1. kuš! Titles

    All the available kuš! titles in chronological order. Follow the links to our webshop and order them there. The minimal order is $10.00. If less, you need to pay additionally for shipping or just order more books.

    In our shop section you can also find info where to buy our books offline and how to get a kuš! subscription.

    If you are based in Latvia you can use the promo code "LATVIJA" before checking out and get 30% off everything!

  2. Welcome to Casa Baba

    Welcome to Casa Baba by Giulia Cellino, Jindřich Janíček, and Jurijs Tatarkins
    To be released 22 November 2024

    Casa Baba's 2024 residency program fostered vibrant cross-cultural exchange. Czech artist Jindřich Janíček spent a month in Rome, Italian artist Giulia Cellino traveled to Riga, and Latvian artist Jurijs Tatarkins enjoyed a residency in Prague. This book showcases the comics they created during their time abroad.

    Specs: A5 (6" x 8"), 72 pages, full-color cover, perfect bound. Printed in Latvia. ISBN 978-9934-581-94-6

    Published in the Framework of: Baba Jaga 2024 A Project by: Industrie Fluviali, Rome; FRAME Prague Comics Art Festival; kuš!, Riga

    Support: Baba Jaga Europe is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. š! #53 'Czech Special'

    š! #53 'Czech Special', October 2024

    Special issue featuring alternative comics from the Czech Republic.

    Cover: Tereza Šiklová Contributors: Anežka Hájková, Barbora Kicovová, Barbora Müllerová, Barbora Satranská, Chrudoš Valoušek, Jakub Bachorík, Jakub Hrdlička, Jakub Plachý / Radomír Szajter, Jindřich Janíček, Julie Černá, Klára Zahrádková, Lucie Lučanská, Marek Rubec, Marto Kelbl, Michaela Kukovičová, Nikola Logosová, Štěpán Brož / Medard Zeman, Tereza Šiklová, Tomáš Staněk, and König Lü. Q. (not Czech, but Swiss) Guest Editors: Barbora Müllerová, Nadia Bilinová, Jana Jarošová (LUSTR).

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: With the financial support of the European Union, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Czech Recovery Plan.

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

  8. š! #52 'Elastic Spaces'

    š! #52 'Elastic Spaces', August 2024

    Cover: Charlotte Eta Mumm (Germany) Contributors: Ana Margarida Matos (Portugal), Anna Malicka (Latvia), Bohdana Zaiats (Ukraine), Ceel Mogami de Haas (Botswana) / Simone Jarvis (Canada), Charlotte Eta Mumm (Germany), Christine Moldrickx (Germany), Elio J Carranza (Argentina/Germany), Holger Bunk (Germany), Jeroen Funke (The Netherlands), José Quintanar (Spain), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Lai Tat Tat Wing (Hong Kong), Letizia Calori (Italy), Madara Krēziņa (Latvia), Müge Yilmaz (Turkey), Othman Selmi (Tunisia), Pam Virada (Thailand), Petra Feriancová (Slovakia), Samplerman (France), Stephan Blumenschein (Austria). Guest Editor: Charlotte Eta Mumm

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: Made possible with the support of the Mondriaan Fund, the Netherlands

    Review: FANzine LIVE

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

  9. I Love Comics, Who Loves Me? / Yan Cong

    I Love Comics, Who Loves Me? by Yan Cong
    kuš! mono #14, August 2024

    I love comics, who loves me? Haven't we all asked ourselves this question? Well, Yan Cong has certainly been pondering it for a while. This collection of semi-biographical comics is at times delightful, sometimes poignant, allowing us to dive into the fun and weird, and at times rather melancholic, but always fantastic world of comics through his unique lens.

