Colossive Press
@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
👀 We're just a couple of weeks away from launching our 70th (!) Colossive Cartography. Among its many talking points, this one has the longest title yet.
Want to be among the first to get your hands on a copy? Subscribe to Series Twelve for £10 at bit.ly/colossiveS12
#zines #colossivecartographies
Want to be among the first to get your hands on a copy? Subscribe to Series Twelve for £10 at bit.ly/colossiveS12
#zines #colossivecartographies
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
👀 We're just a couple of weeks away from launching our 70th (!) Colossive Cartography. Among its many talking points, this one has the longest title yet.
Want to be among the first to get your hands on a copy? Subscribe to Series Twelve for £10 at bit.ly/colossiveS12
#zines #colossivecartographies
Want to be among the first to get your hands on a copy? Subscribe to Series Twelve for £10 at bit.ly/colossiveS12
#zines #colossivecartographies
New #CroydonSpaceport sticker incoming!
Want one? Just buy anything from colossive.com/product-category/croydon-spaceport/ and we'll send you one with your order...
Keep fighting evil, Croydonauts!
#croydon #penge #zines #smashthefash
Want one? Just buy anything from colossive.com/product-category/croydon-spaceport/ and we'll send you one with your order...
Keep fighting evil, Croydonauts!
#croydon #penge #zines #smashthefash
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
New #CroydonSpaceport sticker incoming!
Want one? Just buy anything from colossive.com/product-category/croydon-spaceport/ and we'll send you one with your order...
Keep fighting evil, Croydonauts!
#croydon #penge #zines #smashthefash
Want one? Just buy anything from colossive.com/product-category/croydon-spaceport/ and we'll send you one with your order...
Keep fighting evil, Croydonauts!
#croydon #penge #zines #smashthefash
It was nice to see SIGNED COPIES of This Might Surprise You by our unstoppable friend/Colossive Cartographer @hayleygullen.com in @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social today - sandwiched nicely between Ozzy and Cat, as you can see.
Can't get to Sydenham? Buy it here instead: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
Can't get to Sydenham? Buy it here instead: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It was nice to see SIGNED COPIES of This Might Surprise You by our unstoppable friend/Colossive Cartographer @hayleygullen.com in @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social today - sandwiched nicely between Ozzy and Cat, as you can see.
Can't get to Sydenham? Buy it here instead: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
Can't get to Sydenham? Buy it here instead: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
Tuesday inspo!
Penge Proverbs - Cosmo Chancer's collection of wise words and sayings from the streets of SE20 - is yours for a mere £3 at bit.ly/pengeproverbs
#penge #zines #cosmochancer
Penge Proverbs - Cosmo Chancer's collection of wise words and sayings from the streets of SE20 - is yours for a mere £3 at bit.ly/pengeproverbs
#penge #zines #cosmochancer
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Tuesday inspo!
Penge Proverbs - Cosmo Chancer's collection of wise words and sayings from the streets of SE20 - is yours for a mere £3 at bit.ly/pengeproverbs
#penge #zines #cosmochancer
Penge Proverbs - Cosmo Chancer's collection of wise words and sayings from the streets of SE20 - is yours for a mere £3 at bit.ly/pengeproverbs
#penge #zines #cosmochancer
Poor Tom did THIS to his finger while making the usually-very-popular #CroydonSpaceport Historical Maps & Guides last week - and then nobody even bought one at Winchester Comics Fair. 😱
If you'd like to right this terrible wrong, you can grab the #zine for a fiver at bit.ly/croydonspaceport 🚀
If you'd like to right this terrible wrong, you can grab the #zine for a fiver at bit.ly/croydonspaceport 🚀
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Poor Tom did THIS to his finger while making the usually-very-popular #CroydonSpaceport Historical Maps & Guides last week - and then nobody even bought one at Winchester Comics Fair. 😱
If you'd like to right this terrible wrong, you can grab the #zine for a fiver at bit.ly/croydonspaceport 🚀
If you'd like to right this terrible wrong, you can grab the #zine for a fiver at bit.ly/croydonspaceport 🚀
Despite spending much of yesterday in the minor injuries unit after discovering that craft knife injuries and blood thinners don’t mix well, we’re on our way to Winchester Comics Fair (details on poster).
Please come and see us - and lots of other lovely #comics people…
#WCF25 #bookartsinjuries
Please come and see us - and lots of other lovely #comics people…
#WCF25 #bookartsinjuries
November 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Despite spending much of yesterday in the minor injuries unit after discovering that craft knife injuries and blood thinners don’t mix well, we’re on our way to Winchester Comics Fair (details on poster).
Please come and see us - and lots of other lovely #comics people…
#WCF25 #bookartsinjuries
Please come and see us - and lots of other lovely #comics people…
#WCF25 #bookartsinjuries
Happy #Halloween!
Here's our former Chief of Staff Sid disguised as a ghost - as well as Sharon-from-EastEnders and Mary Portas - for a project he was working on back in 2011. Yes, really.
