the microcosmic orbit of emix regulus, aka cosmic comics

Paradigm Shift

2011-12-13T23:07:00.000Z

Just in time for 2012, a fresh batch of Paradigm Shift, the latest MO offering.

Available now in the Microcosmic Shoppe, and also this Saturday at the Cowley Club in Brighton. Drop by if you're around (virtually or in person)...

Comica Comiket: Independent Comics Fair

2011-11-04T16:26:00.001Z

This is happening next Saturday. If you live in London, please come, and make sure you visit the Microcosmic Orbit stall because it will blow your mind.

*EDIT* The South East London Zine Fair is also happening that day and looks equally exciting/worthy.

Ascension: full comic

2011-10-29T10:53:00.000+01:00

Click on the first image to view them all.

This comic has just been published in the estimable Nyx, a Noctournal.

Launching the Monstrous

2011-10-25T15:49:00.000+01:00

The forthcoming issue of Nyx, a Noctournal includes a new story by Emix about a subterranean golem. The launch event is this Friday at the Old Police Station in Deptford and you should go if you're around - it sounds fun and would probably be a good, "sociable" type of thing to do.

Time, space and consciousness would never be the same

2011-09-25T17:32:00.000+01:00

Another preview from the Bellykids project - this time the text was contributed by Diva Dompe, formerly of the excellent Pocahaunted.

Bad Vibrations

2011-08-28T11:21:00.001+01:00

After my soul gladly left the bardo

2011-08-19T16:23:00.000+01:00

Exquisite Things review

2011-08-08T17:19:00.000+01:00

Matt of Exquisite Things has written a remarkably well-informed, generous and thorough review of some Microcosmic offerings:

http://exquisitething.blogspot.com/2011/08/cosmic-rays-from-across-universe.html

Namaste, MD!

Bigger than the whole respiratory tract?

2011-08-01T21:15:00.000+01:00

As the moon lit up the sky like a large lightbulb

2011-07-18T15:06:00.000+01:00

I haven't been slacking, I promise... I'm working on a top-secret collab with Bellykids and Kathryn Corlett. It won't see the light of day till the end of the year but in the meantime here's a sneak preview (click for full-size version). This bit of the story was created by the excellent Ducktails:

Textrs touch too

2011-06-05T14:43:00.079+01:00

~~TEXTRS~~ are a symptomatic and acausal machinery to remove ego-self from the constant flow of time.

7 [seven] tiny oracular prints accompanied by divination instructions by Frater Alarph. This deck will hit the Microcosmic Shoppe soon.

International Alternative Press Festival

2011-05-25T10:53:00.000+01:00

E. Regulus and Monster Emporium Press will be in attendance at this huge festival on Saturday and Sunday this weekend. It's at Conway Hall in Holborn, which is some kind of humanist/"rationalist" hangout - but Microcosmic Orbiters can forget that part (ha ha only kidding).

Please come - you will find something you like, I promise.

(flyer by Kate McMorrine)

Mind-forg'd manacles

2011-05-03T14:28:00.002+01:00

Emix is currently working on an abstract, oracular objet d'art with Frater Alarph. In the meantime...

London Zine Symposium

2011-04-12T17:05:00.001+01:00

~~This is happening on Sunday afternoon. All this plus Microcosmic Comics with Monster Emporium Press. It's gonna be mega!~~

EDIT: It was mega. Plenty pictures here.

The Cosmic Egg of Hildegard von Bingen (feat. Strassman)

2011-02-28T17:14:00.001Z

Strassman Begins: the legend is born

2011-02-22T11:34:00.003Z

Since S.T.R.A.S.S.M.A.N. is an infinite being, as humans we can never fully apprehend "his" greatness.

BUT NOW

the secret of Strassman's transformation (in fun-size A6 format) can be yours for just £1.50 (including P&P!).

Brighton Zine Fair, Sunday 20th Feb

2011-02-22T11:00:00.001Z

Microcosmic merchandise with Monster Emporium Press.

Do not eat the dmitri seeds

2011-01-20T17:39:00.006Z

>>>>Strassman Begins: full story<<<<

Organ Mutiny!

2010-12-13T16:21:00.003Z

F**k the central nervous system.

Zine and Comic Fair at the Cowley Club: TOMORROW!

2010-12-10T12:01:00.000Z

Something about vegan cakes, made by members of autonomous co-operative non-hierarchical organisations.

It's all going down from 12 - 6PM.

(PS: Topically enough, new comic about radicalised organs coming soon)

Deadtime Stories

2010-11-29T16:47:00.003Z

Brace yourselves for a hi-frequency transmission from the unconscious - Deadtime Stories is here.

It features recent Microcosmic comix (The Pleroma, You Find Yourself Standing on a Lunar Beach, Oryza Sativa), a story called Psychic Club from Frater Alarph the grape-gatherer, and bonus dream insights. Interested? Only £2.50 (including p&p) if you live in the UK, a bit extra for the rest of you.

