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London’s Gosh! Comics announces massive Small Press Day signing schedule

By John Freeman on July 29, 2022

Small Press Day is back for its seventh year running across the UK on Saturday 13th August 2022, and Gosh! Comics London will be running several signings throughout the day, representing some of London’s most celebrated independent creators!

Created back in 2016 by cartoonist David Ziggy Greene, Andy Oliver of Broken Frontier and Amneet Johal of Alternative Press, Small Press Day was designed to support the DIY and self-publishing comics scene of the UK. On the day, shops all over the country take part by hosting their own special events and highlighting their local small press talent. At Gosh!, the team be arranging four hourly signings with a total of 16 fabulous creatives.

Kicking things off at 12 noon – 1.00pm will be the amazing Kayla Lui, Beatrice Mossman, Lily Blakely and J Webster Sharp. From 1.00 – 2.00pm will be the incredible Lando, Gareth Brookes, Shane Melise and Olivia Sullivan.

Following that, at 2.00 – 3.00pm, are Mike Kennedy, Molly Stocks, Patrick Wray and Simon Moreton. And to round things off for the day at 3.00 – 4.00pm will be Sean Azzopardi, Doug Noble, Fraser Geesin and Mark Stafford.

The day will run in a similar fashion to a mini festival. All of the fabulous guests will be selling their comics and signing in-store. Throughout the course of the day, they will also be collaborating on a jam zine, which will then be printed and available for free towards the end of the day.

“We’re so excited to be taking part in this special event which makes its triumphant return to the physical world.” say the Gosh! team. “And with our absolutely cracking line-up of creators, we’re certain you’re excited too!”

• Gosh! Comics Small Press Day 12 noon – 4.00pm Saturday 13th August 2022, 1 Berwick Street, London W1F 0DR | Keep up to date with any event updates over on the Gosh! Comics Facebook event page | Gosh! Comics: goshlondon.com

• Small Press Day 2022 – Saturday 13th August 2022 – Web: smallpressday.co.uk

Promoting independent comic press and micro publishers. In 2016 an idea born on Twitter led to a series of nationwide events in a matter of weeks. keep an eye on the tag #SmallPressDay on social media for information

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.