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Pricks #4 – The Latest Issue of Geesin and Rowan’s Darkly Comedic Skewering of Patriarchal Attitudes Ends with the Greatest Cliffhanger in the History of Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 14, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan’s Pricks, in all its multi-named and numbered incarnations, has become one of my favourite Thought Bubble print fixtures, albeit a delightfully…

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Celebrating 2023 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! While we quietly retired the ‘Small Pressganged’ branding early in 2022 one of that former regular feature’s most popular pieces was always…

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Pricks #3 – Another Winning Episode of Geesin and Rowan’s “Laugh-Out-Loud Grim” Parody of the Patriarchy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 9, 2023

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! Before diving into the contents of Fraser Geesin’s traditional Thought Bubble debut comic (again a collaboration with Laurie Rowan) let’s get the confusing part out of the…

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“It Constantly Boils Both My Blood and My Piss, Causing Steam to Jet Out of My Ears” – Fraser Geesin and Chums Talk Ikea Comics, the Patriarchy, and the Battered Helmet of Gary Lactus

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 5, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Ahead of his appearance at this month’s South London Comic and Zine Fair we caught up with UK small press comics national treasure Fraser Geesin to talk about…

Columns · Reviews · Small Pressganged

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Pricks – Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan Revisit the World of ‘Purple Hate Balloon’ in Another Caustically Funny Dark Comedy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 9, 2022

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! For Thought Bubble last year Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan introduced us to the cast of Purple Hate Balloon. In that memorable one-shot they took us to…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Purple Hate Balloon – Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan’s One-Shot Has a Darkly Comedic Appeal that is Both Sublime and Delicious in Its Delivery

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 4, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! One of the most important traditions of Thought Bubble in recent years has been the annual unveiling of Fraser Geesin’s latest exploratory foray into the forbidding narrative…

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