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.
“Your Black Friend” by Ben Passmore Now an Animated Short Film
Ben Passmore's critically acclaimed "Your Black Friend" indie comic book premieres today as a 3-minute animation courtesy of Silver Sprocket and Doggo Studios, with narration by Passmore himself.
Ben Passmore’s “Your Black Friend and Other Strangers” announcement in Publishers Weekly
Your Black Friend is getting the hardcover treatment this February as Your Black Friend and Other Strangers, a 112 page collection of Ben Passmore's best political, funny, and weird comics, all in full color.
Does coverage in Publishers Weekly finally make us a *real publisher*?
Congratulations Ben Passmore on “Your Black Friend” winning the 2017 Igantz Award for “Outstanding Comic” at this year’s Small Press Expo!
This is truly the most on-brand trophy Ben Passmore could receive. Read on for the full comic.
Fighting For a Better History by Ben Passmore
A Movement in New Orleans is Fighting for The City’s Many Confederate Monuments to be Taken Down (via The Nib) with extra details and context from Ben Passmore.
Ben Passmore Interview in Maximum Rocknroll
Pick up the new Maximum Rocknroll “Art Issue” for an interview with Ben Passmore spelling it out about Daygloayhole, Goodbye, Your Black Friend and Spawn.
Silver Sprocket at SPX This Weekend
We'll be at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD, all weekend (table M1) with Ben Passmore and Michael Sweater.
Ben Passmore’s “Your Black Friend” Premiering at SPX
Hot off the press: Ben Passmore's "Your Black Friend" in full technicolor.
Razorcake Says Nice Things About “Goodbye”
"...Passmore explores loneliness and inner turmoil through wavy black lines that resemble Brandon Graham's art. There's a beauty to the simplistic narrative, but I couldn’t tell you what Goodbye is really about because its ambiguity is what draws you in; it's what has made me reread it three or four times..."
Silver Sprocket at the Small Press Expo
Silver Sprocket will be at the Small Press Expo, Sept 17-18 in Bethesda, Maryland with new thrash from Ben Passmore, Jenn Woodall, Liz Suburbia, Michael Sweater, The Degenderettes, and definitely not any secret hotel-room tattoos. Table #M1
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