Blank Slate Books

Blank Slate Books
StatusDefunct, c. 2016
Founded2008
FoundersKenny Penman and James Hamilton
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLondon
DistributionTurnaround Publisher Services[1][2]
Key peopleKenny Penman, Iz Rips
Publication typesBooks, comic books
ImprintsChalk Marks[3]
Official websitewww.blankslatebooks.co.uk[dead link]

Blank Slate Books (BSB) was a publishing company based in the United Kingdom. It published primarily comic books, graphic novels and comic strip collections, with an emphasis on new work by British artists and translated work by European artists.[4] The books it published were noted for their "indie-friendly" content, and were frequently by small press artists whose initial work was self-published. The name of the company was a pun on "drawing" or "writing" on a blackboard.

BSB was one of the few dedicated original comics and graphic novel publishers in the UK.

  1. ^ "Blank Slate Books". Turnaround Publisher Services.
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  3. ^ Oliver, Andy (2 April 2014). "Take Away! – Blank Slate Books Presents the Comic Genius of Lizz Lunney". Broken Frontier. Their championing of artists like Oliver East, and their past promotion of up-and-coming talents through the Chalk Marks imprint, has brought a whole host of exciting new comics voices to a much deserved wider audience.
  4. ^ Clough, Rob (13 January 2012). "London Calling: Blank Slate Books and Nobrow Press". The Comics Journal. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.