    Specs: A5 (6" x 8"), 104 pages, full-color cover, black / white inside, perfect bound. Printed in Latvia on FSC certified paper. ISBN 978-9934-581-86-1

    Reviews: Living The Line, Best Small Press

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

  10. How to Hold Back Tears / Jooyoung Kim

    How to Hold Back Tears by Jooyoung Kim
    kuš! mono #13, August 2024

    The story of a crybaby who has lived a life of humiliation due to being overly emotional. The protagonist researches ways to hold back tears in vulnerable situations and starts conducting workshops for those in need of guidance. You may also try to use this as a self-help book.

    Specs: A5 (6" x 8"), 52 pages, full-color cover, black / white inside, perfect bound. Printed in Latvia on FSC certified paper. ISBN 978-9934-581-87-8

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

  11. š! #51 'Mindfulness'

    š! #51 'Mindfulness', June 2024

    Cover: Henrique Coser Moreira (Brazil) Contributors: Akira Ueda (Japan), Anete Bajāre-Babčuka (Latvia), Asuka Okajima (Japan), Bryan Arfiandy (Indonesia), Dāvis Lapa (Latvia), Elīna Deinate (Latvia), Evija Pintāne (Latvia), Federico Neeva (Italy), Gréta Mihály (Hungary), Harukichi (Japan), Henrique Coser Moreira (Brazil), Inga Ziemele (Latvia), Ingus Sproģis (Latvia), Ivanda Jansone (Latvia), Jan Blum (Germany), Jonas Fischer (Germany), Jurijs Tatarkins (Latvia), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Ky Lawrence (England), Liisa Kruusmägi (Estonia), Lukas Weidinger (Austria), Sophie Nicklas (Germany), Tony DiPasquale (USA), Vittorio Renzi (Italy).

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: Living the Line

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

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. š! #50 'Fifty-Fifty'

    š! #50 'Fifty-Fifty', April 2024

    Cover: Yuma Wang (China) Contributors: Agate Lielpētere (Latvia), Alberta Ziemele (Latvia), Amanda Baeza (Chile), Anna Sailamaa (Finland), Anna Vaivare (Latvia) Daniel Lima (Angola), Eric Kostiuk Williams (Canada), Ingrīda Pičukāne (Latvia), Juliette Collet (USA), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Līva Kandevica (Latvia), Mārtiņš Zutis (Latvia), Noah Van Sciver (USA), Ona Kvašytė (Lithuania), Teddy Goldenberg (Israel), Tomasz Niewiadomski (Poland), Viktor Timofeev (Latvia), Weng Pixin (Singapore), Yuma Wang (China), Zhenya Oliinyk (Ukraine).

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Awards: Nominated as 'Outstanding Series' for the Ignatz Awards 2024 at SPX.

    Reviews: The Comics Journal

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  17. š! #49 'Chaos'

    š! #49 'Chaos', December 2023

    Cover: Noemi Vola (Italy) Contributors: Aidan Koch (USA), Bohdana Zaiats (Ukraine), Christopher Sperandio (USA), Dzelde Mierkalne (Latvia), Gina Wynbrandt (USA), Ivo Puiupo (Portugal), Jurijs Tatarkins (Latvia), Kaspars Groševs (Latvia), Karlīna Marta Zvirbule (Latvia), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Lukas Weidinger (Austria), Majenye (Venezuela), Mikkel Sommer (Denmark), Mogorosi Motshumi (South Africa), Noemi Vola (Italy), Oskars Pavlovskis (Latvia), Pauls Rietums (Latvia), Walker Tate (USA), xozusia (Latvia), Zane Zlemeša (Latvia).

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: Living the Line

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  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  22. Good Night and Sweet Dreams! / Teddy Goldenberg

    Good Night and Sweet Dreams! by Teddy Goldenberg
    kuš! mono #12, December 2023

    'Good Night and Sweet Dreams!' is a book of six short stories inspired by Teddy Goldenberg's dreams. They feature life in prison, a scary hotel, contaminated soil, a conference, a toilet bowl, a dangerous killer and an argument between a man and his parents.

