Colossive Press
@colossive.com
Wildly eclectic small press/zine publisher, based in Penge, SE London; keepers of the Gordon Gibbens photo archive; guerrilla historians of Croydon Spaceport; proud to support St Christopher's hospice
Or - you know the score by now - subscribe to Series Twelve at bit.ly/colossiveS12 and get all six #zines in the set for just a tenner...
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Or - you know the score by now - subscribe to Series Twelve at bit.ly/colossiveS12 and get all six #zines in the set for just a tenner...
IT'S NEW COLOSSIVE CARTOGRAPHY TIME!
The Badly Drawn Girl Climbs Out of the Drawing and Runs into the Entrance of Turnpike Lane Tube Station is the second contribution to the series from @patrickwray.bsky.social.
And yes, that is our longest title yet.
Buy the #zine for £2 at bit.ly/colossive70
The Badly Drawn Girl Climbs Out of the Drawing and Runs into the Entrance of Turnpike Lane Tube Station is the second contribution to the series from @patrickwray.bsky.social.
And yes, that is our longest title yet.
Buy the #zine for £2 at bit.ly/colossive70
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
IT'S NEW COLOSSIVE CARTOGRAPHY TIME!
The Badly Drawn Girl Climbs Out of the Drawing and Runs into the Entrance of Turnpike Lane Tube Station is the second contribution to the series from @patrickwray.bsky.social.
And yes, that is our longest title yet.
Buy the #zine for £2 at bit.ly/colossive70
The Badly Drawn Girl Climbs Out of the Drawing and Runs into the Entrance of Turnpike Lane Tube Station is the second contribution to the series from @patrickwray.bsky.social.
And yes, that is our longest title yet.
Buy the #zine for £2 at bit.ly/colossive70
Pssst… keep 'em peeled tomorrow morning for the launch of our latest Colossive Cartography.
This one has the longest title to date, and features a guest appearance from Turnpike Lane Tube Station.
What more could you ask for?
#colossivecartographies #zines #bookarts
This one has the longest title to date, and features a guest appearance from Turnpike Lane Tube Station.
What more could you ask for?
#colossivecartographies #zines #bookarts
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Pssst… keep 'em peeled tomorrow morning for the launch of our latest Colossive Cartography.
This one has the longest title to date, and features a guest appearance from Turnpike Lane Tube Station.
What more could you ask for?
#colossivecartographies #zines #bookarts
This one has the longest title to date, and features a guest appearance from Turnpike Lane Tube Station.
What more could you ask for?
#colossivecartographies #zines #bookarts
Happy birthday to architect Richard Seifert, BOTD in 1910, who put a roof over the head of Croydon's municipal space programme
#croydonspaceport
(colossive.com/product/croy... - and we'll throw in the AFA one)
#croydonspaceport
(colossive.com/product/croy... - and we'll throw in the AFA one)
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Happy birthday to architect Richard Seifert, BOTD in 1910, who put a roof over the head of Croydon's municipal space programme
#croydonspaceport
(colossive.com/product/croy... - and we'll throw in the AFA one)
#croydonspaceport
(colossive.com/product/croy... - and we'll throw in the AFA one)
We should have brought the stickers! 🚀
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
We should have brought the stickers! 🚀
👀 We're just a couple of weeks away from launching our 70th (!) Colossive Cartography. Among its many talking points, this one has the longest title yet.
Want to be among the first to get your hands on a copy? Subscribe to Series Twelve for £10 at bit.ly/colossiveS12
#zines #colossivecartographies
Want to be among the first to get your hands on a copy? Subscribe to Series Twelve for £10 at bit.ly/colossiveS12
#zines #colossivecartographies
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
👀 We're just a couple of weeks away from launching our 70th (!) Colossive Cartography. Among its many talking points, this one has the longest title yet.
Want to be among the first to get your hands on a copy? Subscribe to Series Twelve for £10 at bit.ly/colossiveS12
#zines #colossivecartographies
Want to be among the first to get your hands on a copy? Subscribe to Series Twelve for £10 at bit.ly/colossiveS12
#zines #colossivecartographies
New #CroydonSpaceport sticker incoming!
Want one? Just buy anything from colossive.com/product-category/croydon-spaceport/ and we'll send you one with your order...
Keep fighting evil, Croydonauts!
#croydon #penge #zines #smashthefash
Want one? Just buy anything from colossive.com/product-category/croydon-spaceport/ and we'll send you one with your order...
Keep fighting evil, Croydonauts!
#croydon #penge #zines #smashthefash
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
New #CroydonSpaceport sticker incoming!
Want one? Just buy anything from colossive.com/product-category/croydon-spaceport/ and we'll send you one with your order...
Keep fighting evil, Croydonauts!
