Tag Archive | "small press"

Matthew Badham wants your thoughts….

Friday, March 12, 2010

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(Honestly, when I first saw that my first thought was “oooh, huge post-it note”. Matthew Badham pic by D’Israeli and his Flickrstream, grabbed from Down The Tubes) Matthew Badham, features writer at Judge Dredd Megazine, and contributor to this blog, has been in touch regarding a project that he needs some help with, particularly those readers [...]

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Necessary Monsters – the finale

Monday, December 7, 2009

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Necessary Monsters 5 by Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Sean Azzopardi Self-published And here we are, at the end of the five issue first series of Necessary Monsters; Goodbrey and Azzopardi’s monster action-thriller that I’ve reviewed in depth twice before (reviews of issues 1&2 and 3&4). Issue 5 ties it all up nicely, giving us the requisite number of [...]

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Windell Superhero Showcase – kicking your favourite superheroes in the face for laughs.

Friday, October 30, 2009

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Windell Classics Compendium Presents: Superhero Showcase Written by Garret Shanley. Art by Cathal Duggan. Self Published A forty page superhero piss-take, that manages to be funny and pretty interesting at the same time. It sets itself out Viz style, as a complete package, mimicing the style of old Marvel comics, with a very tongue in cheek letters column [...]

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PJANG 3 – watching the world end, from the outsider’s perspective…

Friday, October 23, 2009

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PJANG issue 3 by Rol Hirst, art by Andrew Cheverton, Nigel Lowrey, Davey Metcalfe Self-published The third issue of Rol Hirst’s People Just Aint No Good (see here for the review of #1 & #2) – three stories, two hits, one not so much, and all dealing with the point of view of the outsider to one degree [...]

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Solipsistic Pop launch at the ICA

Friday, October 23, 2009

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The Solipsistic Pop anthology launches during this year’s Comica at the ICA in London on November 8th. We’ve mentioned this cracking-sounding collection a number of times on here as Tom Humberstone has been adding preview pages to the SP site – with it featuring some brilliant talent from the vibrant British small press comics scene [...]

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Musetopia – bring on the puns…..

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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Musetopia by J. Homersham Self-published. There’s really not that much I can say about Musetopia. Not because it isn’t good, merely because it’s a very simple, very visual 14 page mini comic. And when those 14 pages have just one panel gags on each page there just isn’t that much to be said (unless you really want to [...]

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At last – comics for real Manly Boys!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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The Manly Boys Annual by Steven Tillotson & Gareth Brookes An Appalling Nonsense / Banal Pig Production Imagine Viz crossed with those horrible “Boy’s Books Of Doing Lots Of Things Your Dad Thinks Are Cool But You Will Hate” that seem to infest the bestseller charts at Christmas. That’s The Manly Boys Annual by Steven Tillotson and Gareth [...]

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Birmingham Zine Fest….

Sunday, October 11, 2009

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Following hot on the heels of the biggest comics convention in the country comes something a little smaller. This week sees the first Birmingham Zine Fest (well, the first one for a while anyway): “What with our love for all things Zine….Gallery of Owls presents: All You Can Eat Zine. Thursday 15th October, 8pm-late, The Sunflower [...]

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We Are Words + Pictures: Robots for the cover, Covers EP for the insides (oh, the irony)

Thursday, October 8, 2009

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We Are Words + Pictures: The Robot Zine & The Covers’ E.P. by Matthew Sheret, Julia Scheele & Sarah Gordon. Self-published (Two from Words + Pictures: top – The Robot Zine, bottom – The Covers Zine) Two self published comic collections from the writers and artists who call themselves Words + Pictures. Nicely put together stuff. The Robot Zine may [...]

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Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Crohns Disease – Surely too good to be done in 24 hours?

Monday, October 5, 2009

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Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Crohns Disease by Tom Humberstone Self-published I’ve seen a fair number of 24 hour comics over the years. It’s a simple concept; 24 hours, 24 pages, start to finish, no prep. The results are everything you might expect more often than not; rushed, sketchy, fractured works that are artistic exercises rather [...]

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Tabella and Thomas Wogan

Saturday, October 3, 2009

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From Down The Tubes, news that Dave Hughes’ Thomas Wogan Is Dead has been picked up by new(ish) publisher Tabella. This is good news, as I rather like Thomas Wogan and said so in the review: I may have painted a picture of a dour, morbid tale of death and reflection. But Thomas Wogan Is Dead [...]

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Rob Jackson’s Great Deeds Against The Dead

Monday, September 28, 2009

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Great Deeds Against The Dead Issue 1 by Rob Jackson Self-published The first part of Jackson’s new supernatural horror story two-parter is a  horror of the psychological kind rather than an all out gore-fest. Much the better type I’ve always found. And Jackson’s creeping tale of lost love, old age and voices from beyond the grave works so [...]

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Surrealist stories of Donkey Heads and Hoovers…..

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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Donkey Head issues 1 & 2 by Daniel Baker Self published When you describe your comic as “envisaged as William Blake does Tintin” you’re really setting the bar quite high. And although I can see what Daniel Baker’s trying to do with Donkey Head and why the William Blake, Tintin and clear line references do sort of [...]

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More of those Necessary Monsters…

Monday, September 21, 2009

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Necessary Monsters issue 3 & 4 by Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Sean Azzopardi Self Published. “There exists a world of horrors beneath the one we know. Where the creatures of our nightmares stalk amongst humanity and play their games of vengence, murder and intrigue. To police this world there is the Chain; a covert agency of monsters [...]

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Small Press and so much more at Thought Bubble

Saturday, September 19, 2009

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Hugh (Shug) Raine gets in touch to show us his poster showcasing the host of classy small press folks who will be appearing at the Leeds Thought Bubble Sequential Art Festival. Thought Bubble is taking place 19th to 23rd November in Leeds. Last years one day comic festival was a wonderful experience and with a line [...]

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