Review: Cannabis: An American History (SelfMadeHero)
Acclaimed cartoonist’s Box Brown’s latest Cannabis: An American History looks at the back story for the drug’s use in the US, as well as a round the world.
“It is a reaction to what’s going on in the UK right now” Matt Fitch and Chris Baker on the story behind Our Land webcomic
They’ve taken us to space and back with Apollo, but with their new Our Land web comic, Dead Canary Comics’ Matt Fitch and Chris Baker have opted for a more earthly tale of racism and Native Americans.
Small Press Spotlight: Faraway, Book Of Joe, Meouch and Area 07
Our latest round-up of the best of small press comics features battling wizards, an anarchic afterlife, a feline super assassin and the discovery of a new small press superstar in the making!
“It’s all down to the denizens of a little corner of north London with their beehives and big quiffs!” Nick Prolix on the appeal of making cockney webcomics for Slang Pictorial and the perils of Kickstarter
We’ve been huge fans of Nick Prolix’s retro cockney webcomic The Sheep And The Wolves since it was a few pages old, but this month sees him return to Kickstarter with a new volume of Slang Pictorial. We catch up with Nick to find out why he has braved Kickstarter once again, as well as […]
Review: Gun: Slaughterball Part 3 (Reckless Eyeballs Press)
Set in a world where the good guys are ‘capes’ and the bad guys ‘guns’, Jack Foster’s Gun:Slaughterball is one of the premier indie superhero series.
“Our core ethos is to create stories and worlds that the children who are in hospital will lose themselves in” Aaron Rackley on the inspiration for Fair Spark Books
We first met Aaron Rackley via his wonderful Little Heroes Comics Kit initivaive. Well, after the success of several anthologies and a number of convention appearance, Aaron has turned publisher and founded FairSpark books, an all ages imprint packed full of great titles like Gallant and Amos and Megatomic Battle Rabbit. We catch up with […]
Review: Death Inc. Books 1 & 2 (Not So Tiny Comics)
We’re big fans of books set in the afterlife, from the existential like Sandman and Fearscape to the more idiosyncratic like Afterlife Inc. The latest to join this motley group is Charles Raymond’s Death Inc. but will it be heavenly, or just stuck in purgatory?
Review: Beastlands (To Infinity Studios)
Now funding on Kickstarter, we get an advance look at Curtis Clow’s mix of fantasy, magic and animal sidekicks.
Review: Songs for the Dead Volume 1 (Vault Comics)
We take a look at this new book from Vault Comics, the story of a young Necromancer looking for her place in the world. But can this tale get people to sing its praises or is it better off buried?
“It’s one of those special words that pulls extra meaning along behind it, as well as invoking an extra sense” Gareth A Hopkins on the meaning of Petrichor from Good Comics
Gareth A Hopkins’ Petrichor challenged our idea of what a comic could be, thanks to it’s unique imagery and poetic words. We caught up with the man behind this one of a kind creation to find out more about his inspirations, his process and just what a Petrichor actually is!