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Author: Andy Oliver

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Dreaming of a Small Press Christmas! – Festive Comic Art from Kim Clements, Ellice Weaver, Rozi Hathaway, Danny Noble and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 13, 2016

Christmas is coming! And with the end-of-year celebrations imminent I asked some of the small press artists we’ve featured in this column in the last year or two to share…

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From Hand-Stapled Zines to Franchise Blockbusters: Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2016

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 13, 2016

Broken Frontier proudly presents the nominees for our 13th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our staff have selected five nominees for each of the 12 categories that comprise the BF Awards,…

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Avery Hill Publishing Announce 2017 Schedule – New Books from BF ‘Six to Watch’ Creator Ellice Weaver, Comic Book Slumber Party, Charlo Frade and George Wylesol

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 9, 2016

As the year draws to a close, and we enter the lull period between the UK Autumn festival extravaganza and the next flurry of events in the Spring, it’s time…

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Dear Mrs. Ryan – Rebecca Bagley Talks About Her Comics Account of Wartime Heroism on Show at the Museum of London Docklands

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 7, 2016

If you’re reading this article then the chances are high that you’re already an advocate of the unique storytelling power of biographical comics – that powerful ability to so empathetically immerse…

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30 Days of Comics – Collecting the Powerful Visual Metaphor of ‘November’ by Wallis Eates

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 5, 2016

November always sees a flurry of artists taking part in the #30dayscomics challenge and – just as we did earlier in the year when we collected the #hourlycomicday strips of…

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Forbidden Planet International Blog – BF’s Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver’s ‘Best of 2016’ Comics Revealed!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 5, 2016

It’s the end of the year again and that means it’s time for our respected colleagues at the Forbidden Planet International blog to ask the assembled masses of the comics…

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Ink, Cocks & Rock ‘n’ Roll – Unwrapping the Enigma that is Krent Able in Matt Harlock’s Documentary Short Film

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 2, 2016

  He may be one of the most genial gents in comics that you could meet in the flesh but the artist known to the public as Krent Able (aka…

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Exclusive Preview: Dirty Rotten Comics #9 – Jey Levang’s Cover Revealed Plus Sneak Peeks at Work from Douglas Noble, Kevin Pickles, Olivia Waller, Natalie Bishop and Peony Gent

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 30, 2016

It’s payday and what better way to celebrate than by pre-ordering the ninth issue of the ever essential and popular small press anthology Dirty Rotten Comics from Throwaway Press? For our…

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Underpants – Life’s Great Mysteries Embodied in a Pair of Y-Fronts Via Creator Alex Potts

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 29, 2016

The humble nature of a pair of Y-Fronts is a recurring theme in Alex Potts’s Underpants, a comic with a name that was no doubt designed to cause sniggering guffaws in…

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Tales to Diminish – The Satirical Sting of Paul B. Rainey’s Comic Shorts

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 28, 2016

From the very outset, with its fond and droll wordplay on the melodramatic mainstream mystery mags of the 1950s and ‘60s, Paul B. Rainey’s Tales to Diminish signals its intent…

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Hitsville UK #3-5 – Pop Parody and Social Commentary Combine in Dan Cox and John Riordan’s Music Industry Spoof

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 25, 2016

There are a number of small press serial comics that probably never quite get as much attention as they deserve in this column. The reason for that is a very…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on November 29th – Early Festive Fun with Gary Northfield, John Riordan and Grace Wilson!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 23, 2016

The nights are drawing in and there’s a festive buzz in the air so why not get in the end-of-year spirit by joining us for the final Gosh! Comics and…

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Dirty Rotten Comics #8 – Rozi Hathaway, Maria Stoian, Henry Miller and Jey Levang Provide Standout Stories in Throwaway Press’s Latest Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 23, 2016

Can we really be at Dirty Rotten Comics #8 already? (And with a ninth issue imminent!). When this much respected anthology – in its present incarnation – burst onto the…

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Saving Grace – A Resonant Journey through London’s Housing Crisis in Grace Wilson’s Slice-of-Life Debut Graphic Novel

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 22, 2016

It’s pleasing indeed to see such an exciting and distinctive newer talent as Grace Wilson getting the attention their work so readily deserves. Whenever I have encountered the work of…

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State of the Small Press Nation – A Self-Publisher’s Guide to Building Your Small Press Comics Profile by Broken Frontier ‘Six To Watch’ Artist Rozi Hathaway

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 21, 2016

‘State of the Small Press Nation’ was the umbrella title for Broken Frontier’s ground-breaking series of reports last year on the UK’s rapidly expanding self-publishing world and the challenges it faced…

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Horrible Folk – Douglas Noble’s Enticing Yet Sinister Commemoration of Macabre Rural Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 18, 2016

Back in the mists of time – in the very infancy of ‘Small Pressganged’ in fact – Douglas Noble and Sean Azzopardi’s eerie Built of Blood and Bricks was one…

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Two Birds – A Rewarding Introduction to Myfanwy Tristram and Zara Slattery’s Complementary Comics Double Act

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 17, 2016

As a shared platform anthology space Two Birds is an intriguingly different offering. It brings together two Brighton-based creators – Myfanwy Tristram and Zara Slattery – whose subject coverage differs…

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The Cleaner: Man of Destiny #1-3 – Fraser Geesin’s Languid Sigh in the Direction of Career Climbers is a Dryly Witty Affair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2016

There’s something almost gleefully cathartic about reading autobio comics work that centres on other people bemoaning the tribulations of their day-to-day employment. Whether those accounts focus on a particular position,…

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