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Bullpen Boot-Camp · Columns

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #2: Roy Crane – “To Simplify is to Intensify”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • June 15, 2018

It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and the Wolves webcomic, published in print in his Slang Pictorial comics. Every couple of…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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‘The Empty Space’ and ‘Dog Days’ – Two Beautiful, Bittersweet Books from Centrala

  • by Tom Baker
  • June 15, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT!  Centrala are a publishing house which originated in Poland, before making the move to South London, focussed primarily on translating and distributing the work of European artists. One…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Nobrow 10: Studio Dreams – 70 Artists Celebrate Ten Years of Nobrow Press in this Gorgeously Presented Special Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 14, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Ten years ago Nobrow Press sprung onto the comics scene taking sequential art into new and exciting arts-based directions with work that embraced a strong sense of graphic design, challenging…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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“I Hope that if My Work Has Done Just One Thing, It Has Made Someone Feel Less Alone” – Jayde Perkin Talks about Exploring Loss and Grief on the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 14, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! One of our 2018 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, Jayde Perkin’s comics explorations of loss and grief are among some of the most powerful and…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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LÖK ZINE #09 – The Theme of ‘Trial’ Explored in the Italian Anthology by Artists Including Adriana Marineo, Matteo Farinella and Sofia Buti

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 14, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Italian-based collective and anthology LÖK ZINE describes itself as “a magazine that celebrates the best in current illustration, comics and creative culture.” With comic strips and illustration presented…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Great North Wood – Tim Bird Brings a Little Magic Back to the Hills of South London

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 14, 2018

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…

Blog

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North Star Fading – The Plight of Eritrean Refugees Highlighted in a PositiveNegatives Infinite Zoom Comic with Art by Karrie Fransman and Voiceover by Lula Mebrahtu

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 13, 2018

PositiveNegatives is an award-winning non-profit who “produce literary comics, animations and podcasts about contemporary social and human rights issues” and “combine ethnographic research with illustration and photography, adapting personal testimonies…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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“We Keep Coming Back to the Idea of the Collective as a Space for Experimentation” – The Baguette Trousers Trio of Chloe Elise Dennis, Luke Finch and Sinae Carrotate Park on Their Emerging Practice

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 13, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Baguette Trousers comprises three up-and-coming artists – Chloe Elise Dennis, Luke Finch and Sinae Carrotate Park – whose varied visual styles and practice can be seen as a collective for…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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PersonaЖ #2: A Week in the Life of Daria – Russian Micropress Sputnikat’s Anthology Features Mikkel Sommer, Anton Mariinsky, Katya Dorokhina and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 13, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! There are echoes of Blank Slate’s acclaimed graphic novel Nelson in the latest edition of Russian micropress Sputnikat’s PersonaЖ, the second of a series of self-contained anthologies that…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Generous Bosom #3 – Conor Stechschulte Takes Us Further Down the Rabbit Hole in His Deepening Mystery

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 13, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Lengthy gaps between issues is one of the problems with serial storytelling in comics. However, in his mysterious drama Generous Bosom, Conor Stechschulte has created a sense of…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for June 13, 2018 – Cloud Hotel, A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns, By Night and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 12, 2018

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 events or digital…

Features

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Relatable Stories Told with Wit, Whimsy and a Touch of Animal Magic – Rebecca K. Jones on Her Laydeez do Comics Prize-Nominated ‘Boomerang’ and the Struggles of Being Catless and Creative

  • by Jenny Robins
  • June 12, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Rebecca K. Jones is a London-based illustrator and comic artist, recently shortlisted for the Laydeez do Comics prize for her graphic novel project Boomerang. Her work addresses contemporary social…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Secrets We Cannot See – The Haunting Echoes of a Lost Past Permeate Every Page of Mhairi Braden’s Powerful Zine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 12, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! It’s been an entire year since I last looked at Mhairi Braden’s work – unsurprisingly, perhaps, for 2017’s ELCAF – when I wrote about the tactile reading experience of…

Reviews

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Out in the Open – Javi Rey Brings Jesús Carrasco’s Novel to Comics in an Atmospheric Adaptation from SelfMadeHero

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 12, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Adapting novels into comics form is a tricky path to navigate. Often such cross-media exercises fall into the trap of attempting to wrap images around the existing prose,…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Sutra: Songs from the World of OM – Andy Barron Returns to His Fantastically Eerie Alien Realm in a New Anthology Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 11, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! We took a trip to Andy Barron’s entrancing yet brutal world of OM earlier this year at Broken Frontier when we looked at Mantra, a collection of his…

Reviews

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Is This Guy for Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman – Box Brown Explores the Life of the Legendary Entertainer

  • by Robin Enrico
  • June 11, 2018

Is This Guy for Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman by Box Brown is a graphic novel that should work, but on many levels does not. Which is perplexing as, given…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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What a Life – Jayde Perkin Continues to Draw Powerful Emotional Reactions from Her Audience in Another Memorable Autobio Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 11, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! There’s a welcome synchronicity to reviewing a Jayde Perkin comic for this year’s East London Comics and Arts Festival given that my first coverage of her work at…

Features

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“My Nomadic Lifestyle Indirectly Encouraged Me to Adopt a Minimalist Mindset” – Araki Koman on Her Illustration, Influences and Aesthetic

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • June 11, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! With her distinctive style of minimalist line drawing, which frequently champions diverse female cultures from around the world, Araki Koman has exhibited her art in New York and…

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