Tag Archive | "British small press"

Comix Reader 2 launch party

Friday, June 17, 2011

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Roll up, roll up, ladeez and gentz, boyz and girlz! Come join in the hoopla that is the magical comics circus of the launch party for the second Comix Reader from that esteemed ringmaster and impressario Mr Richard Cowdry, esquire, and associated ittinerant artists who shall amuse and delight your with their tricks in return [...]

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New Comix Reader available

Friday, June 10, 2011

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Our cartoonist in virtual residence, Mr Richard Cowdry, Esquire, FRSCC (Fellow of the Royal Society of Comics Chaps), DVP (Double Vodka Please), has announced to an expectant world the unveiling of the latest project which has been occupying his time, namely a second issue of the splendid and most enjoyable Comix Reader, which those of [...]

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Ink + Paper

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

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We are starting to grow spoiled for choice on the British small press comics scene – we’ve seen some superb anthologies in the last couple of years, with some fab contributors, usually beautifully produced as well, and we’ve more to come, like Blank Slate’s Nelson project. And now we hear we have something else new [...]

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Dinopopolous – new from Blank Slate

Friday, June 3, 2011

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(cover art to Dinopopolous by and (c) Nick Edwards, to be published by Blank Slate Books’ Chalk Marks imprint) The excellent Blank Slate Books crew have announced their next Chalk Marks project, which will be Dinopopolous by Nick Edwards, which is new to my eyes and looks pretty unusual and interesting (as you’d expect from BSB). [...]

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Swear Down

Friday, June 3, 2011

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One of our favourite creators, Oli East, has been busy posting up a series of pages from his new work, Swear Down. This isn’t a reference to some Mancunian version of a western show down involving naughty words instead of sixguns, as I first thought.  Oli explained it thusly: “the basic premise is I’m walking [...]

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Shades Volume 1

Thursday, March 24, 2011

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Shades Volume 1: The Past Casts A Long Shadow Created and written by David A J Berner. Art, colours and letters by Harsho Mohan Chattoraj. Broken Voice Comics Shades tells a very British sort of superhero story, where the action and adventure mixes with some very good characterisation and the superheroes have a British sensibility [...]

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More Paper Science coming

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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Delighted to hear that we can look forward to more Paper Science in the coming months. We Are Words and Pictures confirmed that the next issue, Paper Science 4, is expected in April and have announced some of the creators who will be contributing to the issue, including some names that will be familiar to [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Brits abroad in Angoulême

Friday, February 4, 2011

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The Angoulême Festival is a smorgasbord of francophone comics (well, it is in France, so what do you expect ?).  Still, there’s a sizeable British contingent around, from publishers to independent creators and (of course) fans, if you know where to look.  We tracked a few of them down to the far corners of the [...]

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Angoulême: Rob Jackson and Dan Berry’s take

Thursday, February 3, 2011

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Writer and artist Rob Jackson was at Angoulême with fellow Brit Indy creators (those glorious B.A.S.T.A.R.D.S.!) and he’s posted up several blog posts back to back reporting on how it went, liberally illustrated with piles of photographs from all around the Festival, go have a look: (the BASTARDS at Angou, pic shamelessly borrowed from Rob [...]

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Badger as a silent film

Thursday, February 3, 2011

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Howard Hardiman‘s lovely Badger (which we are big fans of around here) as a sort-of silent movie. Okay, it isn’t animated, but it’s still a pleasure to look at:

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Comix Reader launch tonight

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

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Yes, it’s the launch party for The Comix Reader this very evening at the Crown, 51 New Oxford Street, London (close to Gosh comics), from 6.30pm onwards!

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Steve Tillotson starts a new series

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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Steve Tillotson kicks off a new set of comics online, with a prologue to an as yet untitled Ape’s Epic Adventure, following on from events in Banal Pig #4 but set before events in the Banal Pig’s showcase (thanks to the Shugster for the link): (some frames from Steve Tillotson’s new series, by and (c) [...]

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Best of the Year – Richard Cowdry

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

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Today’s guest Best of the Year post comes from one of our own regular contributors, the man who brings us our weekly visit to the strange and frequently disturbing world of Somersault, as well as creating some fab small press comics and regularly posting some fascinating thoughts on the comics medium on his Love the [...]

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Solipsistic Pop: Year Two

Thursday, November 25, 2010

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Artist and editor Tom Humberstone has decided now that Solipsistic Pop 3 has been successfully launched (see Richard’s review here and Kenny’s Twitter take on SP3 here) and Thought Bubble has passed he has time to think more about SP’s future. It’s established itself pretty swiftly as an outstanding collection of some of the best [...]

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A Manifesto For Uk Indie Comics In 2010

Friday, November 19, 2010

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John Allison has been considering the state of Indy comics creators in the UK scene, lamenting the fact that he has lived abroad where he knows people who can make a comfortable living from their comics work in comparison to the UK scene where we have a thriving small press scene full of talent (just [...]

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