    Teddy Goldenberg was born in Israel in 1985. He lives in Berlin. His most recent book 'City Crime Comics', containing twenty-one stories, was released in French by Fidèle editions and in English by Floating World Comics. He is currently working on a sequel called 'The Retirement Party'. His stories are characterized as humorous and strange.

    Specs: 118 mm x170 mm, 76 pages, full-color cover, black / white inside, perfect bound. Printed in Latvia on FSC certified paper. ISBN 978-9934-581-73-1

    Reviews: Optical Sloth

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

  23. This Year Is Next Year's Last Year / Christopher Sperandio

    This Year Is Next Year's Last Year by Christopher Sperandio
    kuš! mono #11, October 2023

    An angry spirit searches for answers and purpose in Trumpworld. This Year is Next Year’s Last Year exorcises the tortured specters cycling through the contemporary psyche, countering corruption and death with defiant sarcasm. Mail-order magical objects and the rules of an ancient board game round out this treatise on inevitability.

    Christopher Sperandio, born in Kingwood, West Virginia, has lived in Chicago, New York, Mexico City, Berlin, and Hong Kong. Sperandio maintains a daily drawing practice on Instagram @pinko_joe. Sperandio is a professor of art teaching comics and art at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

    Specs: A5 (6" x 8"), 68 pages, full-color, perfect bound. Printed in Latvia on FSC certified paper. ISBN 978-9934-581-72-4

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

    Reviews: B@S, Keys and Grails, FANzine LIVE

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

  24. š! #48 'Ghosts'

    š! #48 'Ghosts', September 2023

    Cover: Isaac Zavale (Mozambique) Contributors: Akvilė Magicdusté (Lithuania), Anna Malicka (Latvia), Clinton Osbourn (South Africa), Edward Vermeulen (South Africa), Andrejs Kļaviņš & Ernests Kļaviņš (Latvia), Isaac Zavale (Mozambique), Judith Kaluaji (DRC), Koffi Roger N`Guessan (Ivory Coast), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Ksenija Tarasova (Latvia), Luntu Vumazonke (South Africa), Mark Antonius Puhkan (Estonia), Mārtiņš Zutis (Latvia), Miglė Anušauskaitė (Lithuania), Oskars Pavlovskis (Latvia) Othman Selmi (Tunisia), Theophil R. Mnyavanu (Tanzania).

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: Living the Line

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

  25. 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.

  26. 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.

  27. 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.

  28. 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.

  29. Anguesângue / Daniel Lima

    Anguesângue by Daniel Lima
    kuš! mono #10, May 2023

    What unites the band Faint Spirit, a rented room on the 3rd floor, a soliloquy for an invisible audience, a hidden inquirer, a visit at dusk in November and a neighbor who is there to spy on us when we leave? Eugénio, a guest who doesn't find consolation in not believing in ghosts. Anguesângue is a three-chapter adaptation of the short stories Unhappiness and On Parables by Franz Kafka.

    Daniel Lima (*1971, Angola) lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal. He's a visual artist who builds neurotic narratives without precedents nor consequences based on our collective imaginary. He's a professor in the Illustration and Comics department at the Ar.Co art school in Lisbon.

    "Daniel Lima has composed an alluring, spooky tune to the lyrics of Franz Kafka. Sing along... if you dare." - Peter Kuper

    Specs: A5 (6" x 8"), 68 pages, full-color, perfect bound. Printed in Latvia on FSC certified paper. ISBN 978-9934-581-65-6

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

    Reviews: Ler BD, ARTECAPITAL

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

  30. š! #47 'Obsession'

