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Krazybov is a polished, entertaining comic anthology title with a very 21st Century approach to publication. Freely distributed in shops and at events around central London and sent around the world to subscribers, once all the printed copies have been given away it's made available to read online or download for free.

It's an anthology of eleven strips by contributors from all over the world so it's got a very international flavor (you can see where each creator is from on the contents page). 40 black and white pages of good artwork wrapped in a colour cover.

Krazybov will always remain free and for those that can't make it down to the distribution points you can buy a copy online or subscribe, only paying for postage and packing

To keep the comic free it's heavily reliant on the adverts that appear in the book.

If you want to read a free digital copy go here

If you want an actual physical copy go here

Coverless Review: Independent Comics Anthologies are always hit or miss with me. I tend to look at them as tryout books for the up and coming comics creators as most indy anthologies aren't too picky on who actually contributes as long as there are contributors. In Krazybov #3 there are a few standout strips, but also a lot of rather poor material. Besides the first story "The Children Of Rungholt" by Seb Kempke and Dirk Juergens the rest of the comics seem very abbreviated. Which either means they don't know how to do endings or they are a segment of a longer story. If they are just one part of a longer story, you still need to know your story is going to be in an anthology and you have to make the story fit it's alloted page amount. For me that's something that really bothers me. Many indy anthology contributors have yet to master how to tell an entertaining short story in 8 pages or less. And many of the stories in this anthology fail miserably at that.

This article by J Chris Campbell is must reading for all comics creators looking to take part in anthologies. Read it people, you will learn something.

All of this is not to say Krazybov is a bad book, it's not. There's some mighty fine art in this book and I was particularly attracted to the stories "Pic Nic" by Alberto Pessoa and "Will they notice?" Written and illustrated by Brandon Palas.

Krazybov is more than worth it's price tag though.

Here's a preview of issue four