Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
In terms of critical acclaim Simon Moreton’s autobiographical Smoo Comics series has become widely acknowledged as one of the prominent successes of self-publishing on the UK small press scene over…
There are a few bands that are recognised anywhere. There’s one in particular that will always come first if you ask the question, ‘What’s the most well-known band in the world?’ And…
It was during my background research/reading for the recent coverage of Avery Hill Publishing’s summer launches – Julia Scheele’s collaboration with Ricky Miller on Metroland was one of four uniformly…
It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…
Eclectic and irreverent, Paul R. Cheshire’s Idle Hands Comix is nonetheless a curious humour anthology. Thoughtful subversion of the comics page sits side-by-side with the casually coarse in a book…
Graphic medicine with true heart, The Bad Doctor is a testament to the value of the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition in nurturing exciting new creative voices After Hannah Eaton’s Naming…
In The Shadow Hero, Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew pick up a lost fragment of comics history and create a charming and long-overdue origin story for the first Asian-American…
The lawlessness of the Deep South makes an ideal setting for an adaptation of Robin Hood, but Sherwood, TX hasn’t yet found the balance between honouring the original material and…
Cities have always been mythologised. Whether it’s the lost wonders of Babylon, the sacred ruins of Machu Picchu or the modern day city that never sleeps, cities are a universal…
Justin Zimmerman makes cool things. At least that’s what it says on his website and the evidence is there to back that claim up. He’s written the script for a…
The graphic memoir. Arguably, it’s the one strand of graphic novel publishing most responsible over the last few years for persuading those unfamiliar with the form of its integral value as…
It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…
Noah Van Sciver’s uncool characters revamp the underground tradition of Crumb and company, in a funny and intense collection from AdHouse Books “Noah Van Sciver is a throwback. The kind…
With the vote on Scottish independence this September getting ever closer, a new online project to provide a platform for politically focused comics created in Scotland has made a call…
Jaime Huxtable is a creator whose work I have come across on a number of occasions, and in varying capacities, of late. He’s an artist who continually impresses with his versatility;…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Ten issues is a phenomenal achievement for a small press anthology comic. In the near three years I’ve been writing ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier I’ve seen anthologies come, I’ve…
In the debut issue of The Life After, Joshua Hale Fialkov and Gabo demonstrate their depth of skill and imagination, crafting a world that blends and balances lofty philosophical questions with the…
With its heady mix of music industry drama, time-travel fantasy and borderline psychogeographical undertones, the basic premise of Avery Hill’s Metroland defies easy genre definitions. At its core are two…
The third volume of this substantial, Eisner-nominated anthology, edited by Sonny Liew and Joyce Sim, sheds light on the vibrant indie comics scene in South-East Asia. Here at Broken Frontier we’re…
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Small Press Spotlight on… ‘Moose Kid Comics’ with Jamie SmartJune 30, 2014
Avery Hill Publishing – The ‘Small Pressganged’ Story So Far! Meet the Team at the AHP Summer Party at London’s Orbital Comics this FridayJuly 7, 2014
Reads Volume 2 #1 – The Triumphant Return of Avery Hill Publishing’s Flagship Anthology Includes Work from EdieOP, Owen D. Pomery and Tim BirdJuly 8, 2014
Small Press Spotlight on… First World War Anthology ‘To Arms!’ with Matt Duncan and Karim Iskander FlintJune 24, 2014
