1. mini kuš! #130

    mini kuš! #130 'A Box of Candy' by etchingroom1, to be released 22 November 2024

    This is a short story about the heartache of falling in love. But remember, never give up on your dreams.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #127-130 here.

  2. mini kuš! #129

    mini kuš! #129 'Fire Rabbit' by Yuma Wang, to be released 22 November 2024

    It was a very busy day for the Fire Rabbit. She helped many people but couldn’t help herself.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #127-130 here.

  3. mini kuš! #128

    mini kuš! #128 'Silent Observations' by Apolonija Lučić, to be released 22 November 2024

    Could you imagine a scenario where one morning you wake up, dissatisfied with a capitalistic reality, stuck in a boring office job, and surrounded by a concrete world? Suddenly, you shift your focus and make a drastic change. You immerse yourself in the sounds of imaginary waves and let them tell you the story of an explorer brave enough to do just that.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #127-130 here.

  4. mini kuš! #127

    mini kuš! #127 'Swelling' by Walker Tate, to be released 22 November 2024

    Terry’s venture into nature exacts a heavy toll. Can he be redeemed?

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #127-130 here.

  5. mini kuš! #126

    mini kuš! #126 'On the Honeylands of Mars' by Matti Hagelberg, July 2024

    One could imagine that being the high emperor of Mars would be all fun and games, but for Lauri Kenttä, it certainly hasn't been a bed of roses for the last eight years or so.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth, Living the Line

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #123-126 here.

  6. mini kuš! #125

    mini kuš! #125 'Into the Thicket' by Mark Antonius Puhkan, July 2024

    Toni ventures into the thicket, intending to perform a magical ritual to connect with his springtime spirit. As he delves deeper into the wilderness, he is forced to confront his innermost fears.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Living the Line

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #123-126 here.

  7. mini kuš! #124

    mini kuš! #124 'COMICUM' by Majenye, July 2024

    Embark on an adventure with a manga fan, four eccentric robots, a visionary prophet, lots of dinosaurs and endangered animals, a comic artist, two superheroes, an alien, a witch, an octopus, a family of clowns, and a cast of polyamorous characters who live in someone’s rectum. There will be lots of sex and violence... Enjoy!

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Living the Line

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #123-126 here.

  8. mini kuš! #123

    mini kuš! #123 'Undertow' by Sara Boiça, July 2024

    It surges, then draws back again. Washed over, washed up—weathered pieces drifting.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Funded by the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas (DGLAB) / Portugal

    Reviews: Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Living the Line

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #123-126 here.

  9. mini kuš! #122

    mini kuš! #122 'DJ School' by Anu Ambasna, December 2023

    Ian is stuck in a rut, working a job he hates under the surveillance of Chef Boss. He takes a leap to pursue his dream of becoming a DJ and picks up some unexpected tricks along the way…

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Awards: Nominated for the Broken Frontier Awards 2023 in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Reviews: It's Nice That, Living the Line, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #119-122 here.

  10. mini kuš! #121

    mini kuš! #121 'Link' by Gary Colin, December 2023

    Register for a session with Link and embark on a lively journey in search of harmony through brief meditations.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Awards: Nominated for the Broken Frontier Awards 2023 in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Reviews: Living the Line, Broken Frontier, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #119-122 here.

  11. mini kuš! #120

    mini kuš! #120 'Transgender Homebody' by Nuka Horvat, December 2023

    Eroticism and paranoia holding hands. Bodies and homes taken from us, repurposed, adapted. Skin, rubbing against itself - or was it pavement? I am not welcome, but that’s kinda sexy, I might masturbate to it.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Living the Line, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes

    Awards: Nominated for the Broken Frontier Awards 2023 in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #119-122 here.

  12. mini kuš! #119

    mini kuš! #119 'The History of A Toss' by Weng Pixin, December 2023

    Did an awful thing happen, or was it all in my head? A heavy phone book kickstarts an unpleasant exchange.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Living the Line, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes

    Awards: Nominated for the Broken Frontier Awards 2023 in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #119-122 here.

  13. mini kuš! #118

    mini kuš! #118 'Are You Lost, Little Bunny?' by Noemi Vola, June 2023

    Where are you going, little bunny? The way back home is full of traps. Are you scared? Did you run away? Who will come to save you this time?

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Thirteen Minutes, Broken Frontier, Optical Sloth, Living the Line

    Awards: Nominated for the Broken Frontier Awards 2023 in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #115-118 here.

  14. mini kuš! #117

    mini kuš! #117 'Grapefruit' by Ana Margarida Matos, June 2023

    A reality you experience alone may be a dream, but a dream 1000 people experience together is a reality.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Funded by the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas (DGLAB) / Portugal

    Reviews: Thirteen Minutes, Broken Frontier, Optical Sloth, Living the Line

    Awards: Nominated for the Broken Frontier Awards 2023 in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #115-118 here.

  15. mini kuš! #116

    mini kuš! #116 'Piggy Fire' by Darin Shuler, June 2023

    Two friends retreat to the woods for their annual forest ritual.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Thirteen Minutes, Broken Frontier, Optical Sloth, Living the Line

    Awards: Nominated for the Broken Frontier Awards 2023 in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #115-118 here.

  16. mini kuš! #115

    mini kuš! #115 'Gym Gains' by Gareth Brookes, June 2023

    A love triangle unfolds between the users of a competitive gym app. As the three friends test their bodies to the limit, who will achieve victory in the trials of love?

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Thirteen Minutes, Broken Frontier, Living the Line, Optical Sloth

    Awards: Nominated for the Broken Frontier Awards 2023 in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price for orders over $10). Or order it as a package deal together with #115-118 here.

  17. mini kuš! #114

    mini kuš! #114 'Farewell' by João Fazenda, February 2023

    A family gathers to say farewell to the house and the place where they all once lived.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes

    Awards: Nominated for the Ignatz Awards 2023 in the category 'Outstanding Minicomic'. Nominated for the Broken Frontier Awards 2023 in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Support: Funded by the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas (DGLAB) / Portugal

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Or order it as a package deal together with #111-114 here.

  18. mini kuš! #113

    mini kuš! #113 'SRY not Sorry' by Michael Fikaris, February 2023

    As we look through the unknown, a voice of reason speaks to us. Relax yr adjectives.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Living the Line

    Awards: Nominated for the Broken Frontier Awards 2023 in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Or order it as a package deal together with #111-114 here.

  19. mini kuš! #112

    mini kuš! #112 'You're the Center of Attention' by Gina Wynbrandt, February 2023

    Gina will do anything to become famous. But can she prove she deserves to be?

