Publisher Highlight: Fieldmouse Press

Founded in 2019, the comics publisher Fieldmouse Press is based out of Grass Valley in California. Their House focuses on introspective text, exploring inner-emotions and personal experiences. Ranging from micro-comics to full volumes, works like Feather (Cohen, 2024), explore the act of creation and development. a rootbound plant needs space to grow (Zhu, 2025) examines the idea of love. A Scientific Study of Transsexuality (Woodiwiss, 2025), in turn, explores the sensual beauty of the trans body through the medium of a fictional scientific journal.[1]

To produce these phenomenal works, Fieldmouse sometimes runs Kickstarts to raise the funds to publish. Readers can find more information about the House’s book releases as well as their campaigns on their Instagram page.

Titles at UC Berkeley

Additional Titles in the UC System

Readers can find additional titles from Fieldmouse Press through our UC Library Search by limiting results with a publisher search.

Notes

[1] “Two Apple Problem: What ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ Means in Graphic Narratives,” Literary Hub, accessed February 3, 2026, https://lithub.com/two-apple-problem-what-show-dont-tell-means-in-graphic-narratives/; Longtime Comics Critics Announce FIELDMOUSE PRESS, a New Nonprofit Publisher, accessed November 25, 2025, https://www.comicsbeat.com/fieldmouse-press-announcement/; MariNaomi, “Leela Corman on Victory Parade, Genocide and Transgressive Art: ‘This Is My Corner Of Humanity’s Coffin To Carry,’” The Comics Journal, April 1, 2024, https://www.tcj.com/leela-corman-on-victory-parade-genocide-and-transgressive-art-this-is-my-corner-of-humanitys-coffin-to-carry/; Arpad Okay, “Graphic Novel Review: FLEA Is Fearless, Flawed, Dirty, and Excellent,” The Beat, September 10, 2025, https://www.comicsbeat.com/review-flea/; “About,” Fieldmouse Press, accessed February 2, 2026, https://www.fieldmouse.press/about.


Publisher Highlight: speCt!

speCt! logo 2025

Physically located in Oakland, CA, speCt! (titles on Asterism) has been treating a reading public to beautiful poetry and visual art since 2012.[1] Founded by Gillian Hamel, Peter Burghardt, and Robert Andrew Perez, the group started printing on a C&P is a small letterpress.[2] The community publisher started with and continues to focus heavily on chapbooks, which they publish with beautiful covers and excellent printing. They also print the occasional full-length text with titles like Wildfires. Their authors, including Ching-In Chen, have won awards for their beautiful work, including the 2022 Markowitz Award.[3]

One can find information about their publications on Asterism and about their community activities, including readings, on their Instagram page.

Gorgeous example titles

 

To find out more about UC Berkeley’s collection of speCt!’s book, take a look at our UC Library Search.

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EndNotes

[1] “speCt!,” Asterism Books, accessed July 10, 2025, https://asterismbooks.com/publisher/spect.

[2] “speCt: A Retrospect!ve,” Small Press Traffic, 2022, https://www.smallpresstraffic.org/traffic-report/spect.

[3] Mai Tran, “Ching-In Chen and Morgan H Thomas Win 2022 Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers,” Lambda Literary, June 7, 2022, https://lambdaliterary.org/2022/06/ching-in-chen-and-morgan-h-thomas-win-2022-markowitz-award-for-exceptional-new-lgbtq-writers/.