Perfect Love – A Dark but Very Human Christmas Story from King Louie’s Lab
Christmas comics are few and far between in the small press world. I can think of less than a handful in the years I’ve been covering the UK scene. Of…
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Muscle Memory – Olivia Sullivan Continues Her Questing Explorations of the Full Potential of the Comics Form
In the few short years since we first covered Olivia Sullivan’s sequential art we’ve witnessed her practice evolve from her first tentative short stories in the pages of anthology Dirty Rotten…
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Motherhood – Sabba Khan Explores Identity, Belonging and the Mother-Daughter Relationship in a Beautifully Structured Graphic Poem
It’s been a year of major and much deserved achievement for 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Sabba Khan. An artist whose work I’ve described as combining “moments of…
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Binary Decay – A Resonant Psychological Exploration of the Ramifications of Conflict from Stathis Tsemberlidis and Decadence
Earlier this year at Broken Frontier we spoke in great depth about Decadence Comics here when our Tom Baker explored the work of Decadence artists Lando and Stathis Tsemberlidis. Tom spoke…
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Who Killed JoJo?: A Ghost Story – Cathy Brett’s Supernatural Murder Mystery Lives Up to Its Multiple Prize-Nominated Acclaim
Cathy Brett’s Who Killed JoJo? had already achieved significant critical renown this year before even a single page of it had been published. Brett’s debut graphic-novel-in-progress was shortlisted for both…
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Escape from Bitch Mountain – Greasy and Comic Book Slumber Party Return in Another Raucously Diverting Anthology Collection
With a Jenn Woodall cover that evokes fond childhood memories of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books and the excitement that the illusion of narrative control had on our younger selves,…
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Terrible Means – B. Mure Revisits the World of Ismyre in a Magical Fantasy with a Very Contemporary Twist
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! When I reviewed B. Mure’s Ismyre here at Broken Frontier last year I spoke about the sense of powerful world-building to the first instalment of their fantasy…
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Minor Leagues #6 – Simon Moreton’s ‘Where?’ is an Immersive Multi-Media Essay on Place, Memory and Loss… and also the Zine Event of the Year
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Simon Moreton’s autobio zine series Minor Leagues (twice Broken Frontier Awards-nominated to give you an idea of just how highly esteemed it is here at BF!) begins…
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My Other Mother, My Other Self – Laydeez do Comics Prize Winner Emma Burleigh’s Haunting Exploration of Identity
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Earlier this year Emma Burleigh was announced as the inaugural winner of the Laydeez do Comics Prize for her work-in-progress graphic novel My Other Mother, My Other…
Shane Faced: True Made Up Stories – Shane Melisse’s Amiable Autobio Strips Pop with Energy and Colour
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Shane Melisse’s profile on the London small press scene is inextricably linked with his place as part of the Backwards Burd collective; a collaborative group of creators…
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I’m Not Ready – Four Slice-of-Life Shorts that Underline Exactly Why Jayde Perkin Won this Year’s ELCAF x WeTransfer Award
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Jayde Perkin’s I’m Not Ready – a short compilation of some of the artist’s autobio comic strips – begins with a prose introduction to the collection that…
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Summer Break – Lottie Pencheon Explores Mental Health Issues in a Quietly Powerful Comics Masterpiece from ShortBox
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Graphic medicine – the term coined by graphic novelist and GP Ian Williams – is one of the strands of comics narrative that has played a vitally…
Thinking in the Dark #1-2 – Aleesha Nandhra’s Fragmentary Minicomics Capture the Thoughts that Consume Us on Sleepless Nights
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Two years ago at Broken Frontier I picked out the work of Aleesha Nandhra as being one of the highlights of the thirteenth issue of the much…
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Sarararara: All-American Girl – Olivia Hicks Ensures Archie-Style Alien Hijinks Abound in this 1950s Comics Parody
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Sarararara: All-American Girl, the webcomic creation of Olivia Hicks, makes its print debut at Thought Bubble this weekend. The strip is an intriguing oddity in terms…
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“I Think There’s Always Going to Be a Negotiation Between Sharing and Oversharing when You Make Autobiographical Work” – Eleanor Crewes On Her Critically Acclaimed ‘The Times I Knew I Was Gay’
Back in early 2017 I reviewed a short autobiographical zine by UK small presser Eleanor Crewes and was struck by the immediate connection its creator made with her readership in…
Zoot! Vol. 2 #2 – Roger Langridge’s Latest Cracking Collection of Short Strips Ranges from Slapstick Comedy and Thoughtful Autobio to the Terrible Verse of William McGonagall
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! To describe Roger Langridge as a true comics great is hardly hyperbole; in fact if anything it’s more a case of being unduly economical with the…
Glorious Wrestling Apocalypse – Tough Times Ahead for the GWA as Josh Hicks’s Colourful Comedy-Drama Cast Return for a Third Outing
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! With effectively the third issue of his Glorious Wrestling Alliance series, 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Josh Hicks returns to the ring at Thought…
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Hitsville UK #6-7 – It’s the End of a Small Press Era as Riordan and Cox’s Eccentric Musical Romp Draws to a Close
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Thought Bubble just wouldn’t be Thought Bubble without the annual entry in John Riordan and Dan Cox’s music industry send-up Hitsville UK. And yet that’s the…
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