#croydon #penge #zines #smashthefash
Want one? Just buy anything from colossive.com/product-category/croydon-spaceport/ and we'll send you one with your order...
Keep fighting evil, Croydonauts!
#croydon #penge #zines #smashthefash
And don't forget you can buy both of @hayleygullen.com #ColossiveCartographies for just £2 each here: colossive.com/product-tag/...
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
And don't forget you can buy both of @hayleygullen.com #ColossiveCartographies for just £2 each here: colossive.com/product-tag/...
It was nice to see SIGNED COPIES of This Might Surprise You by our unstoppable friend/Colossive Cartographer @hayleygullen.com in @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social today - sandwiched nicely between Ozzy and Cat, as you can see.
Can't get to Sydenham? Buy it here instead: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
Can't get to Sydenham? Buy it here instead: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It was nice to see SIGNED COPIES of This Might Surprise You by our unstoppable friend/Colossive Cartographer @hayleygullen.com in @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social today - sandwiched nicely between Ozzy and Cat, as you can see.
Can't get to Sydenham? Buy it here instead: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
Can't get to Sydenham? Buy it here instead: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...
Tuesday inspo!
Penge Proverbs - Cosmo Chancer's collection of wise words and sayings from the streets of SE20 - is yours for a mere £3 at bit.ly/pengeproverbs
#penge #zines #cosmochancer
Penge Proverbs - Cosmo Chancer's collection of wise words and sayings from the streets of SE20 - is yours for a mere £3 at bit.ly/pengeproverbs
#penge #zines #cosmochancer
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Tuesday inspo!
Penge Proverbs - Cosmo Chancer's collection of wise words and sayings from the streets of SE20 - is yours for a mere £3 at bit.ly/pengeproverbs
#penge #zines #cosmochancer
Penge Proverbs - Cosmo Chancer's collection of wise words and sayings from the streets of SE20 - is yours for a mere £3 at bit.ly/pengeproverbs
#penge #zines #cosmochancer
Poor Tom did THIS to his finger while making the usually-very-popular #CroydonSpaceport Historical Maps & Guides last week - and then nobody even bought one at Winchester Comics Fair. 😱
If you'd like to right this terrible wrong, you can grab the #zine for a fiver at bit.ly/croydonspaceport 🚀
If you'd like to right this terrible wrong, you can grab the #zine for a fiver at bit.ly/croydonspaceport 🚀
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Poor Tom did THIS to his finger while making the usually-very-popular #CroydonSpaceport Historical Maps & Guides last week - and then nobody even bought one at Winchester Comics Fair. 😱
If you'd like to right this terrible wrong, you can grab the #zine for a fiver at bit.ly/croydonspaceport 🚀
If you'd like to right this terrible wrong, you can grab the #zine for a fiver at bit.ly/croydonspaceport 🚀
Despite spending much of yesterday in the minor injuries unit after discovering that craft knife injuries and blood thinners don’t mix well, we’re on our way to Winchester Comics Fair (details on poster).
Please come and see us - and lots of other lovely #comics people…
#WCF25 #bookartsinjuries
Please come and see us - and lots of other lovely #comics people…
#WCF25 #bookartsinjuries
November 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Despite spending much of yesterday in the minor injuries unit after discovering that craft knife injuries and blood thinners don’t mix well, we’re on our way to Winchester Comics Fair (details on poster).
Please come and see us - and lots of other lovely #comics people…
#WCF25 #bookartsinjuries
Please come and see us - and lots of other lovely #comics people…
#WCF25 #bookartsinjuries
Happy #Halloween!
Here's our former Chief of Staff Sid disguised as a ghost - as well as Sharon-from-EastEnders and Mary Portas - for a project he was working on back in 2011. Yes, really.
Intrigued to find out what was going on? Read our #zine, My Mate Sid, available at bit.ly/colossivecats
Here's our former Chief of Staff Sid disguised as a ghost - as well as Sharon-from-EastEnders and Mary Portas - for a project he was working on back in 2011. Yes, really.
Intrigued to find out what was going on? Read our #zine, My Mate Sid, available at bit.ly/colossivecats
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Happy #Halloween!
Here's our former Chief of Staff Sid disguised as a ghost - as well as Sharon-from-EastEnders and Mary Portas - for a project he was working on back in 2011. Yes, really.
Intrigued to find out what was going on? Read our #zine, My Mate Sid, available at bit.ly/colossivecats
Here's our former Chief of Staff Sid disguised as a ghost - as well as Sharon-from-EastEnders and Mary Portas - for a project he was working on back in 2011. Yes, really.
Intrigued to find out what was going on? Read our #zine, My Mate Sid, available at bit.ly/colossivecats
Where Gary Pratt leads, others follow...
