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It is always heartening to see a cartoonist at an early stage in their career getting the opportunity to do large-scale paid work as is the case with Iasmin Omar…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Anticipating brother-sister duo Pete and Maria Hoey’s attendance at this year’s ELCAF, we took their Coin-Op Comics Anthology for a spin. Spanning twenty years between 1997–2017, the new hardcover compilation via Top…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! I picked up a mini-comic extract of Shit is Real at ELCAF a couple of years ago, so it’s fitting that I’m now looking at the complete work…
There’s been a recent trend of indie comics artist taking on the tropes of the superhero comic as either a means to critique the genre or to use the genre’s…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Centrala are a publishing house which originated in Poland, before making the move to South London, focussed primarily on translating and distributing the work of European artists. One…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Ten years ago Nobrow Press sprung onto the comics scene taking sequential art into new and exciting arts-based directions with work that embraced a strong sense of graphic design, challenging…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! ‘Psychogeography’ is one of those words that burned and sparkled like a roman candle for a while but has now gone on to signify a certain kind of literary…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Lengthy gaps between issues is one of the problems with serial storytelling in comics. However, in his mysterious drama Generous Bosom, Conor Stechschulte has created a sense of…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Adapting novels into comics form is a tricky path to navigate. Often such cross-media exercises fall into the trap of attempting to wrap images around the existing prose,…
Is This Guy for Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman by Box Brown is a graphic novel that should work, but on many levels does not. Which is perplexing as, given…
Based on the Greek myth, creator Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky utilises the out of this world aspects of the original and reforms them into a self-contained story with a glorious, more contemporary setting….
A comics travelogue with a markedly different structure from the norm, Alison McCreesh’s Norths from Conundrum Press is both a window into the peculiar realities of living above the 60th…
There’s something timelessly enduring about an unsolved mystery. The struggle to comprehend the unknowable, and speculation over certain ‘truths’ we will likely never uncover, has long captured the popular imagination….
Our Mother by Luke Howard is a masterpiece on all levels. The cartooning is varied and expressive, with a tight sense of design. The intricate way in which multiple narratives,…
What immediately strikes the reader about David Jesus Vignolli’s debut graphic novel A Girl in the Himalayas is the sheer craft of the creator’s visual storytelling. Published by BOOM! Studios…
One of the most potent reasons for an artist to couch their story within ancient archetypes is to tap into more universal human concerns rather than the specific issues of…
One of the most interesting things about the comics medium is that how a story is told is perhaps more important than the story being told. In Ada Price’s Caligula,…
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When the premise of Afterwords was announced it gave me a sense of acute anticipatory glee. Forget your various super-hero cinematic blockbusters, if you’re a fan of UK indie comics…
“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
