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Celebrating 2020 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 11, 2021

There wasn’t much to celebrate in 2020 but one thing we could take some joy in was that, despite everything, there was still plenty of amazing self-published comics work to…

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Lost (Lives Unlived) – Anja Uhren’s Powerful Account of Pregnancy Loss and Grief is an Unforgettable Piece of Autobio Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 1, 2021

A personal reflection on my journey through pregnancy and pregnancy loss. Following the urge to acknowledge the existence of our lost babies – too precious to deny or forget. Talking…

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Minor Leagues #10 – Another Essential Autobiographical Collection of Simon Moreton’s Comics, Stories, Illustration and Writing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 30, 2020

It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year replete with diary-style comics documenting the strangest nine months of our lives. In time, of course, they will be an…

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Malty Heave #2 – Phil Elliott and Robert Wells Return with a Second Horror-Themed Edition of the Parody Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 29, 2020

Fondly sending up a certain decades-old bastion of fantasy magazine publishing (the clue is in the anagrammatical title) Robert Wells and Phil Elliott’s Malty Heave makes a welcome end-of-year return…

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The Dog and the Cat – Dominique Duong’s Queer Asian Romance Effortlessly Blends Mythology and Slice-of-Life Drama

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 30, 2020

I have expressed sentiments like this before on many occasions at Broken Frontier but I never tire of repeating them. One of the greatest joys of our championing emerging creative…

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Dunce: Brego – Canine Capers from the Autobiographical World of Norwegian Creator Jens K Styve

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 26, 2020

Spinning out of his autobiographical Dunce series (described as “an alternative universe, where Calvin has grown up and moved to Norway”) Norwegian cartoonist Jens K Styve’s comic Dunce: Brego follows…

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Affordable Amazement #2 – The European Comics Anthology Returns with More Outlandish Offerings from Lord Hurk, Paul Ashley Brown, Tobias Tak and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 23, 2020

I would argue that Lord Hurk and, in turn Fancy Butcher Press the small press imprint he runs with Kevin Ward, have been criminally overlooked on the UK small press…

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Colossive Cartographies #1-14 – Colossive Press’s Experimental Zine Series Features Work from Olivia Sullivan, Peony Gent, Sean Azzopardi, Gareth A Hopkins, Douglas Noble and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 18, 2020

Given how many comics creators are on the team at Broken Frontier we have an unwritten rule on the site. While we may cover their work in terms of features…

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There’s Only One Place This Road Ever Ends Up – David Biskup Presents “a True Story About Chronic Illness, Disability and Love” in this Exemplary Use of Graphic Medicine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 16, 2020

At the East London Comics and Arts Festival in 2019 David Biskup’s There’s Only One Place This Road Ever Ends Up won the ELCAF x WeTransfer Award. The prize gives…

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IND-XED – Fraser Campbell and Lucy Sullivan Bring a Kafka-esque, Sci-Fi Parable to Bleak Life in this Impressive One-Shot Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2020

In Meredith’s bleak world the ultimate sanction is to find oneself IND-XED – a societal classification that negates someone’s very existence. The subject becomes a non-person, their identity cancelled and…

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Animal Spirits – Peter Morey Takes a Diverting Sidestep into Anthropomorphic Animal Warriors Territory

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2020

If you associate Peter Morey’s name with the hard-hitting and earnest autobio comics like Endswell or with his psychogeographical zines then his new comic Animal Spirits will come as something…

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Breakwater – Katriona Chapman Presents a Poignantly Observed Exploration of Friendship and Its Boundaries

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2020

Given how beautifully rendered her pencilled pages are it’s easy to overlook one of the subtler aspects of Katriona Chapman’s storytelling. It’s something that is undoubtedly one of her greatest…

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Journey to the Surface of the Earth #2 – In 2020 the Unrepentant, Escapist Silliness of Fraser Geesin is More Welcome than Ever

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2020

Following up on last year’s collection of Geesin goodies, Journey to the Surface of the Earth #2 is another compilation of vastly different comics strips and styles. Its mix of…

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For Sarah – Grief, Guilt, Regret and Bereavement Explored in Peony Gent’s Most Powerful Comic to Date

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2020

I’d been meaning to contact you for a long time. I tell everyone and anyone. Compelled to justify that drift – a thing that happens often and endlessly, to almost…

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Neurotic Fiction #1 – Joe Stone’s Interconnected Tales of Human-Robot Love Employ a Perfect Blend of Humour and Pathos

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 9, 2020

A tragicomic tale of relationships, interpersonal connections, and loneliness, Joe Stone’s new comic Neurotic Fiction is an expert blend of explicit gags, snappy dialogue and very human fragility. It follows…

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Hell-Hued: The Carmine Issue – Beatrice Mossman’s Horror Anthology Zine is a Perfect Seasonal Small Press Offering as the Nights Start Drawing In

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 29, 2020

Even pre-pandemic, one element of the UK small press scene that had been dwindling noticeably with each passing year was the open submissions anthology. It’s something I’ve mentioned with regret…

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“I Wanted to Fill the Void I Saw in the Representation of More Diverse Characters” – Shangomola Edunjobi on Manga, Process and Developing Your Comics Craft

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 13, 2020

The fifth of our 2020 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creator interviews today is with Shangomola Edunjobi, a Manga Jiman Competition winner and self-publishing comics artist whose work I first…

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‘Success’ and ‘Failure’ – A Double Hit of WIP Comics Anthology Goodness Features Work from Olivia Sualdea, Joe Stone, Havva Bird, Rachel Tubb and Many More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2020

The London-based WIP Comics (work-in-progress) group, overseen by 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Joe Stone, exists to provide a mutually supportive community of aspiring comics creators. With monthly…

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