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Comicbook Artists Guild Celebrates Independence
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Small Press Status: Relaunching Soon
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Comics Lifestyle
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SBC small Press @ Bristol Comic Expo
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Ads Some Spark to your Lovelife
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Southern Fried #9 out Now!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Where did all the Small Press Go?
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Somewhere there's a Comicspace for us..
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Serial Killer as Misread Hero?
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A Psychedelic Awakening
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Call for Submissions: Paper Tiger #4
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Call for Submissions: War - All Proceeds to Campaign Against the Arms Trade
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Call for Submissions: Worlds Worst Love Stories
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Call for Submissions: Tales of Terror
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Rattletrap #1 available
Thursday, March 9, 2006
Rick and Rob's Conventional lifestyle
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
UK Smallpress Catalogue
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SPX Splendor
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Any Users of Comic Book Creation Software Out There?
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
Ken Knudtson at Wizard World
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SSS COMICS Blows into Chicago
Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Andy Roberts: The Caption Exhibition
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Jam Comics: A textbook
Tuesday, July 5, 2005
7th World Comic artist Conference (WCC)
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Ben Hutchings talks on the radio
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Snap! The Comic Arts Festival announced
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Hold the Phones: Artwork wanted
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Aussie Comics 24 Hour Challange
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Small Press Zinefest 2005
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Astrodog on the Moon!
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
The lights are on, and the Children are home.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Steve Peters Awakens
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Fluke: The Mini Comic Festival
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
STAPLE! Independent Media Expo
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Happy Thanks Giving
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Cambodian Comics Exhibition
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
Lucca Comics 2004 Photographs (updated)
Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Ken Knudtsen's Shout
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Lucca Comics and Games
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Bande Dessinee au Cambodge/ Comics of Cambodia
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Anthology Network Anyone?
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Burn Comics with WHISP and rehab25.net!
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Independent Arts Festival Looking for Small Press
Wednesday, August 4, 2004
Cherry Bomb Comics: New Shop
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
You could Benifit from Rehab
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Stalking the Monkey
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Rina Telgemeier has a new comic
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Visiting the Pitt
Tuesday, May 4, 2004
Test run of an RSS feed
Tuesday, May 4, 2004
6 year old wins Pulitzer with first comic
Thursday, April 1, 2004
The big two aim to force closure of Small Press Comics Association.
Thursday, April 1, 2004
Kanko's offers free photocopying for comics and zines
Thursday, April 1, 2004
Femme Fatale tries to entice.
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Creator looking for collaborators
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Wanted: Rad Ladies
Tuesday, March 2, 2004
No More Mrs Nice Nun
Tuesday, March 2, 2004
Rehab 25.net Busts Whisp Wide Open in March
Tuesday, March 2, 2004
Zineland Happenings
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Sorry
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
SSS Comics Has The Beat And Gets Dangerous
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Philadelphia Zine Fest 2004
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Small Press Idolatry
Wednesday, February 4, 2004
Looking for Some Artists?
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Bug Pond Comics Bring Web Comics "Out of the Doghouse"
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Ken Knudtsen offers relief from relations.
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
The Last Voyage of Stripburek
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Artist for Hire
Wednesday, November 5, 2003
A call to all comic artists for a big favor!
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Halloween trick-or-treat treats
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
The Broken Pencil Fall Tour, 2003
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Italian Competition
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Cactus Fusion Comics Now in Midtown!
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Mini-Comics in Austin
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Ireland Based Zine Trade Resource Needs Help!
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
New links
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Knuckle Down
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Ape calls for submissions
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Expozine! October 25, 2003 (Montreal)
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Small Press on the Small Screen
Thursday, September 25, 2003
An American Splendor in London
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Head on over to Zinehead
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
the International Festival of Comics
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
Couple of Links
Tuesday, July 1, 2003
Fast Comics
Tuesday, July 1, 2003
ESPA North of Nowhere (NoN) Expo
Tuesday, July 1, 2003
International Romanian Cartoon Festival Contest
Tuesday, July 1, 2003
Greg Oakes gets The Main/Access
Tuesday, June 3, 2003
Bent Cartoons
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
David Hedgecock illustrates Kameelman alternate ending
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
CF Comics' FREE Ashcan
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Get MBLEH! or Else!!!
Tuesday, May 13, 2003
Jennifer's Monkey Goes Free.
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Foufounes Electriques 20th Anniversary
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Free Small Press Day!
