This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the Greatest Day in the History of the World - otherwise known, of course, as ‘the day Crystal Palace won the FA Cup’.
To celebrate, here’s the portrait a very baffled-but-obliging @geesinfraser did of us at Wembley, alongside other Palace fans from the TV coverage - plus a reminder that our FA Cup A3 print-and-zine combo is still available for just £15, £5 of which goes to @palaceforlife . Head to colossive.com
#cpfc #facup #zines #colossivepress #palaceforlife 🦅❤️💙
Mood! 🐙
(Our new zine Octopuses Don’t Wear Bow Ties - featuring this amazing artwork - is yours for £3 at colossive.com)
#zines #colossivepress #smallpress #smallpresscomics
Happy #NationalLimerickDay from Penge artist-in-residence Cosmo Chancer, who’s been busy working on his new volume of poetry.
In the meantime, you can find his earlier stuff here: bit.ly/cosmoxyoko
#penge #cosmochancer #zines #colossivepress
Next up is the sixth of our 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 at the 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, tutored by London based published writers and industry professionals.
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Hosted by prolific Penge-based zinesters, Colossive Press, this Masterclass Sunday will suit anyone with a point to make or a story to tell.
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A mainstay of DIY culture, zines are tiny, home-made booklets featuring words, pictures or a combination of the two. The world of zines has no rules, no gatekeepers and no limits.
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Using their Colossive Manifesto as guidance, Jane and Tom will explain why zines are the perfect way to get your message out there. You’ll also learn how to turn a blank sheet of A4 into a tiny work of wonder – from a simple eight-pager to a pop-up Turkish map-fold.
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Come away enthused, inspired and with a zine or two of your own already in the bag!
Suitable for age group 14 - 104, we look forward to seeing you here at the Crow on 05 July 😎
Here’s a reminder that the next stop on this year’s Colossive Roadshow will be the bound-to-be-brilliant @glasgowzinelib Zine Fest on May 23rd and 24th.
Aside from the weekend zine fair, there’s tons of stuff happening across the six-day celebration of zine culture, so do check out the website at /zinefest.
I’ve only been to Glasgow once before - for less than 24 hours, much of which was spent at a Gaye Bykers on Acid gig. And Tom’s NEVER been. So we’re very excited about this one.
Hope to see you there! (I’ve included some pics of us at zine fairs so you know what/who to look out for...)
#GZF26 #glasgowzinefest #zines #zinefair #colossivepress
Colossive thanks to Berlin’s @chrizmagic for the lovely review of How Graffiti Saved my Dad’s Life (At Least for a While) in the latest issue of the marvellous Trail Magic hiking fanzine (@xtrailmagicx ).
It’s always so nice to read people’s moving responses to Dad’s story and we’re really proud that the book continues to travel around the world. Dad would be very proud, too. Slightly baffled, mind, but still proud. ☺️
You can read the review on pics two and three (sorry about the wibbly-wobbly photos).
And don’t forget you can buy How Graffiti Saved My Dad’s Life at bit.ly/dadgraffiti - all profits go to @stchrishospice in memory of Dad.
#trailmagic #zines #gordongibbens #anythingsbetterthanablankwall #colossivepress
Happy #Caturday from our joint CEOs Gertie and Gracie who would like to remind you to keep your wits about you at all times - and keep fighting evil… 🐈⬛🐈⬛
#colossivepress #colossivecats #gertieandgracierecommend #keepfightingevil
🎵’We’re on our way / We’re on our waaaay / To Leipzig, we’re on our way /
How will we get there? / We now know / How will we pay for it? / Er...’🎵
If you know what we’re on about, you might be interested in our #CPFC capsule collection: bit.ly/colossiveCPFC
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(Sorry. We’ll be back with all the regular comics-and-zines stuff soon...)
#crystalpalace #leipzig #zines #colossivepress
Happy (heavenly) birthday to Nan - otherwise known as Dolorosa Gertrude Mary Dyck - who was born on 6th May 1903 and is still very much missed and talked-about every single day… ❤️
You can read Nan’s story at bit.ly/queendolly - all profits are split between @stchrishospice and @age_uk
#nan #colossivepress #colossivenans #zines
Don’t forget! Octopuses Don’t Wear Bow Ties - my tiny zine about being able to draw then not being able to draw then realising I could draw all along - is yours for £3 at colossive.com
Oh, and it comes with a free badly-drawn ‘On the way to the zine fair’ A5 postcard.
#zines #colossivepress #smallpress #zinesters #smallpresscomics
Day Two of the @pagemasters.co zine fair is under way @arthublondon on Stanley Street, New Cross.
So frankly, people: why aren’t YOU here too? 🤷🏻♂️
(We’re here until 6 today. Full details are on the posters in our previous post.)
#zines #zinefair #colossivepress #smallpress #smallpresscomics
Here we are! All set up and looking mildly deranged at the @pagemasters.co Zine Fair @arthublondon .
Please come and see us - and lots of other lovely zinesters. We’re here until 7 today and from 11 to 6 tomorrow…
(Yeah, I wear a hat indoors nowadays. What of it? 🤠)
#zinefair #zines #colossivepress #smallpress #morezines