    š! #47 'Obsession', April 2023

    Cover: Harukichi (Japan) Contributors: Alberta Ziemele (Latvia), Dora Grents (Estonia), Francisco Sousa Lobo (Portugal), Gareth Brookes (UK), Giovanna Fabi (Italy), Goda Trakumaite (Lithuania), Harukichi (Japan), Jana Ribkina (Latvia), Jodie Wilders (Belgium), Lina Ghaibeh (Syria), Lucy Haslam (UK), Madara Krēziņa (Latvia), Maria Mam (Italy), Matt Blue (Australia), Namsai Khaobor (Thailand), Nilda Miltell (Norway), Paspoach (Ireland), Romana Ruban (Ukraine), Sara Priorelli (Italy), Simon Malinowsky (Germany), Vivianna Maria Stanislavska (Latvia), Yina Kim (USA), and an illustration by Lu Zwanziger.

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: Living the Line, Best Small Press

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  31. 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.

  32. 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.

  33. 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.

  34. 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.

  35. Synapses / Ivo Puiupo

    Synapses by Ivo Puiupo
    kuš! mono #9, December 2022

    Synapses is a collection of short stories by Ivo Puiupo. You can jump from story to story, there is a strong ever-changing voice that leads through this graphically sophisticated and refreshing narrative book.

    Ivo Puiupo (*1996, Lisbon) is a Brazilian/Portuguese visual artist based in São Paulo. His research dialogues with comics and its various ways of unfolding and intersecting with studio production. Puiupo is part of the zine collective Pepito Corp and the artistic collective BASA.

    "It’s truly a book made of people, communicating, unfolding and touching one another, transposing bridges, connecting yet unknown possibilities." - Fabio Zimbres

    Specs: A5 (6" x 8"), 116 pages, full-color, Pantone cover, perfect bound. Printed in Latvia on FSC certified paper. ISBN 978-9934-581-59-5

    Co-published with Chili Com Carne (Portuguese version).

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

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

  36. š! #46 'What's Next?'

    š! #46 'What's Next?', November 2022

    Special issue edited by Stripburger. Stripburger #80 edited by kuš! you can find here!

    Cover: Miha Perne (Slovenia) Contributors: Adrijan Praznik (Slovenia), Agata Lučić (Croatia), Agate Lielpētere (Latvia), Akinori Oishi (Japan), Alex Potts (UK), Andrej Štular (Slovenia), Apolonija Lučić (Croatia), Bruno Borges (Portugal), Cecilia Valagussa (Italy), David Krančan (Slovenia), Gabri Molist (Spain), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Léo Quiévreux (France), Lizz Lunney (UK), Marin Remić (Croatia), Miha Perne (Slovenia), Rebeka Lukošus (Latvia), Roberto Masso (Spain), Serena Schinaia (Italy), Sorina Vazelina (Romania), Stefan Hahn (Germany), Tanja Komadina (Slovenia), Till Lukat (Germany), Viviana Maria Stanislavska (Latvia)

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: Hopscotch

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  37. SLIKMIKS / Mikkel Sommer

    Slikmiks by Mikkel Sommer / Mekl
    kuš! mono #8, October 2022

    Slikmiks is an assortment of sweet and sour comics by Mikkel Sommer. It contains a very wild mix of stories which might make you choke, take coke, or laugh out loud. Watch out, this package only contains artificial flavors and is full of calories and hidden trans fats. Your dentist advises to brush your teeth after devouring this crazy book!

    Mikkel Sommer is a large domain of single-celled, prokaryote microorganisms, who was born in 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Typically a few micrometres in length, he has a wide range of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals, but mostly quite oblong. He's ubiquitous in every habitat on Earth, growing in soil, acidic hot springs, radioactive waste, water, and deep in the Earth’s crust, but at the moment he resides in Athens with his family. He also draws comics, duh.