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Solrad, High-Low

    Awards: Nominated for the Ignatz Awards 2023 in the category 'Outstanding Minicomic'. Nominated for the Broken Frontier Awards 2023 in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Or order it as a package deal together with #111-114 here.

  20. mini kuš! #111

    mini kuš! #111 'You Feed Fire Like It's a Horse' by Marco Quadri, February 2023

    The 5S expert could have the solution to any problem, or maybe not, there are situations that make him confused too. After finishing one of his many errands, he finds himself alone and struggles to adapt to an unfamiliar place.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes

    Awards: Nominated for the Broken Frontier Awards 2023 in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Or order it as a package deal together with #111-114 here.

  21. mini kuš! #110

    mini kuš! #110 'La fleur au fusil' by Pia-Mélissa Laroche, May 2022

    La fleur au fusil is a French expression to say that you are confident and carefree. Thus, like the young person in this short tale, you may go hunting in the forest with a flower in a rifle and see what finally happens…

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, no text

    Reviews: Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth

    Awards: Nominated for a Broken Frontier Award in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    # SOLD OUT #

  22. mini kuš! #109

    mini kuš! #109 'Jumping Things' by Klára Zahrádková, May 2022

    Traveling through worlds is a very common thing nowadays. Where do we go next?

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth

    Awards: Nominated for a Broken Frontier Award in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    # SOLD OUT #

  23. mini kuš! #108

    mini kuš! #108 'The Apartment' by Joana Mosi, May 2022

    An estranged relationship aggravates as a couple discovers that their downstairs neighbor’s apartment is for sale.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Funded by the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas (DGLAB) / Portugal

    Reviews: Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth

    Awards: Nominated for a Broken Frontier Award in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

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  24. mini kuš! #107

    mini kuš! #107 'I Miss You So Much' by Nhozagri, May 2022

    Reality is the dream of a dream.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth

    Awards: Nominated for a Broken Frontier Award in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    # SOLD OUT #

  25. mini kuš! #106

    mini kuš! #106 'Dawn of the Living Dead Near Kotka Morgue' by Marko Turunen, January 2022

    Alien is walking the dog. His hometown Kotka, a small quiet coastal city near the Finnish-Russian border, is slowly changing into a city of fear. Alien’s panic reaches a climax when he discovers he might be infected by a lethal virus.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: This work is published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange

    Reviews: The Backroom, Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth

    Awards: Nominated for a Broken Frontier Award in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Or order it as a package deal together with #103-106 here.

  26. mini kuš! #105

    mini kuš! #105 'Li’l Jormly' by Christopher Sperandio, January 2022

    The world just went through three Armageddons and Li'l Jormly lost his family. Can you help our doomed hero to navigate through the toxic Wastie Land and fight giant worms and mutated rats? Better be prepared for a tough journey!

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    T-Shirt: Yes, you can get this mini kuš! also as a shirt, at least a page from it! Order it here!

    Support: Produced with support from the Dean of the School of Humanities at Rice University

    Reviews: Broken Frontier, Rice University, The Backroom, Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth, Keys and Grails

    Awards: Nominated for a Broken Frontier Award in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Or order it as a package deal together with #103-106 here.

  27. mini kuš! #104

    mini kuš! #104 'Shooting' by Pedro Burgos, January 2022

    Life is full of shooting moments. Sometimes you shoot, sometimes you get shot.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Funded by the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas (DGLAB) / Portugal

    Reviews: The Backroom, Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth

    Awards: Nominated for a Broken Frontier Award in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Or order it as a package deal together with #103-106 here.

  28. mini kuš! #103

    mini kuš! #103 'Grandad Reg' by Patrick Wray / Clara Heathcock, January 2022

    Switching between '90s-era Birmingham and modern-day London, this short comic tells the story of losing someone and trying to process grief at a time when there are no funerals. Like grieving itself, this all-too-relatable story is by turns melancholic and muted, and vivid and uplifting.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: The Backroom, Broken Frontier, Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth

    Awards: Nominated for a Broken Frontier Award in the category 'Best Periodical Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Or order it as a package deal together with #103-106 here.

  29. mini kuš! #102

    mini kuš! #102 '10 Sim Lane' by Essi Nieminen, July 2021

    Life on 10 Sim Lane is simple and chill. No need to stress about anything. Until the day when the fridge is empty, and one must leave the comfort of the home…

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: The author would like to thank the Arts Promotion Centre
    Finland (Taike) for their Covid-19 support grant. This work is published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange

    Reviews: Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Or pre-order it as a package deal together with #99-101 here.

  30. mini kuš! #101

    mini kuš! #101 'Survival Mode' by Dileydi Florez, July 2021

    Iceland was settled by Norwegian Vikings in the 9th Century AD and it is said to have been named by Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson. But before Flóki, the country was known as Snæland (Snowland) and Garðarshólmur (Garðar's Isle). It is said that Iceland was untouched by humans when Garðar Svavarsson arrived. After humans started making use of the land, the rich and plentiful ecosystem of Iceland disappeared. It is now up to the present generations to achieve the revitalization of this lost paradise.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth

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  31. mini kuš! #100

    mini kuš! #100 'Long Live the Witches' by Valentine Gallardo, 29 July 2021

    It's 1348, somewhere in Europe. Elsie and Grandmother live in the woods and make plant remedies for the villagers. But a storm is brewing... the plague doctor has arrived, as well as a mysterious visitor. Who will save the day?

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Review: Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth

    # SOLD OUT #

  32. mini kuš! #99

    mini kuš! #99 'Flowers Intertwined' by Ema Gaspar, July 2021

    Flowers Intertwined is a story of a girl that keeps having to water a vase over and over again in order to appease her shadow self.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Funded by the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas (DGLAB) / Portugal

    Review: Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth

    # SOLD OUT #

  33. mini kuš! #98

    mini kuš! #98 'World Ceramic Fair' by Jooyoung Kim, March 2021

    Welcome to World Ceramic Fair. Many artists are meeting and greeting their fans. But in one spooky booth, a narrow-eyed artist with an empty stomach is waiting for a visitor with the right taste. Let’s wish her luck!

