Last year, Diamond Distribution made some changes to it’s minimum order policy, which had very negative effects on small press publishers. Diamond decreed that even if a product appeared in Previews magazine, and retailers put in orders for said product, if the number of orders did not reach their new, higher, minimum order, they would [...]

Over the last few days I have been listing my favourite comics (see here) and graphic novels (see here) of 2009. Well, it’s now the new year, and it’s time to start looking forward rather than back. To that end I have created a list of the essential graphic novels and comics (announced so far [...]

The Small Press Spotlight is a semi-regular feature on Hypergeek where I dedicate an article to all the excellent small press and indie publishers out there, as well as self-publishing artists. This is accomplished in the form of company/creator profiles, highlights of key works, reviews of the company/individual’s latest releases, and general articles about the [...]

I mentioned this convention a few months ago, as I was REALLY looking forward to going. At the time I was working, and my mum, whilst very ill, still had a decent prognosis from the doctors, so I was planning to come back and visit her and also hit the show!
Sadly, I lost my job [...]

I have just been informed by Colin Methieson of Accent UK (see Small Press Spotlight) that Accent’s latest project, Whatever Happened to the World’s Fastest Man (WHTTWFM) was picked up by Diamond Distribution and will be available to order in November 09’s Previews Magazine for shipping in January 2010.
No order code has been assigned to [...]

Starting today, Saturday 12 September, the Guardian / The Observer is offering an exclusive seven-day free comics promotion. Each day the paper be giving away a classic comic – reprinted in its original format – inside the newspaper. They will be giving away reprints of  original issues of Jackie, The Beano, Roy of the [...]

The 16th biannual London MCM (Movies, Comics & Media) Expo will be held on 24-25 October 2009 at the Excel, London.

The MCM expo is more of a multimedia convention, in the vein of Comic-Con International, and features the following areas:

Anime Village
Comic Village
Cosplay Village
Games Village
The Main Stage
Manga Alley

The Comic Village is one of the newest additions [...]

Whatever Happened to the World’s Fastest Man? is an upcoming 50-page one-shot from Accent UK. The comic is written by Dave West, with art by Marleen Lowe, and is set to be the first title of the publishers Blessed/Cursed Imprint. Accent UK is a United Kingdom based Indy comics publisher, who I recently profiled in [...]

Western is a new comic anthology title brought to you by Accent UK. Accent UK is a United Kingdom based Indy comics publisher, who I recently profiled in a Small Press Spotlight article.
Accent UK have been publishing annual anthologies since 2002, which saw the publication of their first anthology title Remembrance Days. Each year has [...]

The Small Press Spotlight is a semi-regular feature on Hypergeek where I dedicate an article to all the excellent small press and indie publishers out there, as well as self-publishing artists. This is accomplished in the form of company/creator profiles, highlights of key works, reviews of the company/individual’s latest releases, and general articles about the [...]