New Alternative and Small Press Comix Arrivals (July Week 1)

 Jumbo edition since we took a month off (maybe jumbled because it's composed on two different devices)...

Alternative:

1. FISHTANK COMIX #2 is coming soon from Scott Roth (instagram). Larned Justin and Steve Keeter cover his comix in-depth on their channel Talking Small Press Comics at the 17:45 mark. FISHTANK COMIX #1 and #2 and ANGELDUST pictured below...

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2. THE 50 FLIP EXPERIMENT #32 reviewed by Kevin Bramer at Optical Sloth. Ordering information here.

3. COMICS BLOGGER'S Thomas Campbell published DEATH SPARK #1

Reviewed in-depth by Ryan Carey here Patreon

4. THE NANCY BOOK by Joe Brainard (Domino Books)

There has been quite a bit about NANCY classic and new in the past year. Austin English has dug up this art book of variations on Nancy by multidisciplinary artist Brainard from 1968-73.

NEW NANCY comic strips by Caroline Cash coming this Summer. preview

CLASSIC NANCY comic strips every Saturday on bluesky from Tom Heintjes

Small Press:

1. STARCROSSED by Fraser Campbell and Alfie Gallagher. This long-awaited, beautiful graphic novel just arrived in PDF form after a successful crowdfunding campaign. Fraser's online store wil probably have copies for sale in the future.

2. TETRAGRAMMATON FRAGMENTS #275(!) a recent issue of the newsletter of the United Fanzine Organization is reviewed by co-op member Tom Fellrath on his Fanzine Live channel. This is probably the most important group to network with like-minded small press cartoonists, more current information on their facebook page.

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3. AMOEBA ADVENTURES #34 by Nik Dirga (Free)

Straight outta New Zealand, physical copies available for purchase in July. Free online now...

4. ACCELERATOR: ACTIVE SHOOTER: ARTIST EDITION by Tom Fellrath/Teri S. Wood (Phoenix Productions)

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Tom Fellrath surprises with this showcase of Teri S. Wood (Wandering Star) art, from a story originally published in HEROES NOW #2

Obscuro:

0. CRANIUM FRENZY #34(!) by Steve Willis (Self-published)

Steve Willis started CF up again with #11 after a nearly two decades absence from creating booklength comix. He has been keeping a tight schedule and experimenting more than ever. You can find his mailing address on the TSPC video page above.