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This Lens provides a centralized list of Small Press Comic Reviews. Mini Comix, indy, and alternative comic reviews are listed in alphabetical order and linked directly to the reviews on the sites listed below and others.
Midnight Fiction               Size Matters
Silver Bullet Comics         Optical Sloth
Small Press Newsroom    The Comics Reporter
TRS2 Reviews (UK)         Daily CrossHatch

Dec. 15th Update 

This week on Midnight Fiction:
Larry Lagoon's Fanzine Blues Part 4: The Conclusion
Small Press Reviews of Bluefuzz the Hero by Jesse Reklaw

Numbers 

1-800-MICE #2 by Matthew Thurber
19th Century Detective by Larned Justin    Midnight Fiction    Small Press Newsroom
24Seven Vol. 2 edited by Ivan Brandon
2008 Midnight Fiction Desk Calendar edited by R. Krauss
   Optical Sloth    IndieReview
3D Pete's Big Orbit Comics #8 by Mike Fisher
35 by Mark Todd

Aa - Al 

A Bad Time for a Polar Bear by Sarah Morean
A Capella Open Heart by Christine Pointeau
Accident by Katie Skelly
Achilles in Death and Love by Grant Reynolds
Act of Contrition by Nik Havert, Craig DeBoard, & Wes Sweetser
The Adventures of Dat Williams #1 by Nicholas Welp
Agent Z #1 by Nik Havert & Federico Zumel
A.K.A. #1 by Steve Black & Dara Naraghi
Akira Club by Otomo Katsuhiro
Alex Robinson's Lower Regions
Alley Cat: Cats on Bikes anthology
All Flee! by Gavin Burrows & Simon Gane
Alternative Comics #1 (anthology)

Am and An 

America: God, Gold, and Golems by James Sturm
And Then One Day #1-6 (and Collected) by Ryan Claytor
Andy Luke's Comic Book #6 by Andy Luke
An Endorsement of Smoking by Will Dinski
Angel Skin by Christian Westerlund & Robert Nazeby Herzig
Animal Wrangler by Grant Reynolds
An Inside Job #1-3 by Hob
An Unfortunate Mouse in Out House by Christoph Meyer
Anxiety, Sleep Problems & Depression by Josh Latta
Any Easy Intimacy by Jeffrey Brown

Ap - Az 

Apollo's Song by Osamu Tezuka ComicMix   Comics Reporter
Aprendiz #1 by Adam Suerte
Aprendiz #2 by Adam Suerte
Aprendiz #3 by Adam Suerte
The Architect by Mike Baron and Andie Tong     Comics Reporter     Comic Mix
A Sacred Text by Justin Hall
A Safety Lesson with Natural Gas Joe by Christoph Meyer
The Assassin & the Whiner #10-12, 14, 15 by Carrie McNinch
Asthma by John Hankieweicz
Astronaut Elementary Lessons 5-10 by Dave Roman
A Treatise Upon the Jam by Isaac Cates & Mike Wenthe
Awesome edited by Indie Spinner Rack

New Amazon Plexo 

Ba - Bk 

Backseat Drivers #1-4 by Clint Basinger
Backseat Drivers #1 by Clint Basinger
Badassitude by Pat Aulisio & Craig Coleman
Barrelhouse #2 by R. Lee and Dug Belan
The Battle Within by Scott Oliver and Corey Bechelli
Be A Man by Jeffrey Brown
Bedsit Journal #1 (anthology)
Best American Comics 2007 edited by Chris Ware
Betsy and Me by Jack Cole
Bigfoot Comix #1-5 by DC McNamara
Bighead by Jeffrey Brown
Big Little Comics by Jeff Lok
Big Plans #2 by Aron Nels Steinke
Billy Demon Slayer #3 by Harden Fryer
The Bird and the Bear by Alex Kim

Bl 

Black Book by Steve Black
Black Cherry by Doug TenNapel
The Black Diamond #1 by Larry Young, Jon Proctor, & Dennis Culver
The Black Diamond Detective Agency by Eddie Campbell
Black Ghost Apple Factory by Jeremy Tinder
    Daily CrossHatch     Comics Reporter     ComicMix
Black Star #1-4 by Jeff Zwirek
Black Wings by Chris Cornwell
Blink #1-3 by Max Ink
Blood PSI by Andy Winter & Keith Burns
The Blot by Tom Neely
Blow by Robert Swinton
Blue Pills by Frederik Peeters