Intrigued to find out what was going on? Read our #zine, My Mate Sid, available at bit.ly/colossivecats
Here's our former Chief of Staff Sid disguised as a ghost - as well as Sharon-from-EastEnders and Mary Portas - for a project he was working on back in 2011. Yes, really.
Intrigued to find out what was going on? Read our #zine, My Mate Sid, available at bit.ly/colossivecats
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Happy #Halloween!
Here's our former Chief of Staff Sid disguised as a ghost - as well as Sharon-from-EastEnders and Mary Portas - for a project he was working on back in 2011. Yes, really.
Intrigued to find out what was going on? Read our #zine, My Mate Sid, available at bit.ly/colossivecats
Here's our former Chief of Staff Sid disguised as a ghost - as well as Sharon-from-EastEnders and Mary Portas - for a project he was working on back in 2011. Yes, really.
Intrigued to find out what was going on? Read our #zine, My Mate Sid, available at bit.ly/colossivecats
Where Gary Pratt leads, others follow...
Wake up to Woke - Pratt's #zine outlining 10 ways in which loony lefties could be duping you into being 'kind' and 'reasonable' - is yours for just £3 at bit.ly/wakeuptowoke (which is a whole lot cheaper than Morgan's nonsense)...
Wake up to Woke - Pratt's #zine outlining 10 ways in which loony lefties could be duping you into being 'kind' and 'reasonable' - is yours for just £3 at bit.ly/wakeuptowoke (which is a whole lot cheaper than Morgan's nonsense)...
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Where Gary Pratt leads, others follow...
Wake up to Woke - Pratt's #zine outlining 10 ways in which loony lefties could be duping you into being 'kind' and 'reasonable' - is yours for just £3 at bit.ly/wakeuptowoke (which is a whole lot cheaper than Morgan's nonsense)...
Wake up to Woke - Pratt's #zine outlining 10 ways in which loony lefties could be duping you into being 'kind' and 'reasonable' - is yours for just £3 at bit.ly/wakeuptowoke (which is a whole lot cheaper than Morgan's nonsense)...
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Or get it, along with our Glad All Over #zine, as part of our #CPFC Football Special for £6 at bit.ly/cpfczines (£1 goes to St Christopher's hospice)
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Or get it, along with our Glad All Over #zine, as part of our #CPFC Football Special for £6 at bit.ly/cpfczines (£1 goes to St Christopher's hospice)
'It's not just about one goal...'
Here's a reminder about And It Will Be Beautiful - our little #zine about that time when #CPFC WON THE FA CUP!
It's yours for £2 at bit.ly/beautifulcpfc
Here's a reminder about And It Will Be Beautiful - our little #zine about that time when #CPFC WON THE FA CUP!
It's yours for £2 at bit.ly/beautifulcpfc
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
'It's not just about one goal...'
Here's a reminder about And It Will Be Beautiful - our little #zine about that time when #CPFC WON THE FA CUP!
It's yours for £2 at bit.ly/beautifulcpfc
Here's a reminder about And It Will Be Beautiful - our little #zine about that time when #CPFC WON THE FA CUP!
It's yours for £2 at bit.ly/beautifulcpfc
We'll be at #WinchesterComicsFair on Saturday - so it's time to dig out this old chestnut...
#WCF25 #comics #zines
#WCF25 #comics #zines
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We'll be at #WinchesterComicsFair on Saturday - so it's time to dig out this old chestnut...
#WCF25 #comics #zines
#WCF25 #comics #zines
Featuring one of our latest #ColossiveCartographies - and lots of other wonderful, inspiring #bookarts projects... 😊
The latest Book Arts Newsletter No 169, November 2025 is ready for download at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newsletters/
63 pages of Exhibitions, Courses, Conferences, Lectures & Workshops, Opportunities, Events, New Artists' Publications, Reports & Stop Press! Cover: Boabooks, Geneva, Switzerland.
63 pages of Exhibitions, Courses, Conferences, Lectures & Workshops, Opportunities, Events, New Artists' Publications, Reports & Stop Press! Cover: Boabooks, Geneva, Switzerland.
October 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Featuring one of our latest #ColossiveCartographies - and lots of other wonderful, inspiring #bookarts projects... 😊
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Halloween reading? My popular ghostly graphic memoir 'Ghost Stories I Remember' now on its third print run. @colossive.com
£5 @goshcomics.bsky.social or...
colossive.com/product/ghos...
£5 @goshcomics.bsky.social or...
colossive.com/product/ghos...
October 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Halloween reading? My popular ghostly graphic memoir 'Ghost Stories I Remember' now on its third print run. @colossive.com
£5 @goshcomics.bsky.social or...
colossive.com/product/ghos...
£5 @goshcomics.bsky.social or...
colossive.com/product/ghos...
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Having slept on it... Is there a single #CPFC fan who couldn't have told you beforehand *exactly* what the result (and goalscorer) would be against Arsenal yesterday? 😏
Oh, and while I'm here... who wants to buy a Colossive Crystal Palace Football Special? colossive.com/product/crys...
Oh, and while I'm here... who wants to buy a Colossive Crystal Palace Football Special? colossive.com/product/crys...