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Review: Four Color Apocalypse, Broken Frontier, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes

    # SOLD OUT #

  34. mini kuš! #97

    mini kuš! #97 'BLINK' by Martín López Lam, March 2021

    One day you pop up from the ground and the next you're thrown over the world. BLINK is a loop world full of lazy and libertine monsters.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Review: Four Color Apocalypse, Broken Frontier, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes

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  35. mini kuš! #96

    mini kuš! #96 'Bridge' by Matt Madden, March 2021

    Three characters sense that their lives are connected across generations. All three become obsessed with the idea of something they call the Bridge. But what is its purpose? Where does it lead to? Does it really exist? This story originated as a 24-hour comic with the added constraint that 10 years pass from page to page.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color cover, inside black and white, English

    Reviews: The New York Times, Broken Frontier, Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Living the Line

    Translations: French (2022, L'Association)

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  36. mini kuš! #95

    mini kuš! #95 'Before the Pandemic There Was a Touch Football Tourney' by David Collier, March 2021

    "An artist can die with his boots on." -Eduardo Paolozzi

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Broken Frontier, Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes

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  37. mini kuš! #94

    mini kuš! #94 'Man Made Lake' by Aidan Koch, October 2020

    A story of psychoanalysis, being, and becoming-with. What happens and how do we cope in a world that separates us from our non-human kin?

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, The Great God Pan Is Dead, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Panellogy

    # SOLD OUT #

  38. mini kuš! #93

    mini kuš! #93 'Pirate & Parrot' by Lukas Weidinger, October 2020

    The pirate stands for desire. The parrot stands for opportunity. The fish stands for hope. What do you stand for?

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, The Great God Pan Is Dead, Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth, Gibizinlindo, Panellogy

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  39. mini kuš! #92

    mini kuš! #92 'Finnegans Wake' by Nicolas Mahler / James Joyce, October 2020

    Finnegans Wake is the weirdest book by the Irish author James Joyce and known as the most unreadable one. Nicolas Mahler is using some of the more comprehensible phrases in the book and makes it accessible for everyone. (Perorhaps!)

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Four Color Apocalypse, Bare Comic Book Art, The Great God Pan Is Dead, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Panellogy

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  40. mini kuš! #91

    mini kuš! #91 'Sufficient Lucidity' by Tommi Parrish, October 2020

    It's easy for you to say this place isn't beautiful.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Solrad, The Great God Pan Is Dead, Optical Sloth, Living the Line, Panellogy

    # SOLD OUT #

  41. mini kuš! #90

    mini kuš! #90 'Banal Complications' by Marc Bell, May 2020

    Chop Salad experiences several sets of mundane setbacks and inconvenient run-of-the-mill circumstances in his preparation for living in a foreign land for six months. They follow him there and back to his homeland.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Panellogy

    # SOLD OUT #

  42. mini kuš! #89

    mini kuš! #89 'Eglė and the Snake' by Joana Estrela, May 2020

    Eglė went swimming and came back to find a snake in her clothes. A short story inspired by a Lithuanian folk tale that takes you through an uneasy encounter.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Funded by the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas/Portugal.

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Panellogy

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  43. mini kuš! #88

    mini kuš! #88 'Crime at Babel' by Mārtiņš Zutis, May 2020

    A visual riddle or rather a sudoku in a comic form? It's up to you, the reader, to decide. Follow closely the hints presented in this story to find out who filched the book from the library and killed the detective.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Matheus Calci, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Panellogy

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  44. mini kuš! #87

    mini kuš! #87 'Violent Delights' by Hetamoé, May 2020

    Shakespeare's romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet prompts this exploration of the intimate as the Other. Pictures draw us to behold and snuggle into them, only to wield their subsemiotic powers counter to interpretation. Performing this extimité in the art realm can help us grasp the many cultural-ecological disasters of our time.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Funded by the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas/Portugal.

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Panellogy

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  45. mini kuš! #86

    mini kuš! #86 '(extra) Ordinary' by Roberts Rūrāns, January 2020

    A story about a girl overcoming boredom.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Review: It's Nice That, Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, Panellogy

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Order it as a package deal together with #83-85 here.

  46. mini kuš! #85

    mini kuš! #85 'Hero' by Harukichi, January 2020

    DJ Cat Gosshie has excellent taste in music, always knowing the right song to play for any given situation. What a hero!

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Panellogy

    # SOLD OUT #

  47. mini kuš! #84

    mini kuš! #84 'The Book Fight' by Chihoi, January 2020

    This mini-comic that catches your sight, tells a tale of a fierce book fight.
    The comic book punches with all its might, when reading you must hold it tight.
    Chihoi’s The Book Fight, a good read for day and night, you’re gonna buy it right?

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, Pantone, English

    Reviews: Chili Com Carne, Four Color Apocalypse, Thirteen Minutes

    # SOLD OUT #

  48. mini kuš! #83

    mini kuš! #83 'Chapter Two' by Keren Katz, January 2020

    A story about an all-consuming obsession for a meaningful encounter which displaces our stories and repositions us as voyeurs, following the void spaces we attempt to inhabit. It is also an ode to the author’s favourite game, Secret Santa.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, Living the Line, Panellogy

    Awards: Ignatz nomination as "Outstanding Minicomic" at SPX 2020

    # SOLD OUT #

  49. mini kuš! #82

    mini kuš! #82 'Elemental Stars' by Kevin Hooyman, September 2019

    What are the forces that move us? What is there to guide us? Neighbours unite and find a path when they follow a dream together.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Review: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth

    # SOLD OUT #

  50. mini kuš! #81

    mini kuš! #81 'Neverending Race' by Liāna Mihailova, September 2019

    If a contender is split in half you get two - a tired one and a thriving one. Pulling each other in opposite directions, the two forces share a never-ending journey to fulfil their aspirations.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  51. mini kuš! #80

    mini kuš! #80 'Open Molar' by Lilli Carré, September 2019

    A list of instructions for this afternoon. Learn to create a drop-shape for slow relief. This solution is only intended for gapped interiors. Do not skip the first step.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  52. mini kuš! #79

    mini kuš! #79 'I Couldn’t Stop' by Powerpaola, September 2019

    A series of strange events on a full moon in Buenos Aires. After that night, everything changed.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, one color, English

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, High-Low, Optical Sloth

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  53. mini kuš! #78

    mini kuš! #78 'House to House' by Hironori Kikuchi, April 2019

    Kind strangers undertake a difficult journey to help a fantasy novelist bring his book to a sickly reader.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, no text

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, The Beat

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  54. mini kuš! #77

    mini kuš! #77 'Oops' by Rebeka Lukošus, April 2019

    What happens if you are bored, live alone, have six arms and a magical imagination?

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, no text

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, The Beat, Libraire D&Q staff pick

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  55. mini kuš! #76

    mini kuš! #76 'Maunder' by Ivo Puiupo, April 2019

    Is it possible for us to travel between dimensions? Maybe not with our bodies, but within our mental states. A dismembered family makes its youngest reveal the mystery.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Funded by the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas/Portugal.

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, The Beat

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  56. mini kuš! #75

    mini kuš! #75 'Junior' by Alice Socal, April 2019

    Pregnancy brings wonderful changes to the body. Don’t many men dream of experiencing it themselves? One night, the unexpected happens!