Free 2008 Small Press Comics Desk Calendar 

Featuring the work of over a dozen top cartoonists from the small press and alternative comics scene, the 2008 Midnight Fiction Desk Calendar is now available! This 14-month desk calendar begins with Nov. 2007 and includes cartoons by:

Sean Azzopardi (Phatcomics)
Scott Ball (Ask Maridee)
Hunt Emerson (Largecow)
Brad W. Foster (Jabberwocky Graphix)
Allen Freeman (Fan-Actic Press)
R. Krauss (Midnight Fiction)
DC McNamara (Bigfoot Comix)
John Porcellino (King-Cat Comics)
Bill Shut (Insufficient Dada)
Jim Siergey (Cultural Jet Lag)
Dan W. Taylor (Weird Muse Productions)
Bob Vojtko (Vojtkomics)
Steve Willis (Morty the Dog)

The calendar fits into a calendar-style jewel case and is available in two versions:

1) Free PFD file to download and print at Midnight Fiction, or
2) Full color, printed calendar for $6 at the Midnight Fiction Shop. (Price includes a bonus front and back "cover", jewel case, shipping, and handling.)

Bm - Bz 

Bolt: Devil's Sermon #3 by Max Ink
The Bone Closet by Robert H. Stevenson
Boneyard Vol 6 by Richard Moore
Book 1 by Craig Atkinson
Brawl #1 by Dean Haspeil & Michel Fiffe
Brown Day Bag by Jeff Lok
Bullet Proof #1 anthology
Bullies and My Bike by Esther Watson
Bum Action by John G. & Kevin F.
Burning Building Comix #1 & 2 by Jeff Zwirek
Bush Junta (anthology)

New Amazon Plexo 

Ca 

Cafe Le Guillotine - The French Revolution by Rob Jackson
Candy or Medicine #1 by Josh Blair    Optical Sloth     Midnight Fiction
Cannibulimic by Lydia Gregg
Capacity #7 by Theo Ellsworth     Midnight Fiction    Size Matters
Captain Spectacular #2 by Nate Corrigan
Carl is the Awesome Vol. 1 & 2 by Marcos Perez
Carl's Large Story #1 by Marcos Perez
The Cast of 24 (Season 4) by Jeff Zwirek
The Cast of The Office (UK & US) by Jeff Zwirek
Cat Getting Out of a Bag and Other Observations by Jeffrey Brown
Cat Suit by Steve Lafler

Cb - Cl 

Centerfield by Nick Jeffrey
Chance in Hell by Gilbert Hernandez     ComicMix     Comics Reporter
The Cheapest S.O.B.'s by Kelly Froh
Chipmonks & Squirrels by Michael Aushenker
Chloe by Hans Rickheit
Clearance Items Only by David Beyer Jr.
Click by Sara Ryan & Dylan Meconis
Clean Cartoonists' Dirty Drawings by Craig Yoe
The Cloud...A Fable by Dan W. Taylor
Cloud Picnic by Missy Kulik
Clumsy by Jeffrey Brown
Clutch #16 by Clutch McBastard

New Amazon Plexo 

Cm - Cz 

Coffin Kids #1 by Roslyn T. Amparo & Previn Wong
Coffin Kids #2 by Roslyn T. Amparo & Previn Wong
Cold Heat #2 by BJ & Frank Santoro
Comic Characters! by Mark Todd
Comic Fan #2 edited by Jim Main
Comic Pulp Vol. 1 & 2 by Ted Seko
Concrete Floor Vol. 3 by Tommi Musturi
Cornelia Cartoons #5, 7 & 9 by Kel Crum
Cornelia Cartoons #9 by Kel Crum
Crash Comics #7 by Tom Williams
Crass Sophisticated #7 by Josh Reinwald
Crawling by Christopher Davis
Creatures Saying Foul Things by Pat Aulisio
Chrome Fetus Comics #5 & 6 by Hans Rickheit
Curio Cabinet #1 & 2 by John B. (#2 with Christine Todorovich