    "Mikkel is an artist of truly incredible versatility, and this is a collection of his more silly/playful comics, all bangers." - Roman Muradov

    Specs: A5 (6" x 8"), 92 pages, full-color, perfect bound. Printed in Latvia on FSC certified paper. ISBN 978-9934-581-58-8

    Reviews: Thirteen Minutes, Stripburger #81

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

  38. Lemon Yellow / Ciara Quilty-Harper

    Lemon Yellow by Ciara Quilty-Harper
    kuš! mono #7, September 2022

    2nd print July 2023

    Lemon Yellow is a book of over 70 hand-drawn illustrations and a trio of narratives on empathy and subjective responses to colour. Led through different houses, we follow disagreements between two people on their perceptions of a specific colour. Is 'The Dress' blue and black or white and gold?

    Ciara Quilty-Harper is an English-Irish illustrator living in Barcelona. Her soft, blurry drawings are attentive and cinematic observations of daily life.

    Specs: A5 (6" x 8"), 52 pages, French flaps, full-color, perfect bound. Printed in Latvia on FSC certified paper. ISBN 978-9934-581-56-4

    Awards: Gran Junceda Award, Eva Toldrá Award, shortlisted at the World Illustration awards. Nominated for the Ignatz Awards 2023 in the category 'Outstanding Comic'

    Reviews: Stripburger #81

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

  39. š! #45 'Rebel Rebel'

    š! #45 'Rebel Rebel', July 2022

    15th anniversary issue of kuš!

    Cover: Zody Burke (USA) Contributors: Akvile Magicdust (Lithuania), Andrea De Franco (Italy), Anna Malicka (Latvia), Bohdana Zaiats (Ukraine), Disa Wallander (Sweden), Indrė Svirplytė (Lithuania), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Lai Tat Tat Wing (Hong Kong), Līva Kandevica (Latvia), Mārtiņš Zutis (Latvia), Nikita Lavretski / Waja Shchipko (Belarus / Russia), Omar Cheikh (Italy), Samplerman (France), Tara Booth (USA), Tereza Šiklová (Czech Republic), Tim Ng Tvedt (Norway), Zane Zlemeša (Latvia), Zody Burke (USA).

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

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

  40. 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'

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

  41. DJ Cat Gosshie World Tour / Harukichi

    DJ Cat Gosshie World Tour by Harukichi
    kuš! mono #6, January 2022

    2nd print August 2022, 3rd print December 2022, 4th print June 2023

    A collection of short stories of DJ Cat Gosshie and his adventures around the world. This book contains many of Harukichi's self-published works, as well as some new, unreleased stories. DJ Cat Gosshie has extraordinary taste in music, loves to travel, and is always there for those in need of a helping hand or a good time. Join the tour!

    Specs: A5 (6" x 8"), 100 pages, full-color, perfect bound. Printed in Latvia on FSC certified paper. ISBN 978-9934-581-46-5

    Co-published with Ediciones Valientes (Spanish version) and Chili Com Carne (Portuguese version)

    Listen: Hear DJ Cat Gosshie on NTS radio, where he plays music from this book and from the mini kuš!

    Reviews: Bubbles #15, Stripburger #81, Libraire Drawn & Quarterly, Best Small Press

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

  42. 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.

  43. 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.

  44. 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.

  45. 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.

  46. Indiepocalypse x kuš!

    Indiepocalypse x kuš!, Indie Game Zine, August 2021

    This is a special collaboration with Indiepocalypse, a hybrid indie game zine. This bonus issue features 4 new indie games created in a collaboration between game developers (provided by Indiepocalypse) and comic artists (provided by kuš!). Comics on a whole new level!

    Cover: Marco Quadri Games: Nikita Lavretski x thecatamites, Lote VilmaAsh K & Amber Hope, Gvidas Pakarklis x Nathalie Lawhead, Samplerman x Kultisti, and to come soon: Zane Zlemeša x Linker

    Format: 884 MB, Games - WIN/MAC/Linux

    Published by: Indiepocalypse

    Get it: Find more info and download your copy here

  47. 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.

