Ben Passmore is the author of the ongoing comic book series Daygloayhole, as well as the Eisner Award-nominated and Ignatz Award-winning comic collection Your Black Friend. He also wrote and illustrated Sports Is Hell (Koyama Press), collaborated with Ezra Claytan Daniels on BTTM FDRS (Fantagraphics), and contributes to publications such as The Nib and New York Times. He lives in Philadelphia.
Silver Sprocket’s Spring 2022 Publishing Slate
Lineup includes Mr. Boop by Alec Robbins, Hell Phone by Benji Nate, and Little Tunny’s Snail Diaries by Grace Gogarty
Silver Sprocket Catalog Available in Public Libraries via Hoopla Digital
Our catalog of radical indie comics is now available for free to public library patrons for easy reading on smartphones, tablets, and computers
MoMA Publishes Ben Passmore
Ben Passmore’s story follows a couple on the verge of a breakup during their visit to MoMA.
Russell Maroon Shoatz by Ben Passmore
Help the Philly Anarchist Black Cross organize support for political prisoners from the Black Power era.
The Punklord by Ben Passmore
Can you survive the jungle of weird sexual tension?
A Letter From Stone Mountain Jail by Ben Passmore
Ben Passmore goes to jail for peacefully protesting (ACAB)
Daygloayhole One by Ben Passmore
How’s your post apocalypse going? This is the best the end of the world gets. Social and political commentary mixed with punk nonsense and gore drawn in vibrant florescent colors.
It’s Not About You by Ben Passmore
Ben Passmore drops monstrous wisdom in today's comic, Its Not About You, from the pages of Your Black Friend and Other Strangers.
Comics Tour: BTTM FDRS by Ben Passmore and Ezra Claytan Daniels
BTTM FDRS is an Afropunk anti-gentrification horror/comedy from award winning cartoonists Benn Passmore and Ezra Claytan Daniels coming this June from Fantagraphics Books.
New York Times Features “Your Black Friend and Other Strangers” by Ben Passmore
“Your Black Friend,” one of the buzziest comics in recent years, is by a young artist who cut his teeth in the anarchist-punk scene of New Orleans.
Presenting our 2018 Summer & Fall Publishing Slate
New books by Ben Passmore, Liz Prince, Mister Hayden, Erin K Wilson, Olivia Walch, Alex Wrekk, Cristy Road, Dave Baker and Nicole Goux
Toronto Comic Arts Fest Report: Awards, Muscles, and Friendship
Silver Sprocket crew making good decisions at the time included Ivy Atoms, Hazel Newlevant, Carolyn Nowak, Ben Passmore, Isabella Rotman, Michael Sweater, Steve Thueson, and Jenn Woodall.
NPR celebrates ‘Your Black Friend’ by Ben Passmore
"Ben Passmore has expanded on his popular self-published comic YOUR BLACK FRIEND in a new edition that tells a story and tells it loud."
New release date for Ben Passmore’s “Your Black Friend and Other Strangers” and comic festival appearances
The release date for Ben Passmore's eagerly anticipated Your Black Friend and Other Strangers hardcover collection has been pushed back to May 1st, 2018. The video has gotten ONE MILLION VIEWS.
Ben Passmore’s “Daygloayhole” Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi earns Previews “Staff Pick”
Ben Passmore’s upcoming “Daygloayhole” comic book earned a Staff Pick/Featured Item shout-out in Diamond’s new Previews catalog. Get your comic shop to order some 🔥🔥🔥