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the long list interview – Harley R’s Ugly Mug
The Long List interviews – in-depth conversations with creators and others involved in their scenes
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Review – Hostile Take Over by Morgan Gleave
BUY IT HERE This is a fun little comic. This first issue is an A5 colour comic with card stock cover and glossy paper insides, with 16 pages of story and 4 pages of supplementary history. It’s a fun read; a quick and silly story with stripped back stylised artwork…
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Mini Comix Co-Op – Danny Ferbert interview
The Long List interviews – in-depth conversations with creators and others involved in their scenes
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Review – Texas Tracts by Rachelle Meyer
Buy them here Find Rachelle online here – website twitter instagram facebook I’ve come to realise that, as much as railing against the system or raising a fist to the sky feels like you’re making a big statement, sometimes the quiet voice plainly speaking its own truth is the most…
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Review – Requiescat In Pace by Livor Mortis Zine and Cameron Zavala
Buy from Livor Mortis Zine Find Livor Mortis Zine on instagram facebook twitter Support Cameron Zavala Find Cameron Zavala on instagram This is a grim zine dealing with loneliness, abuse and self-hatred. It’s handled with an extremely dark humour. It doesn’t make light reading, but it’s got a pure angry…
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Review – Adam Yeater – (I’m not going to tell you the name, because you should find it for yourself!)
Buy Adam’s comics here – big cartel store envy Find Adam on twitter facebook instagram I love Adam Yeater’s art. For some of his work, like Blood Desert it’s simple and cartoony and unpolished and deliberately so. That bluntness, that getting it done and not worrying about the anatomy is…
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Review – Cui Shirts
Find Cui Shirts on instagram Cui Shirts is an online project and zine that documents t-shirt slogans gone wrong. It’s a fun project with a big task. It’s squarely aimed at making fun of bad design, poor translation and the sometimes genuinely weird slogans on the fast fashion of Asia,…
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Review – Purple Hate Balloon by Fraser Geesin & Laurie Rowan
Buy Fraser’s comics here – digital physical Find Fraser on twitter facebook instagram Find Laurie on twitter facebook instagram It’s hard to define Fraser Geesin’s humour, but it’s fun to give it a try. In all his work there’s a feel of the satire being spot on in an uncomfortable…
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Review – Not This House by Gareth A Hopkins
Buy his comics here – digital physical Find Gareth A Hopkins on twitter facebook instagram Gareth Hopkins is really one of the main reasons I got back into comics reading and particularly became interested in the small press and zine culture. His comics are not comics as you think of…
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Review – The Blame by Jon Aye
A collection of short stories from Jon Aye. Jon Is currently taking part in the digital Hackney Comic & Zine Fair. Find him on twitter I enjoyed this. A quick read that I think I could go back and spend some more time dealing with the bigger ideas it touches…
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Comic Cuts, a review
(click on images to follow links) About 3 weeks ago I gave this as a recommendation and every Friday there’s been another episode to listen to which I have enjoyed immensely. So I thought I’d do a proper review. This is a good show. Firstly, it’s funny, always funny and…
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Reviewer Revue – Nicholas Burman
Find him here – website Header art by Sander Ettema ZL – Hi, thanx for agreeing to talk to us! NB – No worries at all. Though I’m more used to asking the questions, so this is definitely an odd experience. I wrote much of this before reading Ryan Carey’s…
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kicking it – 14th April 2021
header art from Sonagi Subscriptions Kev F Sutherland – ko-fi A part of UK comics for decades, Kev has settled into a groove of doing modern takes on Shakespeare whilst continuing his normal strips and kid classes. He’s a force for sure! He’s got his shop set up on there…
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Reviewer Revue – Ryan Carey (Four Color Apocalypse and Solrad)
Find Ryan here Four Color Apocalypse Solrad twitter facebook ZL – Hi, thanx for agreeing to talk to us! RC -My pleasure, thank you for the invite! ZL – Let’s start with a bit of an introduction, can you tell us your name, where you live and what site(s) we…
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kicking it – 7th April 2021
header art by Toru Terada ( @ToruTerada67 ) Subscriptions Ryan Carey – patreon – review site A hugely busy and effective reviewer Poopsheet Foundation – patreon – review site a great resource holding lots of info on mini-comics and small press titles you’d never know about otherwise New this week…
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Reviewer Revue – Nyx (Sea Green Zines)
Find Nyx here – website webstore ko-fi youtube twitter instagram facebook Header art by Wolfram-Jaymes von Keesing (twitter instagram facebook) ZL – Hi, thanx for agreeing to talk to us! Nyx – Hello! Thanks so much for inviting me to chat. ZL – Let’s start with a bit of an…
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kicking it – 31st March 2021
Subscriptions Amanda DeLong – ko-fi I don’t do cross stitch, but if I did, I would COMPLETELY do this one! There are also zines to download, but really, surely that cross stitch is enough to chuck a few quid over? Monnie Winslow – patreon I do like her art! New…
