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Medieval Tales – Historical Slapstick and Contemporary Social Commentary Converge in Craig Collins and Mark Brady’s Minicomics Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 20, 2016

Craig Collins is a creator whose dark wit is equalled only by his propensity for experimenting with narrative construction. In the years that ‘Small Pressganged’ has been following his work…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Are Higher Quality Printing Opportunities for Self-Publishing Squeezing Out Traditional DIY Small Press Values?

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 4, 2015

Is the easier availability of high quality printing options for self-publishing having a negative knock-on effect for small press comics work presented in a traditional zine or DIY culture format?…

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State of the Small Press Nation – Is the Ever Expanding Number of UK Comics Shows, Festivals and Fairs Sustainable?

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 8, 2015

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…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Is Self and Micro Comics Publishing in the UK Growing Faster than its Potential Audience? (Part 2)

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 16, 2014

Yesterday we began a major multi-part series of articles in ‘Small Pressganged’ looking at the challenges facing micro and self-publishers as we go into 2015. Over the next few weeks…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Is Self and Micro Comics Publishing in the UK Growing Faster than its Potential Audience? (Part 1)

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 15, 2014

For those of us involved in the world of independent British comics – whether directly as creators and publishers or more tangentially as commentators and observers – it’s easy to…

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Nominations for 2014 Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance Awards Announced – ‘Small Pressganged’ Favourites Dominate Shortlist!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 19, 2014

The nominations for the fourth Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance (SICBA) Awards have been released this week, celebrating excellent work from some fine creators north of the border. Public voting for…

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Exiles of Metrodome – Craig Collins and Company Return to Small Press Splatterfest with a Multi-Talent Sketchjam

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 19, 2014

In August of last year I reviewed the Battle Royale/The Hunger Games/Avengers Arena satire Metrodome from the team of Craig Collins and Iain Laurie in this column here. The ghoulish imaginations…

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Crawl Hole

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 26, 2013

It’s time to take another trip into the tortured psyches of Messrs Collins and Laurie and become witness to twisted familial obligations, breakfast time in Hell, and the social faux…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Metrodome

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 12, 2013

Metrodome is the latest offering from the warped imaginations of writer Craig Collins and artist Iain Laurie, combining playful storytelling experimentation with deviously demented all-out carnage. These two gents are,…

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