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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Holds an ELCAF Special this Thursday June 21st with Guest Artists Xiao Mei, Laurel Pettitt and Jens K Styve

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 18, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Our sixth Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2018 is this week and it’s a very special edition to celebrate the East London Comics and Arts Festival!…

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A Real Man – Humiliation and Social Ineptitude Abound in Tor Brandt’s Bleak Slacker Comedy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 15, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! A follow-up to his previous comic Nice and Clean (2015) but for the casual reader a standalone tale in its own right, Tor Brandt’s A Real Man is a…

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“Blop Represents Outsiders, Free Thinkers… Those who Don’t Quite Fit in or Often Feel Misunderstood” – Alex Hahn on His Martian Misadventurer and Building a Profile on the Small Press Scene

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 15, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Alex Hahn has been a regular presence on the UK small press circuit over the last few years with a diverse back catalogue of work and a versatile…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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‘The Empty Space’ and ‘Dog Days’ – Two Beautiful, Bittersweet Books from Centrala

  • by Tom Baker
  • June 15, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT!  Centrala are a publishing house which originated in Poland, before making the move to South London, focussed primarily on translating and distributing the work of European artists. One…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Nobrow 10: Studio Dreams – 70 Artists Celebrate Ten Years of Nobrow Press in this Gorgeously Presented Special Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 14, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Ten years ago Nobrow Press sprung onto the comics scene taking sequential art into new and exciting arts-based directions with work that embraced a strong sense of graphic design, challenging…

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“I Hope that if My Work Has Done Just One Thing, It Has Made Someone Feel Less Alone” – Jayde Perkin Talks about Exploring Loss and Grief on the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 14, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! One of our 2018 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, Jayde Perkin’s comics explorations of loss and grief are among some of the most powerful and…

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LÖK ZINE #09 – The Theme of ‘Trial’ Explored in the Italian Anthology by Artists Including Adriana Marineo, Matteo Farinella and Sofia Buti

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 14, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Italian-based collective and anthology LÖK ZINE describes itself as “a magazine that celebrates the best in current illustration, comics and creative culture.” With comic strips and illustration presented…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Great North Wood – Tim Bird Brings a Little Magic Back to the Hills of South London

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 14, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! ‘Psychogeography’ is one of those words that burned and sparkled like a roman candle for a while but has now gone on to signify a certain kind of literary…

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“We Keep Coming Back to the Idea of the Collective as a Space for Experimentation” – The Baguette Trousers Trio of Chloe Elise Dennis, Luke Finch and Sinae Carrotate Park on Their Emerging Practice

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 13, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Baguette Trousers comprises three up-and-coming artists – Chloe Elise Dennis, Luke Finch and Sinae Carrotate Park – whose varied visual styles and practice can be seen as a collective for…

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PersonaЖ #2: A Week in the Life of Daria – Russian Micropress Sputnikat’s Anthology Features Mikkel Sommer, Anton Mariinsky, Katya Dorokhina and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 13, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! There are echoes of Blank Slate’s acclaimed graphic novel Nelson in the latest edition of Russian micropress Sputnikat’s PersonaЖ, the second of a series of self-contained anthologies that…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Generous Bosom #3 – Conor Stechschulte Takes Us Further Down the Rabbit Hole in His Deepening Mystery

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 13, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Lengthy gaps between issues is one of the problems with serial storytelling in comics. However, in his mysterious drama Generous Bosom, Conor Stechschulte has created a sense of…

Features

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Relatable Stories Told with Wit, Whimsy and a Touch of Animal Magic – Rebecca K. Jones on Her Laydeez do Comics Prize-Nominated ‘Boomerang’ and the Struggles of Being Catless and Creative

  • by Jenny Robins
  • June 12, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Rebecca K. Jones is a London-based illustrator and comic artist, recently shortlisted for the Laydeez do Comics prize for her graphic novel project Boomerang. Her work addresses contemporary social…

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Secrets We Cannot See – The Haunting Echoes of a Lost Past Permeate Every Page of Mhairi Braden’s Powerful Zine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 12, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! It’s been an entire year since I last looked at Mhairi Braden’s work – unsurprisingly, perhaps, for 2017’s ELCAF – when I wrote about the tactile reading experience of…

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Out in the Open – Javi Rey Brings Jesús Carrasco’s Novel to Comics in an Atmospheric Adaptation from SelfMadeHero

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 12, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Adapting novels into comics form is a tricky path to navigate. Often such cross-media exercises fall into the trap of attempting to wrap images around the existing prose,…

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Sutra: Songs from the World of OM – Andy Barron Returns to His Fantastically Eerie Alien Realm in a New Anthology Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 11, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! We took a trip to Andy Barron’s entrancing yet brutal world of OM earlier this year at Broken Frontier when we looked at Mantra, a collection of his…

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What a Life – Jayde Perkin Continues to Draw Powerful Emotional Reactions from Her Audience in Another Memorable Autobio Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 11, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! There’s a welcome synchronicity to reviewing a Jayde Perkin comic for this year’s East London Comics and Arts Festival given that my first coverage of her work at…

Features

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“My Nomadic Lifestyle Indirectly Encouraged Me to Adopt a Minimalist Mindset” – Araki Koman on Her Illustration, Influences and Aesthetic

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • June 11, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! With her distinctive style of minimalist line drawing, which frequently champions diverse female cultures from around the world, Araki Koman has exhibited her art in New York and…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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A View from the Frontier – ELCAF Fortnight 2018 Begins Today at Broken Frontier!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 11, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Nearly six years ago at Broken Frontier I wrote very briefly about the buzz surrounding a brand new comics show on the UK indie circuit saying of it that…

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