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Contemporary comics publishing, London, UK

08/22/2026

Richard Short’s Chin Music, the first in his World of Sport series, has received a justly favourable decision from comics umpire Andy Oliver over at Andy Oliver.

“The way in which Short juxtaposes the reactions of the crowd with events on the field underlining the relationship between spectator and sport; the latter forays into visual metaphor; the expressive visual characterisation of the determined cricketers and eager onlookers; and the slapstick comedy that is always so perfectly paced with its exquisite timing.“

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/chin-music-breakdown-press-short/

You can buy Chin Music at all good book and comic shops or directly from Breakdown Press, here -
https://www.breakdownpress.com/store/chin-music-by-richard-short

07/29/2026

140 x 194mm — 22 pages — Risograph Printed — Saddle Stitched

Let’s tag along and find out what happens!

Formally inventive and charmingly human, comics maestro ZEEL brings us a seemingly small story that lives; moving beyond its own bounds to echo through eternity.

Breakdown Press are proud to manifest this long out of print zine for you. A true lost gem of British comix, lost - NO MORE!

The first in a series of joint releases with our friends Physical Interface.

The Two Melon Farmers was Printed by Physical Interface in London.

You can buy copies from Breakdown Press’ online shop here - https://www.breakdownpress.com/store/the-two-melon-farmers
Or the Physical Interface shop, here - https://physical-interface.sumupstore.com/pro

07/25/2026

217 x 278mm — Pages: 112 — softcover — ISBN: 9781681379845

A New York Review Comics book in collaboration with Breakdown Press

A galaxy-spanning odyssey of ancient astronauts and cosmic pilgrimages . . . What elevates [The Children of Light] above these genre trappings however is its timely allegory of disclosure: who gets to know what, and to what ends? . . . Pleyers’s work remains fascinating because it is at once a compelling science-fiction fantasy and a contactee testimony, birthed by Cold War paranoias and inexplicable encounters.
—Jamie Sutcliffe, Art Review

In the far reaches of the Andromeda Galaxy, a supernova obliterates the homeworld of the Zors, an advanced alien race. But the Zors knew this particular apocalypse was coming. To escape destruction, they built a world-sized spaceship run by an omniscient supercomputer. They search for a new home, but the odds are bleak. Aboard the ship, major unrest amongst the crew and passengers endangers the mission of survival.

Written and drawn in two volumes by Belgian cartoonist Jean Pleyers in the early 1980s, The Children of Light is his awe-inspiring vision of a universe completely different from our own. Intricately drawn and laser-blasted with radiant color, this is the first time The Children of Light has been collected in a single volume and translated into English. This new edition features an interview with Pleyers conducted by Tom Oldham of Breakdown Press, which sheds light on the creation of this wholly original work.

If you are based in North America please order this book from the New York Review of Comics online store or from your local comics retailer.

This is a pre-order. Orders containing this book will be shipped 31st of August.

https://www.breakdownpress.com/store/the-children-of-light-by-jean-pleyers

07/07/2026

This is a pre-order. Orders will ship after 3rd August 2026

143 × 191mm — 272 pages — paperback

“This was one of the best comics I read this year by an artist who uses the means of reproduction as a powerful storytelling tool.” - The Comics Journal

Originally published in 2018, Breakdown Press are delighted to return Windowpane, Joe Kessler’s stunning collection of progressive narrative comics, to print. Winner of the Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for First Comic Book, this is a showcase of the cartoonist’s mastery of form and colour, a one-man-anthology of short-narrative, experimental, sometimes-allegorical comics. This beautiful new edition, printed by offset lithography, is the perfect backdrop for Kessler’s quietly disconcerting, hallucinogenic work. It is a visual delight that showcases the unrestrained talent of one of the UK’s most exciting cartoonists.

This edition of Windowpane will debut at .r.c.london on Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th of July.

As a part of ARC Festival, Joe has also co-curated an exhibition, Mote, alongside at . The private view, which you are all invited to is Thursday the 9th of July, 6-9pm.

