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Earlier this year UK small press mainstay Sean Azzopardi spoke in length to us at Broken Frontier here about the creative process behind his (then) upcoming autobiographical comic 50 –…
A couple of years ago I was collared at a comics festival – exactly which one now is lost in the mists of my middle-aged memory I’m afraid – by…
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A few months back we reported on ‘It’s Going to Be Okay‘, an exhibition of the work of cartoonist Matt Boyce at Beer Rebellion in London’s Gypsy Hill (above) at…
The main UK festival season is rapidly approaching and with it comes the usual welcome influx of launch announcements. Today we’re previewing one of Avery Hill Publishing’s Autumn debuts which…
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I’ve said this before in this column but Richy K. Chandler is one of the great facilitators of the UK small press scene – a creator who, through his various…
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Last night saw the opening of Burnt Roti magazine’s ‘The Beauty of Being British Asian’ at the Old Truman Brewery on London’s Brick Lane – an exhibition that includes new…
Earlier this summer, as part of the ELCAF programme of events, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to sit with four promising new artists at the festival’s Springboard…
SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! As the profile of Breakdown Press’s Safari Festival has grown and evolved since its inception three years ago it has become known as much for the notable…
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SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! Outside of a a couple of upcoming festival appearances, Sarah Broadhurst and Julia Scheele’s feminist zine micropublisher and distro One Beat Zines are currently on hiatus until the…
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SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! I’ve probably expressed similar sentiments before at Broken Frontier over the years but for those about to discover micropublisher 2dcloud for the very first time at this…
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SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! Impenetrable yet eerily familiar, indefinable yet focused, unique in delivery but soaked in the standards of pop culture, metaphysical and still fundamentally human… Alexander Tucker’s work is…
SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! Stathis Tsemberlidis is one half of the Decadence Comics team alongside artist Lando (Gardens of Glass, Stones in Focus) – a micropublishing duo who have put out…
SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! New Disa Wallander work is always worth checking out and this weekend’s Safari Festival sees the debut of Wallander’s new comics zine published by João Sobral’s Glasgow-based micropublishing…
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SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! Sometimes helplessness is the greatest horror of all. Matthew Pettit’s The Fields Beyond – a book that debuts this weekend at the fourth annual Safari Festival – bills…
SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! The ever experimental Minneapolis micropublisher 2dcloud are on the exhibitor line-up at this year’s Safari Festival and we’re previewing some of the new books they’ll have on show…
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SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! The many nuanced layers on which sequential art can connect with its audience ensure that work that is indistinct and minimalist in presentation can be just as…
SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! It’s always exciting when international publishers with an ethos that you especially respect and admire make a rare festival visit to the UK. The inclusion of the ever…
SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! For the last ten years micropublisher kuš! has been bringing us a truly international body of work via its signature digest anthology comic, its mini kuš! minicomics and its…
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
“I Hugely Admire Comics with Dynamic Page Structure!” – Beatrijs Brouwer/Beastly Worlds on the Lure of Fantasy Storytelling and Her Creative ProcessNovember 13, 2025
“People Are Having Good Ideas All the Time and Putting Them into Practice” – Alison Sampson, Charlie Adlard, Lucy Sullivan and More on the Importance of the Thought Bubble Portfolio Reviews and Comics CommunityNovember 13, 2025
“I Liked the Uncertain Nature of it… the Feeling of Dread and the Unknown” – Jason Measures Gives Us the Lowdown on the ‘Beyond the Black Void’ Sci-Fi AnthologyNovember 10, 2025
“It’s about Fame, Friendship, and Just How Long You’re Willing to Fake it to Make it” – Duane Murray and Ahmed Raafat Talk ‘Who Are the Power Pals?’ from Dark HorseNovember 6, 2025
