Oof - what an exhausting and exhilarating day at the Anarchist Book Fair - hats off to organisers, participants and totally engaged punters Very heartening to see so many people devoted to local and global action to make the world a fairer place. And I hope we provided a few chuckles along the way

Artist/printmaker/Colossive Cartographer Harriet Merry has two prints showing in the packed-to-the-rafters Royal Society of Printmakers' Small But Mighty exhibition @banksidegallery.bsky.social. It's on until next Sunday - do catch it if you can!

Here’s a thing: after a bit of a derivé from the David Bowie Centre to Wapping yesterday, we spotted a seal in the Thames (from the Capt Kidd) 🦭 Pics by @janegibbensmurphy.bsky.social

Packing ‘em in!

We’re all set up at the Anarchist Book Fair on Leake Street - surrounded by #graffiti, #zines and anarchy. (So what else is new?) Here until 6! Come and see us!

TOMORROW! We'll be tabling at the #AnarchistBookFair in the legendary Leake Street Tunnels. The second pic is from last year's fair in Shoreditch - just to give you an idea of what to look out for. But this time we'll be surrounded by graffiti. Busman's holiday innit. See you all there!

Happy Birthday Wild Twin, one year old today. Shortlisted for the Stanford Travel Book Award/ winner of the TLS Ackerley Prize. It’s done ok! Thanks to everyone who’s read it and if you haven’t yet you can buy it here: www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l... @littletollerbooks.bsky.social

Congratulations to @hayleygullen.com for last night's launch party for This Might Surprise You: A Breast #Cancer Story at Barts Pathology Museum. Hayley spoke so eloquently about her reasons for doing this vitally important book. You MUST read it. Pre-order it now from linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...

Incredible work 👏 One of the many reasons why you should be supporting @colossive.com

Just wow! Help CP raise more and get some reading material to boot!

Long story short: #bookarts legend/Colossive Cartographer Liver & Lights has produced a 'Beano homage' 2026 annual featuring work from lots of storytelling and #comics greats - plus four pages of fun and games from us! Fancy backing it? Of course you do! Head to www.kickstarter.com/projects/liv...

Final week for the Haunted Paper exhibition at Dorothy, Jamaica Street Liverpool. It’s been a great few weeks with visitors from near and far. Come and have a look! Mon-Fri 9-5.

FUNDRAISING UPDATE! We've just made our latest donation to St Christopher's hospice - £116 - from sales of our books and #zines, bringing out running total up to £5.525.01. Thank you all! We're not stopping there, of course. Help us raise more by heading to bit.ly/ourhospice

Bittersweet seeing so many people enjoying the penultimate weekend of the #Penge Rooftop Gallery - such a wonderful achievement by Ldn Calling Blog and all the artists

We’re all set up at #Pengefest! (Tom’s gone home to get the tablecloth but I really can’t be arsed to move everything again when he gets back 😉) Come and see us on #Penge high street until 6. It’s all in aid of St Christopher’s hospice ❤️

We're VERY excited to unveil Ed Pinsent's Colossive Package - a limited-edition featuring all three of @soundprojector.bsky.social's #ColossiveCartographies, PLUS a one-of-a-kind original, signed sketch card. Grab it for the frankly ridiculous price of £8 at bit.ly/edpinsentpackage #zines #comics

You're all coming to #Pengefest tomorrow, right? There’ll be beer, food, live music and plenty of stalls (including ours!), all to raise money for St Christopher's hospice. Head to Empire Square on #Penge high street from midday. 🍻🍔📚

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We're VERY excited to unveil Ed Pinsent's Colossive Package - a limited-edition featuring all three of @soundprojector.bsky.social's #ColossiveCartographies, PLUS a one-of-a-kind original, signed sketch card. Grab it for the frankly ridiculous price of £8 at bit.ly/edpinsentpackage #zines #comics

We sent out our latest newsletter yesterday - featuring all sorts of fascinating stuff that you'd already know about by now if you'd got round to subscribing. Still can't be bothered? You can read it hear instead: bit.ly/colossivesep... #zines #zinefair #cats

Sorry - it’s 11am to *6pm*

We’re currently doing our elaborate warm-up routine ahead of Day Two of the PageMasters Zine Fair. Yesterday was BUSY! We’ll be doing our stuff from 11 to 5 - see you there!

Review! This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story – @hayleygullen.com Hayley Gullen’s Funny, Frank and Insightful Graphic Memoir. www.brokenfrontier.com/this-might-s... Review by Edward Picot

It’s PageMasters #zine fair all weekend - so we’d better get a wriggle on… See you all there from 12!

