About

Founded in 2010, Rotland Press is a small publishing house in Detroit, USA.

It is a publisher of printed projects that mingle mordant amusement with enthusiastic despair.

Ryan Standfest is the publisher and editor-in-chief.

selected press

● Null, Thomas. “The Disorient Express: Walerian Borowczyk’s Anatomy of the DevilDiaboloque Magazine (online), July 23, 2023.

● Heller, Steven. “The Apocalypse is not Alien to H.R. Giger” PRINT Magazine (online), December 20, 2022.

● Cook, Ashley. “Rotland Press: An Interview with Ryan StandfestRunner Magazine (online), November 7, 2022.

● Staff. “The art of deflating the hypocritical creedMorning Star (online), June 17, 2022.

● Carey, Ryan. “Still Teetering On The Brink : Sue Coe And Stephen F. Eisenman’s “American Fascism NowFour Color Apocalypse (online), June, 2021.

● Heller, Steven. “The Plague Review Goes ViralPRINT Magazine (online), February 15, 2021.

● Clough, Rob. “This is Fine: David Lynch’s The Angriest Dog In The WorldSolrad: The Online Literary Magazine for Comics (online), November 16, 2020.

● Heller, Steven. “The Daily Heller: The Rotland Dreadfuls Are Not DeplorablePRINT Magazine (online), November 3, 2020.

● Heller, Steven. “The Daily Heller: Sue Coe Strikes!PRINT Magazine (online), September 24, 2020.

● Petit, Zachary. “Bringing David Lynch’s Cult Comic Strip Back to Life.” PRINT Magazine (online), August 20, 2020.

● Kirsh, Andrea. “Two art books for our era of racial reckoning.” Artblog (online), August 18, 2020.

● Letts, K.A. “The Plague Review: A New Journal for the Age of the Pandemic from Detroit’s Rotland Press.” The New Art Examiner (online), June 16, 2020.

● Petit, Zachary. “The Plague, Reviewed.” PRINT Magazine (online), May 20, 2020.

● Hodges, Michael. “Graphic artists channel end-of-world humor in The Plague Review” The Detroit News (online and print), April 29, 2020.

● Philip, Drew. “The Timelessness of Art is Doubly Poignant at this Time of Crisis, Yet How Will the Artists be Funded?” DetroitIsIt (online), April 16, 2020.

● Clough, Rob. “BLACK EYE No. 3” (review), The Comics Journal (online), June 7, 2018.

● Crawford, Lynn. "Up Close 2016: Detroit" Art In America (online), December 28, 2016.

● Sharp, Sarah Rose. "Paintings of a Homegrown Black Superhero" (feature), Hyperallergic (online), October 18, 2016.

● Stateside Staff (Cynthia Canty). "Painter Aims to Capture Superhero Powers of the N-WordMichigan Public Radio (radio interview), August 15, 2016.

● Dooley, Michael. “7 Best Vintage Comics Revelations: A Designer’s Report” PRINT Magazine (online), September 2, 2015.

● Berlatsky, Noah. “Chasing Posada: A Macabre Populist In The City”, Chicago Reader (print and online edition), January, 2015.

● Dowd, D.B. “J.G. Posada Visits Oklahoma”, Graphic Tales (blog), September 18, 2014.

● Di Fazio, Gabriele. “ROTLAND PRESS” (feature), Just Indie Comics (blog), April 21, 2014.

● DeVito, Lee. “Dreadfully Good Art”, Metro Times (print edition), November 5, 2013.

● Clough, Rob. “BLACK EYE 2” (review), The Comics Journal (online), October 17, 2013.

● Milo, Jeff. “BLACK EYE 2- ROTLAND PRESS” (feature in two parts), Metro Times (online), June 13, 2013.

● Clough, Rob. "Sharp Stick: Black Eye, Volume 1" (review), High-Low (blog), February 22, 2012.

● McConnell, Robin. “BLACK EYE Talk : Heer, Onsmith & Standfest” (interview), Inkstuds, CiTr, Vancouver, BC, Canada (radio), July 15, 2011.

● Collins, Sean T. “BLACK EYE 1” (review), The Comics Journal (online), July 13, 2011.

● Flinn, Sue Carter. “Canadian Customs Seizes “Obscene” Comics”, Quill & Quire (online), May 12, 2011.

● Giampaoli, Justin. “BLACK EYE Only Funny South of the Border”, 13 Minutes (blog), May 10, 2011. 

● Farber, Paul. "Pushing the Limits of Good Taste" (interview), Michigan Public Radio (radio), 2010.

From rot new growth emerges.