SMALL PRESS PREVIEW: Skrawl - Comix Magazine
By Zack Quaintance — As readers of the site are well-aware at this point (sorry!), this month I’ve been running my first Kickstarter campaign for a comic that I wrote, Next Door. As a result, I’ve been spending exponentially more time on Kickstarter, checking out other comics to back as well. And you know what? On that platform I’ve found some of the most exciting comics projects I’ve been made aware of all year, and chief among them is Skrawl: Comix Magazine.
Skrawl is such an incredible project, one that stands to capture the powerful creative energies that push creators to make indie comics. It’s an anthology that compiles work from contributors primarily from throughout the U.K.’s thriving independent comics scene. You can find a list of those creators below (as well as a trio of preview pages), and if you like what you see — which, c’mon, how can you not? This book looks excellent — you can back the projects Kickstarter campaign…
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You can find three pages from different creators in the magazine below, by Gustaffo Vargas, Rosie Peckwood, and Russell Mark Olson, respectively…enjoy!
Skrawl: Comix Magazine
Skrawl: Comix Magazine
Creators: Mark Hughes, Russell Mark Olson, Nick Prolix, Martin Simpson, Pete Taylor, Gustaffo Vargas, Rosie Packwood, Jessica Lucas, Matt Simmons, Mark Stafford, John Reppion, and Lucy Sullivan
Continuing in the grand British tradition of Escape, Pssst!, and Revolver, SKRAWL is a comic anthology magazine featuring cartoonists, artists, and writers primarily from the UK's independent comic scene. The core group is composed of the SKRAWLLORDZ (Mark Hughes, Russell Mark Olson, Nick Prolix, Martin Simpson, Pete Taylor, and Gustaffo Vargas) and will feature guest spots by their chums. Issue #1 will feature UK indie royalty Phil Elliott, Bun's Rosie Packwood, cartoonist Jessica Lucas, Cats the Butthole Cut's Matt Simmons, and the Cartoon Museum's artist in residence Mark Stafford. John Reppion and Lucy Sullivan will also be making an appearance, providing the mag with an illustrated short story.
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Zack Quaintance is a tech reporter by day and freelance writer by night/weekend. He Tweets compulsively about storytelling and comics as Comics Bookcase.