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
The temptation of Harmon
Wednesday, April 9, 2003
2sPutTer samples
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Los Angeles Zine/Comics/Crafts Fest
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Überbabe #4
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
A Bone that could pick you
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
Making connections
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
Women's History Month
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
Get Off your Jammy
Thursday, February 6, 2003
The Truth about Irish comics
Thursday, February 6, 2003
The Poop on the new Poopsheet
Thursday, February 6, 2003
Conventions, exhibitions etc...
Wednesday, January 29, 2003
New Zine World!
Wednesday, January 29, 2003
Don't Free the Mouse!!!!
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Crumb-y Time in London?
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Monkey around with Ken Knudtsen
Thursday, January 16, 2003
Stripburger *Ewar Edition
Thursday, January 16, 2003
Floyd Choat: R.I.P.
Wednesday, December 25, 2002
Frankenstein Rising and On Sale
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
International Guide to Small Press Comics
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
French Letter to Small Press Creators
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Send Your Cool Strips
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Pick of Small Press?
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Fresh Links
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Poopsheet Jr. #3, Sept 2002
Tuesday, October 1, 2002
Male comic creator seeks caring distributor
Tuesday, October 1, 2002
24 in Oz
Tuesday, October 1, 2002
New Horror Anthology seeks Contributors
Tuesday, October 1, 2002
New Zine Mailing List
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
Colorado comic events for September
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
With zines in their hair?
Tuesday, September 3, 2002
9/11 Story Featuring Native Americans Debuts Online
Tuesday, September 3, 2002
Out of Obscurity
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
DIY Book Festival Adds Comics
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
Comics with a Beat
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
Small Press on DVD
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
Toronto: the place to be Zine
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
San Francisco Zinefest
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
Vogelein Ahoy!
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
Poopsheet: Full of Small press News
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
News Flash from Phosphorescent Comics
Tuesday, July 16, 2002
Cons at the Bottom of the World
Tuesday, July 16, 2002
To URL is Human, to Click Divine
Tuesday, July 2, 2002
Indy Media Mailing List
Tuesday, July 2, 2002
Canzine 2002
Tuesday, July 2, 2002
Annual UFO Sighting
Wednesday, June 26, 2002
Comics in Nigeria
Wednesday, June 26, 2002
Staying within the Borderline
Tuesday, June 25, 2002
End of the line for Borderline...
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Get the Poopsheet
Wednesday, May 29, 2002
SPA Makes it to 100
Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Altered Reality Comics Gossip
Wednesday, May 29, 2002
New on the Top Shelf
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
Comics do get in!
Tuesday, May 21, 2002
Fair Dinkum Oz Comics
Tuesday, May 7, 2002
Nada Comics
Tuesday, April 30, 2002
Gagline want your work.
Tuesday, April 30, 2002
New URL's recived
Tuesday, April 30, 2002
The Comic Book Lifestyle in St Kilda
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
Supanova goes off
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
I just need some SPACE
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
Extra Links
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Call for Zine Essays
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Zine World : Details for #17
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Musicomic Replayed
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Upcoming Guide to Small Press at COMICS 2002
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
ScriptGraphics : Call for Entries.
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Albino Gorilla Sighted.
Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Top Shelf Update
Tuesday, March 26, 2002
"Native Heroes" Art Contest Announced
Tuesday, March 26, 2002
Kleid RANT's about 2002/2003
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
This Month STOP-@-SPAM Top Shelf
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
SPX update
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Nether: Nearly Here
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Get Reviewed
Tuesday, February 19, 2002
Convention Details
Tuesday, February 19, 2002
Informative Obsurity
Tuesday, February 19, 2002
Work Wanted for SPX
Tuesday, February 19, 2002
What a Webcomic they Weave
Tuesday, February 19, 2002
Reports of Altered Reality
Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Phosphorescent Illuminates Us
Wednesday, January 30, 2002
ESPA News & Year End Report
Tuesday, January 29, 2002
Mocca Art Festival
Tuesday, January 15, 2002
This Month STOP-@-SPAM Top Shelf & Moore
Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Recent Links
Tuesday, January 8, 2002
"Saugus To The Sea" Book Launch
Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Ignatz Submission Guidelines
Tuesday, January 8, 2002
INX and Peter Koper exhibitions
Tuesday, January 8, 2002
2002 Alternative Press Expo
Wednesday, January 2, 2002
Zine World updates
Wednesday, January 2, 2002
ESPA New Email Address
Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Life in the Blurbs
Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Web Explosions Are Almost Normal
Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Zine-World Mailing List
Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Experience Animal Kingdoms
Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Beta 3 Comics' Reading Suggestion!!
Wednesday, November 28, 2001
Online Back Issues
Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Talk Show Host Released
Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Something Fishy Going On
Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Circle Weave Chapter One complete!
Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Phosphorescent Comics Updates
Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Reaching and Exciting the Younger Reader
Tuesday, November 20, 2001
John Weeks: Travel Comix Newsletter #4
Tuesday, November 13, 2001
Vox Populi - Call for Submissions
Tuesday, October 30, 2001
Links Are Us
Tuesday, October 23, 2001
What a Wizard Idea!
Tuesday, October 16, 2001
Virtual SPX
Tuesday, October 9, 2001
Baltimore Comic-Con
Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Span-O Zine FairFall
Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Dr Mystery: Trick or Treat?
Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Calling All Zinesters
Tuesday, October 2, 2001
This Month STOP-@-SPAM Top Shelf
Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Grayhaven's 9.11 Charity Auction
Tuesday, October 2, 2001
RACA: No news(group) is good News?
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
For Sale: Sniper and Rook
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
Comics World Expo '02
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
For Sale: Absence of Ink Theatre
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
Rec.Arts.Comics: No Alternative?
Monday, September 3, 2001
Square Eyed Stories #13 Out Now
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
Potlatch 2001
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
Artist Wanted!
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
Comics World Expo '02
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
Open Art Exhibition
Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Comic book website named best on media violence
Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Dragon Hurtor #4
Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Free Media Exhibit
Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Small Press Ring of Confidence
Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Your Art on Their Website
Tuesday, August 21, 2001
dark matter 4.0 now available!
Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Convention Alert
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Super-Contest
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Tait Studies Hard
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Online Comics and Moore CD's from Top Shelf
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
8i8 The World Need's a Hero
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
UFO Annual Now Available!
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Project 72 released
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Sniper and Rook Limited Edition Collectors Set.
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Slab-o-Concrete Sinks Without Trace?
Tuesday, July 3, 2001
John Weeks' Information Injection
Tuesday, July 3, 2001
DIY Comics Guide
Tuesday, July 3, 2001
News from the TOP SHELF
Tuesday, July 3, 2001
Sunburn About To Become A Thing Of The Past
Tuesday, June 26, 2001
Time Catches Up With Eddie Campbell
Tuesday, June 26, 2001
Brazilian Builds A Library Of Comics
Tuesday, June 26, 2001
This Month At Top Shelf - The Actus Box
Tuesday, June 5, 2001
Stay As You Are #7 Released
Tuesday, June 5, 2001
Dan Clowes Bibliography Online
Tuesday, June 5, 2001
Santa Barbara Zine Fest
Thursday, May 31, 2001
A Whole Lot Of Links
Tuesday, May 29, 2001
This Month At Top Shelf
Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Old Farts Wanted!
Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Beta 3 Comics
Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Wizard Discovers Small Press Magic
Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Macedonia Sci-Fi Convention
Tuesday, May 8, 2001
Copyright Vs Trademark.
Tuesday, May 8, 2001
New Online Indy-Friendly Distributor
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
Reality Bytes Newsletter
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
Poopsheet #22 Now Online
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
Small Press Chat
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
UK Comics 2001 Convention
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
Kobyland Interview With Art Spiegelman.
Wednesday, April 25, 2001
What's Brent E. Erwin Selling?
Wednesday, April 25, 2001
Free Comic Book!!!!
Wednesday, April 25, 2001
Whiteout For Download
Wednesday, March 28, 2001
Dead Lizard Comics
Wednesday, March 28, 2001
Join the Cluster Bomb!
Tuesday, March 20, 2001
Independent Creators Raise Money For CBLDF
Wednesday, March 14, 2001
Just the Facts for FactSheet5
Wednesday, March 14, 2001
Santa Barbara Zine Fest
Wednesday, March 7, 2001
Stock Take
Wednesday, March 7, 2001
Conventions Approaching!
Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Civil War 2000!
Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Go Postal Now!
Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Where's there's Smoke there's Fire?
Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Xeno's Arrow Relaunched
Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Reader's Guide to the Underground Press #14 Out Now
Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Martians Love Comics!!!!!
Tuesday, February 13, 2001
The Comics Hunger
Tuesday, February 13, 2001
New Releases from Topshelf
Tuesday, January 30, 2001
Cassiopeia The Witch #41 out now
Tuesday, January 30, 2001
Cruel Comics of Carlo Bocchio
Tuesday, January 23, 2001
Comic Creators get SPACED out.
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
Bacchus Creator Crashes ComicFest
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
New Issue of Poopsheet Online
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
Shareware Comics
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
Portugal Wants Comics
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
Lost Comics!!
Wednesday, January 10, 2001
Wanderlust #3 Out Now
Wednesday, January 10, 2001
Some Almost Normal Comics
Wednesday, January 3, 2001
Back Issues from COMMIX
Wednesday, January 3, 2001
Christmas Cheer
Tuesday, December 19, 2000
Hicksville Gets Connected.