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, The Beat

    Translations: Italian (2020, MalEdizioni)

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  57. mini kuš! #74

    mini kuš! #74 'UNIQLO Superman' by Yan Cong, November 2018

    There are two stories in this mini! The first is about a madman stealing from Uniqlo, the second is a love story between a frog and his wife.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color cover, black/white inside, English

    Guest editor: R. Orion Martin (Paradise Systems)

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, The Comics Journal

    Get it: Almost sold out, get last copies from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  58. mini kuš! #73

    mini kuš! #73 'Special K' by Inkee Wang, November 2018

    When the biggest star of WarLife Battlegrounds is caught cheating, his fans lose hope. Peace spreads throughout the game.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Guest editor: R. Orion Martin (Paradise Systems)

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, The Comics Journal

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  59. mini kuš! #72

    mini kuš! #72 'Beyond a Cure' by Fenta, November 2018

    An exploration of the darker states of psychology. No one can escape the inner conflicts they are bound to confront.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Guest editor: R. Orion Martin (Paradise Systems)

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, The Comics Journal

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  60. mini kuš! #71

    mini kuš! #71 'Doghair' by Ganmu, November 2018

    The man in this story is extremely focused on his dog, though he doesn’t feel the same affection for other creatures. He’s more willing to step up for his dog than for his wife.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Guest editor: R. Orion Martin (Paradise Systems)

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, The Comics Journal, FANzine Live

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  61. mini kuš! #70

    mini kuš! #70 'Worms, Clouds, Everything' by Lote Vilma Vītiņa, August 2018

    A passionate hermit has sent you a letter from somewhere in the middle
    of nowhere. There it is full of trees, rain, grass and, of course, mushrooms.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: The Comics Journal, Four Color Apocalypse, High Low, Optical Sloth, Dagbladet Politiken, Libraire D&Q staff pick I, II

    Awards: Selected Title "100 Outstanding Picturebooks" at Frankfurt Book Fair 2019

    # SOLD OUT #

  62. mini kuš! #69

    mini kuš! #69 'Maud' by Marlene Krause, August 2018

    Maud Wagner (née Stevens, 1877) was one of the very first female tattooists
    in the world. Her fascinating life full of love, art and challenging the limits
    of what a woman was allowed to do back then is now made into a colourful
    graphic narration by comic artist and tattooist Marlene Krause.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: The Comics JournalFour Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, High Low, Dagbladet Politiken

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  63. mini kuš! #68

    mini kuš! #68 'Weekend' by Erlend Peder Kvam, August 2018

    It’s the weekend! The time of the week dedicated to relaxation and family
    life. Our hard-working friend Silvan is immensely excited as he gets a visit
    from his favourite twins.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: The Comics Journal, Sequential State, Optical Sloth, Four Color Apocalypse, High Low, Dagbladet Politiken

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  64. mini kuš! #67

    mini kuš! #67 'Day Tour' by Mariana Pita, August 2018

    Doing stuff is hard, especially outside your house. Take one step at a time,
    get dressed, step out, catch the subway, have a coffee... If you didn’t make it
    in the end, it’s okay, because you tried.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Funded by the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas/Portugal.

    Reviews: The Comics JournalOptical Sloth, Four Color Apocalypse, High Low, Bandas Desenhadas, Dagbladet Politiken

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  65. mini kuš! #66

    mini kuš! #66 'Resident Lover' by Roman Muradov, February 2018

    A dreamlike love-story-in-a-love-story: of symmetrical apartments and abandoned plays, shared lovers and former lovers’ lovers' lovers, and bocce – and not a word on love.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: The A.V. Club, The Comics Journal, High Low, Panel Patter, Optical Sloth, Four Color Apocalypse, Sequential State, Comicdom

    Awards: Notable Comic in 'Best American Comics 2019'

    # SOLD OUT #

  66. mini kuš! #65

    mini kuš! #65 'Master Song' by Francisco Sousa Lobo, February 2018

    M is for Emily, and Emily is a London nanny who never recovered from reading Fifty Shades of Grey. She’s antisemitic, but looks after Jewish children. M is only half crazy. This is her song.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Funded by the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas/Portugal.

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, High Low, LERBD, Optical Sloth, Sequential State

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  67. mini kuš! #64

    mini kuš! #64 'Collection' by Pedro Franz, February 2018

    In 1975, Mexican artist Ulises Carrión founded Other Books and So, a bookshop-gallery in Amsterdam that received, distributed, sold and exhibited artists’ publications and ephemera in many different formats. This collection is inspired by the bookshop.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Four Color Apocalypse, High Low, Optical Sloth, Sequential State

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  68. mini kuš! #63

    mini kuš! #63 'Nausea' by Abraham Díaz, February 2018

    Mexico City is a rat's nest where weird new ways of coexistence between misery, inequality, corruption, gentrification, violence and hopelessness mutate every day to a pointless vacuum without escape... You’ll catch diarrhea. Don't visit it.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: It's Nice That, The Seattle Review of Books, High Low, Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, Sequential State

    Awards: Notable Comic in 'Best American Comics 2019'

    # SOLD OUT #

  69. mini kuš! #62

    mini kuš! #62 'Daughter' by Aidan Koch, October 2017

    Daughter follows the spontaneous visions of a young girl, carried to her through five million years of co-existent evolution between humans and other species – while exploring the idea of genetic history and attachment in a post-earth human colony.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-LowFour Color Apocalypse, CYA, Optical Sloth

    Awards: Notable Comic in 'Best American Comics 2019'

    # SOLD OUT #

  70. mini kuš! #61

    mini kuš! #61 'Jonah 2017' by Tomasz Niewiadomski, October 2017

    A story about an alchemical journey through time and space, loosely drawing from the Biblical story of Jonah.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-LowFour Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  71. mini kuš! #60

    mini kuš! #60 'His Last Comic' by Noah Van Sciver, October 2017

    After 20 years of attempting to become a successful comic artist, a frustrated man resolves to publish one final issue with the help of an old witch's mysterious potion.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, Comics Alternative

    # SOLD OUT #

  72. mini kuš! #59

    mini kuš! #59 'Share The Love' by Nino Bulling / Nina Hoffmann, October 2017

    It´s summer in Berlin. Philip and Simone could be lovers. But there is so much to talk about.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  73. mini kuš! #58

    mini kuš! #58 'Night Door' by Patrick Kyle, August 2017

    Who goes through the night door? A mysterious passageway into a cavernous well - the night door presents itself to only the few. Will you be fortunate enough to enter?

