Designed to shine a spotlight on the often overlooked world of small press, self-published and altcomics.
A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! What if the fictional soap opera worlds that are beamed into our homes several times a week were anything but? What would happen if, instead, they…
“There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes…” That’s a Doctor Who quote from Fourth Doctor Tom Baker’s time in the role of course but…
A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Please note that, sadly, the autumn Comiket has now been postponed until Spring 2015. Comica Festival’s twice-yearly Comiket independent comics fair returns to Central Saint Martins…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
First World War anthology To Arms! – a project with its genesis in the Gosh! Comics Process group – self-consciously set out to approach its subject matter with a distinctively…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
When her doctor suggested to artist Dani Abram to keep a “mood diary” of her progress, after a diagnosis of Generalised Anxiety Disorder, she approached the project from a distinctly comics…
Earlier this year we previewed the Alternative Press Takeover here at Broken Frontier – a small press comics and zine fair that included a whole host of exhibitors familiar to…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
It’s been a while since I last covered the work of Noah Van Sciver in this column. On that occasion it was Deep in the Woods – also from the folk…
Ryan Cecil Smith’s BLOCKS minicomic began life as an explanatory design for the Loop de Loop Animation Challenge – the cyclical reading experience inherent in its distinctive physicality mimicking the creation…
We are currently living in a Golden Age of comics self-publishing in the UK. Anybody active in any of those hubs of small press activity, in both our major cities…
Over the last two years the “street press” anthology Off Life has firmly established itself as a vital showcase for the indie side of the UK comics scene, proactively bringing…
Graphic journalism, cartoon reportage… however you want to describe it, the power of comics to efficiently communicate the central issues of a given topic in a way that is both…
I’ve focused on the comics travelogues of small press creator Moogs Kewell in the past in ‘Small Pressganged’ back when I reviewed her self-published offering Big in Japan here last…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
John Riordan and Dan Cox’s animated music industry parody Hitsville UK was one of the very earliest self-published comics to be featured in this column, and one I described at…
Of all the variations on autobiographical comics – one of the enduring thematic mainstays of comics self-publishing going all the way back to the early days of photocopied and stapled…
I was rather taken with Adam Vian’s first issue of Long Lost Lempi when I reviewed it here at Broken Frontier last year. Delightfully whimsical, the series follows the adventures…
Chris Kent is a man of many artistic talents, working not just in comics but also in a number of disciplines in the world of fine art. To date he…
One thing that always make the output of Latvian publisher kuš a welcome read is that, whether it’s in their digest-sized anthology š! or the mini kuš series of minicomics,…
It’s important to mention from the outset that today’s ‘Small Pressganged’ choice – The Man Called Uncle Tim #1 – is not so much a comic book as a zine that employs…
“I Want to Enjoy the Process without the Pressure of Pleasing Other People” – Henry McCausland on ‘Eight-Lane Runaways’, ‘River Rangers’ and Comics as a Physical ExperienceJuly 7, 2026
“I Have a Vague Endpoint in Mind” – Linnea Sterte on the Epic ‘A Garden of Spheres’, Inspirations, and the Appeal of AmphibiansJuly 3, 2026
“I Think ‘Limbo’ is Probably the Best Work I’ve Ever Done in Any Medium” – Ferry Gouw on His New Book from Breakdown Press, Cross-Media Work on ‘Major Lazer’, and Adapting His Style for Different ProjectsJune 30, 2026
“Trans People Are Facing Pronounced Challenges to Our Rights Across the World Right Now” – Jua OK! on ‘Road to Chimera’ and Finding Spiritual Meaning in the Trans JourneyJune 29, 2026
“Don’t Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Done – Finish Things” – AJ O’Neill on Finding Your Voice in Comics, Queer Autobio, and Experimenting with the FormJune 25, 2026