Da - De 

Dan Dare #1 by Garth Ennis, Gary Erskine, & Bryan Talbot
Dare #1 by Nik Havert & Renatus    Optical Sloth     Small Press Newsroom
Dark Matter Mission for a Cooped-up Cosmonaut by Christopher Davis
Daybreak Vol. 2 by Brian Ralph
Death Accidental #1 by Jay Davis & Curtis Rhodes
Death by Chocolate: Redux by David Yurkovich
Death, Cold as Steel #1 - 3 by Bram Meehan & Jamie Chase
Death, Cold as Steel #2 & 3 by Bram Meehan & Jamie Chase
Delicate Axiom #1 by Richy Chandler     Optical Sloth    Small Press Newsroom
Demonstration by Isaac Cates and Mike Wenthe
Devilish Greetings by Monte Beauchamp

Df - Dz 

Digesting the Child Within by John Callahan
Dinosaurs Across America by Phil Yeh
Dope Fiends of the Zombie Cafe! by Rafer Roberts & Sean Frost
Dork Lifestyle by Missy Kulik
Downbeat webcomic by Elliot Cowan
Drawing Comics is Easy by Alexa Kitchen
Dumb Jersey White Boy #3 by Mark McMurray

Ea - El 

Earth Minds Are Weak #1-8 by Justin Fox
Eating Steve by J. Marc Schmidt
The EC Archives by Feldstein, Craig, Wood, Ingels, & Kurtzman
Ed #3 by Sean Azzopardi     Midnight Fiction     IndieReview
Edison Steelhead's Lost Portfolio by Rene French
Ego & Hubris by Harvey Pekar and Gary Dumm
Elfworld Vol. 1 by Francois Vigneault, Jeffrey Brown, et al.
Elm City Jams #2 & 3 by Isaac Cates & Mike Wenthe

Em - Ez 

Entropy #1 & 2 by Aaron Costain
Estrus Comics #5 by Mari Naomi     Comics Reporter     Daily CrossHatch
Every Girl is the End of the World for Me by Jeffrey Brown
Everyone Laughs at the Crocodile Man Book 1 by Steve Steiner
The Evil Inside #1 anthology
Exit Only #1 by Matthew Metzler & Lonnie Workman    Optical Sloth    
Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan
Ex-T by B. Wilkison & Nik Havert
The Eye Hand of the Carolinas by Andrew Goldfarb    Optical Sloth     Midnight Fiction
Eye of the Majestic Creature #2 by Leslie Stein

New Amazon Plexo 

Fabricari #1 - 3 by Steven C. Harrison
Falling Sky by Ben Dickson
Fear adapted by Isaac Cates & Mike Wenthe
The Fetid Lake of Doom by Steve Willis
Fidget #16 by T. Richard Litz & Dan Kellaway
Fish Out of Water by Christopher Davis
Flash Gordon Vol. 3 by Alex Raymond & Don Moore
Flight Vol. Two (anthology)
Flight Vol. Four (anthology)
Flip-Tard by Mark Todd & Esther Pearl Watson
Flock of Dreamers (anthology)
Four Letter Worlds (anthology)
Four Play #1 by Steve Black
Frater Mine #4 by Sean McGrath & Juan Romera
Freak Show Book 2 by Robert Curley & DeClan Shalvau
Froggy's Problem by Tom Motley
Full Color by Mark Haven Britt
Future Quake #4 anthology

New Amazon Plexo 

Gag-Hag anthology put together by Onsmith
The Gag Reflex! by K. Thor Jensen
The Gallery #1 Mike Roden Tribute issue edited by Jim Main
Giant-Size Office Funnies by Pat Lewis
Giants Rising by Tek Seko
Glister Vol. 1 by Andi Watson
Good As Lilly by Derek Kirk Kim & Jesse Hamm
Good-Bye by Justin Fox
Good-Bye Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson
Good-Bye San Francisco by Julia Wertz
Gotta Have 'Em by R. Crumb
Graphic Classics: Bram Stoker edited by Tom Pomplun
Great Moments in Baseball #1 by Molly Lawless

Ha - He 

Habitual Entertainment #1-3 by Will Dinski
Hades' Indecision by Thomas Williams
Half Boy/Half Stupid by Missy Kulik
Hate Song #2 by Fred Grislom
Hate Yer State #2 by Corey Bechelli
The Haunt of Horace! #1 by Ken Henson & Mark O'Neill
HaVen #2 by Christopher Moshier & William C. Jamison
The Heart Star by Christoph Meyer
Hellboy Vol. 7 by Mike Mignola with Rich Corben & P. Craig Russell
Herman Belquest by Robert H. Stevenson
Hey Pals #2 by Sara Bauer

Hf - Hz 

Hickee 1 & 3 (anthology)
Hideous by Pat Lewis
Hi-Horse Omnibus (anthology)
Hillbilly Sex #1, 4-7 by Nick Jeffrey
The Horrifically Complete Non-Winner by Kelli Nelson
Hot Pools #1     #2 by Ned Wenlock
House of Clay by Naomi Nowak
Human by Sarah Morean
Hurrican Season #1 by Jon Sukarangsan

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Ia - In 

I Am Going to Be Small by Jeffrey Brown
I Heart New York by Missy Kulik
I Killed Adolph Hitler by Jason
I love you! by Justin Fox
Incredible Change-Bots by Jeffrey Brown
    Daily CrossHatch     ComicMix     Comics Reporter
The Incredible F-Man! #1 by Mark Todd
The Ineffables #1 & 2 by Craig Bogart
The Ineffables: Political Science by Craig Bogart
Infandum #1 & 2 by Molly Lawless
Invisible Momma by Kelli Nelson

Io - Iz 

I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! by Fletcher Hanks
It Lives #1 by Ted May
I Walk with My Wife in the Evenings
   by Christopher Davis   Size Matters   Optical Sloth
I Wanna Destroy You by Chris Cornwell

J and K 

Jack Rabbit #1-5 by Jeff Zwirek
Jeremy Tinder is an Asshole by Jeremy Tinder
Joseph by Nicholas Robel
The Journal of Silly #18 (anthology)
Just When You Thought Things Couldn't Get Worse by Edward Sorel
Kampung Boy by Lat
Ka-Whump #2 edited by Robert Sumner
Ka-Whump! #3 edited by Robert Sumner (Floydman)
King-Cat #66 by John Porcellino
King-Cat Comics #38, 60-66 by John Porcellino
Kitty Litter #1-6 by Ryan Holgersen & Nathan Brewer
A KM of Dummy Torpedoes by Rob Jackson
Korgi by Christian Slade     ComicMix     Comics Reporter

New Amazon Plexo 

Laika by Nick Abadzis     ComicMix     Daily CrossHatch
Laterborn #5 by Jason Martin
La Vie secrete des jeunes by Riad Sattouf
Legal Action Comics Vol. 1 & 2 benefit anthology
Legend of Countess Saddenbrau by Katie Skelly
The Legend of Joe Moon by Gonsalo Ventura and Manuel & Leonardo Silva
Let Me Show You Them by Sara Bauer
Life, in Pictures by Will Eisner    ComicMix    Comics Reporter
Life is Humiliation by Matt Boyce
LOCs edited by Brad W. Foster
The Long Walk Nowhere by Al Burian
Looking at the Front Door by Sean McKeever & Tom Williams
Love and Capes #3 by Thom Zahler
Love Stories by Mat Tait
Lowborn #4 by Kelly Hernandez

Ma - Me 

Macedonia by Harvey Pekar, Heather Roberson, & Ed Piskor
Magic Hour 1 & 2 by Alex Holden
Magic Hour #2 by Alex Holden
Magic Hour #1 by Alex Holden
Magic Hour Sketchbook by Alex Holden
Malcolm #3 by Mark Todd
Mantra #10 by Steve Keeter
Mayflies & Slide Guitars by Ed Moorman
Mean Zine Submarine by Christoph Meyer
Media Report Comix by R. Krauss    Ka-Whump!     Optical Sloth
Melanchomic by Andrew Waugh
Mercury Lounge by Marcos Perez

New Amazon Plexo 

Mf - Mn 

The Mice Templar #1 by Michael Avon Oeming, Bryan JL Glass, Will Quintana, & James H. Glass
Micrographica by Rene French
Mineshaft #19 by R. Crumb, Peter Bagge, et al.
Miniature Sulk by Jeffery Brown
Mini's Dougnuts Zine #10 by Marek Benett
Misa By by Thomas Williams
Misery Loves Comedy by Ivan Brunetti