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kicking it – 24th March 2021
Header from Bird Brained Zine Subscriptions David Greg Taylor – patreon David’s art alone is worth it, but the comic that he’s currently writing, Blueboy Brown, is shaping up to be a fascinating generational saga, currently set in post Civil War America. Aim Ren Beland – ko-fi Just a lovely…
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Reviewer Revue – Ryan (Pocket Thoughts)
ZL – Hi Ryan, thanx for agreeing to talk to us! Let’s start with a bit of an introduction, can you tell us your name, where you live and what site(s) and how long you have been reviewing? RE – Hi, my name is Ryan, and I live in Kingston,…
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kicking it – 17th March 2021
Subscriptions Katriona Chapman – patreon @katchapman check out the below, it says it all pretty well! New this week Cry Punch Comics organised by Al Gofa (@gofa_al) (still funding) finishes Sunday, April 11 2021 1:06 AM BST interesting creators and anything made over the funding target gets split evenly between…
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Reviewer Revue – Warren E Elliott
ZL – Hi, thanks for agreeing to talk to us! Let’s start with a bit of an introduction, can you tell us your name, where you live and what site(s) and how long you have been reviewing? WEE – Hi! I’m Warren E. Elliott and I currently live in southeast…
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kicking it – 11th March 2021
all the kickstarters that are catching my eye at the mo (and sometimes other things to back as well) another bumper week of new kickstarters to add here. Also, it’s odd when you start looking at these, because there are some projects you look at and think must be doing…
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Reviewer Revue – Micah Liesenfeld
ZL – Hi, thanx for agreeing to talk to us! ML – Sure! I love talking about comics. ZL – Let’s start with a bit of an introduction, can you tell us your name, where you live and what site(s) and how long you have been reviewing? ML – Micah…
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kicking it – 3rd March 2021
all the kickstarters that are catching my eye at the mo (and sometimes other things to back as well) this week feels like there’s absolute TONS of stuff I could splurge money on (seriously someone sponsor me to buy and review these things!!) we do seem to have a week…
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It’s mini zine March peeps
Hello – the wonderful Nyx started this 6 years ago and I really like it, so check it out! If you’re making mini-zines why not let her know or use the #minizinemarch tag on social media (or just follow it yourself to see what others are up to) Mini zines…
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kicking it – 24th Feb 2021
all the kickstarters that are catching my eye at the mo (and sometimes other things to back as well) Some highly anticipated (by me anyway) project on Kickstarter this time! Subscriptions Poems by Post (@PoemsByPost) I just like the idea you can subscribe and receive poems and other creative work…
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kicking it – 17th Feb 2021
all the kickstarters that are catching my eye at the mo (and sometimes other things to back as well) Bit dry for me on Kickstarter this week, so here are some other things you can check out Subscriptions The Cartoon Museum (@Cartoonmuseumuk) – still aiming to raise funds as COVID…
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kicking it – 10th Feb 2021
all the kickstarters that are catching my eye at the mo (and sometimes other things to back as well) Subscriptions Make it Then Tell Everybody (@MakeThenTell) by Dan Berry (@thingsbydan) patreon here – a recent is his interview with Lizzi Kaye of Cast Iron Books (@LizzieHKaye) (@castironbooks) Sarah Horrocks (@mercurialblonde)…
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A funny thing happened along the way
Here’s a thing that I often find happens to me on social media. I followed a little rabbit hole on facebook and found some treasure at the end.You know it gives you those friend suggestions every so often? Well, there was one with this visual that caught my eye (that…
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backers needed
all the kickstarters that are catching my eye at the mo (and sometimes other things to back as well) Subscriptions Douglas Noble (@douglasnoble) – Writer and artist, creating the poetic and everyday, sometimes in the same works. patreon here Oliver East (@olivereast) – making crisp yet illusive images of life…
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Full details – exhibition to raise money for Vietnamese charity combating child trafficking
Full details have now been announced on the exhibition I mentioned in a previous post. Reminder – A friend of mine (livormortiszine) mentioned they were contributing to a charity sale to raise money for Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation, a charity working in Vietnam to help rescue and care for victims…
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Planned exhibition to raise money for Vietnamese charity combating child trafficking
A friend of mine (livormortiszine) mentioned they were contributing to a charity sale to raise money for Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation, a charity working in Vietnam to help rescue and care for victims of human trafficking, street children, and other young people. The event is still in the planning stages…
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Thought Bubble recommendations – it’s still live so you can still use it!!
