Tom Murphy

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i-D was founded in London in 1980 by Terry Jones. The magazine began as a hand-stapled edition documenting street style, youth culture, and emerging fashion. designreviewed.com/series/i-d/

The seminal account of a lost 1950's bohemian Dublin in a handsome new edition from @lilliputpress.bsky.social & a new introduction from Joseph O'Connor. Both melancholy and sharp, portraits of Behan, Kavanagh and Flann O'Brien .
Dead as Doornails - Anthony Cronin. thebookshop.ie/anthony-cron...

ATTENTION #CPFC FANS! 🦅

We've produced an A3 print of the build-up to Palace's winning goal in the 2025 #FACup Final.

It comes with a FREE copy of the #zine in which it first featured - and all sales include a £5 donation to the Palace for Life Foundation.

Buy it for £15 at bit.ly/A3cpfcprint

Things I saw on my windowsill today…

Tsk! We commissioned #Penge artist-in-residence and occasional poet Cosmo Chancer to write a poem for #InternationalWomen'sDay - and he's only just got it over to us. 🙄

For more of Cosmo's poetry-that-neither-rhymes-nor-scans, head to bit.ly/cosmoxyoko

#cosmochancer #zines #colossivepress

Piles of books on my bedside cabinet. There are four little Penguin hardback classic things and two of the British Library’s collections of weird stories

See, this is how problems start: you get more than one of something, and it suddenly becomes a Collection 📚

Another Way Out collects 3 new comics by Carol Swain. The landscapes are wreathed with ghosts, and the spaces between words spill over with unsaid secrets. Elusive and intriguing, these stories are never quite what you expect, but always a truth you have known all along.

darkandgolden.bigcartel.com

‘We are hope despite the times’

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!

Stramash colour bits , have put together a little book of black and white sketches type thing more to scratch my own itch but will print some up once I work out the best way to do it.

Mayfair Mini Book Fair YouTube video by London Poetry Books

FREE EVENT – Mayfair MINI Book Fair!
Sat 7 March • Mayfair Library
25 South Audley St, W1K 2PB
Books, talks, readings all day 11–5
Post‑Show + Open Mic 5:30–7:30
Bring friends, bring smiles — totally FREE and the park’s right next door.

youtu.be/bUInMimc5LM

Poster for Mayfair Mini Book Fair - Free Entry, Saturday 7th March, 11am-5pm. Mayfair LIbrary, 25 South Audley Street, London, W1K 2PB

REMINDER: tomorrow I'll be bringing a solo acoustic version of the @colossive.com Experience to the Mayfair Mini Book Fair

Come along - it's our first show of the year and it'll be fun! 40 indie publishers with readings and talks all day

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

A few more dates, including the Brian Boru Irish Club in Ashton-in-Makerfield, where my mammy and daddy passed more than a few happy evenings (despite a brick coming through the window one night)

generationirish.net#ticketbox

A few more dates, including the Brian Boru Irish Club in Ashton-in-Makerfield, where my mammy and daddy passed more than a few happy evenings (despite a brick coming through the window one night)

generationirish.net#ticketbox

Yeah, I've been reading and enjoying him since day one (and wrote a rave review of Patience for Broken Frontier when it came out), but I just couldn't connect with Monica.

I think I might also be a bit bugged by the overformatting mainstream publishers do to make comics 'respectable'

Further griping: maybe I just wasn't in the mood, but I struggled a bit with Monica.

It could be that his grotesques and flat-affect narration are a bit too familiar now: I couldn't get past the Clowes style to engage properly with the substance. Happen I'll try again in a little while.

A black and white photo of late-era Mark E Smith

I've got something described as a "one to one" with a manager today. To commemorate Mark E Smith's birthday, I might just cap every exchange with "He... is not... appreciated!"

New painting. The Crooked Billet in Penge. acrylic onboard. A4.

Available from darrenhaymanart.com

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)

We have been quietly putting a few plans in place for PrideCAF 2026.

Next on our list is our application form. We are aiming to open applications this month and are really excited to see applications come in.

Watch this space for more info.

#PrideCAF2026 #comics #lgbtq #queer

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. ❤️

Out of curiosity I just spent some time with the collected 'Sluice', my first year of daily comics on Patreon. There's some stinkers in there, but I'm pleasantly surprised by the majority of the 365 pages. Lots of ideas I'm still yet to fully explore.
drive.google.com/file/d/1xsJ5...

I send out a new Public Collectors newsletter every 2 or 3 months. If you'd like to get on my list before I send a new one out tomorrow, the sign up is below. I'll be announcing two new publications (in addition to one I already mentioned on here). www.publiccollectors.org/Newsletter.h...

RIP - I met him a few times through the TAPS screenwriting training scheme, and he was a fiercely committed mentor. And his other credits speak for themselves