral Dark Comedy
Noel Freibert’s Old Ground is, without a doubt, one of the more curious offerings I am likely to cover in this column in 2015. Set in the confines of the…
Dungpoora – Joel Millerchip’s God of Elephant Excrement Provides Welcome Scatalogical Comic Relief
Eerieeeeee are a newer outfit on the small press scene, both publishing their own line of books and distributing a number of others like Lizz Lunney’s Street Dawgz, reviewed by…
Curriculum Vitae – Danish Artist Bue Bredsdorff’s Cleverly Crafted Minicomic Serves a Dual Purpose
As minicomics go they don’t get much more mini than Danish artist Bue Bredsdorff’s Curriculum Vitae. This 26-pager is little more than a couple of inches square, giving it a…
Small Press Round-Up, Mid-March 2015 – Alternative Press Takeover Applications Open, CECAF 2015 Coming in June, Yeti Press 2015 Publishing Schedule and More…
The Alternative Press Takeover, CECAF 2015, Eleni Kalorkoti’s new exhibition, Katriona Chapman’s new zine, Yeti Press’s upcoming 2015 schedule and more feature in our latest round-up of what the great…
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State of the Small Press Nation – Is the Small Press Comics Audience Too Narrow and Self-Defined? How Do We Build a Wider Readership?
Is the audience for small press comics too narrow and self-defined? Do we need more events like the Crouch End Comic Art Festival (CECAF), the Alternative Press Takeover, the East…
Smoo Comics #8 – Simon Moreton’s Autobio Series Returns with a Resonant Depiction of a Year of Change
It’s been a long time between editions of Smoo Comics. In fact Smoo #8 marks the first issue of Simon Moreton’s psychogeographical autobio comics series since the summer of 2013. After that…
More New Projects Announced by Avery Hill Publishing – Isabel Greenberg, Owen D. Pomery and Abraham Christie Join the 2015 Line-up!
If last week’s first impressive list of 2015 books coming from Avery Hill Publishing wasn’t enough for you then the micropublisher have followed up with a second announcement of projects…
Small Press Round-Up, Early March 2015 – ‘Beast Wagon’ Kickstarter Launches, Julia Scheele’s ‘Pencilled Skirts’ Fashion Sketch Blog, ‘Graveyard Orbit’ #2 Signing and More…
The Beast Wagon Kickstarter, Julia Scheele’s new fashion illustration blog, John Paul Kamath’s Graveyard Orbit #2 launch and more feature in March’s round-up of what the great and the good…
Donya Todd Arrives at Avery Hill Publishing – Previewing the Wild World of ‘Buttertubs’!
From self-published minicomics, to hardcover collections and kick-ass anthologies, Donya Todd’s work has been a regular fixture in ‘Small Pressganged’ since I first reviewed The Burger Boys back in 2012. It’s…
Broken Frontier Anthology
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“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
“I Hugely Admire Comics with Dynamic Page Structure!” – Beatrijs Brouwer/Beastly Worlds on the Lure of Fantasy Storytelling and Her Creative ProcessNovember 13, 2025
“People Are Having Good Ideas All the Time and Putting Them into Practice” – Alison Sampson, Charlie Adlard, Lucy Sullivan and More on the Importance of the Thought Bubble Portfolio Reviews and Comics CommunityNovember 13, 2025
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