ALTernative Press Fair

2010-11-17T22:15:00.001Z

This is happening a week on Sunday, people:

Comix, zines, self published art books, poetry workshop, illustration photo booth and over 100 titles from the world of small press (including a forthcoming Microcosmic Minicomic)

More info

Full comic: YOU FIND YOURSELF STANDING ON A LUNAR BEACH

2010-11-17T22:06:00.001Z

Click on the first image, then click "next" or the right arrow key to browse all the pages.

The Pleroma: Part 3

2010-10-27T14:26:00.002+01:00

As above, so below.

(this is the last part of The Pleroma. It appears in Decadence Comics no.8, which will soon be available online and in other places)

Rice Dream

2010-10-27T11:01:00.000+01:00

The Illuminarium, a broadsheet-style comic/newspaper featuring my recent rice-themed reverie, is now for sale at Dave's Comics for just £1.

It's part of a project called Dream Machine which will be fully realised at this Saturday's anarchic White Night festival in Brighton.

The Pleroma: Part 2

2010-10-25T20:26:00.004+01:00

A colony of 13 hyper-intelligent, post-mammalian creatures.

The Pleroma: Part 1

2010-10-21T16:53:00.004+01:00

A RACE OF DEMENTED FALSE GODS.
Soon to appear in the superb, uncompromisingly unsane Decadence Comics.

(Click to view larger in a new tab. Still too small? Press Ctrl+ to resize)

My nutritious new body

2010-10-08T16:51:00.002+01:00

...and wholegrain goodness.

You must be weird or you wouldn't be here

2010-09-29T16:23:00.000+01:00

Tasty morsels on the way.

Strassman Lives

2009-06-26T14:59:00.012+01:00

Cosmic Comics has finally made the leap from the virtual to the tangible. A printed collection of only the finest prime cuts so far, entitled Strassman Forever, can now be yours to cherish. Think of all the wild places you could read it, far from an internet connection!

See Strassman and friends peer at you with curiosity through the cover

It's an A5 book and it's 26 sides long. If you live in Brighton you can pick up a copy from the superb Dave's Comics. I'll also be manning a stall replete with Strassman Forever and other bits by my disturbingly talented pals at the Art Junky Fair at Brighton's Phoenix Gallery this Sunday. If you live too far away or whatever don't worry because you can still buy a copy via the medium of the INTERNET. You can use your card or your Paypal account, webhedz!

Postage and packaging free if you live in the UK. A bit extra for the rest of you.

Mitochondrion Mist

2009-05-13T16:29:00.004+01:00

Times have been hard.
(bonus fun: Spot the timeless koala impersonation)

Strassman Forever

2009-03-14T16:17:00.002Z

But I don't have a USB port anywhere on my body

2009-03-06T10:36:00.004Z

Two out of three were "actually" dreamt by me. Can you guess which one I made up?

Spirulina Crystal Part 4: See You on the Astral Plane

2009-02-19T12:40:00.005Z

This is the last one, I promise. Thank you for travelling with Strassman.

Spirulina Crystal Part 3: Internet Demons

2009-02-12T14:38:00.004Z

Spirulina Crystal Part 2: The Gem of R.E.M.

2009-01-31T11:52:00.001Z

Strassman and the Spirulina Crystal. Part 1.

2009-01-23T10:52:00.006Z

Some Kind of Interdimensional Portal at the Bottom of the POOL

2009-01-15T11:06:00.003Z

It's been too long, but CosmicComics is ready for 2009 with a new look.

Laden with corpses.

2008-12-26T16:33:00.004Z

(* Warrier, Gopi and Gunawants, Deepika. Ayurveda: the Ancient Indian Healing Tradition. Element Books, Dorset, 1997.)

Introducing... STRASSMAN

2008-12-19T15:55:00.001Z

Your new stripy friend.

A Mysterious Area Unknowable to Man

2008-12-11T14:03:00.001Z

The Hexahedronical Oracle

2008-11-30T17:40:00.000Z

Now for something a bit different...

Got questions about your existence? The all-knowing Hexahedronical Oracle is here to guide you, using advanced 5th-dimensional technology to channel its infinite wisdom directly to you at home.

It might take a while to load, but what price penetrating insight? Just type your thoughts in the box, click "Ask", and wait for the Oracle to bestow its ultimate truth.

(disclaimer: the Oracle's responses may or may not have been "inspired" by the i-Ching [the ancient Chinese Book of Changes], so use it at your peril)

Some veg and stuff.

2008-11-26T12:14:00.000Z

Possibly a true story.

MY "Pyramid of Needs"

2008-11-21T15:49:00.001Z

Sorry Maslow.

Like a tiny computer

2008-11-20T11:00:00.001Z

Good ol' SpaceTime Continuum

2008-11-06T14:54:00.000Z

With apologies to Arthur C. Clarke.

My Quest for Pure Form

2008-10-17T15:49:00.001+01:00