New Alternative and Small Press Comics Arrivals (April Week 1)

 1. EYELAND #14 by Nick Forker (Howling Pages)

#13 also available.

2. COMPLETE AND UTTER MALARKEY by November Garcia (Silver Sprocket)

A Fieldmouse Press release.

3. BORN READY by Raisha (The Secret Headquarters)

A Cram Books release.

4. THE PLOT NO. 6: HOME by Neil Brideau (Radiator Comics)

5. BUBBLES #19 (Partners and Son)

Newest issue.

6. WORLDENDER: THEME OF LAURA by Ken Mahon (Little Deer Comics)

7. NAFF #3 by Ethan Lewellyn (Gosh Comics London)

As mentioned recently on Comic Kkrakk's YouTube channel. (24:46 mark)

8. SAPO TIESO by Luis Safah (Gatoshop)

9. Sanika Phawde spotlight (Domino Books)

Living Here on Borrowed Time

Poems for Girlies...

You Are Here

10. ROADSIDE DAYDREAM by Ding Pao-yen (taco.shop-pro)

Product description via Google Translate:

This is the first full-fledged art collection of the works of Ding Pao-yen (pen name for his manga work is Morning Anxiety), who is active in both painting and manga in Taiwan, from 2013 to 2023.

Born in Taiwan in 1988, Ding Pao-yen studied at the Department of Fine Arts at National Kaohsiung Normal University and devoted himself to painting until graduate school. However, in the latter half of his graduate school, he encountered zines and indie comics, and when he saw the potential in their free form of expression, he decided to turn to pencils. He began to publish the manga he drew in zines, and while the two genres influenced each other, he continues to create actively to this day, receiving high praise in each genre.

It consists of eight chapters, and while he continues to draw a unique world view based on his favorite games and science fiction as motifs, the collection of works shows how the content changes little by little. In addition, the book is bound in a manga format, the main text is coated paper and matte paper, and the colored pages use special colored ink to bring out the charm of each work.

sample interior image

NEWSW⌚TCH:

Holy Shit! Jenny Zervakis interviewed at this event...

A GOOD SPORT by French cartoonist Soizick Jaffre is crowdfunding on Zoop. Check out the unusual visual style on this comics history of the Gay Games...

New Small Press comics YouTube channel by Tom Fellrath (returning to the fold after being active in the 80s small press comics movement)...

On the Alternative side of self-published comix, the COMICS PEOPLE YouTube channel debuted January 18th. It's hosted by cartoonists Michael Shea Wright (VERGE ESCAPEMENT) and Nicholas Forker (EYELAND)...

Here is a very long list of subjects from just this first episode: