ELCAF FORTNIGHT! With a poetic, haunting line in the psychogeographical, Tim Bird has established himself as one of the most original voices in UK indie comics over the last several…
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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BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST PUBLISHER! There’s been an almost parallel evolution between acclaimed UK indie publisher Avery Hill Publishing and Broken Frontier over the last several years. Back in…
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What a year it’s been for Avery Hill Publishing. From the Ignatz-nominated Comic Book Slumber Party Deep Space Canine anthology to Something City, the hugely acclaimed debut graphic novel of Ellice…
Since 2014 Dirty Rotten Comics have been bringing us some of the most exciting new voices in UK comics and putting them side-by-side with acclaimed and established artists while also…
When you get as many small press books submitted for review as I do then it’s inevitable that sometimes more than the odd title will slip through the cracks, only…
After Tim Bird’s much deserved 2015 British Comic Award win for Grey Area: From the City to the Sea, anticipation was high for this fourth issue of his psychogeographical musings. Bird’s work…
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The intersection between place, time and memory has been an integral part of Tim Bird’s Grey Area series from Avery Hill Publishing over the last few years. In Grey Area:…
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It’s the tenth Thought Bubble comic art festival at the weekend and this week at Broken Frontier we’re taking a tour of just some of the debut book highlights. Up until…
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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…
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…
We seem to say this on a six-month cycle here at Broken Frontier but what a year it’s been, once again, for micropublishers Avery Hill. Their 2016 line-up to date has…
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There are two standard approaches to the concept of the comics anthology and both have experienced conflicting fortunes in recent years. While the one-shot anthology compilation of complete, “told in one…
This enlightening little book offers some interesting thoughts on an increasingly visible strand of comics work, and presents a selection of fresh and stimulating work that isn’t afraid to step beyond formal…
One of acclaimed micropublisher (and Broken Frontier 2014 Award nominees in the Best Publisher category) Avery Hill’s most overlooked projects, the anthology Reads is a wonderfully eclectic collection of complete stories and serials…
Gary Clap and Kirk Campbell’s Dirty Rotten Comics is a small press anthology that champions creators of all levels of technical ability and experience, from established names in UK comics through…
It’s exhibitions (and other events!) galore in February’s round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene are up to, both within and without the world…
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As has become something of a tradition for the first ‘Small Pressganged’ of the New Year it’s time once again to look back on the self and micropublished material featured in this…
