@colossive.com
Wildly eclectic small press/zine publisher, based in Penge, SE London; keepers of the Gordon Gibbens photo archive; guerrilla historians of Croydon Spaceport; proud to support St Christopher's hospice
All set up for the Mayfair Mini Book Fair, in the delightful surroundings of Mayfair Library
If you’re in the area, visiting your rich Aunt Dahlia or picking up a few bits and bobs at Tiffany’s or Gucci, come and say hello!
TODAY!
The Croydon Spaceport zine - Ad Astra Per Croydon - with two copies of The Croydon Spaceport Tapes CD, showing the front cover (featuring the NLA Tower in Croydon) and the track listing on the back
A selection of goodies that come in the Ultimate Croydon Spaceport Fun Pack, including the Croydon Spaceport Tapes CD, the Ad Astra Per Croydon Zine, a riso print, the fold out historical map and guide and some stickers.
(And, of course, you can pick up a zine'n'CD set or the Ultimate Croydon Spaceport Fun Pack - along with all kinds of other goodies - from the Colossive MegaBoutique)
colossive.com/product-cate...
Two very attractive black cats examine a gatefold CD sleeve containing THE CROYDON SPACEPORT TAPES by the British Experimental Rocket Group
You might have noticed that it's #BandcampFriday* - so there's no better time to pick up THE CROYDON SPACEPORT TAPES, either physical or digital, from the tireless sonic researchers over at @tcfsr.bsky.social
tcfsr.bandcamp.com/album/the-cr...
*BC waive their cut so every penny goes to the artist
Talking of books... Don't forget, we'll be at the Mayfair Mini Book Fair at Mayfair Library from 11am on Saturday.
#bookfair #zinefair #mayfair
Happy #WorldBookDay! As is traditional, I'll be dressing up as 'me' from How Graffiti Saved My Dad's Life and Tom has gone off to work dressed as Norman 'Nails' McAvity, the first-ever Croydonaut, from Ad Astra Per Croydon.
(All our books and #zines are at colossive.com)
Happy 'heavenly' birthday to Tom's dad John - one of the most loving, kind and gentle people you could ever wish to meet.
He was also the man who first came up with the word 'colossive' to describe anything that was 'awful big altogether' - so our teeny-tiny press is named in his honour. ❤️
Enjoyed an evening of laughter and good food and drink to remember our friend (and my writing partner) Janet Ellis, who would have been 60 yesterday 🖤
Here’s a blog I wrote after we lost her: tom-writer.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-f...
Things I saw on my walk today...
Things I saw on my walk today...
Happy #WomensHistoryMonth!
Hilda Gibbens died suddenly in 1953. There are no photographs of her. Nobody remembers what she looked or sounded like.
A Portrait of Hilda Gibbens tries to piece together what's left of her story. Buy the #zine for £4 at bit.ly/hildagibbens
Petrichor was by some distance my comic of the year when it came out. It needs to be read
The poet and his muse: the latest in an occasional series, spotlighting the multi-disciplinary work of #Penge artist-in-residence Cosmo Chancer...
Buy Cosmo's first poetry collection for £3 at bit.ly/cosmoxyoko
#zines #bookarts #colossivepress
Things I saw on my walk (to Sainsbury's) and slightly-more-interesting run today...
News! SCARF Announces the Line-Up for the First Sheffield Comic ARts Fair this October. www.brokenfrontier.com/sheffield-co...
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
stripforme.bigcartel.com
A cartoon drawing of a ghost, wearing a snorkel, in a bowl of soup. Text on the image reads "Yo! Comics! Gareth A Hopkins. Sunday 22nd March 2026. 12 South Norwood Hill, London, SE25 6AB"
I've been announced as an exhibitor at next month's Yo! Comics!
An absolutely amazing event, and where i'll be releasing the next Ghosts In Things, Louie Cohen's 'Dangerous Desserts', and something by Martha if she pulls her finger out.
Poster for Barnsley Zine Fair, at Barnsley Civic on Saturday 28th February, from 10.30 am to 4 pm
We're not at Barnsley Zine Fair on Saturday, unfortunately, but you should be if you can
(CC @imcmillan.bsky.social )
A dream came true yesterday when I got this wonderful review from Broken Frontier. If you want to read “A Fragile Obsession” for yourself it is £2 from @colossive.com
ATTENTION PLEASE! We'll be tabling at the Mayfair Mini Book Fair on Saturday 7th March - all the details you need are here...
#bookfair #zinefair #mayfair (See what we did there?)
Here's a lovely review of our 69th Colossive Cartography: A Fragile Obsession by the wonderful @melgale.bsky.social...
Thank you, as ever, @andywpoliver.bsky.social 😊
The cover of a 1960s careers brochure: What Can You Do for Croydon Spaceport... And What Can Croydon Spaceport Do For You?
The cover of the Croydon Spaceport Annual review 1971
Croydon Spaceport Annual Report 1967
We've been uncovering some solid gold in the latest set of donations to the #CroydonSpaceport archives...
CC @lccmunicipal.bsky.social @mikeyashworth.bsky.social
Finished
Looking through a few pics from our trip to Helsinki last year: those lads do like a good #library 📚
On Friday, Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner told fans to 'stay humble' and 'never forget where you're coming from'. 😠
May I humbly suggest he reads our #CPFC #zines? Maybe you'd like to, too? Grab both for £6 at bit.ly/colossiveCPFC (£1 goes to St Christopher's hospice)
There’s not much more enjoyable than diving beneath the duvet with the latest goodies from @kushkomikss.bsky.social and finding out what lurks within each lovely little package…
(Minikuš was a huge inspiration for @colossive.com Cartographies 🙏🏻 🇱🇻)
Just a reminder that two volumes of my all-ages comic Cindy and Biscuit are available from all discerning book and comic retailers. If you already have them then please spread the word - personal recommendations are the best currency!
Friday night at l’Atelier de Sausage Fingers: putting together a couple of my handbound MR James editions for the @colossive.com archive
(EXCLUSIVE: I’ve started prepping the text for the next one - hopefully ready for Halloween)
The cover of a 1960s careers brochure: What Can You Do for Croydon Spaceport... And What Can Croydon Spaceport Do For You?
The cover of the Croydon Spaceport Annual review 1971
Croydon Spaceport Annual Report 1967
We've been uncovering some solid gold in the latest set of donations to the #CroydonSpaceport archives...
CC @lccmunicipal.bsky.social @mikeyashworth.bsky.social
We've just made our latest donation - £14 - to @stonewalluk.bsky.social from sales of our 40th Colossive Cartography, You Are Safe Here by @rachaelhouse.bsky.social.
Rachael is donating all royalties - £1 per zine - to this very important cause. Buy it for £2 at bit.ly/colossive40
#zines #bookarts