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A Pocket Chiller: Skeleton Hearts – A Haunting Winter Tale from Jenny Robins and Strip for Me

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 14, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! A perennial favourite in the Broken Frontier Awards in the Best Periodical Series category, Strip for Me’s A Pocket Chiller series has produced some truly disquieting one-shot…

Eyecatcher · Features

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The UK Indie Comics Scene Loses the Great Chris Reynolds, Creator of ‘Mauretania Comics’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 8, 2023

Over the weekend the sad news that Chris Reynolds, one those great mainstays of UK indie comics who helped build the foundations of the scene as we know it today,…

Columns · Reviews · Small Pressganged

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A Pocket Chiller: “Jeff” – Dan Cox and Fraser Geesin Invite a Ravenous House Guest to Stay in Another Taut One-Shot Horror Story

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 6, 2022

While I totally understand creators focussing solely on their own individual creative expression I do sometimes dream of what collaborative endeavours from different UK small pressers might look like. “Jeff”,…

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A Pocket Chiller: The Creeping Shadow – Chris Reynolds Introduces Us to Eccentric Railway Detective Augustus Sunderland in a Supernatural Murder Mystery

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 22, 2022

Douglas Noble continues to curate his Strip for Me imprint’s A Pocket Chiller line with an incisive eye for the weird, the experimental and the sometimes enticingly obscure. It’s become…

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A Pocket Chiller: I Remain a Stranger – Douglas Noble & Robert Wells’ Horror Short is a Winning Combo of Form and Atmosphere

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 24, 2022

One of the things I learnt a long time ago about Douglas Noble collaborations is that the reader should never make assumptions about the particular creative alchemy going on behind…

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A Pocket Chiller: Ripple in the Dark – Mark Stafford Joins Douglas Noble in Another One-Shot Journey Into the Macabre

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 26, 2021

“Pray that the stories, names, characters and incidents portrayed in this comic are untrue” says the knowing subversion of the traditional opening disclaimer in Strip for Me’s latest A Pocket…

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A Pocket Chiller: Speckle & Ash – Fraser Geesin’s Horror Double Bill Combines Borderline Nihilism and Optmistic Fatalism

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 1, 2021

While my coverage to date of the A Pocket Chiller series from Strip for Me has been perhaps a touch sporadic – cherry picking issues from a publishing output so…

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A Pocket Chiller: Mutton Chops – Ovine Suspense from Olivia Sullivan in this Psychogeographical Thriller

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 24, 2021

Strip for Me’s A Pocket Chiller line promises “new nightmares and strange visions from a world next to yours”. Its line-up of UK indie and alt talent to date has…

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A Pocket Chiller: The Sands of Fear – Chris Reynolds Provides a Tongue-in-Cheek Photo Comic for Strip for Me’s Mystery Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 23, 2021

One of the neglected gems of the UK small press scene over the last several months has to be the A Pocket Chiller series from Douglas Noble’s Strip for Me…

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A Pocket Chiller: I Woke Up Like This – Douglas Noble and Sean Azzopardi Bring Us Experimental Horror Comics with a Retro Branding

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 29, 2021

One can never second guess the exact details of the collaborative process between creators Douglas Noble and Sean Azzopardi. Behind the scenes they have worked in a number of fascinating…

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