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Welcome to the Twisted Mindscapes of Krent Able and S.J. Harris – Spotlighting the Art of Our Next Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Creators

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 23, 2016

The third 2016 gathering of the ever popular Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw nights takes place this week on Tuesday 24th May at Soho’s BrewDog pub on…

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Electricomics Asks the Small Press Community for Input on Digital Delivery – Complete Their Brief Survey and Add Your Thoughts

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 23, 2016

Electricomics – the “digital comics self-publishing ecosystem” project managed by Leah Moore – are asking for the input of the small press scene as they look to provide a digital community…

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Frontier #10: Michael DeForge – Social Subterfuge and Sinister Manipulation in Another Spotlight One-Shot from Youth in Decline

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 20, 2016

Youth in Decline’s Frontier series of self-contained one-shots continues to spotlight some of the most compelling and diverse voices in contemporary indie comics across the globe. Its distinctive ethos has…

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Small Press Round-Up, May 2016 – Broken Frontier at Comiket, DIY Cultures Fair, Rozi Hathaway’s Njálla Launch and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 19, 2016

It’s been a long while since our last roving round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene have been up to, both within and outside…

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Krent Able, S.J. Harris and Danny Noble Join Forces for Our Latest Gosh! Comics/Broken Frontier Drink and Draw on May 24th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 18, 2016

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns on May 24th and this time our venue is the BrewDog pub on Soho’s Poland Street. Our third gathering of 2016 sees two biting purveyors…

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Rozi Hathaway Joins Comica Comiket Drawing Parade Line-Up – Watch Our Small Press Yearbook Creator in Action on Saturday

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 12, 2016

The indie comics fair Comica Comiket returns this Saturday 14th May as part of the final weekend celebrations for the House of Illustration’s Comix Creatrix exhibition with one of its great traditions…

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Embroidered Cancer Comic – Humour in the Face of Adversity in the Latest Graphic Medicine Offering from Singing Dragon

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 11, 2016

This brief but always touching read brings us into its characters’ world with a warmth and sincerity that belies its fleeting page count. Singing Dragon have been building up a most…

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Broken Frontier Comes to Comiket as Comica Weekender Brings the House of Illustration’s Comix Creatrix Exhibition to a Close

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 9, 2016

The first Comiket independent comics fair since 2014 comes to the House of Illustration and London’s Central Saint Martins college on Saturday May 14th as part of an extensive Comica Weekender…

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Elsie Harris Picture Palace – Jessica Martin’s Gorgeously Rendered Evocation of a Bygone Era of the Silver Screen

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 3, 2016

From tentative first-time small presser to published graphic novelist, it’s been a remarkable couple of years for Jessica Martin. In 2014 Martin was a finalist in the Myriad First Graphic…

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Broken Frontier Launch at London’s Gosh! Comics – BF Anthology and Small Press Yearbook Creators Get Their Moment in the Spotlight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 1, 2016

Friday 29th April was a banner day for Broken Frontier. Not one but two BF collections of comics were launched at the esteemed Gosh! Comics shop in London’s Soho. The Broken…

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BF Small Press Yearbook: Alice Urbino – “I Genuinely Love Every Person I Have Met through this”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 29, 2016

The Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2016 – a showcase celebration of this column’s ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015‘ – debuts in print this week featuring…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Kim Clements

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 28, 2016

One of the new 2016 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’, Kim Clements came to prominence last year with her autobio comic Rabbit Thoughts, a beautifully poignant piece…

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BF Small Press Yearbook: Emma Raby – “Make the Most of it! My Year’s Six Were Really Supportive and Inspiring”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 27, 2016

The Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2016 – a showcase celebration of this column’s ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015‘ – debuts in print this week featuring…

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Can I Borrow Your Toilet? – A Welcome Reprinting for Gareth Brookes’ Drolly Dry Observations on Dead-End Employment

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 26, 2016

Gareth Brookes is understandably most associated with his debut graphic novel The Black Project, a darkly witty tale of youthful DIY love. The book won the 2012 Myriad First Graphic Novel…

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Reads Vol.2, #2 and #3 – From the Drunken Exploits of ‘The Megatherium Club’ to the Bizarre Imagination of EdieOP, Avery Hill’s Anthology Series is a Proven Winner

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 25, 2016

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…

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BF Small Press Yearbook: Danny Noble – “Be Brave, Be Drunk if You Must, But Show Your Work All that You Can”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 25, 2016

The Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2016 – a showcase celebration of this column’s ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015‘ – debuts in print this month featuring…

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Preview: DEATH by Shakespeare – On the 400th Anniversary of the Bard’s Demise, a Look at the New ‘Squirm and Learn’ Book from Dead Canary Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 23, 2016

“Thou know’st ’tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.” – Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2 On the 400th anniversary of the bard’s death UK micropublisher Dead…

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Buttertubs – Donya Todd’s Typically Idiosyncratic Fantasy with Attitude Comes to Avery Hill Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 22, 2016

There can be few experiences in comics quite as delightfully, deliciously and dizzyingly bizarre as a Donya Todd offering. From her self-published The Burger Boys to Death & the Girls…

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