  48. 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

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

  49. 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

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

  50. 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)

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

  51. 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

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

  52. 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

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

  53. 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

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

  54. š! #39 'The End'

    š! #39 'The End', September 2020

    Cover: Heikki Rönkkö (Finland) Contributors: Cátia Serrão (Portugal), Christopher Sperandio (USA), Francisco Sousa Lobo (Mozambique), Hans Nissen (Finland) Heikki Rönkkö (Finland), Iris Yan (Brazil), Jana Ribkina (Latvia), Janne Marie Dauer (Germany), Joana Mosi (Portugal), Julius Wagner (Germany), Justė Venclovaitė (Lithuania), Katharina Kulenkampff (Germany), Keren Katz (Israel), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Marco Quadri (Italy), Nicole Zaridze (Canada), Nikita Lavretski (Belarus), Pablo Boffelli (Argentina), Peony Gent (UK), Rikke Villadsen (Denmark), Volha Kavaliova (Belarus).

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, high quality and environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Reviews: Bild & Bubbla, Thirteen Minutes, Panellogy

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Due to the pandemic unfortunately not very soon available in many shops.

  55. 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

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

  56. 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

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

  57. 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

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

  58. š! #38 'Imperfect Shapes'

    š! #38 'Imperfect Shapes', April 2020

    Cover: Rebeka Lukošus (Latvia) Contributors: Amy Lockhart (Canada), Bettina Henni (France), Indrė Svirplytė (Lithuania), Jan Soeken (Germany), Joakim Drescher (Denmark), Jooyoung Kim (South Korea), José Quintanar (Spain), Juliána Chomová (Slovakia), Kerija Arne (Latvia), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Lasse Wandschneider (Germany), Līva Kandevica (Latvia), Lote Vilma Vītiņa (Latvia), Lucie Lučanská (Czech Republic), Nhozagri (China), Pixin (Singapore), Rebeka Lukošus (Latvia), Roope Eronen (Finland), Xue Tsung-Hsien (Taiwan), Zane Zlemeša (Latvia).

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, high quality and environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: Panellogy

    Awards: Nominated for the Ignatz Awards 2020 in the category 'Outstanding Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Available in selected shops in Riga and around the world.

  59. 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.

  60. š! #37 'Down Down Under'

    š! #37 'Down Down Under', December 2019

    Special issue featuring alternative comics from Australia.

    Cover: HTMLflowers Contributors: Ashley Ronning, Bailey Sharp, Ben Constantine, Ben Hutchings, Ben Juers, David Blumenstein, Eleri Mai Harris, Emma Jensen, Evie Cahir, Haein Kim, HTMLflowers, Kangaroo Lü. Q., Lee Lai, Leigh Rigozzi, Marc Pearson, Michael Fikaris, Michael Hawkins, Nicky Minus, Rachel Ang, Safdar Ahmed, Sam Wallman, Simon Hanselmann, Tim Danko, Tommi Parrish Guest Editor: Michael Fikaris

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, high quality and environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

    Reviews: The Comics Journal, Broken Frontier, AJ McGuire

    Awards: Nominated for the Eisner Awards 2020 as 'Best Anthology', nominated for the Ignatz Awards 2020 in the category 'Outstanding Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Available in selected shops in Riga and around the world.

  61. 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).

  62. 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).

  63. 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).

  64. š! #35 'Bonkers'

    š! #35 'Bonkers', July 2019

    Cover: Erlend Peder Kvam (Norway) Contributors: Agate Lielpētere (Latvia), Anna Mlck (Latvia), Beatrix Urkowitz (USA), Dāvis Ozols (Latvia), Émilie Gleason (Mexico), Erlend Peder Kvam (Norway), Ernests Kļaviņš & Andrejs Kļaviņš (Latvia), Fabio Zimbres (Brazil), Jason Herr (USA), Jul Gordon (Germany), Kameeellah (Russia), Karlīna Marta Zvirbule (Latvia), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Marko Mäetamm (Estonia), Mārtiņš Zutis (Latvia), Olaf Ladousse (Spain), Samplerman (France), Theo Ellsworth (USA), Zane Zlemeša (Latvia).

