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Features

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“I Just Wanted it to Be Beautiful and Raw and Weird” – Donya Todd on Her New Experimental Graphic Novel ‘The Witch’s Egg’ from Avery Hill Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 8, 2025

We have been following the career of British artist Donya Todd since her early self-publishing days and breakthrough book Death & the Girls from Blank Slate Books. Indeed she was…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Celebrating World Book Day UK 2017 – Top Graphic Novel Recommendations from Tillie Walden, Jock, Karrie Fransman, Donya Todd and Many More!

  • by EdieOP
  • March 2, 2017

World Book Day is celebrating its 20th year in the UK today. For two decades it has revered the wonder of stories and illustrations; a day where readers of all ages can…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Greasy’s Guide to Nookie – Comic Book Slumber Party Return with an “Alternative Sex Education” Featuring Work from Lottie Pencheon, Eleni Kalorkoti, Lizzy Stewart and Jess Milton

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 8, 2016

After their British Comic Awards nomination for Fairytales for Bad Bitches it seemed a given that the Comic Book Slumber Party collective would return to their signature character Greasy with…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Buttertubs – Donya Todd’s Typically Idiosyncratic Fantasy with Attitude Comes to Avery Hill Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 22, 2016

There can be few experiences in comics quite as delightfully, deliciously and dizzyingly bizarre as a Donya Todd offering. From her self-published The Burger Boys to Death & the Girls…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for November 11, 2015 – Thought Bubble Special, Including Identity, Red, Plans We Made, I Love this Part, Greasy’s Guide to Nookie and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 10, 2015

It’s nearly 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, the…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Die! Boo! Die! – Deliciously Creepy Horror Anthology Comic for Kids Features Rob Davis, Simon Gane, Becky Barnicoat, Jack Teagle, Donya Todd and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2015

Remaining age appropriate while avoiding patronising your audience is one of the great tests of children’s literature. It’s a difficult line to walk but in UK comics, at least, we…

Blog

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Safari Showcase: Donya Todd – From the Hallucinogenic World of ‘Death & the Girls’ to Kick-Ass Anthology ‘Bimba’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 13, 2015

A SAFARI FESTIVAL TIE-IN! “It’s not often I get the opportunity to describe a creator as a true original but in Donya Todd’s case it would be criminal not to…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Bimba #2: Witchouse – Supernatural Anthology Offerings from Donya Todd, Emma Raby, Kristyna Baczynski, Brigid Deacon and Company

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 30, 2015

Two years ago, Donya Todd established her A4-sized anthology Bimba as a platform for “kick-ass female artists”. From the outset the book had a sense of vibrant, defiant energy to…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Donya Todd Arrives at Avery Hill Publishing – Previewing the Wild World of ‘Buttertubs’!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 3, 2015

From self-published minicomics, to hardcover collections and kick-ass anthologies, Donya Todd’s work has been a regular fixture in ‘Small Pressganged’ since I first reviewed The Burger Boys back in 2012. It’s…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Avery Hill Announce 2015 Publishing Plans – New Projects Include Work from Rachael Smith, Donya Todd, Tillie Walden and Daria Hlazatova

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 27, 2015

It was not without reason that plucky South London outfit Avery Hill Publishing were nominated by the Broken Frontier staff alongside the likes of Image Comics, First Second, Boom! and…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Are Higher Quality Printing Opportunities for Self-Publishing Squeezing Out Traditional DIY Small Press Values?

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 4, 2015

Is the easier availability of high quality printing options for self-publishing having a negative knock-on effect for small press comics work presented in a traditional zine or DIY culture format?…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Is the Ever Expanding Number of UK Comics Shows, Festivals and Fairs Sustainable?

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 8, 2015

Is the rapidly expanding number of UK comics-related shows, fairs and festivals to exhibit at an advantage? Or is this level of growth actually stretching small press creators and their…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Comic Book Slumber Party: Fairytales for Bad Bitches – Fantasy Classics with Attitude from Donya Todd, Alice Urbino, Sarah Burgess and Company

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 6, 2015

Comic Book Slumber Party may exist primarily to promote the work of women creators from across the globe but it also seeks to showcase the work of newer creative voices…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Is Self and Micro Comics Publishing in the UK Growing Faster than its Potential Audience? (Part 1)

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 15, 2014

For those of us involved in the world of independent British comics – whether directly as creators and publishers or more tangentially as commentators and observers – it’s easy to…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Team Girl Comic #10 – Happy Anniversary TGC! Trina Robbins, Kate Charlesworth, Hannah Berry, Lucy Sweet and Donya Todd Join the Celebrations

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 14, 2014

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…

Reviews

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Death & the Girls

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 2, 2013

Death & the Girls takes us to an eerie, hallucinatory world of violence, vomit and voyeurism, all infused with the distinctive imagery of Mexican folklore. Betsy, Bunny and Batstone –…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Bimba #1

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 9, 2013

In her own words British comics artist Donya Todd created the anthology Bimba as a showcase for “kick-ass female artists”. The first issue features not just Todd’s work but also…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Tiny Pencil #1: Into the Woods We Go

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 16, 2013

Founded and co-edited by Amber Hsu and Katriona Chapman, Tiny Pencil is the latest anthology publication to burst onto the British small press scene. As its name suggests, the raison…

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