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BCZF 2018 Preview: Dead Singers Society Volume 4 – Good Comics Say Farewell to Their Flagship Anthology with this Final Volume

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2018

EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Back in 2015 the first issue of Dead Singers Society was the launch publication for UK micropublishers Good Comics with a variety of UK small press and…

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Why We Still Need a British Comic Awards – Avery Hill Publishing’s Ricky Miller Discusses the Lack of UK Awards Recognition and Just Why They Are so Vital to the Industry

  • by Ricky Miller
  • July 20, 2017

Today at Broken Frontier we welcome back Ricky Miller (below right with Avery Hill’s David White and Rachael Smith) – Co-Publisher of the acclaimed Avery Hill Publishing – to give…

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Covers Album: Paddy Johnston – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers by Ethan Rilly, John Porcellino and Bryan Lee O’Malley

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 10, 2017

In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Dead Singers Society Volume 3 – Another Top Good Comics Collection of Comics Tributes from Wallis Eates, Sammy Borras, Tim Bird and Company

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 2, 2017

They may be one of the newest micropublishing crews in town but Good Comics are quickly building up a reputation as a publishing platform for some of the best up-and-coming talents on…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Celebrating 5 Years of ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier – Creators and Publishers Pick Their Inspirational Artists!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 3, 2016

Can it really be five years ago today that we launched ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier with a stated mission to “unearth the gems of the small press” and a promise…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… Good Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 28, 2016

They’re the newest micropublishing kids on the block but the fine folk at Good Comics all have proven track records in the comics and zine worlds. This weekend’s Bristol Comic and…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Dead Singers Society Volume 2 – Good Comics’ Tribute Anthology to Departed Vocalists Includes Work from Danny Noble, Wallis Eates, Rica March and Rozi Hathaway

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 30, 2016

Back in the early 1980s Altered Images memorably sang about the forgotten fate of ‘Dead Pop Stars’ reaching out from beyond the grave to implore fans to remember their one-time…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Long Divisions #1 – Paddy Johnston Presents a Slice-of-Lifer with a Fantastical Twist

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 23, 2015

It’s hard not to hum along with the thoughts of Rex Harrison’s Doctor Dolittle when reading Paddy Johnston’s Long Divisions. “Think of the amazing repartee/If I could walk with the…

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