HIVE FOUR call for submissions!

Faithful mendicants of the HIVE gospel! We require your service! We are accepting any and all submissions for our next issue. The deadline is mid February. Send us the insides of your brains* either on paper or electronical bedevilment.

Technical Details:
1-15 pages
Black and White
5.5"x8.5" final page area

Send hard copy submissions to:

Jordan Shiveley
722 S. Jefferson
B01
Springfield, MO
65806

Send submissions via email to:
jordanshiveley@gmail.com



*Please don't actually send us your brains that would be gross and illegal.

HIVE Shots

HIVE TWO, HIVE THREE, HIVE ONE

HIVE THREE On Sale!

HIVE THREE is in the online store!

TYPHON! ANTHOLOGY!

You guys need to check out Danny Hellman's awesome anthology TYPHON It is well worth the price of admittance! Beautiful full color with intriguing stories from some of my favorite cartoonists. I can't recommend it enough.

HIVE THREE

HIVE THREE is finished!

We will be mailing out the contributor copies soon.

You can snail mail order it from us NOW!

($10 dollars + $3 shipping and handling)

I will have it up in the online store sometime next week

Sneak Peek of HIVE THREE!

Here are just a few of the artists who will be appearing in HIVE THREE


Matt Kindt


Joshua W. Cotter


John Kinhart


Joe Decie


Andrew Drilon

Malachi Ward


Hawk Krall

Dax Delap


Eamon Espey



. . . and HONEST TO GOODNESS GENUINE SCADS MORE!!!

HIVE THREE release date!

Rejoice! For HIVE THREE is nigh upon us. The date that was foreordained before the foundations of the Earth has been revealed. November Six of the Two Thousandth and Ninth axial turning since the great Celestial Defection! The Word of HIVE will be there!

P.S. HIVE THREE comes out on November 6th. Release Party at the Coffee Ethic in Springfield, MO starting at 6 PM.

Sneak preview forthcoming!

Prize Comics #2 by Hawk Krall

We just received Prize #2 by Hawk Krall in the mail and are redolent in its beautiful filthiness. We know we should shower but we are hoping the smell lingers for years.

The power and the terror

Things that are amazing to hold in my hands = eight original pages of unpublished Chris Mostyn art.

Things that are terrifying to hold in my hands = eight original pages of unpublished Chris Mostyn art.

This is the moment we've been training for . . .

The celestial choirs have attuned their harmonies! The crystals spires arise from the desert! Omens and portents have culminated in this! Yes faithful believers, the day is upon us! Malachi Ward has released "Utu" into printed existence and we can begin our worship.

Top Shelf $3 Sale!!

This is too good to pass up! Go support this great company and get some astounding art for less than the cost of the ink!

Top Shelf $3 Sale

J.M. Shiveley Blog

The editor of HIVE has started a blog to focus mainly on his comic work. Check it out if ye be so inclined.

J.M. Shiveley BLOG

HIVE Hearts Jamie Tanner

This is a cause we can get behind. This is a cause that has us stockpiling ski masks and pouring over bank floor plans. This is a cause we have semi-dishonorable intentions towards.

Jamie Tanner Makes a New Graphic Novel

HIVE 3 Cover

Thought you guys might like to see some sneak peeks from the printing of the HIVE 3 cover. Had a lot of fun making them! We used a Vandercook #4 Proof Press.

A tentative line up for HIVE NUMBER THREE in October

Starting to gear up for HIVE THREE which is slated to appear in October so I thought I'd show a tentative list of contributors

J.W. Cotter
Matt Kindt
Hawk Krall
John (Sorry Comics)
Malachi Ward
Chris Mostyn
Jon Freihofer
J.M. Shiveley
Joe Decie
Eamon Espey
Thomas Beard
Chad R. Woody
Mark Leicht
Wayne Wells

and a cover by the talented Doug Wilson

We are pretty excited about this issue. It will have a shocking secret agenda! It will show you your true love! It will whisper the things you've never told anyone into your ear as you sleep. We will be on the front pages of the WORLD! Maybe.

Grimalkin Press Online Store

We now have an online store where you can order HIVE

Grimalkin Press Etsy Store

Check it out!!

HIVE TWO Sneak Peek

Here is a little sneak peek of a few of the contributors to HIVE TWO


Chad Woody

Jeffrey Brown

Mark Leicht

J.M. Shiveley

Cristina Freihofer

Jon Freihofer

Chris Mostyn

HIVE NUMBER TWO release party!

Okay great news! We are having a release party for HIVE NUMBER TWO on July 3rd at The Coffee Ethic in downtown Springfield. The new issue looks great. It sports a limited edition lino cut cover designed by Chris Mostyn and features work from,

Jeffrey Brown (Ignatz Award Winner)
Chris Mostyn
J.M. Shiveley
Mark Leicht
Thomas Beard
Jon Freihofer
Chad R. Woody
Cristina Freihofer
Wayne Wells

So come down and hang out with us! The Coffee Ethic has great single origin coffee and there will be live DJs*!

This issue will cost a pittance**!



*It turns out that while economically preferable we were in Health Code violation with the previous "non-live" DJs
**Ten Dollars

Here are some pictures from the cover pressing



Chris Mostyn Inking his linocut



J.M. Shiveley manning the press

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We are now accepting submissions for the October issue.

As always we love hearing from you so drop us a line or just show up on a whim, standing awkwardly with all your luggage when we open the door. We make really good egg sandwiches.

Contact Info:

Email: jordanshiveley@gmail.com

Old Fashioned but Neato Mail:

Jordan Shiveley
722 S. Jefferson B01
Springfield, MO
65806

You can order copies of HIVE ONE and HIVE TWO by sending $10 + $3 shipping and handling to the above address. Make all checks and money orders payable to Jordan Shiveley.

Hive News

News from the printing front.

The faithful mendicants here at Grimalkin Press have been busy spreading the good news of Hive and we are happy to report that the first printing (and most of a second) of Hive: A Somewhat Quarterly Comics Journal have flown off the shelves.

The next issue should be out in the first part of July and will feature the work of

Jeffrey Brown (Eisner Award Winner)
Chris Mostyn
J.M. Shiveley
Mark Leicht
Thomas Beard
Jon Freihoffer
Kyle Jeffries
Lauryl Wagoner
Wayne Wells

and tentatively

J.W. Cotter
Shawn Cheng

It looks like it will be clocking in somewhere around a hefty 150 pages and be perfect bound sporting brand spanking new limited edition and numbered linocut covers by the talented Chris Mostyn.

We are still accepting submissions for the July issue with the deadline being Mid Mayish.

As always we love hearing from you so drop us a line or come by and sit on the porch a spell . . . we'll provide lemonade and small talk.

Contact Info:

Email: jordanshiveley@gmail.com

Old Fashioned but Neato Mail:

Jordan Shiveley
722 S. Jefferson B01
Springfield, MO
65806