Wake up to Woke - Pratt's #zine outlining 10 ways in which loony lefties could be duping you into being 'kind' and 'reasonable' - is yours for just £3 at bit.ly/wakeuptowoke (which is a whole lot cheaper than Morgan's nonsense)...
Wake up to Woke - Pratt's #zine outlining 10 ways in which loony lefties could be duping you into being 'kind' and 'reasonable' - is yours for just £3 at bit.ly/wakeuptowoke (which is a whole lot cheaper than Morgan's nonsense)...
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Where Gary Pratt leads, others follow...
Wake up to Woke - Pratt's #zine outlining 10 ways in which loony lefties could be duping you into being 'kind' and 'reasonable' - is yours for just £3 at bit.ly/wakeuptowoke (which is a whole lot cheaper than Morgan's nonsense)...
Wake up to Woke - Pratt's #zine outlining 10 ways in which loony lefties could be duping you into being 'kind' and 'reasonable' - is yours for just £3 at bit.ly/wakeuptowoke (which is a whole lot cheaper than Morgan's nonsense)...
Or get it, along with our Glad All Over #zine, as part of our #CPFC Football Special for £6 at bit.ly/cpfczines (£1 goes to St Christopher's hospice)
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Or get it, along with our Glad All Over #zine, as part of our #CPFC Football Special for £6 at bit.ly/cpfczines (£1 goes to St Christopher's hospice)
'It's not just about one goal...'
Here's a reminder about And It Will Be Beautiful - our little #zine about that time when #CPFC WON THE FA CUP!
It's yours for £2 at bit.ly/beautifulcpfc
Here's a reminder about And It Will Be Beautiful - our little #zine about that time when #CPFC WON THE FA CUP!
It's yours for £2 at bit.ly/beautifulcpfc
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
'It's not just about one goal...'
Here's a reminder about And It Will Be Beautiful - our little #zine about that time when #CPFC WON THE FA CUP!
It's yours for £2 at bit.ly/beautifulcpfc
Here's a reminder about And It Will Be Beautiful - our little #zine about that time when #CPFC WON THE FA CUP!
It's yours for £2 at bit.ly/beautifulcpfc
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We'll be at #WinchesterComicsFair on Saturday - so it's time to dig out this old chestnut...
#WCF25 #comics #zines
#WCF25 #comics #zines
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We'll be at #WinchesterComicsFair on Saturday - so it's time to dig out this old chestnut...
#WCF25 #comics #zines
#WCF25 #comics #zines
Happy #NationalBlackCatDay from our joint CEOs Gertie and Gracie...
Oh, and could we point you in the direction of some #zines about black cats? colossive.com/product-tag/...
Oh, and could we point you in the direction of some #zines about black cats? colossive.com/product-tag/...
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Happy #NationalBlackCatDay from our joint CEOs Gertie and Gracie...
Oh, and could we point you in the direction of some #zines about black cats? colossive.com/product-tag/...
Oh, and could we point you in the direction of some #zines about black cats? colossive.com/product-tag/...
WE HAVE LIFT-OFF! Croydon Spaceport: Mission Control - a solo journalling game of municipal bureaucracy - sees you take on the role of Launch Process Administrative Assistant.
Grab the game/zine for £4 at colossive.com/product/croy...
#croydonspaceport #zines #spaceisace
Grab the game/zine for £4 at colossive.com/product/croy...
#croydonspaceport #zines #spaceisace
October 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
WE HAVE LIFT-OFF! Croydon Spaceport: Mission Control - a solo journalling game of municipal bureaucracy - sees you take on the role of Launch Process Administrative Assistant.
Grab the game/zine for £4 at colossive.com/product/croy...
#croydonspaceport #zines #spaceisace
Grab the game/zine for £4 at colossive.com/product/croy...
#croydonspaceport #zines #spaceisace
We sent out ANOTHER newsletter yesterday - which began with a plug for a lovely event that happened today.
See? That's the kind of thing you miss if you don't subscribe.
But you can still read the rest of it and find out about our THREE new #zine launches here: bit.ly/colossive1810
(Also: #cats)
See? That's the kind of thing you miss if you don't subscribe.
But you can still read the rest of it and find out about our THREE new #zine launches here: bit.ly/colossive1810
(Also: #cats)
October 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We sent out ANOTHER newsletter yesterday - which began with a plug for a lovely event that happened today.
See? That's the kind of thing you miss if you don't subscribe.
But you can still read the rest of it and find out about our THREE new #zine launches here: bit.ly/colossive1810
(Also: #cats)
See? That's the kind of thing you miss if you don't subscribe.
But you can still read the rest of it and find out about our THREE new #zine launches here: bit.ly/colossive1810
(Also: #cats)