Today! You might even be able to pick up a copy of Jeff’s stunning Colossive Cartography, Ghost Radio

Been listening to the latest @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social and got wasps on the mind in the ‘wasps-are-being-pricks-again’ season…

This doesn't really have anything to do with Bandcamp Friday, but here's a FREE look at our fantastic Colossive Records catalogue: bit.ly/ColossiveRec (BTW, Bandcamp is a great way to support artists and to find new music - and on Bandcamp Friday the platform waives its cut so artists get more)

Funnily enough, we’re sure we’ve seen some Croydon Spaceport annual reports from around this era in the ‘archive’…

This doesn't really have anything to do with Bandcamp Friday, but here's a FREE look at our fantastic Colossive Records catalogue: bit.ly/ColossiveRec (BTW, Bandcamp is a great way to support artists and to find new music - and on Bandcamp Friday the platform waives its cut so artists get more)

'Ghost Stories I Remember' has been one of my most popular ever tomes @colossive.com Thanks to all who have bought one or said nice things about it. Now on its third print run! Grab one for a £5 @goshcomics.bsky.social & @ colossive.com/product/ghos...

We had a lovely time at the St Christopher's hospice Photography Appeal showcase on Wednesday. My photo of Zabou's amazing portrait of Dad for #sprayexhibition20 in #Penge is one of the pics chosen to decorate the newly refurbished hospice. Well, anything's better than a blank wall... 😉

One satisfied customer! Here's the gorgeous Esme with her Lucky Feather™, endorsed by Professor Margaret Pye. Get yours for FREE when you buy a copy of our new #zine, Magpies: Sorrow or Joy?, at colossive.com

NEW LAUNCH! Magpies: Sorrow or Joy? sees all your questions answered by celebrated folklorist corvidologists Professor Margaret Pye and Doctor James Crowe. Grab the #zine - including a FREE Lucky Feather™, endorsed by Professor Pye - for £4 at bit.ly/magpieszine (or just head to colossive.com).

Set your alarms for whatever time we roll out of bed tomorrow morning, folks. There's a brand new #zine on its way...

Still struggling to process the loss of Jonathan Main of Bookseller Crow in Crystal Palace - a real presence in our lives (in person and online) for many years. Huge condolences to those closest to him. 🖤

'When you're feeling down and all out of pesto* / Take a look at the Colossive Manifesto.' *Well, YOU try finding another rhyme for 'manifesto'... (There'll be a new #zine along tomorrow, by the way)

Hold up - what's this? It's a Lucky Feather™, endorsed by world-renowned folklorist corvidologist Professor Margaret Pye. We'll be giving these good luck charms* away for FREE with our upcoming #zine, Magpies: Sorrow or Joy, which we'll be launching later this week...

Hard to explain the impact of this deeply personal work by @wildtwin.bsky.social. There's a sadness to it, no doubt, but in the afterglow I felt uplifted and the Liverpool streets seemed full of mystery and promise again. Well worth seeing for anyone who's in town.

Just back from a lovely 24-hour trip to Liverpool to see our award-winning friend/Colossive Cartographer @wildtwin.bsky.social's beautiful and multi-layered Haunted Paper show at Dorothy on Jamaica Street. It's on until September 19th - so do catch it if you can!

More wise words collected from the streets of #Penge by the one and only Cosmo Chancer. Our Penge Proverbs #zine is yours for just £3 at bit.ly/pengeproverbs

It's only 10 more sleeps (or 2,073 if you're a cat) until the always-amazing PageMasters two-day #zine fair, which is taking place in a new venue - Art Hub Studios - this year. See you all there! 🐱

Oh this old thing? Yeah, it’s something we picked up in North London a few months ago… #cpfc

We sent out our latest newsletter yesterday - featuring something old, something new and a #zine fair to look forward to (yes, I'm a poet - and I know it). Still don't subscribe? I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU PEOPLE! Oh well, never mind. You can read it all here instead: bit.ly/colossiveaug25

Congratulations to our newest Colossive Cartographer @taran-draws.bsky.social, whose #comics have been shortlisted for not one but TWO @comicsyouth.bsky.social Changemakers Choice Awards. Don't forget! You can buy Taran's Colossive Cartography, Fleece and Fibre, for just £2 at bit.ly/colossive67

Good morning. I’ll be tabling at this today and tomorrow, in Weedon. Starts at 11.00am.

Have been working on the current Hollow Work project whilst rewatching True Detective and also battling my dog. This will be a full two-page spread eventually, like the others.

Arkhipov is a mood. Images set in conflict with one another. Fire and everything that comes after. A mystery with an inevitable solution. A new Strip For Me comic by Douglas Noble. 28 pages / B&W / 148 x 148 Debuts next weekend at Goshfest. Preorders now open - stripforme.bigcartel.com

The #magpie folklore #zine that @vjs411.bsky.social and I have been compiling is coming on nicely. We're hoping to include free Lucky Feathers™, endorsed by one of our experts, Prof Margaret Pye - but this is dependent on the outcome of a legal challenge from our other expert, Dr James Crowe...

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