Mo 

Molly the Popsicle by Christoph Meyer & Herbie Meyer
Mome Fall 2007 (Vol. 9) anthology
The Monkey & the Crab by Shawn Cheng & Sara Edward-Corbett
Monkeynauts by Sarah Becan
Monsters by Jesse Reklaw
Moomin (Vol. 2) by Tove Jansson
More! by Sarah Morean
Morgenmuffel #11-15 by Isy
Mover User 2/Oh, Goodness by Grant Reynolds
Mox Nix #1 & 3 by DC McNamara
Mox Nix #2 by DC McNamara

Mp - Mz 

Mr. Emergency #1 by Wade Busby & Ron McCain Jr.
Mr. Emergency #2 by Wade Busby & Ron McCain Jr.
The Mugger Man Archive by Nerdyman Comics
Muse #1-3 by Jamie Chase
My Brain Hurts Vol. 1 by Liz Baillie
My Crow Comics by Dan W. Taylor    Midnight Fiction   Optical Sloth
My Word! by Missy Kulik & John Porcellino

Namby Pamby #1, 2, 4 by Rina Ayuyang
Nate Corrigan's Gumshoe Sketchbook #3
Negotiating the Beast by Sean Mac Roibin & John Robbins
Neruda by Ted May
Never As Bad As You Think by Kathryn & Stuart Immonen
Nibble #4 by Tom Cherry
Nice #6 (anthology)
Nobody Can Eat 50 Eggs #26, 28, 30-32 by Steve Steiner
No Buses. Chickens. by Christopher Davis     Optical Sloth     Midnight Fiction
No Hope #4 by Jason Dean
Non-Winner #1 - 3 by Kelli Nelson
Noose by Mark Burrier
Notes for a War Story by Gipi     Daily Crosshatch     ComicMix

Obsessive Crush by Pat Lewis
Ogner Stump's One Thousand Sorrows, Hawaiian Sorrows, & Automotive Sorrows
    by Andrew Goldfarb
Old People by Nick Jeffrey
One Horse Town by Pat Lewis
Only Skin #1 by Sean Ford     Optical Sloth    Size Matters    Silver Bullet Comics
Only Skin #2 by Sean Ford    Optical Sloth     Silver Bullet Comics
Only Skin #1 & 2 by Sean Ford
On the Banks of the Mighty Croal by Rob Jackson    Optical Sloth     Comics Reporter
On the Road of Knives... website by Shawn Cheng, Zak Smith, & Nicholas Di Genova
Orchid (anthology)
Others by Will Dinski
Otto Zeplin, The Life and Times of "Baby" by BT Livermore
    Daily CrossHatch     Midnight Fiction
Ouija Interviews #1-4 by Sarah Becan

Pa - Pl 

The Pain Tree by Mark Todd
Panel #1-5, 7-9 Anthology
Papercutter #5 edited by Greg Means
Parallel by Corey Bechelli
Participatory Book Series by Marianne Petit
Perfect Example by John Porcellino
Phantascape #1 edited by Jim Main
Pictozine II edited by David Bradbury
Pigeon Toad by Shelby Gubba
Pitbull by Paolo Parisi
The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci & Jim Rugg    ComicMix    Daily Crosshatch
Planet 24 by Phil Foglio
Planet Karen by Karen Ellis
Planet Named Desire #6- 9 by Joe Marshall
Plastic Farm #1-13 by Rafer Roberts

New Amazon Plexo 

Pm - Pz 

Pop Art Funnies #6 by Martin Hirchak
Popeye Vol. 1 by E.C. Segar
Popeye Vol. 2 by E.C. Segar
Postcards: True Stories that Never Happened anthology
    Comics Reporter     ComicMix
Postage Stamp Funnies by Shannon Wheeler
Power of 6 part 1 by Jon Lewis
Powr Mastrs by Chris Forgues
The Pressman by Will Dinski
The Princes of Time by Jon Vermilyea
The Professor's Daughter by Joann Sfar & Emmanuel Guibert (Trans: Alexis Siegel)
Prowl by Pat Lewis
Pursuit by Corey Bechelli     Optical Sloth     Size Matters
Pussy Galore by Tom Williams

Questor by Chris Cornwell
Quiblets by Edmund Conti & Jim Siergey     Midnight Fiction     Small Press Newsroom
Quitter by J. Chris Campbell