Podcast: Combat Wombat & Cryptids of Leeds: A Celebration of Small Press and Indies

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It's all well and good talking about comics, but they are obviously a visual medium - pretty pictures! Therefore, to accompany each episode, we also do a little blog post with some images and other extras to give you some context as to what on earth we're talking about!

Mike and Lee step away from their capitalist overlords and explore some recent small press and independent comic purchases. Lee's fresh from comic convention Thought Bubble and brings titles Hexloader, Badgered and the Space Between the Trees, and Mike contributes Sobek, Cryptids of Leeds, and The Holos.

Plus what Mike and Lee have read this week, another addition to the Comics or Death Museum.

What Have We Been Reading Recently?

Transformers (2024) published by Image Comics

Written by Daniel Warren Johnson

Art by Daniel Warren Johnson (#1-6), Jorge Corona (#7-12), Jason Howard (#13-14)

Colours by Mike Spicer

Lettering by Rus Wooton

Duke (2024) published by Image Comics

Written by Joshua Williamson

Art by Tom Reilly

Colours by Jordie Bellaire

Lettering by Rus Wooton

Cobra Commander

published by Image Comics

Written by Joshua Williamson

Art by Andrea Milana

Colours by Annalisa Leoni

Lettering by Rus Wooton

Void Rivals (2024) published by Image Comics

Written by Robert Kirkman

Art by Lorenzo De Felici

Colours by Patricio Delpeche & Matheus Lopes

Small Press Round-up

As discussed on the episode many of these comics were purchased at the Thought Bubble comics festival, which you should definitely go to - more info here. Others were bought from the fantastic shops of Gosh Comics - for more info see this episode/blog - and OK Comics, which you should also definitely go to.

Sobek (2019) published by Shortbox

By James Stokoe

Hex Loader (2021) self-published - available to buy from here

Written by Dan Whitehead

Art by Conor Boyle & Jack Davies

Lettering by Jim Campbell

Cryptids of Leeds (2024) published by Leeds Comic Collective

Featuring strips by:

Feff Silvers
Flo Woolley
Molly Pukes
Kevin Haworth
James Lawrence
James Patricks
Seren Deacon
Hannah McCann
Joe Eaton
Charlie ellis
Cara Brown
Rob Luckett
Frank Deacon
John J Pearson
THREESIX
Tom Kneeshaw
Ros Murray
Mark Penman