Tuesday, December 19, 2000
Largest Website Devoted to One Comic????
Tuesday, December 5, 2000
Michael Neno's new website
Tuesday, December 5, 2000
Escapo Update
Tuesday, December 5, 2000
Inner City Pagan #5
Tuesday, December 5, 2000
Java Loving Turtles Needed
Tuesday, December 5, 2000
Cynical Girl T-Shirts hit the Catwalks.
Tuesday, October 31, 2000
Edmonton Small Press Association
Tuesday, October 10, 2000
FV Comics Are Looking For Your Samples!
Tuesday, October 3, 2000
FV Comics Need Pencillers And Inkers!
Tuesday, October 3, 2000
Empty Life Announce New Releases
Tuesday, October 3, 2000
Weeksy's Sporadic Comix Travel Newsletter #2
Friday, September 29, 2000
ARMAGEDDON Convention Wants Small Press!!
Wednesday, September 13, 2000
New Eddie Campbell Web-page
Wednesday, September 13, 2000
ECOMICSNOW.COM Now Online
Tuesday, August 29, 2000
Steve Kirkland Is Hard At Work On Dark Matter # 4
Tuesday, August 15, 2000
Dark Matter
Tuesday, August 8, 2000
Upstart Comics On The Road
Tuesday, August 8, 2000
The Bride Of Monkeysuit Leaves Home
Tuesday, August 1, 2000
Hardline Comics Available Online
Tuesday, August 1, 2000
SPXpo Anthology Announced
Tuesday, June 27, 2000
R-Botz In Motion Released
Tuesday, June 27, 2000
Napartheid's Fanxinoteka
Tuesday, June 13, 2000
Santa Barbara Zine Festival
Tuesday, May 16, 2000
John Week's Sporadic Travel Newsletter #1
Friday, May 12, 2000
You Stink & I Don't #6 Released
Wednesday, May 10, 2000
SANGREAL #1 Released
Wednesday, May 10, 2000
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Tuesday, May 2, 2000
SUNBURN in Y2K!
Tuesday, May 2, 2000
OZ Comics Newsletter #62
Tuesday, April 18, 2000
Bits -n- Pieces released
Thursday, April 13, 2000
Small Press Network Chat Topics
Monday, April 10, 2000
OZ Comic Newsletter V.2 #61
Wednesday, April 5, 2000
Close Encounters of the Brazilian Kind
Sunday, April 2, 2000
FORBIDDENGALAXY #4 online
Sunday, April 2, 2000
Oz Comics Newsletter #60
Tuesday, March 21, 2000
Oz Comics newsletter 3 March
Saturday, March 4, 2000
OZ comics newsletter
Monday, February 28, 2000
Oz Comics Newsletter
Tuesday, February 22, 2000
UFO Sightings
Monday, February 7, 2000
Only Skin #2
Posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2007
By: Steve Saville
Creator(s): Sean Ford
Publishers: Self Published.
From: USA
Price: US $5.00 Available from secretacres or iknowjoekimpel
Back at Sam’s Service Station darkness has descended and with it another strange disappearance, another set of fingers left behind and more questions are posed than answers found.
This second edition is dominated by the inky, black darkness of night; symbolic of the lack of knowledge the characters have of the strange goings on that surround them.
The overriding tone on this second instalment is one of darkness, an oppressive blanket of darkness hiding the truth and creeping over this small blighted town.
One of the characters describes it as “a gathering storm’ and it certainly does have the feeling of something brewing up and about to burst.
It is hardly surprising then that the locals are starting to get just a little tense and restless. The community meeting provides more questions than answers and Ford just keeps turning the tension dial up.
Into this world of weirdness Cassie and Paul make their initial fumbling attempts at forming a relationship but it all comes to nothing, it is as if there is too much to think about here to allow for normal relationships to flourish.
As in the initial edition, the words are carefully chosen but it is the spaces between them that drip with meaning. The art is once again aimed at creating a feeling of expansiveness, it feels like this little community is in the middle of a big empty world, they are alone and powerless.
There is little to get hopeful about here apart from the fact that as this chapter ends young Clay meets a local boy who has also seen the strange, 'cartoonish' ghost that has been stalking Clay since his arrival. Overall Paul, Cassie and the others are no nearer finding any answers and to make it all worse the Albert, Paul’s friend and associate, has wondered off to see if he can solve the mystery•by himself•in the dark.
Thoroughly enjoyable, delightfully tense and I can hardly wait for #3.
In a Word: Dark.
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