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PLEASE NOTE: This article has been updated with a 2020 edit here and this original version is here for posterity. Getting that all-important first review for your self-published comic can…
In 2013 Oliver East’s Swear Down saw one of our great pioneers of psychogeographical comics narratives add a poignant extra layer to his travelogues in a graphic novel that combined…
Set in Egypt in a technologically advanced near future timeline, the admittedly rather cumbersomely titled Cosmic VII and the Chronicles of Opus: Axiom 5 #1 follows the exploits of street operative and…
There are few things as peculiarly British as rainy seaside resorts. Tom Plant’s Sunshine Bay perfectly evokes that world of deserted beaches, empty deckchairs and dilapidated piers to almost cruelly…
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Over the last few years Avery Hill’s Reads has served as the micropublisher’s showcase comic; a self-styled shop front featuring an ever eclectic mix of genres and approaches to the…
Perception is the key word when approaching Christopher Adams’s Strong Eye Contact, published by the always intriguing Minneapolis micropress outfit 2D Cloud. On a surface level it’s a collection of…
John-Paul Kamath’s London Horror Comic has become an established self-publishing success story over the last few years. Its blend of classic supernatural themes with the horror of modern living ensuring…
While 2013’s The Encyclopedia of Early Earth was the graphic novel that brought Isabel Greenberg to a deservedly wider audience – indeed she was the winner of our Breakout Talent…
Alternative Press have announced the line-up here of exhibitors for the London Radical Bookfair & Alternative Press Takeover at the Bishopsgate Institute – the former home of the Comica Festival…
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…
Career-conscious overachievers need not apply! With its themed subtitle ‘Jobs’, and its gleefully cynical approach to the world of work, the latest Steak Night anthology from the team at Records…
Alex Brady’s meticulously rendered work featured in ‘Small Pressganged’ last year when I wrote about her memorable visual interpretation of Bob Dylan’s Ordinary Street here. Ex Libris: A Collection of Unusual…
This second issue of Robert Brown’s comic strip reminiscences has been a while in coming but those who found his wistful recollections of his younger days in #1 so evocative…
The third edition of Tiny Pencil – the artzine promoting graphite-based goodness through a mix of illustration and comic strips – is subtitled The Beast Issue, and comes with a…
Taking its name from a complex form of optical illusion, Jon Vermilyea’s Fata Morgana is a wordless journey through a young boy’s dreamscape, published by the never less than impressive…
EdieOP is a creator who delights in fashioning work that is mischievously unsettling. Hers is a world of painful childhood mishaps and acts of gleeful spite, where recklessness is the…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
If I were to say that Score and Script is an anthology title quite unlike any other I have reviewed in ‘Small Pressganged’ I would be making a claim that,…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
I’ve noticed a subtle shift in the tone of British small press creator Sean Azzopardi’s slice-of-life comics work over the last year or two. Gone are the thinly disguised avatars…
“Our Work is Rooted in South Asian Identity and Community-Led Histories” – Exploring the Publishing Output and Ethos of Kutty Press with Bhavani Balasubramanyam and Deepesh SangtaniMay 18, 2026
“There’s Value in Being the Oddbeat Offering Which Has an Unusual Niche” – Steve Morris Talks about Shelfdust’s Approach to Comics Criticism and Where it All Went Wrong for Comics Commentary OnlineMay 11, 2026
“It’s About Queerness, Family, Loyalty, Grief, and at its Core Love in All its Forms”- Bex Glendining on Debut Graphic Novel ‘On Starlit Shores’April 2, 2026
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell and Yu-Ching ChiuJanuary 15, 2026
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
