[[wikipedia:File:Some British small press comics.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A small number of British small press comics for sale at the Caption convention, 2005|]] British small press comics, once known as stripzines, are comic books self-published by amateur cartoonists and comic book creators, usually in short print runs, in the UK. A "small press comic" is essentially a zine composed predominantly of comic strips. The term emerged in the early 1980s to distinguish them from zines about comics. Notable artists who have had their start in British small press comics include Eddie Campbell, Paul Grist, Rian Hughes, Jamie Hewlett, Philip Bond and Andi Watson.