Country of origin United Kingdom Key people Tucker Stone Imprints Flying Eye Books Founded 2008 | Headquarters location London Publication types Books Official website www.nobrow.net Founders Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro | |
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Nobrow Press is a British publishing company and book shop based in Shoreditch, London, England. Nobrow is known for its bi-annual eponymous anthology, for publishing the works of Blexbolex, Luke Pearson, Jon McNaught, Jesse Moynihan, and Jack Teagle, and for exposing the English-speaking world to works by European artists. The publisher is seen as a champion of DIY culture.
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Nobrow's works are distributed in the U.S. by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution.
History
The company was founded in October 2008 by Sam Arthur and Alex Spiro with the intention "to publish books that deserved to be printed."
In January 2012 the company curated the two-week "This Is Not a Pop-Up" event at the Hayward Gallery shop, where-by they hosted musicians, artists and a workshop for children as well as offering their products for sale. In September 2012 the company attended the Small Press Expo, with co-founder Arthur participating in the panel "British Comics: Does it Translate". In September 2013, Nobrow opened a New York City office, headed by Creative Director Alex Spiro.
Aesthetic
Nobrow utilizes an idiosyncratic printing approach which allows the publisher to achieve a striking palette of colours in its books. It also carefully oversees the paper stock used, in order to create books that evoke a sense of history. The company's publishing aesthetic has been described by Rob Clough in The Comics Journal as one that is "part Drawn & Quarterly and part Blab!, where design and color are often more important than line and narrative. This is not to say that narrative is irrelevant in these comics, only that the narrative direction is more on the abstruse side. The design, packaging, and attention to detail and color here are almost painfully exquisite."