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Too Serious to Sleep – Elizabeth Querstret’s ‘Musings of My Mind’ Prove to Be Both Profound and Whimsical

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 30, 2019

HCZF FORTNIGHT! “My name is Elizabeth and I am addicted to creating and expressing thoughts.” So much of UK small presser Elizabeth Querstret’s practice can be summed up in that…

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The Artist: The Circle of Life – Raw, Tender, Silly and Sweet, Anna Haifisch’s Surreal Satire on the Life of Emerging Artists Manages to be Joyful Despite Being Composed Mostly of Disasters

  • by Jenny Robins
  • August 30, 2019

HCZF FORTNIGHT! When Anna Haifisch received an email from Vice magazine in 2015 inviting her to do a weekly cartoon strip she said yes right away. Given a blank slate,…

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9 Panels – The UK’s First Dedicated Graphic Novel Literary Agency Launched by BHP Comics Founder Sha Nazir

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 29, 2019

Just a couple of months back we interviewed BHP Comics founder Sha Nazir here at Broken Frontier and today there’s more exciting news coming from his direction with the announcement…

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Forest – Daniel Clough’s Twisting ‘Future Shocks’-Style Sci-Fi Takes Us from the Lonely Void of Space to a Verdant Alien World

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 29, 2019

HCZF FORTNIGHT! On a long-term mission in space aboard the SS Kitsune, a lone explorer reflects on his years of solitude and a voyage where human contact seems almost like…

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Catastrophising – Matthew Dooley’s Droll and Laidback Wit is a Delight in Another Collection of Worldweary Reflections on Modern Living

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 28, 2019

HCZF FORTNIGHT! Many BF readers will remember that cartoonist Matthew Dooley’s work was a fixture in such well-regarded anthologies as Dirty Rotten Comics and Off Life before his 2016 Cape/Observer/Comica…

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“My Process of Creating Comics Comes from Either a Random Word I Wrote, or a Short Story I Had while Being Half Asleep” – Olivia Sullivan on Her Experimental and Abstract Comics Practice

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 28, 2019

HCZF FORTNIGHT! Olivia Sullivan was one of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘  and is an artist whose work many readers will first have discovered in…

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Staff Picks for August 28, 2019 – The Beano, Tommy Gun Wizards, Grease Bats, Marvel Comics #1000 and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 27, 2019

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…

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Endswell #2 – The Second Instalment of Peter Morey’s Generational Slice-of-Lifer Provides a Canine Perspective on Events

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 27, 2019

HCZF FORTNIGHT! Last year’s Thought Bubble saw the debut of the first instalment of Peter Morey’s Endswell; a self-published generational saga that combined family politics and social commentary and was…

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Threadbare – Embroidery, Eroticism and the Fetishisation of Technology Converge in the Latest Experimental Comic from the Pioneering Gareth Brookes

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 26, 2019

HCZF FORTNIGHT! Two and a half years ago, Gareth Brookes contributed a story to the ‘BFFs’-themed issue of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ digest-sized š! anthology. It was one of the…

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Hilda and the Mountain King – Luke Pearson’s World-Building Comes Full Circle in a Beautifully Poignant Pivotal Chapter in the Hilda Saga from Flying Eye Books

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 26, 2019

HCZF FORTNIGHT! Originally introduced way back in 2010 in Hildafolk, at the time part of Nobrow Press’s fledgling 17 x 23 series, the adventures of Luke Pearson’s plucky heroine Hilda…

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“I’ve Been Mentioning it to Literally Everyone I Meet, Whether They Know Who I Am or Not” – Joe Stone on Organising the Inaugural Hackney Comic + Zine Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 26, 2019

HCZF FORTNIGHT! Beginning today at Broken Frontier we have two weeks of coverage of comics and creators you can catch at the inaugural Hackney Comic + Zine Fair on Sunday…

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Sparrowhawk – Enjoy the Sheer Choreographed Spectacle of Dawson and Basla’s Dark Fantasy from BOOM! Studios

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 23, 2019

It’s a catchy hook but whether the somewhat awkward tagline “Teen Victorian Fairy Fight Club” really gives the premise of Sparrowhawk its due is debatable. Written by Delilah S. Dawson…

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Bella at the Bar Book One – The Treasury of British Comics Brings this Timeless 1970s Gymnastics Strip Back to Vibrant Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 22, 2019

Running for ten years between 1974 and 1984, Bella at the Bar holds a place as not just one of the most popular comic strips in the UK’s weekly Tammy…

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Seven Stories #4 – O Panda Gordo’s Experimental Anthology Examines Storytelling Without Colour with Work from Rosie Brand, Chloé Bertron, Maria Medem and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 21, 2019

If you’ve been following our coverage of micropress/distro O Panda Gordo’s Seven Stories so far then you’ll be aware that the anthology’s ostensible premise is based on 19th-20th century literary…

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Staff Picks for August 21, 2019 – No Ivy League, Strayed, History of the Marvel Universe, Springtime in Chernobyl and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 20, 2019

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…

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Sky in Stereo Vol. 2 – Mardou Achieves that Perfect Synchronicity of Fiction Where We Genuinely Care about Her Characters’ Smallest Struggles

  • by Robin Enrico
  • August 19, 2019

Sky In Stereo Vol. 2 proves an interesting follow-up to the grounded exploration of teenage adventure and romance of Mardou’s first volume. Picking up where the story left off with…

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Lodger – Black Crown Collect the Laphams’ Taut Thriller Tale of Twisted Love, Revenge and a Gun Named Golddigger

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 16, 2019

To discuss in detail the twisting, turning narrative of Black Crown’s Lodger (now collected in this trade paperback volume) would be to miss the point of a book that asks its audience…

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Skip – Molly Mendoza’s Truly Magnificent Visual Spectacle is Also a Deeply Human Story from Nobrow Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 15, 2019

When looking at Nobrow Press’s publishing output this year what immediately strikes the reader is the diversity of approaches and subject matter represented in its 2019 line-up this year. From…

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