Small Press Comics
Review: Boomerang Part 1 and 2 (Rebecca K Jones)
With the awesome Thought Bubble returning this past weekend, we’re catching up on the amazing titles that debuted! First up, we check out Rebecca K Jones’ Boomerang Part 1: Autumn & Part 2: Winter – a relatable, slice of life comic series about a struggling graduate navigating life as an adult!
Small Press Spotlight: The Tessellation, Band of Warriors, Sagas of the Shield Maiden Book 2
Comics can take us anywhere. From the centre of this planet to the furthest star, from the beginning of time to another dimension entirely. The sky’s the limit when all you need is an imagination and a pen (and maybe a good writer/artist/letterer etc to boot). Unfortunately, in the real world there are always limits, […]
Small Press Spotlight: London Horror Comic #9, Torments #1, Fables of Fear #2
Halloween may still be a few months away but when it comes to comics, Horror can be anytime as James Blundell checks out a trio of horror based anthology issues including: London Horror Comic, Torments and Fables of Fear.
Small Press Spotlight: Margeurite vs. The Occupation, The Manderfield Devil,
This month’s small press spotlight all features strong female characters, and range from Nazi fighting French girls in Marguerite vs The Occupation; to demonic siblings in The Manderfield Devil; and finally fairies on demand with Fairy Fare.
Review: Rusalka Part One (Kamila Krol)
Joining the likes of Alexander Utkin’s Gamayun Tales, as a book inspired by Slavic folktales, Kamila Krol’s Rusalka is beautiful and dreamlike look at the origins of a Polish water demon. But will this be another timeless classic or a damp squib?
Review: Access Denied (Signal Comics)
Fresh off the heels of the fantastic Milford Green Saga collected edition, Samuel George London and Mikael Hankonen are back together with Access Denied. Set in a time where Artificial intelligence has colonised Mars, this comic tells the story of two very different people finding love despite their respective people’s animosity. But will it bring readers head over heels?
Small Press Spotlight: The Owl: Osage Guardian, The Deadliest Bouquet, Hardcore Bazooka Allstars
Our latest round up of small press comics features: native American pulp vigilates in The Owl: Osage Guardian; floral sisters investigating their mother’s mysterious death in The Deadliest Bouquet; and the brilliantly monikered Hardcore Bazooka All Stars!
Review: All The Places In Between (Liminal 11)
About as different as can be from the creator of ‘Badger vs. Tiger’, John Cei Douglas brings us ‘a silently sequential narrative journey’ in All The Places In Between – a subtle and thoughtful look at mental health and identity from Liminal 11.
Small Press Spotlight: ID-10T – Error, Busy Little Bees, Clutch
Our latest small press spotlight features a selection of comics with an horrific edged to them. They include: tortured robots in ID-10T – Error; mysterious mental patients in Busy Littles Bees; and a creepy road to hell in Clutch.
Review: Longpig #1 (Don’t Look Now Comics)
Having recently completed a successful Kickstarter Campaign, Grayham Puttock and Adam Jakes’ Longpig #1 is a horror thriller about a mysterious family with a taste for the disturbing. But is this really a delectable entree to a great new comic series or will it leave readers with a bitter taste?
Small Press Spotlight: Bigger Fish, Jimmy’s Vendetta, Freak Snow
Our latest round-up of great new indie comics has a very crime focused feel with arctic misadventure Freak Snow, Blue Fox Comics’ undead revenge thriller Jimmys Vendetta and Ed Whiting’s 70s grindhouse crime thriller Bigger Fish.
Review: LDN by Ramzee (Good Comics)
Set in five different corners of London (East, West, North, South and Central), Ramzee’s ‘LDN’ takes us on a journey through the London underground, stopping to tell five completely different narratives. Told in short story format with unique art-styles for each tale, Ramzee gives the reader a varied social commentary on what it’s really like to live in the big city.