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Indie comics interviews, Kickstarter profiles and opinion articles

“Ridiculous real-life events started over-taking what I thought were the absurd, unrealistic ideas I was writing” Steve Horry on putting a rock star into Downing Street in Lizard Men from Comichaus

November 3, 2017

What if a rock star was elected prime minister of the UK?! That’s the premise for the new Lizard Men mini series from Comichaus and writer Steve Horry that’s debuting on Kickstarter this week. With all the political upheaval in the past 2 years, this isn’t as ridiculous as it might seem (after all there’s […]

“I am a lot better at conveying emotions and personality when animal people are involved” B. Mure on the mysterious world of Ismyre

October 30, 2017

An artist struggling with missing sculptures, flowers exploding out of buildings courtesy of some eco-anarchist and mysterious singing neighbours. These are the stars of the debut graphic novel from B.Mure that was released by Avery Hill at the Bristol Comics and Zine Fair in October. We catch up with B to find out the secrets […]

“There were hookers in Dalston when I first got there and now there’s hangers on.” Dilraj Mann on East London inspiration for Dalston Monsterzz

October 18, 2017

East London is filled with some pretty kooky character, but none as strange as the giant monsters and gaudy street gangs who populate the world of Dilraj Mann’s debut graphic novel Dalston Monsterzz. Another truly one of a kind book from the wonderful Nobrow Press we catch up with Dilraj to find out the secret […]

“He’d tried to fix his woes with time travel and failed, so now it’s off into space, and beyond!” Mo Ali and Andy Bloor talk Midnight Man: Gunspace

October 12, 2017

Mo Ali and Andy Bloor’s Midnight Man has been been something of a cult favourite here at Pipedream HQ and every time we bumped into Andy at a convention we would pester him for news of a follow up! So when he let slip at this year’s True Believers: Summer Variant that issue #2 was […]

“My thoughts or worries came out of my head and into the comic pages” Susie Gander on the creation of Perrywinkle

October 9, 2017

One of the most eagerly awaited debuts at this weekend’s Nottingham Comic Convention is Susie Gander’s Perrywinkle – a mix of personal reflections on her own battles with cancer, along with a kick ass super heroine who manifests as Susie’s voice of conscience during her treatment. Ahead of her convention debut we catch up with […]

“If the new book helps just one person reach out for help, then it’ll all be worth it” Rachael Smith talks Wired Up Wrong, mental health and Dr Who comics

October 6, 2017

Rachael Smith’s Wired Up Wrong was one of our highlights of 2017 – a collection of personal tales about her depression and anxiety, that was a funny and poignant read tackling a difficult subject with incredible wit and originality. A year on, Rachael is back with a new deluxe edition of the book on Kickstarter so we caught up with […]

Opinion: Crowdfunding your comic

September 27, 2017

Unless you are backed by the big boys at DC or Marvel, getting your comic to market can be almost as hard as coming up with the idea in the first place. Small press print runs still cost money, even if you run your new mag off and staple it yourself — and then you […]

“I want our Con to highlight and bring comics to the fore” organiser Kev Brett looks forward to Nottingham Comic Convention 2017

September 7, 2017

This October sees the return of the Nottingham Comic Convention, featuring a guest list packed full of awesome comic professionals alongside the best of the small press (including our good selves). So as we begin to look forward to this fantastic comics focused event, we catch up with organiser Kev Brett to find out more about […]

“It’s tough at the coal face of indie comics” Steve Tanner on 10 years of Time Bomb Comics and Ragamuffins Redux

September 1, 2017

Not only will October 14th be the date of the excellent Nottingham Comic Convention (more on that soon), but it will also be the anniversay of one of the small press scene’s most charming publishers – Steve Tanner and Time Bomb Comics willbe celebrating a decade of small press and to celebrate this, will be […]

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“I liked the trope of the action hero put into, literally, an impossible position” Chris Sides talks Impossible and Frostbyte Industries

August 21, 2017

For his follow up to the critically acclaimed Dark Matter anthology series, writer Chris Sides has gone big and crafted an ambitious science fiction trilogy based around a shadowy futuristic corporation known as Frostbyte Industries. The first chapter, Impossible is released at this year’s LSCC, but how will this cryptic company influence the action, and what will […]

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