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Small Press Spotlight on… ‘Minor Leagues’ with Simon Moreton

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 15, 2016

SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! With his long-running and influential zine comics series Smoo Comics having recently come to an end, and his new publication Minor Leagues taking his creative practice in…

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Celebrating Small Press Day 2016 – Ten Top UK Autobio Comics for Your Consideration!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 4, 2016

SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! Saturday July 9th sees the first Small Press Day in the UK and Ireland – an event that seeks to spotlight the exciting new voices…

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Smoo Comics #10 – Simon Moreton’s Autobiographical Zine Comes to an End with a Poignant and Understated Finale

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 21, 2016

Back in the early days of this column, when I originally wrote about Simon Moreton‘s Smoo Comics, there was no question in my mind that I was shining a spotlight on a unique…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Celebrating 2015: Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2016

We’re a little later than usual this year with my annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ round-up; a yearly feature celebrating the diversity and rude health of the…

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Safari Showcase: Simon Moreton – The Minimalist Autobiography of ‘Smoo Comics’ Profiled

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 10, 2015

A SAFARI FESTIVAL TIE-IN! “Quite simply, Simon Moreton is one of the most important and intelligent creative voices in current UK small press comics” – ‘Celebrating 2013: Ten UK Small…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Smoo Comics #9 – Narrative Boundaries Transformed in the Latest Issue of Simon Moreton’s Vital Slice-of-Life Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 20, 2015

Available at CECAF! Simon Moreton’s Smoo Comics reappeared earlier this year – after around an 18-month hiatus – with an eighth issue that I described here in this column as…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Smoo Comics #8 – Simon Moreton’s Autobio Series Returns with a Resonant Depiction of a Year of Change

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 11, 2015

It’s been a long time between editions of Smoo Comics. In fact Smoo #8 marks the first issue of Simon Moreton’s psychogeographical autobio comics series since the summer of 2013. After that…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“Everyone Can Find Their Own Voice Through Drawing” – Matt Badham Talks to Simon Moreton on His ‘Plans We Made’ Kickstarter with Grimalkin Press

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 18, 2015

Comics-maker Simon Moreton is a bit of a favourite here at Broken Frontier. That’s why, when we heard he was running a Kickstarter campaign in tandem with Grimalkin Press to…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Round-Up, January 2015 – Simon Moreton’s ‘Smoo’ Returns, 2D Cloud’s 2015 Plans, Sequential City Exhibition, Rozi Hathaway’s Self-Publishing Journey & More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 30, 2015

Simon Moreton, 2D Cloud, Rozi Hathaway, Impossible Books and more feature in January’s round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene are up to, both…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… Simon Moreton

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 24, 2014

In terms of critical acclaim Simon Moreton’s autobiographical Smoo Comics series has become widely acknowledged as one of the prominent successes of self-publishing on the UK small press scene over…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Days – The Haunting Minimalism of Simon Moreton’s ‘Smoo Comics’ Collected by Avery Hill Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 10, 2014

“Quite simply, he is one of the most important and intelligent creative voices in current UK small press comics.” That soundbite, adorning the back cover of Simon Moreton’s Days –…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… Avery Hill Publishing – the Creators

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 8, 2014

Yesterday at Broken Frontier we published the first instalment of a two-part interview with Ricky Miller and Dave White, the team behind Brit micropublishers Avery Hill Publishing. In day two…

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…

From Smoo Comics by Simon Moreton

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Location, Location, Location: Simon Moreton

  • by Tom Murphy
  • December 18, 2013

‘Psychogeographical’ is one of the more tiresome and abused cultural buzzwords being chucked around at the moment, but it’s probably not a million miles away from describing the recent work…

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Smoo Comics #7

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 19, 2013

Simon Moreton’s minimalist storytelling style in his Smoo Comics series has marked him out as a small press creator with a unique approach to the comics page. He’s been covered…

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