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Author: Andy Oliver

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Safari Festival 2015 – Breakdown Press Celebrate New Waves in Contemporary Comics and Art this August 22nd

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 10, 2015

Last year’s debut Safari Festival, curated by micropublisher Breakdown Press, was one of the most welcome developments on the UK events circuit of 2014. I described it as “a happy…

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Exclusive Preview: Dirty Rotten Comics #5 – Enjoy a Sneak Peek at Work from Rozi Hathaway, Jey Levang, Jess Milton and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 7, 2015

Wonderfully inclusive UK small press anthology Dirty Rotten Comics is a project that feels like a kindred spirit to the philosophy and aims of ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier. Like…

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Tim Ginger – Childlessness and Conspiracy Theories Converge in Julian Hanshaw’s Melancholy Drama from Top Shelf

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 5, 2015

Emotive subject matter tackled with grace and serenity, this is Julian Hanshaw’s finest book to date. Julian Hanshaw’s graphic novel Tim Ginger from Top Shelf Productions was our Broken Frontier…

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Preview Teaser: Elsie Harris Picture Palace – Jessica Martin’s First Graphic Novel Debuts this Summer from Miwk Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 4, 2015

Jessica Martin’s comics career trajectory has been startling to behold since I first met her two years ago at the final and much missed BD Comics Passion festival at London’s…

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The Magic Quadrant – Comics Come to the Romford Community Courtesy of Graphic Memoirist Wallis Eates

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 4, 2015

Overcoming common preconceptions about the nature of comics, and in the the process bringing new readers into this wonderful medium we love, is an issue that has perplexed enthusiasts for…

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Between the Billboards & The Authoring of Architecture – Owen D. Pomery’s Brooding Tale of Isolation Collected by Avery Hill Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 3, 2015

Originally self-published as a six-part series, Owen D. Pomery’s Between the Billboards tells the story of James Ebner who voluntarily removes himself from society to live a solitary existence ensconced in…

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Small Press Payday! – Treat Yourself with Eight Self-Published and Micropublished Comics You May Have Missed

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 31, 2015

It’s payday for many today! So why not splash out in celebration by treating yourself to some fantastic comics material from the worlds of self and micropublishing? Here’s eight recommended…

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Final Reminder – The Gosh! Comics/Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Tonight Thursday 30th July with Guest Creators Mark Stafford, David Hine and Danny Noble

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 30, 2015

It’s your last call for the Gosh! Comics/Broken Frontier Drink and Draw tonight co-hosted by BF’s Editor in Chief Andy Oliver and Gosh’s Tom Oldham. In the unlikely event you…

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The Man Who Laughs – Hugo’s Novel Brought to Macabre Life by Gosh! Comics/Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Guest Creators Hine and Stafford

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 29, 2015

A compelling distillation of the character study that is at the true heart of Hugo’s novel. Mention Victor Hugo’s 1869 novel The Man Who Laughs to a mainstream comics fan…

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Small Press Inside Look – Danny Noble on Bringing Alan and Ollie to Life, the Slacker Comedy of ‘Monday Morning’ and Designing Album Covers for The Meow Meows

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 27, 2015

The last time Danny Noble – one of my ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015‘ – spoke to me at Broken Frontier (in this interview in March)…

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Like a Shark in a Swimming Pool – Verity Hall’s Powerful Tale of Sexual Identity and Bullying

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 24, 2015

Verity Hall’s Like a Shark in a Swimming Pool is part coming-of-age story, part study of youthful intolerance and cruelty, and part social commentary on the opportunities available to the…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Lucy Bellwood and ‘Baggywrinkles’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 23, 2015

Lucy Bellwood‘s delightful run of nautically themed minicomics, Baggywrinkles, combine her own autobiographical experiences sailing on tall ships along with maritime-based educational strips. I reviewed the first five issues here at…

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Dirty Rotten Comics #4 – Jey Levang, David Ziggy Greene and Danny Noble Are the Star Turns in this Ever Inclusive Anthology Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 20, 2015

Recently on social media I stated that if I were starting out as a small press comics creator then Dirty Rotten Comics would be my first stop in the anthology…

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Purrvana – Kitty Jenkins Returns in a New Cosmic Adventure Via Daniel de Sosa’s Kickstarter Campaign

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 20, 2015

Earlier this year in my regular ‘Small Pressganged’ column I reviewed the first outing for irreverent animal spirit guide Kitty Jenkins in the memorably titled darkly comedic F*ck You! Kitty…

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Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw July 2015 – Guest Creators Mark Stafford, David Hine and Danny Noble Profiled Here!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 17, 2015

With less than two weeks to go until the next Gosh! Comics/Broken Frontier Drink and Draw, Mark Stafford’s fantastic new poster for the event (below) is now doing the rounds…

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State of the Small Press Nation – How Do You Promote Your Small Press Comics? What Are the Challenges in Getting Publicity for Self-Published Projects?

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 16, 2015

Throughout 2015 at Broken Frontier we’ve been holding monthly discussions on the current UK self-publishing scene in our regular ‘State of the Small Press Nation’ series of multi-creator discussions and…

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Small Press Inside Look – Rozi Hathaway Discusses Her Work on ‘The Red Road’, ‘HOAX Psychosis Blues’ and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 15, 2015

Rozi Hathaway first came to prominence in 2014 as one of the artists involved in Ravi Thornton’s acclaimed graphic memoir HOAX Psychosis Blues, alongside the likes of Bryan Talbot, Karrie…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Elizabeth Querstret

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 14, 2015

On the last occasion that I reviewed a solo project by UK small presser Elizabeth Querstret I described her as “a prolific graphic diarist with a larger than life personality both…

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