2008 founder kenny penman country of origin united kingdom headquarters location london distribution turnaround key people kenny penman iz rips publication types books comic books official website www.blankslatebooks.co.uk blank slate books bsb is a publishing company based in the uk . it publishes primarily comic books graphic novels and comic strip collections with an emphasis on new work by british artists and translated work by european artists . the books it publishes are noted for their indie friendly content and are frequently by small press artists whose initial work is self published . the name of the company is a pun on drawing or writing on a blackboard . bsb is currently one of the few dedicated original comics and graphic novel publishers in the uk with a strong reputation for stylish high quality books with non genre titles that have netted it nominations from both the ignatz awards in 2011 and the eisner awards in the usa in 2012 and two prizes from the british comics awards for book of the year with nelson in 2012 and winner of the emerging talent award for the silver darlings in 2013 . contents 1 history 2 titles 2.1 graphic novels 2.2 collections and anthologies 2.3 translations 2.4 other books 3 references 4 external links history edit blank slate books bsb was founded in 2008 by kenny penman and a partner . penman was inspired by fantagraphics books of seattle wa . to publish books in the united kingdom that would do for artists in britain what fantagraphics was doing in the usa championing the independent . alternative creators who were not working in superhero or other mainstream commercial comics genres . penman is co director of forbidden planet international so has plenty of experience with the comics industry . he saw the mission of bsb as supporting home grown talent and providing an essential outlet for work that might not be seen elsewhere . 1 he was primarily motivated to begin the company after encountering the work of oliver east who has no real precedents in uk comics . the publication of trains are mint by east was bsb s first release in 2008 and was critically acclaimed with an ignatz nomination following soon after publication . other notable releases were psychiatric tales by darryl cunningham another non genre work which was featured on radio 4 in many newspaper articles and eventually republished in the usa . the collective graphic novel nelson edited by rob davis and woodrow phoenix was an experiment that became the observer newspaper s graphic novel of the month november 2011 . the times newspaper awarded it best graphic novel of 2011 it was nominated for an eisner award and was voted book of the year in the british comic awards 2012 . penman s other mission was to introduce titles from european countries to the uk that otherwise might not be seen . he has focused primarily upon german titles by creators such as mawil line hoven and ule osterle who are stars in germany but little known in the uk . bsb currently publishes six to eight books a year . in 2012 woodrow phoenix himself an acclaimed author of graphic novels became art director of the company and now supervises bsb s design and production . titles edit graphic novels edit psychiatric tales by darryl cunningham spleenal by nigel auchterlounie weak as i am by nigel auchterlounie berlin and that by oliver east trains are ... mint by oliver east proper go well high by oliver east swear down by oliver east girl and the gorilla the by mad leine flores luchadoras by peggy adam peepholes by laurie j. proud death & the girls by donya todd playing out by jim medway take away by lizz lunney dinopopolous by nick edwards my skateboard life by ed syder survivalist the by box brown suitcase the by dan berry orson welles special agent by gordon rennie & woodrow phoenix kochi wanaba by jamie smart a long day of mr. james teacher by james harvey collections and anthologies edit nelson by rob davis and woodrow phoenix hugo tate by nick abadzis alby figgs by warren pleece uncle bob adventures by darryl cunningham accidental salad the by joe decie listening agent the by joe decie translations edit departures by pierre maurel coney island baby by nine antico sleepyheads by randall c. hector umbra by uli oesterle love looks away by line hoven sparky o hare by mawil the band by mawil we can still be friends by mawil home & away by mawil other books edit felt mistress creature couture by woodrow phoenix references edit name http www.blankslatebooks.co.uk blog 2008 06 test post 12.html slate blog external links edit bsb homepage 1 blog of publisher kenny penman a collaboration between 54 british comic artists has produced a surprisingly cohesive and heartfelt novel by rachel cooke the observer 18 november 2011 graphic novel of the month 2 my favourite medical graphic novels by cian o luanaigh 19 july 2010 the talking penguin s guide to climate change by killian fox the observer 22 april 2012 retrieved from https 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