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: It's Nice That, High-Low, Optical Sloth, Just Indie Comics, The Comics Journal

    # SOLD OUT #

  74. mini kuš! #57

    mini kuš! #57 'Eviction' by Evangelos Androutsopoulos, August 2017

    We hear stories all the time. But are they true? This story of a story of an empty lot by the sea might be. But who really knows?

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    Reviews: The Comics Journal, High-Low, Optical Sloth, Just Indie Comics, Comics Alternative

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  75. mini kuš! #56

    mini kuš! #56 'A Friend' by Andrés Magán, August 2017

    A short story about friendship between a man and his dog that takes place in a park, inside a house and everywhere in-between.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Art in America, The Comics Journal, High-Low, Optical Sloth, Sequential State, Just Indie Comics, Comics Alternative

    # SOLD OUT #

  76. mini kuš! #55

    mini kuš! #55 'Valley' by GG, August 2017

    An adventure of rain and fog and steam and heat! Or just wandering in silence and solitude through the indifference of nature.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: The Comics Journal, High-Low, Optical Sloth, Just Indie Comics, Comics Alternative, Earl Grey

    Awards: Notable Comic in 'Best American Comics 2018'

    # SOLD OUT #

  77. mini kuš! #54

    mini kuš! #54 'Bad Ball' by Samplerman, April 2017, second edition: May 2019

    What if an old discarded comic book was suddenly bitten by a radioactive, genetically modified spider? Would the cover drawing, or those inside the book, start behaving strangely? Would the dialogue slowly grow s(tu)pider and s(tu)pider? Would the paper start to melt? Would the story devolve to the point of meaninglessness? None of these questions will be answered in this minicomic.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, Duluth Comics, Comics Alternative, Living the Line

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  78. mini kuš! #53

    mini kuš! #53 'Yellow' by Līva Kandevica, April 2017

    What would you do if you knew that this reality that you experience does not even exist? This is a yellowish nightmare where the protagonist is trapped in his own imagination. It seems like a never-ending suffering, but maybe it’s not even happening?

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, Optical Sloth, Comics Alternative

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  79. mini kuš! #52

    mini kuš! #52 'Acquisition' by Cátia Serrão, April 2017

    Starting with the anodyne question “What does the duck say?” Acquisition stages a proof test conducted by an absent master and a semi-present assistant to a candidate in the best tradition of clownish pixelated Kabbalah.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Funded by the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas/Portugal.

    Reviews: High-Low, Yellow Fast & Crumble, Optical Sloth, Uma Bedeteca Anónima

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  80. mini kuš! #51

    mini kuš! #51 'Mirror Stage' by Jaakko Pallasvuo, April 2017

    In Jaakko Pallasvuo's Mirror Stage we're taken on a journey of self-reflection, introspection and dank memes.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    Reviews: High-Low, Optical Sloth, Lo Spazio Bianco, Libraire D&Q staff pick

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  81. mini kuš! #50

    mini kuš! #50 'Spectacular Vermacular' by Mathilde Van Gheluwe, January 2017

    During the latest very late late talk show, the famous Hollywood star Vlad the Cat remembers the glorious old days, a bittersweet tale of an overwhelming Hollywood career.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, Optical Sloth, Orbital Comics, Comics Alternative, Living the Line

    Get it: Almost sold out, order last copies from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  82. mini kuš! #49

    mini kuš! #49 'Call of Cthulhu' by Martin Lacko/ H. P. Lovecraft, January 2017

    Hilarious adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's 'The Call of Cthulhu' drawn in MS Paint! A must-read for all fans of the green monster and his spawn...

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, Optical Sloth, Comics Alternative

    # SOLD OUT #

  83. mini kuš! #48

    mini kuš! #48 'Nul' by Olive Booger, January 2017

    Nul is the story of a young man who will do literally anything and go anywhere for his crush. The lovestruck protagonist’s ensuing endeavour quickly turns into a hellish nightmare...

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, Optical Sloth, Sequential State, The Comics Beat, Comics Alternative

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  84. mini kuš! #47

    mini kuš! #47 'Sutrama' by Daniel Lima, January 2017

    Sutrama is a narrative about Roberte’s predilection for paradox and semantic opacity, playing incessantly with irony. This scenic dialogue becomes a polished surface for the green analyst, in which the prime meaning to be discerned is the analyst's own reflection. As certain as death, our hero is a masturbator clown…

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Funded by the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas/Portugal.

    Reviews: High-Low, Bandas Desenhadas

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  85. mini kuš! #46

    mini kuš! #46 'Everyone Is Hungry' by Anna Sailamaa, September 2016

    The slow moments before falling into sleep. The sound of sparrow’s wing feathers, a rumpled tablecloth and curtains moving with the wind. The night draws closer and gently darkens the sky.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    Reviews: High-Low, Sequential State, Optical Sloth, Rob Kirby

    Get it: Almost sold out, order last copies from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  86. mini kuš! #45

    mini kuš! #45 'Music of Changes' by Daria Tessler, September 2016

    Genetically modified plants grow into randomized sculptures. Order and disorder, determinism and unpredictability, protestors and magic tricks all commingle at the John Cage art farm.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, The Comics Beat, Optical Sloth

    # SOLD OUT #

  87. mini kuš! #44

    mini kuš! #44 'P-FE/FRAF' by Ville Kallio, September 2016

    Automation did not free us from work, it merely allowed an ever expanding production of highly advanced weapons technologies and surveillance. The air saturated by nanomachines produces a distinct hum.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    Reviews: High-Low, Lo Spazio Bianco, Optical Sloth, du9, Sequential State

    # SOLD OUT #

  88. mini kuš! #43

    mini kuš! #43 'Meat Locker' by Michael DeForge, September 2016, second edition: June 2017

    Short strips about gyms, trainers and meatheads.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, Nudes Reading Minicomics, Lo Spazio Bianco, Optical Sloth, Orbital Comics

    # SOLD OUT #

  89. mini kuš! #42

    mini kuš! #42 'Alien Beings', Laura Ķeniņš, May 2016

    Driving home, a young girl’s family encounters strange lights. After that night, everything begins to change at home.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, Broken Frontier, The Comics Beat, Serienett, Panel Patter, Just Indie Comics, Optical Sloth

    Awards: Nominated for the 2017 Doug Wright Spotlight Award

    # SOLD OUT #

  90. mini kuš! #41

    mini kuš! #41 'EYEZ', Aisha Franz, March 2016

    In a not-so-distant place and time where everything and everybody knows everything about everybody, we as individuals will have to come up with new escape strategies. In order to overcome the observers’ preset categories, we must manage to blur the lines between male/female, organism/machines, reality/virtuality, and finally, between life/death.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Comics Journal, The Comics Beat, Tagesspiegel, High-Low, A.V. Club, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, The DIY Eye, We Should Be Friends, Just Indie Comics

