London’s all-female anthology Whores of Mensa has relaunched with much excitement as The Strumpet, ‘A transatlantic flight of comix fancy!’ Edited by Ellen Lindner and Jeremy Day, The Strumpet features artists from the UK and the US, in a move that will hopefully help create vital links between the two indie comix scenes.

The theme for issue 1 is ‘dress-up’ and stand-out strips for me come from Mardou (‘Mint Condition’), Patrice Aggs (‘Photoshoot’) and Ellen Lindner (‘Me and My Sari’). Emily Ryan Lerner has a very cute style and as always Kripa Joshi’s artwork is just lovely. 

The Strumpet also features some reviews and interviews- enough to make the book varied and professional without compromising on comix content.