In a total surprise, the United Fanzine Organization released its 2025 UFO Awards winners last night. Phoenix Productions won two awards – Best Publisher and Best Single Zine/Comic Book for Strange Times #5. This awards program honors UFO member publications one year in arrears; the 2025 awards are for books, comics and zines published inContinue reading “Phoenix wins two 2025 UFO Awards”
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Broken Frontier reviews The Tragedy of Morty by Steve Willis
Steve Willis has never sought the spotlight … so it’s great to see his work finally gain some permanence outside of his preferred minicomic format. As for whether the Bard is rolling in his grave after this brilliantly unique interpretation of Hamlet, there’s obviously a lot of love for the source material that comes throughContinue reading “Broken Frontier reviews The Tragedy of Morty by Steve Willis”
Never gets old
This Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis project has been a long road, and I’m so excited to have it out on the street and available for readers to enjoy. Steve is a creative genius – a “Phoenix Master” if you will – and deserves recognition for his talents. So when praise like this comesContinue reading “Never gets old”
Happy New Year 2026!
Last year, I wrote a New Year’s post. This year, I switched formats and went with a video. It uses that post as a starting point, so I suppose the link is good to have. Anyway, here’s my New Year’s message…looking back and looking forward…again… Here’s to a wonderful 2026! Thanks for your friendship andContinue reading “Happy New Year 2026!”
The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis Reader reviewed at Electric Transit
Danny Ferbert of Electric Transit offered up a review of The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis Reader in the Prog: 09:12:25 print edition… This book gives ya a taste of what’s to offer from Steve Willis’s Cranium Frenzy that Phoenix Productions has collected in to several volumes. The book starts with an introduction toContinue reading “The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis Reader reviewed at Electric Transit”
Joe’s Comix by The Hutchinson Bros. coming to Phoenix Productions
I formally announced it over at FANzine Live on YouTube earlier this week, but let’s make sure to commemorate it here: Phoenix Productions is THRILLED to present the collected works of Joe and Daryl Hutchinson, the legendary brothers behind 80s insanity shop Anthrax Press, in remastered and collected form…often colored for the first time! Let’sContinue reading “Joe’s Comix by The Hutchinson Bros. coming to Phoenix Productions”
Comics Blogger on The Collected Cranium Frenzy Vols. 1-2
Thomas Campbell, better known in the small press comics/zine sphere as “Comics Blogger,” took a look at the first couple volumes of The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis. For a reader coming in cold to Steve’s work, I think the books acquitted themselves quite nicely. Many thanks for the thoughtful review, Thomas! Vols 3-4Continue reading “Comics Blogger on The Collected Cranium Frenzy Vols. 1-2”
A little more love for The Collected Cranium Frenzy
Many thanks to cartoonist Dale Martin, who had these kind Thanksgiving words to say about The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis: Dale keeps a blog on this very same WordPress platform. Lots of cartoony goodness, often focusing on his signature character, Watusi the Talking Dog. You should check it out! And wouldn’t you know,Continue reading “A little more love for The Collected Cranium Frenzy”
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Reviews for The Collected Cranium Frenzy
I’m excited to say that the early reviews for The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis are pretty darned good… Here’s the Amazon listing for Volume 1: Thomas Campbell at The Comics Blogger, a newbie to Steve Willis’ work, had some positive words (on his paywalled Patreon, so I’m only going to excerpt it): IContinue reading “Reviews for The Collected Cranium Frenzy”
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