It’s exhibitions (and other events!) galore in February’s round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene are up to, both within and without the world…
The graphic memoir. Arguably, it’s the one strand of graphic novel publishing most responsible over the last few years for persuading those unfamiliar with the form of its integral value as…
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Ten issues is a phenomenal achievement for a small press anthology comic. In the near three years I’ve been writing ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier I’ve seen anthologies come, I’ve…
After last year’s extravaganza, it’s nice to see that the Edinburgh International Book Festival hasn’t forgotten about comics this year. The ‘Stripped 2014’ strand is there “to celebrate this brilliant…
In 2012 cross-media creator Ravi Thornton made an immediate impact on the world of comics with the dark and layered fantasy The Tale of Brin & Bent and Minno Marylebone,…
HOAX Psychosis Blues is the ultimate expression of the graphic memoir’s unique power to share and communicate personal experience. A hauntingly beautiful masterpiece. Back in 2012, Ravi Thornton and Andy…
Last November’s Comica Festival afforded me the opportunity to meet Turkish comics practitioners Murat Mıhçıoğlu and Cem Özüduru (below right) whose work was on display with creators from Turkey, the…
Press Release Following the sold-out success of our exclusive appearance by Jaime Hernandez in May, Comica Festival, in association with Foyles and Jonathan Cape, brings you Family Secret, the rare…
Press Release Some of the best-known comic artists in the UK will be displaying work in showcase exhibitions at this year’s inaugural Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October. As…
Rutu Modan in Comica Conversation with Hannah Berry! Rutu Modan will be speaking with Hannah Berry at Foyles Bookshop, Charing Cross Road, London on August 21st, 6.30-8pm, tickets £6 –…
“I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power” – Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel ‘Heaven’, the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative RideAugust 27, 2026
“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
“I Felt an Instant Connection with Bernie” – Joe D’Esposito on His Krigstein Graphic Biography ‘The Outsider’ and His Affinity with the Legendary EC Comics ArtistAugust 7, 2026
“The Creative Process is Always to Mine for Something Vibrant Inside of Me” – Jesse Moynihan on His Epic Saga ‘Forming’ and Working on One Continuous Narrative for a Decade and a HalfAugust 4, 2026
“Without ‘A1’ and ‘Deadline’, We Might Be in an Entirely Different Place in Comics” – Alison Sampson, Dave Elliott, Fred Van Lente and Cathy Kwan on the Return of Two Legendary Publications in ‘A1 Deadline’July 21, 2026