Crystal Palace Football Special • Colossive Press
Two zines about being a lifelong Crystal Palace fan: Glad All Over and the FA Cup special, And It Will Be Beautiful. £1 goes to St Christopher's hospice
colossive.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Having slept on it... Is there a single #CPFC fan who couldn't have told you beforehand *exactly* what the result (and goalscorer) would be against Arsenal yesterday? 😏
Oh, and while I'm here... who wants to buy a Colossive Crystal Palace Football Special? colossive.com/product/crys...
Oh, and while I'm here... who wants to buy a Colossive Crystal Palace Football Special? colossive.com/product/crys...
Happy #NationalBlackCatDay from our joint CEOs Gertie and Gracie...
Oh, and could we point you in the direction of some #zines about black cats? colossive.com/product-tag/...
Oh, and could we point you in the direction of some #zines about black cats? colossive.com/product-tag/...
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Happy #NationalBlackCatDay from our joint CEOs Gertie and Gracie...
Oh, and could we point you in the direction of some #zines about black cats? colossive.com/product-tag/...
Oh, and could we point you in the direction of some #zines about black cats? colossive.com/product-tag/...
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It's that time of year again. Looking for some spooky Halloween reading? My popular graphic novel memoir 'Ghost Stories I Remember' @colossive.com Available via @goshcomics.bsky.social &
colossive.com/product/ghos...
colossive.com/product/ghos...
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
It's that time of year again. Looking for some spooky Halloween reading? My popular graphic novel memoir 'Ghost Stories I Remember' @colossive.com Available via @goshcomics.bsky.social &
colossive.com/product/ghos...
colossive.com/product/ghos...
WE HAVE LIFT-OFF! Croydon Spaceport: Mission Control - a solo journalling game of municipal bureaucracy - sees you take on the role of Launch Process Administrative Assistant.
Grab the game/zine for £4 at colossive.com/product/croy...
#croydonspaceport #zines #spaceisace
Grab the game/zine for £4 at colossive.com/product/croy...
#croydonspaceport #zines #spaceisace
October 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
WE HAVE LIFT-OFF! Croydon Spaceport: Mission Control - a solo journalling game of municipal bureaucracy - sees you take on the role of Launch Process Administrative Assistant.
Grab the game/zine for £4 at colossive.com/product/croy...
#croydonspaceport #zines #spaceisace
Grab the game/zine for £4 at colossive.com/product/croy...
#croydonspaceport #zines #spaceisace
We sent out ANOTHER newsletter yesterday - which began with a plug for a lovely event that happened today.
See? That's the kind of thing you miss if you don't subscribe.
But you can still read the rest of it and find out about our THREE new #zine launches here: bit.ly/colossive1810
(Also: #cats)
See? That's the kind of thing you miss if you don't subscribe.
But you can still read the rest of it and find out about our THREE new #zine launches here: bit.ly/colossive1810
(Also: #cats)
October 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We sent out ANOTHER newsletter yesterday - which began with a plug for a lovely event that happened today.
See? That's the kind of thing you miss if you don't subscribe.
But you can still read the rest of it and find out about our THREE new #zine launches here: bit.ly/colossive1810
(Also: #cats)
See? That's the kind of thing you miss if you don't subscribe.
But you can still read the rest of it and find out about our THREE new #zine launches here: bit.ly/colossive1810
(Also: #cats)
Action shots from Goblin Market @stanleyarts.bsky.social, which is where you’ll find us until 5pm today…
#comics #zines #goblins
#comics #zines #goblins
October 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Action shots from Goblin Market @stanleyarts.bsky.social, which is where you’ll find us until 5pm today…
#comics #zines #goblins
#comics #zines #goblins
October 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The table right next to ours - centre stage!
Don't forget to come to Goblin Market Small Press Fair Stanley Arts in SE25 tomorrow (Sun 19th Oct), where I will have a table loaded with goodies old and new. I published three comics this year! Doors open at 12 - a roomful of unique creators await ye!
October 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The table right next to ours - centre stage!
NEW LAUNCH! This little #zine tracks the build-up to the winning goal in the 2025 FA Cup Final and attempts to explain what it felt like at the final whistle.
It's dedicated to the many, many #CPFC fans and friends who were with us that day in spirit. 🦅❤️💙
Buy it for £2 here: bit.ly/beautifulcpfc
It's dedicated to the many, many #CPFC fans and friends who were with us that day in spirit. 🦅❤️💙
Buy it for £2 here: bit.ly/beautifulcpfc
October 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
NEW LAUNCH! This little #zine tracks the build-up to the winning goal in the 2025 FA Cup Final and attempts to explain what it felt like at the final whistle.
It's dedicated to the many, many #CPFC fans and friends who were with us that day in spirit. 🦅❤️💙
Buy it for £2 here: bit.ly/beautifulcpfc
It's dedicated to the many, many #CPFC fans and friends who were with us that day in spirit. 🦅❤️💙
Buy it for £2 here: bit.ly/beautifulcpfc