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Section: Small Pressganged

Designed to shine a spotlight on the often overlooked world of small press, self-published and altcomics.

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Reel Love Act One – Owen Michael Johnson’s Tale of Boyhood Obsession with the Big Screen Debuts at Glasgow Comic Con this Weekend!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 4, 2014

Owen Michael Johnson’s Reel Love is the second book to debut from Dogooder Comics, the latest welcome addition to the ranks of micropublishers on the British small press scene. My…

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Small Press Spotlight on… ‘Moose Kid Comics’ with Jamie Smart

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 30, 2014

Moose Kid Comics –Jamie Smart’s proactive statement that there’s still plenty of life in comics for kids – debuted last week to overwhelmingly positive critical acclaim. A reaction to the…

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Knitting with Coalsmoke – John Bagnall Fondly Dissects the Eccentricities of British Life in this Collection of Ten Years of His Comic Strips

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 27, 2014

Knitting with Coalsmoke collects a selection of the “pleasantly musty” strips of John Bagnall – small press veteran of the heady 1980s days of Escape and Fast Fiction – and…

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Small Press Spotlight on… ‘My So-Called Secret Identity’ with Will Brooker

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 26, 2014

The issue of sexism and a lack of realistic female role models in super-hero comics is one that has plagued the industry for years. Will Brooker – Professor in Film…

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Small Press Spotlight on… First World War Anthology ‘To Arms!’ with Matt Duncan and Karim Iskander Flint

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 24, 2014

Evolving from the monthly Process Comics group at London’s Gosh! Comics, the First World War anthology To Arms! brings together a number of established players on the self-publishing scene – including Mike…

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Between the Billboards #5-6 – Owen D. Pomery’s Tale of Solitude and Architecture Reaches a Dramatic End

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 23, 2014

Between the Billboards is a comic with something of a ‘Small Pressganged’ pedigree. I reviewed the first four issues here at Broken Frontier last year and included it in my annual round-up…

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Nominations for 2014 Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance Awards Announced – ‘Small Pressganged’ Favourites Dominate Shortlist!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 19, 2014

The nominations for the fourth Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance (SICBA) Awards have been released this week, celebrating excellent work from some fine creators north of the border. Public voting for…

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Single Black Glove – Kate Hazell’s Imaginatively Witty Minicomic is an ELCAF Must-Buy!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 12, 2014

A solitary discarded glove is a melancholy sight as it poignantly lies forever separated from the defining duality of its functional life partner. But that same sense of sadness we…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Modern Times

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 9, 2014

Billing itself as the UK’s “first graphic newspaper since the Titanic sank” Modern Times is an intriguing new project overseen by a three-woman team of Royal College of Art students….

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Small Press Spotlight on… ‘And then Emily Was Gone’ with John Lees and Iain Laurie

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 2, 2014

Self-publishing as a potential route to both greater recognition and professional exposure is something I have firmly advocated in this column over the last few years. John Lees and Iain…

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Maleficium – Exclusive Preview Pages as EdieOP Talks About Her New Project from Avery Hill Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 29, 2014

The philosophy behind ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier has always been not just to provide an outlet for small press coverage in a comics media dominated by “mainstream” stories but…

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Webcomics Round-Up, May 2014 – Mike Medaglia’s ‘Last Days of Nobodies’ Launches, plus Katriona Chapman and Francesca Cassavetti

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 28, 2014

Free comics! It’s hardly a difficult proposition is it? Here’s our monthly spotlight on accessible online work covering creators who have appeared in ‘Small Pressganged’ in the past at Broken…

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Exiles of Metrodome – Craig Collins and Company Return to Small Press Splatterfest with a Multi-Talent Sketchjam

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 19, 2014

In August of last year I reviewed the Battle Royale/The Hunger Games/Avengers Arena satire Metrodome from the team of Craig Collins and Iain Laurie in this column here. The ghoulish imaginations…

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Cafe Suada Cups 3 and 4 – The Unadulterated Fun of Jade Sarson’s Manga-Influenced Ensemble Webcomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 16, 2014

Jade Sarson’s webcomic Cafe Suada – an offbeat, manga-influenced romantic comedy charting the rivalry between Piyo Piyo tea shop manageress Geraldine Grey and Ewan from the next door Dark Moon…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Avery Hill Publishing – the Creators

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 8, 2014

Yesterday at Broken Frontier we published the first instalment of a two-part interview with Ricky Miller and Dave White, the team behind Brit micropublishers Avery Hill Publishing. In day two…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Avery Hill Publishing – the Editorial Team

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 7, 2014

British micropublisher Avery Hill Publishing are no longer the new kids on the small press block. In 2013 their comics output expanded rapidly. Critically acclaimed books like Jazz Greenhill’s The…

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Aranha – Brazilian Creators Luisa Doria and Rafael Baliú’s Arachnid-Based Tale of Childhood Terror

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 5, 2014

Although, to date, I’ve covered work from four continents in ‘Small Pressganged’ Brazil is virgin territory for this feature. For that you have Impossible Books – those fine UK online…

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Small Press Round-Up, May 2014 – Lizz Lunney at Pictoplasma, Esther McManus on Self-Publishing, Alys Jones’s New Project & More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 2, 2014

Lizz Lunney (above), Esther McManus, Howard Hardiman, Alys Jones and more feature in May’s round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene are up to,…

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