Edie Woolf is a Bristol based illustrator, comic artist, and printmaker who creates introspective comics and animations that promote themes of self-exploration, kindness, positivity, and anti-hustle culture vibes. She also regularly releases new clothing lines and art prints with these same themes. Edie graduated from UWE with a degree in Illustration back…
Another Angle is a graphic novel by Dutch illustrator Micha Huigen and published by Chemistry Publishing. The novel, which took over 800 hours of work and sketches, tells the story of Liquidface, a little man who has shrunk to the size of a pencil and is in a constant state…
Well this brings us right back to the days of peeling a Refresher bar off a newsprint cover, spending half of Christmas day poring over an annual and insisting you carry heavy shopping bags in a bid to stretch your arms out like Minnie the Minx… we’ve all been there,…
Since it’s nearly picking season, what better time to explore the stunning new tome from modern day psychedelia-whizz Brian Blomerth and his celebration of mushrooms? If you know Blomerth’s work, it won’t come as a huge surprise that these are very much magical mushrooms. Back in 2019, he released the…
Jamming is an imaginary trip to the motorways of 90s Europe, created by Hamburg-based art director, designer, and illustrator, Sebastian König. The book draws inspiration from several journeys to the south – sitting in the back seat – while being stuck. The picture stories take place between stopped cars on…
We’ve no doubt that everyone who’s been to art school will see more than a few familiar tropes in Walter Scott’s Wendy, the titular “lovable but messy post-college hipster” of his series of graphic novels. Last summer, Scott published her adventures in self-sabotage (and the Montreal art scene) in the…
Michel Rabagliati’s PAUL AT HOME has been described as “the perfect pandemic antidote – the opportunity to dive into someone’s anxiety and loneliness.” Pandemic or no, it’s an unputdownable read of a graphic novel that speaks to its readers on many levels: as sons or daughters, guilty that they’re not…
It’s likely most of us have heard of Johnny Cash, Fidel Castro and Nick Cave, but Emile Griffith? Not so much. Perhaps that might change, however, thanks to German graphic novelist and illustrator Reinhard Kleist, who having already published books on Cash, Castro and Cave, has now crafted a superb…
Don’t let the cute lady with a big, manic pixie dream girl fringe; the pink playful cover typography; and the sweet teddy bear-like dog fool you: there’s very little that’s cutesty about Nathan Cowdry’s Crash Site. Published by the esteemed comics house Fantagraphics— which has put out the likes of…
In today’s parlance, some of the work of Robert Crumb could be deemed “problematic”: the famed cartoonist has little time for arbitrary distinctions like “good”/”bad” taste, or more 21st century notions around sexism and social conventions more widely. It’s perhaps exactly that which has made him one of the most…
Leading people in gently isn’t graphic artist Michael DeForge’s style: his new book, Heaven No Hell, opens with a person massaging, and ticking a corpse. Observed by a crowd delineated only as silhouetted figures, the narrative is just as shadowy as their forms: it seems the protagonist is roleplaying as…
Rose Wong’s sharp outlines, bold colours and carefully honed compositions delineate her very smart approach to reducing often complex ideas into punchy, dynamic visual narratives. Her work is characterised by its marriage of simplicity and complexity, driven by lines and patterns throughout. It’s little surprise that the Brooklyn-based illustrator has…
While Christmas is apparently the most wonderful time of the year, it can also be one of the most confusing: that’s usually largely down to all-hours boozing becoming the norm, and the festive tradition of rendering ourselves catatonic for roughly ten days due having filled ourselves entirely with things that…
Why does feminism matter? Are feminists man-haters? While feminism isn’t a new thing—the official “first wave” was now more than a century ago—questions like this are still being asked, and need to be addressed. Today, feminism is a multifarious thing that often takes many different meanings: one feminist might be…
Run by Hugo Rocci, Terry Bleu is an independent screen printing and publishing house based in Amsterdam which specialises in graphic novels and art books. Dedicated to showcasing world-artists through unique publications, “Terry Bleu” functions as the alter ego of Hugo and his collaborators: “He wants to share his vision of colour,…
Jayde Perkin is a freelance illustrator, painter and comic artist. Jayde works gouache and ink for her work – this is why the texture and the colour composition of her work is so important. Jayde grew up by the seaside in South West of England, has lived in Berlin for…
Nadia Hafid is a freelance illustrator based in Barcelona. Her work is digital, led with a narrative – combining short stories, with characters and still life. It’s a slice of life through minimalist colours, giving our imagination the chance to invent our own story with the elements she chooses to…
Breakdown Press started with Joe, Simon, Tom and Josh, friends long dissatisfied with the state of the UK’s comics publishing industry. In 2012, they decided to go DIY by publishing Windowpane – the first book by Joe Kessler, who is also the Art Director of Breakdown Press. From there, Breakdown…
In the middle of BBQ’s and bank holiday hangovers, DIY Cultures 2016 took place at Shoreditch’s Rich Mix on Sunday 29th May. The day festival was packed out, celebrating self-starting publishers and artists with a zine fair, exhibitions, talks, films and workshops. Disruptive design and ideas were served up on…
Based primarily upon the ideas of Psychogeography (an approach to geography that emphasizes playfulness and “drifting”) and Up?ya (a Buddhist method of pedagogy translating to ‘expedient means’), Tiny Library will look to create a communicative exchange between creatives to exemplify the social function of creating art and music. By reusing…