She Would Feel the Same is a beautifully made book creating a detailed depiction of a break-up. It gives a refreshing take on the idea with a less dramatic portrayal…
In Don’t Go Without Me, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell’s masterful comic storytelling takes us to three extensively detailed, captivating worlds where we are given space to reflect on love and memory, and…
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If you were reading US serial comics in the 1990s you’ll remember the craze for “cover enhancements” during that period, when the major publishers became locked in an ever escalating…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! The opening pages of Kim Salt’s Taemons – published by ELCAF exhibitors Shortbox – offer a near mesmerising example of using comics’ unique visual language to communicate personal…
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EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Graphic medicine – the term coined by graphic novelist and GP Ian Williams – is one of the strands of comics narrative that has played a vitally…
Pre-orders for the latest edition of Zainab Akhtar’s carefully curated independent comics box ShortBox went live today and you have until April 27th to make sure you get hold of this…
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With a new book coming from Avery Hill Publishing later this year Bristol-based artist Seekan Hui’s comics will no doubt be finding whole new audiences in 2018. As part of the…
Pre-orders for the latest edition of Zainab Akhtar’s carefully curated independent comics box ShortBox went live today and you have until January 31st to make sure you get hold of…
“Colour is All About Contrast (or Lack of It)” – An Interview with Brecht Evens on His Latest Work from Drawn & QuarterlyJune 18, 2021
“The Central Conflict in Any Artist’s Life is Inherently Compromise” – Dave Baker and Nicole Goux Talk About ‘Everyone Is Tulip’ from Dark Horse ComicsJune 11, 2021
“Everything Feels More Fragile and Less Permanent” – An Interview with Keiler Roberts on ‘My Begging Chart’, Her Latest Book for D+QMay 31, 2021
“I Think All of Us Are Marked By Some Kind of Tragedy” – An Interview with Joe Ollmann on ‘Fictional Father’, Published by Drawn & QuarterlyMay 24, 2021
“I Hear Again and Again that ‘Quarantine Comix’ Helped People Get through this Awful Year, and that is Just Amazing to Hear” – Rachael Smith Talks About Her Acclaimed Comics Series on Life in LockdownMay 19, 2021
