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Hang Dai Editions, the collective publication label of several members of Hang Dai Studios in Gowanus, Brooklyn, announced today that the successfully Kickstarted graphic novel anthology comprised of the semi-autobio writings of Seth Kushner and the work of 22 indie comics artists, Schmuck would be going beyond its Kickstarter goal by reaching print distribution in[...]

That, for me, argues decidedly for the importance of the proving ground of completely unfettered indie comics production They specialize in the new, and it may well be the only place you'll see ideas and art styles that big publishers just wouldn't take a chance on despite their promising qualities. Here's some more information about the[...]

By Shawn Perry Happy Holidays Bleederinos! Hope you got everything you wanted…oh something was missing was it? Could it have been a brand-new edition of

Yes, I know it's Christmas and I'm running a review of the first comic biography (to my knowledge) of Aleister Crowley. I asked Rich Johnston his opinion

Henni, a new graphic novel from Miss Lasko-Gross (Escape From Special, A Mess of Everything) arrives in shops this January via Z2 Comics. For those who

By Cameron Hatheway Last year I reviewed The Untamed when it was still coming out in floppies on an inconsistent basis. There were only five issues out at

By Shawn Perry 'Sup Bleeders! Boy have I missed saying that! It’s been seemingly a lifetime since I last waxed eloquent about the independent comic scene

I had the pleasure of getting a small preview of Miss Lasko-Gross'( Escape From Special, A Mess of Everything) new graphic novel Henni last spring at the

By Cameron Hatheway Michele Nitri is the founder and editor of Under Dark Weird Fantasy Grounds from Hollow Press. The six-monthly fanzine has gained

I've been hearing about this project for some time through glimpses of artwork in process when I happened to see internationally-minded comic artist and

By Cameron Hatheway Mat Brinkman, Miguel Angel Martin, Tetsunori Tawaraya, Ratigher, and Paolo Massagli are back in the second volume of Under Dark Weird

I was privy to seeing some print versions of Seth Kushner's excellent "Costumed Characters" photocomix last Spring at MoCCA Fest when he produced some

I’ve been attempting to write about Matt Kindt’s New York Times Best-selling series MIND MGMT for some time, and followed it through the various collected

By Josh Hechinger As ever, as always (well, I mean, this is only the fourth installment), the plan here is that I’ll take a finished page of comics by

By Julz Hendricks A punk rock zombie story focusing on human rights, Toe Tag Riot has rocked it's way into my life. Starting off as a Kickstarter, Toe Tag

There's a reasonable chance you've come across the work of Josh Trujillo, particularly if you attend conventions on the West Coast. He's active in

We can take a hard line on things and say we won't be lining up at major chain stores to spend our holiday gifting money, but that's not for everyone–and I like my dvds and New York Times best-sellers as much as the next person to put under the Christmas tree, if I'm honest about[...]

By Patrick McAleer Noe, The Savage Boy is a wonderful piece of historical fiction from the small press Irish publisher Atomic Diner. Using the almost

By Josh Hechinger So, here’s a writing exercise: take a finished page of comics by someone else, and try to reverse engineer the script for it, either in

By Alex Wilson Omar Spahi returns to comics with a follow up to his first series Xenoglyphs from OSSM Comics. You might remember Spahi from his series

By Shawn Perry Greetings True Bleeders! It’s time for another edition of Indie Spotlight: the semi-regular column dedicated to the wonderful world of

By Patrick McAleer Boundead #1 originally started life as an unsuccessful Kickstarter project from Mel Rubi and with the first issue released on

Fan of indie comics? Prefer digital graphic novels? Koyama Press have made the move with many of their titles now available digitally through the Sequential app, and to kick off the new format offerings of their favorites, they are running a sale on those titles this weekend, November 8th and 9th. [Digitized Kickass Annie by Ian[...]

I recently wrote about one of Annie Mok's books, Shadow Manifesto, that I discovered at the Locust Moon Comics Festival in Philadelphia. She has also

By Cameron Hatheway The Humans #1 debuts this week from Image, and the creators Tom Neely and Keenan Marshall Keller were on hand at Comikaze Expo this

By Shawn Perry 'Sup Bleed-Freaks. At NYCC we spoke with the creative team behind American Nature and learned a little about what goes into makes good

Philly has a good thing going with their own indie comics fest and it's only set to do greater things as time goes on. Since I was rushing around much of the time, especially taking photos, I didn't amass a massive haul of books at the show, but the ones that did "find me" and come[...]

By Olly MacNamee The opening issue of this new series from the mind behind the indie-published anthology, London Horror Comics, regales the tale of a

By Michele Brittany, a West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent This Wednesday sees the release of the fifth issue of Penguins vs. Possums from independent

Godkiller #1 arrives this week on Wednesday October 29th from Black Mask Studios, who are gaining a rather pedal to the metal momentum in their books at