Hi everyone, It's May! The days are getting longer, the sky sunnier (well, sometimes) and it's a little easier to feel hopeful. We're also thrilled to have another member join the future Good Comics team! Huge congratulations to Paddy and his wife Claire who have welcomed their second child into the world earlier month. Following on from our last blog, catching up with Mohar Kalra, we have another creator chat this week. Join us in looking (and admiring) new work from our very own Good Comics alumni Emre Altındağ, creator of our 2021 release Fishes May Come Back. To celebrate, we've also offer ..read more

Hi everyone, It's nearly Spring! In celebration of the longer evenings, we have something new this week. Join us in looking (and admiring) new work from our very own Good Comics alumnus Mohar Kalra, creator of our 2019 release Novelty. We last spoke to Mohar in the throes of the pandemic in July 2020 about what he was up to, and how he's approached creating new work since the release of Novelty. Since then, he's continued working away as always! "Since Novelty, I only really worked on one big project, Close Up, which I finished up in the first summer of the pandemic. Since then, a lot of comi ..read more

Hi everyone, As we at Good Comics start to emerge from our winter hibernation, we kicked things off with two events at the start of this month - first the South Coast Maker's Market in Bournemouth at the Loading Dock on Saturday 5th March. Thanks to everyone who stopped by for a chat! We had a good time - and definitely drank too much coffee to keep warm. Secondly, we were thrilled to be invited to talk to the Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) Zine Society about Good Comics' humble beginnings, our back catalogue, tackling a Kickstarter right through to what we're up to this year! It was grea ..read more

We spoke to Ernesto Priego, creator of our newest distro title ,The Lockdown Chronicles, to get some insight into the book and how it came about. You can ,pre-order the book now! Hi Ernesto. Thanks a lot for talking to us! Let’s start by asking how The Lockdown Chronicles came about: in the early days of Covid lockdown, what was it that particularly inspired you to make comics about it? I started working from home in March 2020; the lockdown had not been mandated yet but I remember that, being aware of the situation, me and a colleague decided that we would have a PhD viva online instead of o ..read more

We’re pleased to announce today that we have a new distro title in our shop: The Lockdown Chronicles by comics scholar Ernesto Priego, which is released on 1st November and is available to pre-order now. The first 15 pre-orders through our shop will receive a unique trading card handmade by Ernesto. A note from Paddy: I’ve known Ernesto for some time through my work in comics scholarship, and he’s been doing interesting things with comics for a while. It’s really great for me to be able to help to distribute this book, which is a truly unique take on the pandemic and its ills, with an accessi ..read more

Hi folks! It's October already, and somehow it's been eight months since our latest collection of books were released to the world. In the latest series of interviews we've caught up with our 2021 creators to see how they're getting on now their books are out, and what they're up to next. Our final interview is with Natasha Natarajan, who recently finished her exhibition and events schedule at the Cartoon Museum in London. We first interviewed Natasha back in April, but sadly time got away from us. So here we have for you the THEN vs NOW. Natasha's thoughts and feelings post-release of her boo ..read more

Hi everyone, This week we're continuing on our series of interviews to catch up with our 2021 creators. Last time we spoke with RAMZEE about creating LDN, how his creativity has changed in the last year and what he's up to next - you can read all about it here. Today we're talking with Niki Bañados, creator of the beautiful and touching Return. Enjoy! How does it feel to have Return out in the world? As is frequently the case with personal works, having Return out in the world is a little bit scary especially when I consider that it's being read by people I know. From a creative perspective ..read more

Hi folks, This week we're continuing on our series of interviews to catch up with our 2021 creators. Last week we spoke to Emre Altındag about running another Kickstarter, continuing his Fishes May Come Back further work, and his Light & Memory community project - you can read all about it here. Today we're talking with RAMZEE, aka Ramsey Hassan, creator of the incredible LDN. Enjoy! ,LDN has been a labour of love for a long time for you. How do you feel now it’s out in the world? It was more like having this idealised vision of a comic that tackled real-life, topical social issues in a s ..read more

Hi comics fans, It's been a couple of months since our 2021 releases came out into the world, and with another UK lockdown only just starting to lift, it's been a crazy ride. In the next series of interviews, we're going to catch up with our 2021 creators to see how they're getting on now their books are out, and what they're up to next. First up is Emre Altındag, creator of the beautiful and silent Fishes May Come Back. Enjoy! How does it feel to have ,Fishes,, out in the world? It’s been almost three years to the day since I completed the work that became Fishes May Come Back, in 2018, and ..read more

Hello comics fans! Now that we’ve finished fulfilling our 2021 new releases Kickstarter and caught our breath, we’re excited to share some more detail about our next project with you. It’s something new for us, and it’s a great collaboration between us and two exciting youth-led outfits. Our aim at Good Comics is always to champion new voices and to promote the work of up-and-coming comics creators, and we have a new partnership this year that will help with this in a big way. TOP Magazine approached us last year and asked if we’d like to work with them on a zine, and it was clear immediately ..read more