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Bay Area Queer Zine Symposium Announced for the Weekend of March 19th-20th as Part of the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco’s ‘Meantime’ Programme

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 15, 2022

As we post details of the upcoming Bay Area Queer Zine Symposium below, a reminder that we are always keen to hear about any initiatives in comics that amplify the…

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Breakdown Press’s Safari Festival Arrives on August 30th – Championing the New Wave of Alternative and Art Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 7, 2014

From a punter’s perspective one of the great rewards of the current burgeoning UK small press scene is that there’s plenty of room for both non-curated festivals that offer an…

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East London Comics and Arts Festival 2013: Looking back at Nobrow’s ELCAF

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 24, 2013

The second East London Comics and Arts Festival (ELCAF) hit the U.K.’s capital on Saturday boasting an amazing array of altcomics, indie publishers, micro and small pressers from across Europe,…

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Formidable! – Looking Back on BD & Comics Passion 2013

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 4, 2013

Since its debut in the autumn of 2011, the BD & Comics Passion festival at London’s Institut français has rapidly become an essential – even obligatory – date for the diary in our…

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