    # SOLD OUT #

  91. mini kuš! #40

    mini kuš! #40 '1944', Hanneriina Moisseinen, March 2016

    It's summer 1944 and Karelia is being evacuated. At the same moment that the inhabitants are told they have two minutes to leave, a cow starts to give birth.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, black/white, English

    Reviews: Comics JournalThe Comics Beat, High-Low, Sequential State, Optical Sloth, Thirteen Minutes, The DIY Eye, Just Indie Comics

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    # SOLD OUT #

  92. mini kuš! #39

    mini kuš! #39 'Unwell', Tara Booth, March 2016, third edition: May 2019

    Tara Booth's Unwell tells the story of a young woman and her dog as they struggle to make it through daily life.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Comics JournalThe Comics Beat, High-LowThirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth, The DIY Eye, Just Indie Comics

    Award: Notable Comic in 'Best American Comics 2017'

    # SOLD OUT #

  93. mini kuš! #38

    mini kuš! #38 'Three Sisters', Ingrīda Pičukāne, March 2016

    This tale shows the gruesome collision of two worlds. When three sisters are strolling through the woods, they encounter a strange man. It’s truly beautiful!

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color,  French & Russian, no subtitles

    Reviews: Comics JournalThe Comics Beat, High-Low, Thirteen Minutes, The DIY Eye, Just Indie Comics, Becomix

    Get it: Last copies! Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  94. mini kuš! #37

    mini kuš! #37 'Snake in the Nose', Tommi Musturi, September 2015

    Snake in the Nose is a free-flow story about an angry man alone in his flat, reminiscent of a manic, badly-drawn Scooby Doo comic. It turns into a real nightmare after just a few pages - containing full frontal and rear nudity, and bad taste in general. Some would call this humour, but that's a bit doubtful.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    Reviews: Just Indie Comics, High-Low, Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth, Vermicious

    # SOLD OUT #

  95. mini kuš! #36

    mini kuš! #36  'Pages to Pages', Lai Tat Tat Wing, September 2015

    Hold on to your chairs, Lai Tat Tat Wing takes you on a wild read from comics to comics, readers to readers, lovers to lovers, heroes to heroes, evils to evils, colours to colours, books to books, frames to frames, huge to huge, mini to mini... Pages to Pages...

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, Just Indie ComicsThirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth, The QuarterMelon, Paul Gravett

    # SOLD OUT #

  96. mini kuš! #35

    mini kuš! #35  'Birthday', Theo Ellsworth, September 2015

    Our hero is insanely nervous. He's about to undergo an intense psychic initiation known as the Inner-Space Birth Ritual. You'd be nervous, too! Theo Ellsworth has faithfully documented our hero's bizarre experience in the pages of Birthday.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, Four Color Review, Just Indie Comics, Thirteen Minutes, Optical Sloth, Daniel Elkin, Hazel&Wren

    # SOLD OUT #

  97. mini kuš! #34

    mini kuš! #34  'Limonchik', Mikkel Sommer, September 2015

    On November 3, 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik 2 into space. Inside the spacecraft was a dog. Now, after more than half a century, Limonchik returns to the Earth. But to what end? 

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, Just Indie Comics, Comics & Cola, Multiversity Comics, Thirteen Minutes, fnewsmagazine, Optical Sloth

    # SOLD OUT #

  98. mini kuš! #33

    mini kuš! #33 'BFF', Marie Jacotey, March 2015

    Marie Jacotey’s BFF is a short story of love and friendship inviting us to follow the intertwined paths of the three characters, Amy, Rob and Stan.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Broken Frontier, High-Low, Chili Com Carne, It's Nice That, Sequential State, A Garagem

    # SOLD OUT #

  99. mini kuš! #32

    mini kuš! #32 'R.A.T. ', Lala Albert, March 2015, second edition: May 2016

    Ever get the feeling you’re being watched? Maybe there is a R.A.T. observing your every move! Read Lala Albert’s comic at your own risk, it might alter your perception forever.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Broken Frontier, High-Low, We Should Be Friends, Optical Sloth, Comics&Cola, The DIY Eye, Chili Com Carne, Quimby's, Sequential State

    # SOLD OUT #

  100. mini kuš! #31

    mini kuš! #31 'It’s Tuesday, Amanda Vähämäki, March 2015

    It’s Tuesday in a small town somewhere in southern Finland. Apples are being picked, clothes are being sorted, schedules are being revised, and what else happens or doesn’t, you can read in this everyday story by Amanda Vähämäki.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    Reviews: Broken Frontier, High-LowSequential State, Optical Sloth, Chili Com Carne, Quimby's, Rob Kirby

    # SOLD OUT #

  101. mini kuš! #30

    mini kuš! #30 'Logbook', Terhi Ekebom, March 2015

    "Where are you? Can you hear me? Are you in pain? I haven’t seen you for weeks, your dear face has disappeared in the darkness. I miss you." Terhi Ekebom’s Logbook tells the eerie tale of losing someone.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    Translations: Italian (2018, MalEdizioni)

    Reviews: Broken Frontier, High-Low, Sequential State, Optical Sloth, John Seven, The DIY Eye, Chili Com Carne, Quimby's

    # SOLD OUT #

  102. mini kuš! #29

    mini kuš! #29 'Remember This?', Disa Wallander, November 2014 

    Remember This? When were you where and how? What do you think about what you think about stuff? Should you memorize memories or just trust the smell to bring them back? Disa Wallander‘s story will confuse you, perhaps it's best not to think about it?

    Winner of the 2nd mini kuš! competition!

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: John PorcellinoSequential State, Sequential State IIHigh-Low, Rob Kirby, Optical Sloth, Fine Fine Books

    # SOLD OUT #

  103. mini kuš! #28

    mini kuš! #28 'Collector', Zane Zlemeša, November 2014

    Zane Zlemeša’s Collector is a story about an average guy and his passion. In everyday life you never know who these collectors are, it’s just a coincidence that this one is a photographer.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: Rob Kirby, High-Low, Optical Sloth, Fine Fine Books

    # SOLD OUT #

  104. mini kuš! #27

    mini kuš! #27 'Mathematical Solutions for a Global Crisis', Jesse Jacobs, November 2014, fourth edition: June 2017

    Within the pages of Mathematical Solutions for a Global Crisis, Jesse Jacobs has solved all the world's largest problems. The answer is much smaller than you think.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Der Tagesspiegel, High-Low, Festival Season, Fine Fine Books, Rob Kirby, Optical Sloth, du9

    Award: Notable Comic in 'Best American Comics 2016'

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  105. mini kuš! #26

    mini kuš! #26 'Little Hilma', Jyrki Heikkinen, November 2014

    In Jyrki Heikkinen’s Little Hilma, a busy father does not always have time to read to his children. But luckily a teacher-to-be is found at a surprising location and minor worries can be forgotten. 

