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By now, you’ve figured out that (so far, anyway) we’ve done most of our publishing on paper. We are based in London, England and in conjunction with Comics Creators Guild publish a quarterly magazine which has a very limited distribution. It is our hope that you are inspired by our ezine to join our subscribed readership.

Size—the page count hovers around 70. We keep on aiming for 64, but then reviews and articles will arrive that we can’t bear to leave out.
Format—our covers are two-colour glossy card stock, square-bound, and the contents are black and white. The layout and style are very similar to what you see here (see help for fonts we use). Every time we get an issue back from the printers, we find ourselves saying, “Wow! That looks almost too substantial. It’s going to intimidate people!”
Contents—what you see here is just a small sample. Each issue usually has two major interviews, and a range of articles offering perspective, information, and/or pure entertainment. We also have obituaries, news, and a hefty section of reviews. Oh, and occasional competitions! All content is authorised—never pirated.

The current issue is Number 18, our summer issue, available from mid-June.
Interviews—we have three interviews: Alex Ross (talking about Marvels and Kingdom Come), Colleen Doran (talking about A Distant Soil, and her career in comics, which started when she was 15!), and Jamie Delano (talking about 2020 Visions and why monthly comics are A Bad Thing).
Donna Barr’s Stinz Novel—we’re publishing an exclusive serialisation of Donna Barr’s novel, An Insupportable Light, which takes a different look at the characters from her Stinz comics. The first instalment was in Issue 14 (see Back Issues) which also included an interview with Donna, and the current issue contains the fifth instalment.
A History of Manga—an unusual look at changes in the place of manga in Japanese society.

We have some back issues in stock, many on special offer. Repeat until hoarse: “Good writing and the finest in comic art don’t date.”
Issue 3—Peter Milligan, Brendan McCarthy and Carol Swain on Skin; Peter Bagge rarities, and Dave McKean on Signal to Noise.[64 pages, stapled]
Issue 4—interviews with Alan Moore, James Robinson, Stan Lee; tribute to Harvey Kurtzman; Doctor Who comics.[64 pages, stapled] Stocks are low. Before ordering, please e-mail us at [email protected] to check availability.
Issue 5—Jim Shooter, Mike Mignola, Russ Manning, Matthias Schultheiss, Harvey Pekar, and more on Doctor Who comics.[64 pages, stapled]
Issue 7—Interviews with Neil Gaiman, Alice Cooper, Steve Englehart and Dave Sim; Claypool Comics, The Crow.[48 pages, stapled]
Issue 8—Morrison, Millar and Yeowell on Skrull Kill Krew; interview with Roberta Gregory; exclusive Tank Girl pics.[48 pages, stapled]
Issue 9—interviews with Mike Allred and Chris Bachalo; origins of Marvel Comics; Alan Grant on the Dredd movie.[48 pages, stapled]
Issue 10—a special on the World’s Strangest Comics: Jimmy Olsen, Space Canine Patrol Agents, Bizarro.[48 pages, stapled]
Issue 11—interview with Scott Lobdell; tributes to Jerry Siegel; anarchy and order in Leo Baxendale’s work; more on Bizarro.[48 pages, stapled]
Issue 12—tribute to Curt Swan; short story by Kim Newman; The Tick; Wonder Woman; Sandman; the use of myths in horror comics; and even more on Bizarro.[48 pages, stapled]
Issue 13—a special on Rock‘n’Roll and comics: Love and Rockets; The Invisibles; The Archies.[48 pages, stapled]
Issue 14—interview with Donna Barr; Stinz novel Part 1; Neil Gaiman on The Dark Knight Returns; the Howard the Duck revival; Leo Baxendale on The Beano.[48 pages, stapled]
Issue 15—interview with Joe Kubert; Stinz novel Part 2; Steve Ditko review; Alan Moore’s Supreme and Voice of the Fire.[48 pages, stapled]
Issue 16—interviews with Peter Bagge, Terry Moore and Tim Barela; Stinz novel Part 3; male sexuality in the work of Alan Moore; Michael Moorcock’s Multiverse; strange, strange Lois Lane comics.[68 pages, square bound]
Issue 17—interviews with Kate Charlesworth and Trina Robbins; Stinz novel Part 4; Clerks: the Comic Book; The Maxx; Leo Baxendale on the meeting of art and science.[68 pages, square bound]

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Send to—Comics Forum, 20b Mountgrove Road, London, N5 2LS, UK.
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