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Lucy Bellwood‘s delightful run of nautically themed minicomics, Baggywrinkles, combine her own autobiographical experiences sailing on tall ships along with maritime-based educational strips. I reviewed the first five issues here at…
On the last occasion that I reviewed a solo project by UK small presser Elizabeth Querstret I described her as “a prolific graphic diarist with a larger than life personality both…
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Tillie Walden‘s debut graphic novel hasn’t even been published yet and already she’s being touted as one of the most exciting new talents to have come into the medium for…
Emma Raby‘s stunningly rendered work – with its clear influences from the world of children’s illustration – first came to my attention in the pages of Donya Todd’s anthology Bimba. Her meticulously…
Jess Milton first came to the attention of many small press readers when her acclaimed short story ‘Canary Girls’ was published in the alternative First World War anthology To Arms!…
Keara Stewart’s “dreams and nightmares” anthology zine A Bit of Undigested Potato is both a remarkable who’s who of UK indie comics and a welcome introduction to some newer talents…
Adam Vian is the man behind the delightful all-ages fantasy Long Lost Lempi, a series that I first covered here in ‘Small Pressganged’ back in 2013. I described the comic…
Gary Clap and Kirk Campbell’s Dirty Rotten Comics is a small press anthology that champions creators of all levels of technical ability and experience, from established names in UK comics through…
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One of my ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’, Rozi Hathaway first came to prominence last year as part of the amazing line-up of artists on Ravi…
The recent publication of Paul B. Rainey’s sprawling time-travel epic There’s No Time Like the Present by Escape Books gives much deserved recognition to one of the true mainstays of…
Today I’m continuing my discussion with Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition Finalist Wallis Eates about her comics work, with a particular focus on her graphic memoir Mumoirs. The first part of this…
Wallis Eates‘s major work-in-progress – the graphic memoir Mumoirs – details her fractious relationship with her mother as she grew up as part of a single parent family in the 1980s-1990s….
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Our ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’ coverage resumes today as I chat with Alice Urbino, an artist whose work in the graphic medicine strand of comics…
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One of my ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’, Danny Noble is not just a brilliantly witty autobiographical cartoonist she’s also a self-published novelist and singer with…
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John Riordan and Dan Cox’s animated music industry parody Hitsville UK was one of the very earliest self-published comics to be featured in this column, and one I described at…
Chris Kent is a man of many artistic talents, working not just in comics but also in a number of disciplines in the world of fine art. To date he…
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For those outside of the world of comics Jessica Martin will be best known as a versatile performer on both stage and screen – whether as star of musical theatre,…
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When you cross over to “the sunny side of sinister” with small press artist EdieOP you enter the wicked imagination of a creator whose twisted and gleefully nefarious narratives are…
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