Small Press Day Join us on Saturday 25th July for Small Press Day 2026. Take part to help us celebrate with small press wonderfulness!

Small Press Day is back on Saturday, July 25th, 2026. #smallpressday #smallpressday2026

Let's make this the biggest one yet after last year's triumph!

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Your labor as an artist matters and you should be compensated fairly. Yes, I’m aware that publishers aren’t endless money machines, but there is great pay disparity between creators and if we want a more sustainable an equitable comics business, that has to change.

Alright yall, my inbox is full from folks privately reaching out (please always feel free to publicly post if your contract allows) about

CURRENT COVER RATES in 2026

Strap in

If you care about indie comics / small press / thought provoking art AT ALL I urge you to support @brokenfrontier.bsky.social even with £1

A bright orange background. A young woman dressed as Marie Antoinette. Huge curly pastel pink hair pinned up rococo style. Extravagant dress with some tears and stitches. She is carrying a big tray covered with a dome, with blood dripping down and a bloody hand print visible on the dome.

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
GO EXPLORE YOUR RAGE OK
have a nice one xx

A bright orange background. A young woman dressed as Marie Antoinette. Huge curly pastel pink hair pinned up rococo style. Extravagant dress with some tears and stitches. She is carrying a big tray covered with a dome, with blood dripping down and a bloody hand print visible on the dome.

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
GO EXPLORE YOUR RAGE OK
have a nice one xx

I need every single male artist that follows me to read this. It's not very long. You need to bear witness to this shit. You have to see it with your own eyes because you never will in your everyday life.

I'm serious, read it all please

If you care about indie comics / small press / thought provoking art AT ALL I urge you to support @brokenfrontier.bsky.social even with £1

counterpoint: the best animated films for children are the ones that fuck them up

every now and then I see stuff like this and have to say, again, disney and it's offspring are anti-art entities. You could argue that they produce art and hire artists, but they work against it thousandfold

A photo of a woman with ginger hair, wearing a dark shirt with a custom illustrated design saying: Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb.

Photo of a dark tshirt laying flat. Illustrative, ornamental design in the medieval style includes gothic letters saying: Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb.

✨Blood of the Covenant✨
new tee has dropped!
here: www.pigeonmakesart.co.uk/store/p/foun...

But: is it a sign of being in your 30s when instead of relating to the angsty teen fictional characters you just want to give them a big hug and a bowl of soup?
Asking for a friend.

I watched "I Saw the TV Glow" last night and the moment the end credits rolled I started uncontrollably crying. What an amazing, heartbreaking film.

that's true! many rounds of edits to come, haha~ thank you!

Been focusing on improving my writing. The more I write, the more faults and holes I notice in my skill.
But I’m nearly done with a 70-page draft script for a potential graphic novel and it feels kinda good

Slavtober 2025 series as a small print set!
I am already plotting themes and possibilities for this year's Slavtober - anything you'd like to see? :>

Prints are up for grabs at: www.pigeonmakesart.co.uk/storefront

A photo of a woman with ginger hair, wearing a dark shirt with a custom illustrated design saying: Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb.

Photo of a dark tshirt laying flat. Illustrative, ornamental design in the medieval style includes gothic letters saying: Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb.

✨Blood of the Covenant✨
new tee has dropped!
here: www.pigeonmakesart.co.uk/store/p/foun...

Slavtober 2025 series as a small print set!
I am already plotting themes and possibilities for this year's Slavtober - anything you'd like to see? :>

Prints are up for grabs at: www.pigeonmakesart.co.uk/storefront

this Polish comics is phenomenal and totally gut wrenching - so cool to see it being picked up by Fantagraphics!
do not miss this one!

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A detailed and ornate illustration stylised like a medieval manuscript. Big gothic font reads: Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb. Below smaller text on a ribbon says: Nurture your found family. The text is surrounded with rich, surreal ornaments including an open pomegranate, bleeding heart flowers, bleeding heart dove, grape vines, a glowing red heart and two characters : a dancing frog and a rabbit riding on a snail.

✨ Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb ✨

A detailed and ornate illustration stylised like a medieval manuscript. Big gothic font reads: Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb. Below smaller text on a ribbon says: Nurture your found family. The text is surrounded with rich, surreal ornaments including an open pomegranate, bleeding heart flowers, bleeding heart dove, grape vines, a glowing red heart and two characters : a dancing frog and a rabbit riding on a snail.

✨ Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb ✨

Folklore for Queer Folk! Making space for LGBTQ+ folks in the modern folk art: — Pigeon makes art! Folklore and mythology has always existed to explain the complexities of the world around us, to teach and spark wonder. The rich folklore storytelling can provide metaphors that help us relate to the...

Personally, I am as interested about the past as I am about the idea of folklore as a living and fluctuating thing.
Folklore for queer folk! New blog post aka mini manifesto: www.pigeonmakesart.co.uk/pigeon-blog/...

Folklore for Queer Folk! Making space for LGBTQ+ folks in the modern folk art: — Pigeon makes art! Folklore and mythology has always existed to explain the complexities of the world around us, to teach and spark wonder. The rich folklore storytelling can provide metaphors that help us relate to the...

Personally, I am as interested about the past as I am about the idea of folklore as a living and fluctuating thing.
Folklore for queer folk! New blog post aka mini manifesto: www.pigeonmakesart.co.uk/pigeon-blog/...

✨ ROOMMATES ✨

(brand new addition to my ongoing Slavic Sapphics series, this time as a cheeky cultural crossover :> )

Common challenges you WILL face as a freelance artist navigating self-employed life - with insight from 6 creative professionals: — Pigeon makes art! One thing needs to be said: there will be challenges. It’s a guarantee, but it’s also ok. So let’s talk about some common obstacles freelance artists face in their work in 2025.

Good time to dig out this blog about freelance life challenges - posted last year, I think still relevant, but a section on AI (yuck) should defo be added! Have a read here:

Common challenges you WILL face as a freelance artist navigating self-employed life - with insight from 6 creative professionals: — Pigeon makes art! One thing needs to be said: there will be challenges. It’s a guarantee, but it’s also ok. So let’s talk about some common obstacles freelance artists face in their work in 2025.

Good time to dig out this blog about freelance life challenges - posted last year, I think still relevant, but a section on AI (yuck) should defo be added! Have a read here:

✨ ROOMMATES ✨

(brand new addition to my ongoing Slavic Sapphics series, this time as a cheeky cultural crossover :> )

I'm writing up some reflections on why we need queer readings of folklore, and why we need it to appear in art, especially in the current climate.
The below quotes from Sacha Coward's book popped into my head.
Creatives who work with folklore, what are your thoughts on this?