Brits on Top! 2011

Broken Frontier rolled out Brits on Top!, a special event celebrating the British comics scene for the week of August 15 through 19, 2011.

BF Managing Editor Andy Oliver, a born and bred Brit, was responsible for putting the event together: "With Brits on Top! we wanted not just to shamelessly wallow in the nostalgia of the golden age of British weekly comics, but also to shine a spotlight on the rich diversity of the contemporary UK comics scene. Brits on Top! is both a celebration of our uniquely British comics traditions and an opportunity to look forward in eager anticipation to the next chapter in the story of the industry on these shores."

From the great newsagent survivors like The Dandy and the game-changing 2000AD through to the Indie sensibilities of publishers like Blank Slate and Nobrow, this event looked to introduce our large international audience to some of the most distinct approaches to the medium to be found in Dear Old Blighty.

Here is a complete overview of all Brits on Top! content: 

Interviews:

2000AD’s Pat Mills

Blank Slate’s Kenny Penman - Part 1

Blank Slate’s Kenny Penman - Part 2

Blank Slate’s Kenny Penman - Part 3

Cartoon Museum Curator Anita O’Brien

Commando Editor Calum Laird

Dandy Ed-in-Chief Craig Graham

Former Beano Editor Euan Kerr

Nobrow Press’s Alex Spiro - Part 1

Nobrow Press’s Alex Spiro - Part 2

Strip Magazine Editor John Freeman

Tabella’s Kevin Quinn

Special Features:

Comic Cuts: Brit Creators Reminisce on Favourite Childhood Comics - Part 1
(Mike Carey, Shaky Kane, Gary Northfield and Tony Lee)

Comic Cuts: Brit Creators Reminisce on Favourite Childhood Comics - Part 2
(Rufus Dayglo, David Hine, Simon Fraser, Nick Abadzis)

Comic Cuts: Brit Creators Reminisce on Favourite Childhood Comics - Part 3
(Pete Rogers, Cy Dethan, Steve Beckett, The Etherington Brothers)

Comic Cuts: Brit Creators Reminisce on Favourite Childhood Comics - Part 4
(Leigh Gallagher, Jamie Smart, Bryan Talbot)

Comic Cuts: Brit Creators Reminisce on Favourite Childhood Comics - Part 5
(Andy Fanton, Ian Churchill, Andy Lanning)

Inside Look: Com.x's Bluespear

The Dandy’s Sean Baldwin Remembers Tiger Comic

Articles:

The DFC Library

British War Comic Collections

Roy of the Rovers Collections

The Stars of Fleetway

History Pieces:

A Brief History of British Comics

IPC Comics

2000AD

Rogue Trooper

M.A.C.H. 1

Strontium Dog

Reviews:

ABC Warriors: The Black Hole

Judge Dredd: Hondo City Law

Blogs:

Gorgeous Preview Pages from Rob Davis' Don Quixote

The Dredd, the Bad & the Ugly

Britain and its Weekly Serials

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