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, Pantone color cover, perfect bound, high quality and environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: The Beat, Four Color Apocalypse

    Awards: Nominated for Eisner Awards 2020 as 'Best Anthology', nominated for the Ignatz Awards 2020 in the category 'Outstanding Series'

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Available in selected shops in Riga and around the world.

  65. 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).

  66. 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).

  67. 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).

  68. 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).

  69. 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).

  70. 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

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

  71. 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).

  72. š! #32 'Japan'

    š! #32 'Japan', August 2018

    Special issue featuring alternative comics from Japan, read from right to left.

    Cover: Imiri Sakabashira Contributors: Hironori Kikuchi, Imiri Sakabashira, Jiro Ishikawa, Jun Oson, Kanako Furugori, Katsuo Kawai, Keisei Kanamachi, mississippi, Nerunodaisuki, Nishioka Bro-sis, Nutoguran, Rokudai Tanaka, Takako Ooki, Tana Hiuchi, Tatari Takayama, Tokushige Kawakatsu, Tsuchika Nishimura, Wakana Yamazaki, Yoshie, Yuichi Yokoyama, Yuko Tateyama (all from Japan) and König Lü. Q. (not from Japan).

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, high quality and environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Download: Katsuo Kawai's cut out comic 'Salome' can be downloaded here for free!

    Reviews: CTRL COMICS, Earl Grey

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Available in selected shops in Riga and around the world.

  73. 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).

  74. 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).

  75. 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).

  76. 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).

  77. 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

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  78. Fearless Colors / Samplerman

    Fearless Colors by Samplerman
    kuš! mono #5, November 2017

    2nd print: April 2024

    Samplerman is one of the incarnations of the cartoonist Yvang, a collagist experimenting ad infinitum. His surrealist non-stories have been featured in many publications like š!, Off Life, Smoke Signal, Ink Brick, Lagon, The Village Voice, and Scratches. The featured pages were made between 2012 and 2015 and are for the first time collected as a book.

    "Reading Fearless Colors is like taking a weird acid trip through comics as images fall apart and melt down in front of you, recombining with different images to form brand new comic pages. Samplerman’s collages take existing art and make new art out of the old, and creates comic pages that you just want to get lost in, exploring the smallest details even while wanting to pull out and see how those details collapse into a complete comic experience." - Scott Cederlund, Panel Patter

    Format: A5 (14.8 cm x 21 cm / 6" x 8"), 100 pages, full-color, perfect bound. Printed in Latvia on FSC certified paper.

    In 2017 published with Ediciones Valientes and MMMNNNRRRG. New edition published with Chili Com Carne.

    Reviews: Panel PatterFour Color Apocalypse, Orbital Comics, Little Nemo's Kat, Comics Alternative, Earl Grey

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

     

  79. 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).

  80. 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

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  81. 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).

  82. š! #29 'Celebration'

    š! #29 'Celebration', July 2017

    10 year anniversary issue!

    Cover: Mārtiņš Zutis Contributors: Anete Melece, Anna Vaivare, Dace Sietiņa, Dāvis Ozols, Elīna Brasliņa, Ernests and Andrejs Kļaviņš, Ingrīda Pičukāne, Kaspars Groševs, König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Laura Ķeniņš, Līva Kandevica, Lote Vilma Vītiņa, Maija Kurševa, Mārtiņš Zutis, Oskars Pavlovskis, Rasa Pavilona, Rebeka Lukošus, Reinis Pētersons, Rūta Briede, Zane Zlemeša (all from Latvia except Lü. Q.).

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, high quality and environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: Deutschlandfunk, Broken Frontier, CYA, Uma Bedeteca Anónima, Comics Alternative, Earl Grey

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Available in selected shops in Riga and around the world.

