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Bedsit Journal #1
Beware the
  Robopocalypse!

The Comic Eye
Flight Vol. Two
Four Letter Worlds
Funny Times
Gag-Hag
The Journal of Silly #18
Nice #6
Papercutter #5
Papercutter #6
Slam Bang #2, 3,
Sorry

Azzopardi, Sean
Ed #3, 4,
Twelve Hour Shift

Blair, Josh
Candy or Medicine #1
Candy or Medicine #2
Candy or Medicine #3

Busby, Wade &
Ron McCain Jr.
Mr. Emergency #1
Mr. Emergency #2

Buxton, Martin
Crowman #1
Jack in the Box #1

Callahan, John
Levels of Insanity

Carré, Lilli
Tales of Woodsman Pete

Chapman, Robyn
Sourpuss #1

Clotfelter, Max
Dumpster
Shore Leave Showcase

Corrigan, Tim
Comics & Stories #15
17, 18, 19, 21-23

Crum, Kel
Cornelia Cartoons #5, 7, 9, 10

Davis, Christopher
No Buses. Chickens.

Eisner, Will
Comics and Sequential Art

Ellsworth, Theo
Capacity #7
Thought Cloud Shrines

England, Tom
Mallard #3

Fantasy Funeral Collective
Sound of Drowning

Farago, Andrew
The Idol of Svargald
The Red Menace

Fling, G.
Flung #2

Foglio, Phil
Planet 24

Foster, Brad W.
LOCs

Gafford, Sam
Ack! #1
Boot Hill #1
Phantascape #1, 2

Garrity, Shaenon
The Idol of Svargald

Gauld, Tom
Sentence

Goldfarb, Andrew
The Eye Hand of the Carolinas

Granton, Shawn
Ten Foot Rule 1-08

Green, Delaine Derry
Not My Small Diary #14

Hafizah, Noor
Cavaliers #1

Izumi, Garret
Strip Down

Jackson, Rob
Random
Journeys #1-3

Justin, Larned
19th Century Detective #1

Keeter, Steve &
Tony Lorenz
Cosmic Man #1

Lafler, Steve
Cat Suit

Lechner, Tom
Inertia #1

Livermore, BT
Otto Zeplin #1

Lofton, Saab
Rufus the Black Cat

Mackintosh, Aerick
Covington Detour #1

Main, Jim
Comic Fan #1
Comic Fan #2
Comic Fan #3
*PPFSZT! #27
Satyr #7

Mandrake, Tarquin
Zombies March On #5

Martin, Jason
Laterborn #5

McBastard, Clutch
Clutch #16

McNamara, DC
Bigfoot Comix #1-5
Bigfoot Comix #6-9
Mox Nix #1 & 3
Mox Nix #2
You're Not Creepy At All

Meehan, Bram & Jamie Chase
Death, Cold as Steel

Meehan, Bram & Monica
Raised By Squirrels
SQRL Los Alamos

Nauenburg, Daniel
The Ranter #1

O'Brien, Richard
   & Bob Vojtko
Suzy

Pekar, Harvey
Ego & Hubris

Porcellino, John
King-Cat #66
King-Cat #68

Psaltis, Reid
Big Game Theory

Rainey, Paul B.
There's No Time Like the Present part 6

Read, John
Stay Tooned #1

Reklaw, Jesse
Monsters
Bluefuzz the Hero

Roden, Michael
The Gallery #1

Segar, EC
Popeye Vol. 1

Steiner, Steve
Everyone Laughs at the Crocodile Man #1

Steingroot, Jacob
Zod #7 & 8

Steinke, Aron Nels
Big Plans #2
Super Crazy Cat Dance

Strzepek, Kazimir
The Mourning Star

Suerte, Adam
Aprendiz #1
Aprendiz #2
Aprendiz #3

Sumner, Robert L.
Ka-Whump! #2
Ka-Whump! #3

Taylor, Dan W.
The Cloud...A Fable
My Crow Comics
Symphony in Ink #1
Symphony in Ink #2
Symphony in Ink #3
Time Warp Comix #1
Time Warp Comix #2

Time Warp Comix #3
Time Warp Comix #4
Time Warp Comix #5
Weird Muse #1
Weird Muse #2
Weird Muse #3

Thompson, Craig
Good-Bye Chunky Rice

Turner, Will
Reynard City #1

Viola, Jason
Rabbit Shadows

Wakefield, Ty
Alternate Reality #1

Ward, Justin
yes, but... #2

Waugh, Andrew
Melanchomic

Wheeler, Shannon
Postage Stamp Funnies #3

Wicks, Tony
Crowman #1
Jack in the Box #1
Last of the Chickenheads

Willis, Steve
Fetid Lake of Doom

The Journal of Silly #18 coverThe Journal of Silly #18

This 48-page small press comix is packed with single panel gag cartoons by a horde of contributors. It's a quick read and loads of fun. I love the concept and I can't recall having ever seen this sort of small press comix before. Kudos to the production and editorial team of Ham Khan and Duncan McCoshan for bringing us this gem. Check their website for subscription info and enough cartoons to give you a flavor of the journal's silliness. A5-size. Adult content.

