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Small Press Heroes monthly ketchup for October 2025!

Katya Zagnukhina found a cure!The timeline got an update!More profiles added to the Meet the Heroes page!More characters added to the cast page!Stephan Brusche got the Demon Yeti to flash us!Jatinder Ghataora kicked off Jam-tober ’26!

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the monthly ketchup for September ’25!

Jam-tober ’25 is ready to be printed for your trick or treaters!Tony Lorenz brought the boom!Aaron Brassea hijacked a bathtub!Ken Anthony II got hairy!Michael Fitzgerald Troy revealed it wasn’t just any yeti!Jatinder Ghataora invested 6 bucks in the story!Kathy DeLoria took a big swing!

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the Small Press Heroes monthly ketchup for July and August, ’25!

Wilfred Esteves played some lacrosse!Steve Steiner tried to find some grub for Digby and Dangby!Marcus Cooper sent us some duds!New books added to the Bantam House store at the SPH Bazaar!Chris Rogers celebrated the 100th page of the Sunday Jam!Aaron Brassea brought us full circle!Amanda Powers gave us her interpretation of Scrooge!Jatinder Ghataora redefined what it means to be an insect!Tony Lawrence let it snow!Trish Catalano got the sniffles! ...

the Small Press Heroes 2025 FunDrive!

I sent the following to the awesome contributors of all the projects at Small Press Heroes and sharing here as well for those interested

Hey, y’all, the Small Press Heroes site and the Sunday Jam are now 2 years old!  The domain and site maintenance fees on WordPress just came due so I thought this would be a good place to launch the SPH FunDrive!

Basically this is just what will become an annual request for support if you’ve been enjoying all the shenanigans that go on with the Small...

the monthly ketchup for June, ’25!

Brien Wayne Powell introduced us to Old Man Digby and Geoff III!New titles added to the Bantam House store, including volume 3 of the Collected Sunday Jam!Mike Cody taught us the Gorilla Flip!Michael Connors hung out with Digby and Dangby!Trish Catalano set a trap!John Muller dropped a couple bombs. . .literally!Mike Seers exploded!

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the Small Press Heroes monthly ketchup for May, ’25!

Vlad Boskovic got into a fight!Clint Basinger started a jungle adventure!James Banderas-Smith put the smack down!The Small Press Heroes message board went live!Ryan Paul Holgersen reminded us that cats will be cats!John Muller introduced us to Simius Rex!Teri Wood brought in air support!R.B. Tower brought back Dangby!

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Small Press Heroes message board!

The Small Press Heroes message board has launched! Led by Yilnab, the robot unicorn, this will be a fun new way to geek out about small press with your fellow creators!

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artwork by John Muller

the monthly ketchup for April, ’25!

Doug Freeman introduced us to the Conclave of Genies!Sean Kasper showed us the true cost of coffee!Marcus Cooper shared with us what makes him tick!Joe Carrales III finished his page for Jam-tober ’25!Amisha Goel brought back the dog park gang!Michael Fitzgerald Troy introduced a surprise new character into the Jam Around the World!Michael Waggoner escalated the coffee war!Ken Anthony II (with assists from Allen Freeman) provided words of affirmation from Juan Valdez...

the monthly ketchup for March ’25!

In an effort to keep up a regular posting schedule, we’re going to use the beginning of the month to get y’all caught up on all the cool stuff that happened the month before! Like:

E Larry Dobias reminded us of all the amazing characters created in the Sunday Jam!Brian J. Crowley took advantage of all those Jam characters being in one place!Marcus Cooper brought back one of Digby’s friends and a secret weapon!Trevor McKee introduced our hamster hero to his future self!Trish ...

SPH News for March ’25!

Halfway through March already? When did that happen? I guess we lost track of time because of all the awesomeness:

Tom Travers introduced us to the mighty Slogroth!Steve Keeter revealed Geoff’s bite is definitely worse than his bark!Matt Feazell presented us with a bill we couldn’t pay!Alan Groening created the first ever Sunday Jam musical!Ken Anthony II paid off our dog park fees!Trish Catalano embiggened a Froxbanian!Postcards arrived in Brazil, Germany, Taiwan, ...