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Comes with a Smile
2026-11-16 05:54:00 · The Daily Ledger
Comes with a Smile was a quarterly music-focused fanzine published in the United Kingdom between June 1997 and February 2006. The title originates from a lyric in Red House Painters' song "24".
In 2001, Comes with a Smile released a now-out-of-print split 7-inch between the bands Arco and Rivulets. Catalog number (KWOZ01).

From issue 5 onward, the magazine included a cover CD containing rare and often otherwise unavailable tracks by most of the artists interviewed within the magazine.

Personnel
Matt Dornan - Editor
Paul Heartfield - Photography
Clive Painter - Mastering Engineer
Mark Venn - Publisher
Contributors
Ian Fletcher
LD Beghtol
Greg Weeks
Jamie Lynn
Martin Williams
Mariko Sakamoto
Jennifer Nine
Stav Sherez
Mike Agate
James Hindle
Wyndham Wallace
Adrian Pannett
Mike Diver
Jane Oriel
Allie Roxburgh
Simon Berkovitch
Laurence Arnold
Mark Walton
Tom Sheriff
Stephen Raywood
Matt Thorne
Sarah Corbett
Mary MacDowell
Stephen Ridley
Maike Zimmermann
many more
References
Music magazines published in the United Kingdom
Quarterly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Defunct magazines published in the United Kingdom
Fanzines
Magazines established in 1997
Magazines disestablished in 2006
