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Small Press Spotlight on… Bristol Comic and Zine Fair with Simon Moreton

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 21, 2015

CELEBRATING BCZF! The Autumn months in the UK are synonymous with festival season for comics enthusiasts with LICAF, Thought Bubble and the Comica Festival programming all being regular calendar fixtures at…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Cindy and Biscuit Volume 1: We Love Trouble – One Girl and Her Dog Battle the Forces of Darkness in Dan White’s Endearing Fantasy Comedy Romp

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 18, 2015

One angry little girl, her brave and resilient dog, and the constant threat of werewolves, ghosts and alien conquerors. Welcome to the world of Cindy and Biscuit. If you’re a…

The Assault by Milan Hulsing

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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Milan Hulsing Talks About His OGN ‘De Aanslag’ (‘The Assault’): “I Tried to Add an Expressionistic Layer That Represents the Dark Side of the Story”

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • September 18, 2015

Milan Hulsing is Holland’s best kept creative secret. He is an industrial and innovative creator who approaches each project from a unique perspective. His last graphic novel was an adaptation…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Fütchi Perf – The Kids are Alright in Kevin Czap’s Immersive Comics ‘Concept Album’. Aren’t They?

  • by Tom Murphy
  • September 17, 2015

In Fütchi Perf, Kevin Czap takes us on a thought-provoking trip to harmonious near-future Cleveland, where cultural consensus has created what looks like a progressive paradise. Whenever I try to explain to my…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Die! Boo! Die! – Deliciously Creepy Horror Anthology Comic for Kids Features Rob Davis, Simon Gane, Becky Barnicoat, Jack Teagle, Donya Todd and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2015

Remaining age appropriate while avoiding patronising your audience is one of the great tests of children’s literature. It’s a difficult line to walk but in UK comics, at least, we…

Exit Generation by Sam Read & Caio Oliviera (ComixTribe)

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Exit Generation #1 – Sam Read and Caio Oliveira’s Punk Sci-Fi Drama Rockets from the Streets to the Stars

  • by Paul Mirek
  • September 16, 2015

Sci-fi fans are used to visions of the future that are less than ideal. Sam Read and Caio Oliveira’s Exit Generation pivots the other way, imagining a future that’s truly a…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Rock Paper Scissors – Life’s Final Act Poignantly Portrayed in Ellen Montelius’s Debut Print Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 16, 2015

A true minicomic in terms of presentation and physicality as well as narrative lifespan, Ellen Montelius’s Rock Paper Scissors centres on Max, a housebound pensioner, as he reaches his life…

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Staff Picks for September 16, 2015 – Tokyo Ghost, D4VE2, Over the Line, Heart in a Box, Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox, 2 Sisters and The Bozz Chronicles

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 15, 2015

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 or digital storefront, the…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Exclusive Preview: Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox – Check Out Teaser Images from Richy K. Chandler, Amber Hsu, Mike Medaglia, Kim Clements and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 15, 2015

What marked out Richy K. Chandler’s first Tempo Lush Tales – a selection of multi-genre stories that were all written by Chandler (below right) and tailored to the strengths of…

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Avery Hill Publishing and Retrofit Comics Announce Distribution Partnership – Work from the Acclaimed Micropublishers to Be Available in Both the UK and the US

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 15, 2015

For enthusiasts of small press or micropublished work the problem of cross-continental distribution is one that will always intermittently resurface. International postage costs can often prove prohibitive, and in the UK…

Tet #1 (Paul Allor and Paul Tucker; IDW)

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Tet #1 – Paul Allor and Paul Tucker’s Hard-Boiled Period Thriller Immerses the Reader in One of Modern History’s Most Divisive Conflicts

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • September 14, 2015

  For years, the horrors of the Vietnam War were broadcast into the homes of Americans, giving them a shocking glimpse into the horrors of modern warfare and causing an…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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The Deep – Sarah Ingram’s Powerful Representational Account of Living with Depression

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 14, 2015

Part graphic narrative and part pure sequential art, Sarah Ingram’s The Deep utilises potent visual metaphor to immerse the reader in the world view of a teenage girl suffering from…

Camping Paraiso by Légendre & Rouffa

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Marc Légendre & Marcel Rouffa Present a Stylish and Psychedelic Seventies Thriller in ‘Camping Paraiso’

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • September 11, 2015

Leading a life of self-imposed exile on the abandoned campsite Camping Paraiso, in the icy northern wastes of Canada, Dylan’s life is shaken up when he receives an unexpected visitor in the…

Chicago (Glenn Head; Fantagraphics Books)

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“If You’re Gonna Do a Memoir, Don’t Go Easy on Yourself”: Glenn Head Talks about the Creative Process Behind ‘Chicago’

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • September 10, 2015

Staggeringly personal, Glenn Head’s Chicago (Fantagraphics Books) is a storytelling triumph. Its creator joined us to talk about his creative process and approach to making comix. Underground comix are alive and…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Inside Look: The Rabbit – Rachael Smith Talks About Her Critically Acclaimed Graphic Novel from Avery Hill Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 10, 2015

It’s been something of a Rachael Smith celebration over the last two weeks here at Broken Frontier as her second graphic novel The Rabbit from Avery Hill Publishing launched to great…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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The End of Summer – An Astonishingly Confident Debut Graphic Novel from Remarkable New Talent Tillie Walden

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 9, 2015

I have been particularly fortunate in the years that I have been writing ‘Small Pressganged’ here at Broken Frontier to be able to not just cover a number of astonishing new…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for September 9, 2015 – Virgil, Terror Assaulter: O.M.W.O.T., Tet, Head Lopper, One Year Wiser and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 8, 2015

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 or digital storefront, the…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Mistreated – Swedish Creator Fredrik Andersson Begins His Autobio Account of Coming Out with a Powerful Opening Chapter

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 8, 2015

One of a vast number of creators I have covered in ‘Small Pressganged’ to have studied at the University of the Arts London, Swedish artist Fredrik Andersson is currently a…

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