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    Reviews: Festival Season, High-Low, Fine Fine Books, Rob Kirby, Optical Sloth, Susto

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  106. mini kuš! #25

    mini kuš! #25 'Magnetism', Roope Eronen, June 2014

    Magnetism is a science fiction story by the Finnish artist Roope Eronen. It tells about a spontaneous business meeting in the world of the future. Swallow the magnet and join the adventure...

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    Reviews:  The Comics Journal, High-Low, Comics Bulletin, Optical Sloth

    # SOLD OUT #

  107. mini kuš! #24

    mini kuš! #24 'Swimming Pool', Anna Vaivare, June 2014, third edition: May 2019

    Anna Vaivare’s protagonist works at the Swimming Pool. She enjoys observing people while keeping herself almost invisible doing her work. When you least expect it she herself plunges into the water and unveils her special secret.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: The Comics Journal, It's Nice That, Lyderhorn, Comics&Cola, Fine Fine Books, Comics Bulletin, John Seven, Optical Sloth, Sequential State, Détour

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  108. mini kuš! #23

    mini kuš! #23 'Domino', Rūta & Anete Daubure, June 2014

    Robér takes care of the world’s balance. On his day off he’s powerless - accidents start to develop and Robér worries that everything will collapse. Domino is written by Anete Daubure and drawn by her sister Rūta Daubure.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Comics Bulletin, Optical Sloth, The Comics Journal

    # SOLD OUT #

  109. mini kuš! #22

    mini kuš! #22 'Lucky', Oskars Pavlovskis, June 2014

    Meet Lucky, the self-proclaimed business expert, who specializes in selling stolen rearview mirrors. Oskars Pavlovskis’ slick hero is bound to teach you some valuable new marketing strategies. Reading the story in a slight Eastern-European accent is recommended.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Comics&Cola, Loser City, Comics Bulletin, Optical Sloth, The Comics Journal

    # SOLD OUT #

  110. mini kuš! #21

    mini kuš! #21 'Jungle Night', Renata Gąsiorowska, November 2013

    It's the biggest celebration of the year all friends have been waiting for, but Lili just prefers to be alone sometimes. Put some leaves on your head and join her through Renata Gąsiorowska's Jungle Night.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: North Adams Transcript, Comics&Cola, Rookie Mag, Culture.pl, dybuk, The Great God Pan Is Dead, Comics Bulletin, Just Indie Comics (English version), Optical Sloth, John Seven, The Comics Journal

    # SOLD OUT #

  111. mini kuš! #20

    mini kuš! #20 'Crater Lake', Jean de Wet, November 2013

    Jean de Wet’s Crater Lake is a panoramic portrait of space and time, capturing moments of tranquility, paranoia, invasion, rebellion, indifference and ultimately salvation-all taking place within a volcanic crater community, during an unusual cosmic event.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color cover, inside one Pantone spot color, English

    Reviews: Comics Bulletin, The Comics Journal, Comics&Cola, Rookie Mag, Madinkbeard, Optical Sloth, Just Indie Comics (English version)

    # SOLD OUT #

  112. mini kuš! #19

    mini kuš! #19 'Inverso', Berliac, November 2013

    In the midst of a marital crisis, an unnamed zoologist is assigned to investigate the possible case of a "negative jaguar". The deeper he delves into the Amazonian jungle, the more he steps into the other side of reality. Is it too late to go back? Find out in Berliac’s 'Inverso'.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Optical Sloth, Comics Bulletin, Comics&Cola, Rookie Mag, Little Nemo's Kat, Madinkbeard, Just Indie Comics (English version), Lyderhorn, Serienett.no, The Comics Journal

    # SOLD OUT #

  113. mini kuš! #18

    mini kuš! #18 'This No Place to Stay', Michael Jordan, November 2013

    'This No Place to Stay' is a semi-fictional, semi-biographical story by the German artist Michael Jordan. His bearded alter ego travels through a coffee cup into a labyrinth inside a hospital laboratory. Hopefully the wound in the nurse's hand can rescue him...

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: High-Low, Four Color Apocalypse, Optical Sloth, Comics&Cola, Rookie Mag, The Great God Pan Is Dead, Comics Bulletin, BD no Sótão, Just Indie Comics (English version), The Comics Journal

    # SOLD OUT #

  114. mini kuš! #17

    mini kuš! # 17 'Borrowed Tails', Inés Estrada, August 2013

    Inés Estrada’s 'Borrowed Tails' is a collection of short comics based on overheard stories and imagined anecdotes. Intimate and feminine, in the most wild and unabashed sense, her acid watercolors transform the mundane into the magic.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Broken Frontier, Comics Bulletin, Comics&Cola, Comics Bulletin II, Desde El Globo, Ninja Marketing, The Beat

    # SOLD OUT #

  115. mini kuš! #16

    mini kuš! # 16 'Runaway Dog', Emelie Östergren, August 2013

    “Once I was in Riga and you were there in front of me. In a basket of an old lonely lady you laid there with two other alfs and you where the one, Alvie. Then I said, I will make a story about you.” Emelie Östergren’s 'Runaway Dog' is a story about Alvie and the dog Moses finding each other in a difficult time in life. A story full of happiness and joy as well as loneliness and struggling. Simple and beautiful.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Rob Clough, Book By Its Cover, Broken Frontier, The Comics Journal, Rob Kirby, Comics Bulletin, Rabén & Sjögrenbloggen

    # SOLD OUT #.

  116. mini kuš! #15

    mini kuš! # 15 'Hideous Fiesta', Heta Bilaletdin, August 2013

    “How dare you have a party on a day like this?” The comics collage 'Hideous Fiesta' by the Finnish visual artist and musician Heta Bilaletdin is a story about a mysterious party and questions of freedom.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    Reviews: Comics&Cola, Broken Frontier, Edie Fake, Rob Kirby, The Great God Pan Is Dead, Comics Bulletin

    # SOLD OUT #

  117. mini kuš! #14

    mini kuš! # 14 'The Pernicious Kiss', Tiina Lehikoinen, August 2013

    The story 'The Pernicious Kiss' by the Finnish poet and artist Tiina Lehikoinen is about a modern hero who has a horse head. He seeks love, but it's not easy to find a kissing-partner if you have a face like his…

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    Reviews: Rob Clough, Broken Frontier, Edie Fake, Comics Bulletin, chili com carne

    Get it: Almost sold out. Order last copies from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  118. mini kuš! #13

    mini kuš! # 13 'Our Library', Amanda Baeza, January 2013, second revised edition: June 2017

    Based on a true story, Amanda Baeza’s comics 'Our Library' tells the colorful tale of how a previously abandoned house can become a threat to law and order. This Library isn't a closed book! 