  83. 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).

  84. 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

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  85. 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).

  86. š! #27 'BFF'

    š! #27 'BFF', February 2017

    Cover: Hironori Kikuchi (Japan) Contributors: BloodBros (New Zealand), deadtheduck (India), Derrengueta (Spain), Émilie Gleason (Mexico), Erlend Peder Kvam (Norway), Gareth Brookes (UK), Gonçalo Duarte (Portugal), Hironori Kikuchi (Japan), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Krystal DiFronzo (USA), Līva Piterāne (Latvia), Louise Aleksiejew (France), Lucas Souza Teixeira (Brazil), Lukas Weidinger (Austria), Marie Weber (France), Melek Zertal (Algeria), Shawn Eisenach (USA), Shee Phon (China), Till Lukat (Germany), Tor Brandt (Denmark).

    Format: A6, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, high quality and environmentally friendly Munken paper.

    Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation

    Reviews: Broken Frontier, Comics Alternative

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Available in selected shops in Riga and around the world.

  87. 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).

  88. 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

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  89. kuš! #7

    kuš! #7, Do Re Mi Fa So La Si Ku Š!, July 2010

    kuš! dedicated to music with comics from people who make music.

    Cover: Léo Quiévreux (F) Artists: Bulats Ratkevičs (LV), diceindustries (D), Dunja Janković (HR), Edda ‘Dead' Strobl (A), Fermín Solís (ES), Frost (LV), Geneviève Castrée (CA), HAZ (ES), Helmut Kaplan (A), Ingrīda Pičukane (LV), John Porcellino (USA), Kaspars Groševs (LV), König Lü. Q. (CH), krimi (D), Léo Quiévreux (F), Maija Kurševa (LV), Mārtiņš Zutis (LV), Matthew Thurber (USA), Miriam Katin (USA), Olive Booger (F), Pakito Bolino (F), Paul Paetzel (D), Roope Eronen (FI), Sabīne Moore (LV), Tomasz Niewiadomski (PL)

    Support: This issue was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation (VKKF)

    Format: A5, 100 pages, perfect bound, full-color, English

    Reviews: Copacetic Comics, Milkmouse, goodreads, Michi Girl, MO rokraksts

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  90. 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

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  91. 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).

  92. 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).

  93. š! #5

    š! #5, After Snowfall, December 2009

    Cover: Kaspars Groševs (Latvia) Artists: Aisha Franz (Germany), Anna Sailamaa (Finland), Ernests Kļaviņš (Latvia), Hironori Kikuchi (Japan), Ignacio Serrano (Spain), Ines Christine Geißer (Germany), Johan Klungel (The Netherlands), Kolbeinn Karlsson (Sweden/Iceland), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Maija Līduma (Latvia), Mārtiņš Zutis (Latvia), Oļa Vasiljeva (Latvia), Olegti (Russia), Reinis Pētersons (Latvia), Rūta Briede (Latvia), TeER (Germany) and Yoshi (Lithuania).

    Support: Latvian Culture Capital Foundation VKKF.

    Format: A6, 84 pages, perfect bound, full-color, English                              

    Reviews: Avoid the Future, Optical Sloth

    Get it: Order it from our webshop (worldwide shipping included in price). Available in selected shops in Riga and around the world.

  94. KU foldout kuš!

    KU #1, Dark Ages, May 2009

    5 International artists lead you through a colourful journey through time. While Marcus Nyblom (Sweden) shows his view of a rather primitive stone age,  Oskars Pavlovskis (Latvia) depicted the macabre Antique Age, Lai Tat Tat Wing (Hong Kong) shows a fascinating picture of a very torturous Middle Age, Patric Sandri (Switzerland) drew up a dark picture of the industrial age and Brecht Vandenbroucke (Belgium) beams us into a very colourful but harsh future.

    Format: Foldout poster, B2, 500mm x 707mm, folded, full color, English

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

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