06/29/2026

This is a pre-order. Orders will ship after 3rd August 2026

143 × 165mm — 220 pages — paperback

Breakdown Press are excited to bring Anna Haifisch’s The Artist back to print in a new omnibus edition, collecting both the original 2016 graphic novel and it’s 2019 follow-up, The Circle of Life, along with additional strips including the brand new Bird Opera. Now readers can experience the whole story in one hilarious and heart-wrenching volume, exposing the absurdity of the fine art world as experienced by a young artist.

Anna Haifisch’s idiosyncratic, episodic comic chronicles the formative years of a young artist, satirising the exclusive, ephemeral and absurd world of fine art with all of its arcane protocols and quirks. Plagued by doubts and anxiety, the artist confronts constant setbacks and tantalizingly occasional glimpses of success.

Based on Haifisch’s own experiences as an illustrator in both Germany and the USA, The Artist is a sharp and self-deprecating comedy that will resonate with anyone who has ever tried to make art. In The Artist, Haifisch has exposed the very nerves of what it means to be an artist in a world of ever shifting rules and complications, to hilarious and insightful ends.

The Artist: The Portfolio Edition will debut at .r.c.london, where Anna will be signing copies. Also available in all good comic retailers and online, here - https://www.breakdownpress.com/store/the-artist-the-portfolio-edition-by-anna-haifisch

06/26/2026

This is a pre-order. Orders will ship after 18th July 2026

137 × 190mm — 120 pages — paperback

Step into the white heat of Kennington Oval and dance to the concussive rhythm of Chin Music. Follow master cartoonist Richard Short into his action-stuffed anthropology of Cricket. Drawn from the terraces of the county game, a contest comes to life in a virtuoso act of goofball cartooning and exquisite observational drawing that encapsulates the elegance and eccentricity of this most beautiful and mysterious game.

The first volume of Richard Short’s World of Sport, a new experimental series.

This comic will debut at .r.c.london on the 11th and 12th of July at .

You can pre-order from this link - https://www.breakdownpress.com/store/chin-music-by-richard-short.

06/04/2026

This Thursday the 11th of June, 7pm, we’ll be launching Limbo with in Soho, London. will be in attendance and drinks will be provided. On the same night Gosh! will be launching Bleed Ink, a sketch book collection by the artist .ink. We’d love to see you there.

05/20/2026

https://arc-london.uk/ - July 11th and 12th, 2026. A new comics festival for London. We'll be tabling with Anna Haifisch, Antoine Cossé, Ferry Gouw, JMKE, Joe Kessler, Liam Cobb and Richard Short.

05/01/2026

This Saturday and Sunday we’ll be at .co Zine Fair at Art Hub, SE8 near New Cross station. We’ll have some super advance copies of ’s Limbo and two new prints from .m.k.e. Both of ‘em will be lurking on the BDP table. Come and get well met.

04/22/2026

“Super weird like a crazy fever dream. I liked it and it stuck with me.”- Zadie Smith

Breakdown Press are pleased to present a new comic from - a distressing sprint through the world of contemporary art and the occult.

In an unnamed country, air heavy with the heat of imminent uprising, the decision to go running alone after dark sets in motion a chain of chances and choices that change everybody they touch. Cai, sculptor at an arts residency in an upscale resort, and his colleague Lisa, a local working as his aide, are drawn into a complex series of events in which myth rises in the shadow of politics and the bright lights of festive fireworks.

Breakdown Press are excited to publish Ferry Gouw’s new comic Limbo, an exciting and compelling rumination on belonging, the hidden truth of folklore, and the insidious coiling of colonialism. Drawn in luminous, glowing colour, Limbo is a comic that demands to be read,giving light to stories that remain unseen.

Limbo was printed at Tiger Printing in Hong Kong

This is a pre-order. Orders will ship after X Xst 2026

150 × 210mm — 68 pages — softcover — ISBN 978-1-911081-37-1

Available in all good comic shops and online, here -
https://www.breakdownpress.com/store/limbo-by-ferry-gouw

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