Thought Bubble 2020 Con is still live Check out 20 of our favourite creators from the show Been trawling through and picked out 20 rec from the STILL LIVE @ThoughtBubbleUKwith @douglasnoble @wineandzine @WeAreHappyClam @AveryHillPubl @chip_collective @GustaffoVargas @neilslorance @AndreIllustrate @johannaost @peonygent @seanazz @hotelfred @steveningramart @Ze_Burnay Sajan Rai @WIP_Comics @katchapman Idiot Corpse…
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Things I’m liking
Things to buy and see Finishing – Friday 27th, November 23:32 GMT from @_HeatherAPalmer Finishing Saturday, November 28 2020 at 19:00 GMT from @uk_comic Finishing Monday, November 30 2020 13:00 GMT – from @AdmiralMalty Finishing – Thursday, December 31 2020 12:58 GMT from @JudeMontague Finishing – Saturday, December 5 2020…
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Small (press) oaks – John Freeman
Small Press Oaks asks creators what first influenced them and what continues to inspire them
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comix economix – an interview with Avery Hill’s Ricky Miller
Today we have one of our occasional Long List Interviews, this time a fascinating on with Ken Eppstein of Nix Comics
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Thought Bubble recommendations – 5 favourites for Friday
Check out 5 of our favourite creators from the show groups and individuals Mindless Ones, Silence & Pals including site favourites Paul Jon Milne, Dan White, Fraser Geesin, Gareth Hopkins & Hitsville UK New to me – Mathilde Heu who has a very lithe art adaptable art style Claire O’Brien…
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the long list interview – Jog the Blog
The Long List interviews – in-depth conversations with creators and others involved in their scenes
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the short list – Miguel Correia – Portuguese zinester
Showcasing UltraViolenta an artzine editted by Migual Correia
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the short list – Eduardo Cardoso – Portuguese zinester
Showcasing the work of Portuguese zinester Eduardo Cardoso
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the short list – Rodolfo Mariano – Portuguese zinester
We’re talking to comicker Rodolfo Mariano today
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the short list – Matilde Horta – Portuguese zinester
We talk to Matilde Horta about Queens of Portugal, a zine she made with her sister Maria
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the short list – João Oliveira and Guilherme Ferrugento – Portuguese zinesters
Today we talk to João Oliveira and Guilherme Ferrugento about their drawing zine Spooky Action At a Distance
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the short list – Portuguese zinesters
An Annoucement – we’re having a Portuguese take over!
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Small (press) oaks – David Robertson
Small Press Oaks asks creators what first influenced them and what continues to inspire them
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Long list interview – Adam Yeater
A deep dive into the practice and creative drive of underground creator Adam Yeater
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Small (press) oaks – Gareth A Hopkins
Small Press Oaks asks creators what first influenced them and what continues to inspire them
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Small (press) oaks – Ken Eppstein
Small Press Oaks asks creators what first influenced them and what continues to inspire them