    Winner of the mini kuš! competition!

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English with Latvian subtitles

    Reviews: Poopsheet, Edie Fake, BD no Sótão, Ler BD, Ateo Poeta, chili com carne

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  119. mini kuš! #12

    mini kuš! # 12 'Historyjki', Maciej Sieńczyk, January 2013

    Polish artist Maciej Sieńczyk is a collector of curiosities who can recognize a silhouette of a giant ram in a group of nomadic hunters, find singing faces hidden in fluffs of dust and who is able to see a shape of a miserably clad fellow formed of some food stuck in a sleeping man's mouth. Read 'Historyjki' with Sieńczyk’s tales and decide whether it is a kingdom of phantasy, or simply reality, yet very well contemplated.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

    Reviews: Rob Clough, Comics Bulletin, Poopsheet, Daniel Elkin

    # SOLD OUT #

  120. mini kuš! #11

    mini kuš! # 11 'All You Need Is Love', Emmi Valve, January 2013

    Emmi Valve’s autobiographical comics 'All You Need Is Love' is a story about friendship and how we should appreciate the love we already have in our lives, instead of just dreaming of a romance or thinking we are alone (when we really are not).

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English with Latvian subtitles

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    Reviews: Rob Clough, Poopsheet, Thirteen Minutes

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  121. mini kuš! #10

    mini kuš! #10 'Otso', Mari Ahokoivu, January 2013

    Otso, Kontio, Karhu, Bære, Bear, Ours, Meška, Lācis… – Mari Ahokoivu’s fearless hero has many names. Join him for a dreamy adventure through space and time! 

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English with Latvian subtitles

    Support: Published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.

    Reviews: Rob Clough, Poopsheet, Quimby's

    # SOLD OUT #

  122. mini kuš! #9

    mini kuš! #9 'Bobis', Dace Sietiņa, September 2012

    How is it possible that a usual evening with three cups of chamomile tea and dozing off in a chair can turn into a flaming venture with your dead grandma and an old hypnotizing pop song on the Moon? Dace Sietiņa’s 'Bobis' will tell you.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, Latvian with English subtitles

    Reviews: Truth Zone, Rob Clough, Thirteen Minutes, The Comics Reporter

    # SOLD OUT #

  123. mini kuš! #8

    mini kuš! #8 'The Flames', Akvilė Misevičiūtė, September 2012

    When two teenagers visit their grandmother to enjoy the beautiful green countryside, they quickly discover that a big corporation is polluting the surrounding nature. In 'The Flames' Akvilė Misevičiūtė tells their magical quest for dealing with this evil.

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English with Latvian subtitles

    Reviews: Truth ZoneRob Clough, Thirteen Minutes, Forbidden Planet, El Elefante Lektor

    # SOLD OUT #

  124. mini kuš! #7

    mini kuš! #7 'Rainbow of Pain', Ernests Kļaviņš & Andrejs Kļaviņš , September 2012

    All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Or is it? The only thing sure is that the sports world depicted by Ernests Kļaviņš and Andrejs Kļaviņš in 'Rainbow of Pain' is perfectly crazy - 9 points!

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English with Latvian subtitles

    Reviews: Rob Clough, Thirteen Minutes, Forbidden Planet

    Get it: Almost sold out. Order last copies from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price).

  125. mini kuš! #6

    mini kuš! #6 'Killman', Box Brown, September 2012

    Box Brown’s hero Robert Cordozar Brodus Killman is on a mission to kill all gods, but it isn’t all that easy. First he needs to fight his biggest foe - The Everything. Be prepared for an epic space battle!

    Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English with Latvian subtitles

    Reviews: Comic Cube, Thirteen Minutes, Comics Never Stop, Big Planet Comics Podcast

    # SOlD OUT #

  126. mini kuš! #5

    mini kuš! # 5 'Future is Now', Léo Quiévreux, September 2011

    Wouldn’t it be exciting to have the power to paint the future in bright colours? Léo Quiévreux's futuristic view based on the past specially designed in conjunction with his solo exhibition at the contemporary art festival Survival Kit #3 in Riga calmly reminds us that we already hold the paint brush in our hands - “Future is Now.”

    Support: L'Institut français de Lettonie

    Format: A6, 20 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English and Latvian

    Review: Thirteen Minutes

    # SOLD OUT #

  127. mini kuš! #4

    mini kuš! #4 'The Story of Gardens', Kuba Woynarowski, December 2010

    Polish artist Kuba Woynarowski depicts a wild uninhabited environment in the process of deconstruction of human artifacts, leaving it uncertain whether it is in a zone of alienation or if mankind has vanished completely.

    Format: A6, 20 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, text-free

    Reviews: Poopsheet, Comicsgirl, ComixTALK, But does it float, John Porcellino

    # SOLD OUT #

  128. mini kuš! #3

    mini kuš! #3 'Weeding', Till Hafenbrak, December 2010

    ‘Weeding’ is the seemingly harmless title of Berlin-based artist Till Hafenbrak’s story unveiling the atrocious secrets behind the walls of a beautiful mansion.

    Format: A6, 20 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, text-free

    Reviews: High-Low, Comicsgirl, ComixTALK, John Porcellino, Plan B (d)

    # SOLD OUT #

  129. mini kuš! #2

    mini kuš! #2 'Being', Martins Zutis, December 2010

    Who had ever thought that chimneys could be so cute and chimney sweepers so wise? Besides this, the story ‘Being’ by Latvian artist Mārtiņš Zutis also offers many other enlightenments...

    Format: A6, 20 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English with Latvian subtitles

    Reviews: High-Low, Comicsgirl, Poopsheet, ComixTALK, John Porcellino

    # SOLD OUT #

  130. mini kuš! #1

    mini kuš! #1 'Bearslayer Returns', Ruedi Schorno, December 2010

    With ‘Bearslayer Returns’ Swiss artist and watchful explorer of Latvian identity, Ruedi Schorno brings the famous Latvian epos to a new sombre present.

    Format: A6, 20 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, Latvian with English subtitles

    Reviews: High-Low, Comicsgirl, ComixTALK, John Porcellino

    # SOLD OUT #

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