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Jessica Martin’s ‘Elsie’ Exhibition Launches at Orbital Comics this Saturday August 29th – Profiling the ‘It Girl’ and ‘Vivacity’ Creator

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 27, 2015

There’s always something incredibly rewarding about seeing a creator whose work we were the very first to cover at Broken Frontier going on to much wider and well deserved recognition….

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… Jessica Martin

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 8, 2014

For those outside of the world of comics Jessica Martin will be best known as a versatile performer on both stage and screen – whether as star of musical theatre,…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Celebrating 2013: Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 2, 2014

This first ‘Small Pressganged’ edition of 2014 provides us with a chance to reflect on and celebrate the last twelve months of micro and self-published comics in the UK as…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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It Girl

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 19, 2013

Debuting at Thought Bubble! From the roaring Twenties to a life of self-imposed solitude, writer/artist Jessica Martin tells the story of actress Clara Bow, forgotten icon from another era. While…

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