Publish You features contributions from a broad range of small press types from the recent Alternative Press Festival in London. These include illustrators, writers, poets and comic creators. And, as evidenced at Alternative Press events, the self-published comic scene in the UK is going strong. Kebab shop anecdotes seem to be the only other recurring theme of a varied collection. The book was compiled by Jimi Gherkin, Peter Lally, Gareth Brookes and Saban Kâzim.

‘Awkward’ by Sina Shamsavari both quotes Kim Deal and references Romy and Michelle so is obviously one of my favourite contributions. ‘How I Screen Print at home’ is a nice, instructive guide to screen-printing basics by Jimi Gherkin (the creative force behind the Alternative Press Festival).

There is a reprint of the Radical Spitalfields map that has been distributed at zine events over the last few years and a funny comic about speed dating by Zarina Liew.

This anthology is a good introduction to the U.K. Alternative Pess scene and a great demonstration of the level of creativity in these events. Hopefully there will be both more collections such as this and events like the Alternative Press Festival.

The book is available at Housemans Bookshop.