Small Press Comics
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.
Review: Sagas of the Shield Maiden Book One( Asa Wheatley)
The Sagas of the Shield Maiden Book One details events of a single, titular character’s many adventures, can the Asa Wheatley written comic reach a Valhalla level of success with readers?
Good Comics Round Up: Good Comics Reader Volume 2, Return, Fishes May Come Back
We continue our look at some of the fantastic comics released by small press superstars Good Comics (see also our review of FML). This time we check out The Good Comics Reader Volume 2, Return by Niki Bañados and Fishes May Come Back – Emre Altindag. Good Comics Reader Volume 2 – Various This anthology […]
Review: FML Comics: Collected 2016-2020 (Good Comics)
‘FML Comics’ is an autobiographical collection of comic strips from artist and writer Natasha Natarajan. As she anecdotally navigates her way through relatable problems with self-esteem, mental health and personal growth between the period of 2016-2020, Natarajan finds herself developing as both a writer and artist, and as a person.
Review: Sentinel #6 (Sentinel Publishing/Get My Comics)
Modelled very closely on DC Thompson’s classic Starblazer and the other ‘Picture Libraries’ it published, can Sentinel bring this format of storytelling to a new generation of readers?
Small Press Spotlight: Nightmare Man, Blat!, Wild Nature
Our latest Small Press Spotlight takes a look at: Matthew Wilding and Matt Rowe’s Nightmare Man, Mat Greaves’ Blat!, and David Taylor’s Wild Nature
Review: Damsel From D.I.S.T.R.E.S.S. #1 (Bincat Press)
A glorious mixture of classic spy cliches all set in a medieval/fantasy world, Damsel from D.I.S.T.R.E.S.S. is a new series from Béte Noir’s Andrew Clemson that is well worth rescuing, or rather being rescued by!
Small Press Spotlight: Plainer Jane, 20 Fists, Oathbound
Plainer Jane #1(Broken Face Comics) While this might sound like a lost story from Tammy or Jinty it’s anything but. Plainer Jane is not your average school girl, she is actually a dark web assassin who kills for cash. This debut issue from Broken Face Comics follows her origins from confused young girl who kills […]
Review: Hell in Stalingrad (Mad Robot Comics)
As you would expect with a name like Hell in Stalingrad, this new book from Rob Jones (Madius Comics) and Matt Hardy (Mad Robot Comics) is a harrowing tale of soldiers and satanism in the rubble of one of the second world war’s most bloody conflicts.