The Mini Comic Library

The Woods by Aimee Lockwood EXCEPTIONALLY creepy, experimental, brave and utterly unique, The Woods by Aimee Lockwood is another strong entry into the burgeoning portfolio of one of the most talented new faces on the UK small press scene. The first thing that struck me about The Woods is the absolute commitment to craft that went into making it: An A6 handmade comic; The Woods appears to have been printed on a variety of coloured pages, with a series of 'windows' of varying shapes hand-cut from each page to reveal details from the following pages.  Just putting each issue together must have been a labour of love in itself, to say nothing of the thought that must have gone into designing it and the skill and talent that actually drew each wonderful page. One of the things I like the most about Lockwood is her refusal to be pigeonholed.  Her portfolio could easily be filled with charming, warm and engaging autobiographical stories that are as endearing as they are beautiful...

Food Chain by  Aimee Lockwood I  met Aimee Lockwood on my second day in The Lakes and I was charmed by her passion and excitement over comics, the talent she was surrounded by and the community gathering together.  She didn't hard-sell her comics to me, but honestly, her friendly nature and obvious love of the medium would have likely led me to buy from her. Except, I didn't need any of that, because the work she had for sale looked magnificent and I knew I wanted to buy everything she had the second I saw it. Food Chain is an intriguing collection, filled with charm and warmth, bursting with innovative ideas, techniques and personality, and one that hides a few nice surprises which mark Lockwood as a talent to look out for on the UK's small press scene.  From the first page of the opening titular story, Lockwood displays a talent for playing with the flow of words on her page - in one panel using a beam placed over a wooden tank as a convenient speech bubble, then ...