Slab-O-Concrete facts for kids

Slab-O-Concrete Productions was a British mail order distributor and publisher, founded by Peter Pavement, Dave Hanna, Emma Copsey, and Chris Tappenden; operating mostly in Brighton and Hove during the 1990s. Initially selling British small press comics and zines (including Pavement's own comics), Slab-O-Concrete also imported publications from the United States, Australia, and Europe.

Slab-o-Concrete was originally based in Sheffield; it moved to Hove in 1995. After intensely ramping up its publishing line in the late nineties (including moving into CDs and prose books), Slab-O-Concrete was laid low in 2001 as policy changes in the book industry caused cash-flow issues.

Titles published

Music

• 17%: Hendrix Was Not the Only Musician!, by Billy Childish & His Famous Headcoats (1998)
• The Attack of Everything, by Jad Fair and Jason Willett (2000)

Comics

• Amnesty International minicomics
  • A Bowl of Rice, by Ilya (1998) — published in partnership with Amnesty International
  • Freedom from Discrimination, by Enrique Rodríguez (1998) — published in partnership with Amnesty International
  • Just Deserts, by Dan Jones (1998) — published in partnership with Amnesty International
  • Love, by Peter Arkle (1998) — published in partnership with Amnesty International
• Anarchy in the UK: the Comic (1994)
• Artbabe in Pigskin vs Paintbrush!, by Jessica Abel (1999)
• Assume Nothing: Starring Liliane: Evolution of a Bi-Dyke, by Leanne Franson (1997)
• Axis Mundi, by Ian Carney and Garry Marshall (2000)
• Bad Hair Day, by Craig Conlan (1997)
• Bulletins from Serbia: E-mails and Cartoon Strips from Beyond the Front Line, by Aleksandar Zograf (1999)
• Cheap Date: Antidotal Anti-Fashion, by Peter Blake (2000)
• Daddy is So Far Away, We Must Find Him!, by Wostok and Grabowski (1998)
• Doc Trader, by Jessica Abel (2000)
• Dole Scum: Co-starring Bunny Girl and Pig Boy, by Nigel Auchterlounie (2000)
• Donna's Day, by Donna Mathes and Peter Bagge (1999)
• Dream Bytes, by Lee Kennedy (1994) — ongoing series
• Dream Watcher: Comics, by Aleksandar Zograf (1998)
• Eager Beaver (Missive Device), by Ian Carney and Woodrow Phoenix (1999, )
• The End of the Century Club: Countdown, by Ed Hillyer (1999, )
• Excreta: Stories of Bodily Fluids, by Ole Comoll Christensen (1999)
• Fishbowl #1 (1994), #2 (1995), by Chris Tappenden
• Floozie, by Jane Graham (1998)
• Gash, by Soren Mosdal (2000)
• The GirlFrenzy Aillennial: a Big Girl's Annual, by Erica Smith (1998)
• The Great Challenge: an International Anthology of Political Cartoons (1998) — exhibition catalogue to accompany the Great Challenge held at Oxo Tower Wharf, London, 1998
• Hairy Mary: Fun Fur, by Craig Conlan (1999)
• Hairy Mary: Grrrl, by Craig Conlan (1999)
• Handy Hints for a Consumer Society, by Chris Tappenden (1995)
• Liberty Fernando: a Story of Zits & Revolution, by Ole Comoll Christensen (1999)
• Lux and Alby: Sign on & Save the Universe, by Martin Millar and Simon Fraser, with lettering by Ali Kirkpatrick (1999)
• Meet John Dark, by Darryl Cunningham and Simon Gane (1998)
• Pavement (issues #0, 1-3; title changed to Pavement Pizza for issue #4), edited by Peter Pavement, with contributions by Pavement, Dave Hanna, Lawrence Burton, Adeline Wartner, Paul John, Welly, Andy Hemingway, Renée French, and Chris Tappenden (1990–1994)
• The Plot Thickens (1997) — published with Brighton-based Armchair Comics
• Punk Strips, by Simon Gane (2000)
• Schwa, by Bill Barker (1995)
• Simon Cat in "Taxi", by Nigel Auchterlounie (1999)
• The Slab-O-Concrete Sampler, (1990) edited by Peter Pavement
• The Slab-O-Concrete Inactivity Book, edited by Woodrow Phoenix and Craig Conlan (2000, )
• The Slab Selection, edited by Peter Pavement (1996, )
• Spiral Dreams, by Al Davison (2000)
• Sugar Buzz: Live at Budokan!, by Woodrow Phoenix (1999, )
• Teaching Through Trauma, by Leanne Franson (1999)
• Time Warp: The End of the Century Club, by Ed Hillyer (1999, )
• Windy Wilberforce in The Saga of the Scroll, by Ed Pinsent (1995, )
• Witch, by Lorna Miller (1999)
• The Worm: the Longest Comic Strip in the World, by Alan Moore and a "galaxy of greats" (1999)

Prose

• Below Critical Radar: Fanzines and Alternative Comics from 1976 to the Present Day, edited by Roger Sabin & Teal Triggs (2000, )
• Billy Childish: & His Famous Headcoats; Hendrix Was Not the Only Musician, by Billy Childish (1998)
• Cometbus, by Aaron Cometbus (1999) — zine
• Ground Level (1994) — zine about alternative comics
• Little Girl Blues, by Lee Kennedy (1994) – zine
• Spy TV: Just Who is the Digital TV Revolution Overthrowing?, by David Burke (2000)
• Towards 2012: the Journal of Millennial Mutation
  • Part 2, Psychedelica (1996)
  • Part 3, Culture and Language, by Gyrus T. Features, et al. (1997)