Candle Light Press

09/26/2025

Be there or be square! https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/candle-light-press/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR581LIdAY5uP7XQNXT6UDSTrI3sm0FJeQ8weFdYDojQmfN9uzHUSlOfq4RSDg_aem_hnQ3LX_3p5npvvh-On1IKQ

Come celebrate the 30th anniversary of Iowa City’s own Candle Light Press! Carter Allen, Austin Allen Hamblin, and John Ira Thomas will be signing books at Daydreams on Saturday, October 11th at 200p-400p. It’s been a big year for the press, so there’s lots of new books–Zoo Force: Blue Route...

09/17/2025

is coming to SiouxperCon this weekend! The first 40 people that visits Warning Comics table (A04) will get a signed preview poster for Ectyron issue 6!

08/10/2025

In case you missed it yesterday check out my interview with John Ira Thomas of Candle Light Press! https://open.substack.com/pub/articlesandinterviews/p/john-ira-thomas-interview?r=1nyn0&utm_medium=ios

06/27/2025

On July 12, John Ira Thomas and Austin Allen Hamblin will be at the Quad Con Comic & Toy Show / Cool Stuff show in Cedar Rapids! We’ll have all the new books and other goodies.

Meanwhile, that same weekend, Carter Allen will be at G-FEST in Chicago all weekend with his newest, Ectyron V Rojo Gallo!

Watch for more books this year, our thirtieth!

06/27/2025

Out now! Savage Dirt Axes!

06/27/2025

Out now! Blue Route and Stops Along the Way! New Zoo Force!

06/27/2025

Out now! Ectyron V Rojo Gallo! Iowa’s own kaiju takes on its most fearsome foe yet!

05/27/2025

Coming next month…BLUE ROUTE AND STOPS ALONG THE WAY by John Ira Thomas and Jeremy Smith—three stories of history and loss. Watch this space!

02/16/2025

Karapace is coming to the Louisiana Comic Con. https://www.facebook.com/LAComicCon/

Louisiana Comic Convention
March 14-15, 2026
Lafayette, LA

02/29/2024

Our own David Larmour (AGONY) visits Sensei Seth to talk pankration!

Go to https://drinklmnt.com/SenseiSeth for a free sample pack with any order!Thanks to David Larmour and Cory Johnson for taking me back in time to learn abo...