Artwork © Knife

 

 

Weird Muse Productions
by Dan W. Taylor

Dan W. Taylor was one of the original newave cartoonists. In 2006, the memories of small press publishing drew him back and he began creating a new series of books. It's lucky for us he did!
Weird Muse Productions artwork © Dan W. Taylor

Weird Muse #1 cover

Weird Muse Mini Comix #1 (2006)
5.5" x 4.25" 16 pages plus cover.
This issue is dedicated to Clay Geerdes and in tribute features cartoons of real news stories, photo collage, and several great new comix and cartoons by Taylor. The back cover is a short biographical update on the years between Taylor's publishing eras - just like a letter from a long, lost friend. $1.00 Top

Weird Muse #2 cover

 

Weird Muse Mini Comix #2 (2006)
4.25" x 7" 8 pages plus cover.
Taylor's second issue provides more comix and cartoons. My favorite was Tempus Fuggit with the Muse herself! Adults only. $1.00 Top

 

 

 

 

My Crow Comics cover

 

My Crow Comics #1 (Jan. 2006)
2.75" x 4.25" 8 pages with self-cover.
Puns, cartoons, a quick fantasy tale drawn from life,
and great artwork by Taylor.
This is what mini comix are all about! 50¢ Top

 

The Cloud cover

 

The Cloud...a Fable (April 2006)
4.25" x 5.5"
Another great solo work by Taylor.
A full fable in 8 pages - complete with moral.
$1.00 Top

 

 

Symphony in Ink #1 cover

 

Symphony in Ink #1 (May 2006)
5.5" x 8.5" 16 pages plus cover.
A great collection of art and comix by:
Dan Taylor (Editor and cover),
D.C. McNamara (4 pages),
Tom Brinkman (1 page),
Thomas Ferranti (3 pages),
Michael Roden (2 pages),
Tony Consiglio (2 pages), and
Tim Kelly (4 pages)
Adults only. $3.00 Top

 

 

Symphony in Ink #2 cover

 

Symphony in Ink #2 (Feb. 2007)
5.5" x 8.5" 12 pages plus cover. Featuring:
Dan Taylor (Editor, cover, and 2 pages)
Bill Shut (2 pages)
Lorena Caiazzo (4 pages)
Brad Foster (1 page)
Tom Brinkman (2 pages)
Michael Roden (2 pages)
Thomas Ferranti (1 page)
Adults only. $2.00

Dan's website Weird Muse offers all of his new small press comix and many others, check it out! Top

 

Zombies March On cover

Zombies March On #5

Tarquin Mandrake's brainchild features plenty of undead flesh-eaters on the front and back covers. Inside the monsters are more often deranged killers or mindless consumers lost in the shopping mall of popular culture. The British cartoonist fills all 24-pages of this A5-size book with one-, two- and four-page comix. The artwork is simple, clean, and engaging. The humor is clever, sarcastic, dark, and at times politically passionate. The cover is printed on green paper, whilst the interior pages are white. £1.20 Adults only. Top

Zombies March On is © 2006 by Tarquin Mandrake.

 

Sentence cover

Sentence

Each creator in this British comics anthology was allowed just one sentence for their story. The goal: to provide work accessible to a wide European audience. The artwork and stories range from abstract to traditional, from humorous to dark. Contributors include Nick Abadzis, Matt Abbiss, Patrice Aggs, Malcy Duff, Tom Gauld, Gary Northfield, Dave Shelton, and Mark Stafford. This is a wonderful collection from Rising Trout Press. Originally published at £12.50, I picked it up for £5.00 from Gosh Comics. Top

Sentence is © 2002 by the artists listed above.

 

Popeye book cover Popeye Vol. 1 by E.C. Segar

In a word, E.C. Segar's Popeye is awesome.
In fact, it's the best comic strip I've ever read. The characters, artwork, stories, and dialog provide a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience not to be missed. Segar delivers a powerful one-two punch: a nearly daily gag
and a continuing storyline that keeps you coming back for more. Fantagraphics, already established as a premier publisher of classic comic strip collections, has launched the Popeye series with top-notch book design and production values. With an introduction
by Jules Feiffer and commentary by
Bill Blackbeard, this volume - the first of six -
is a must-have for comics readers. Top

 

 

 

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