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Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Celebrating 5 Years of ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier – Creators and Publishers Pick Their Inspirational Artists!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 3, 2016

Can it really be five years ago today that we launched ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier with a stated mission to “unearth the gems of the small press” and a promise…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Thought Bubble Small Press Debut Picks Day 3 – Comics from Adam Cadwell, Jess Milton, Joe Decie and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 2, 2016

It’s the tenth Thought Bubble comic art festival at the weekend and this week at Broken Frontier we’re taking a tour of just some of the debut book highlights. Up until…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Thought Bubble Small Press Debut Picks Day 2 – Comics from Lucie Ebrey, One Beat Zines, Dan White and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 1, 2016

It’s the tenth Thought Bubble comic art festival at the weekend and this week at Broken Frontier we’re taking a tour of just some of the debut book highlights. Up until…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Thought Bubble Small Press Debut Picks Day 1 – Comics from Rozi Hathaway, Steven Tillotson, Anna Haifisch and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 31, 2016

It’s the tenth Thought Bubble comic art festival at the weekend and this week at Broken Frontier we’re taking a tour of just some of the debut book highlights. Over the…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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3 Reasons Why You Need to Read ‘Secret Path’ by Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • October 28, 2016

This past Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of the death of twelve-year-old Chanie Wenjack. Found dead of exposure beside a stretch of desolate train tracks in Northern Ontario, Chanie had…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Inside Look: Untitled Ape’s Epic Adventure – Steven Tillotson’s Creator Commentary on His Much Anticipated Thought Bubble Debut Book

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 27, 2016

Debuting at Thought Bubble! Steven Tillotson’s Untitled Ape’s Epic Adventure is, without a doubt, one of the books I’ve been most eagerly anticipating this year. Tillotson was an Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Last Driver – Pulpy, Post-Apocalyptic Parody from C.S. Baker, Shaky Kane and Dead Canary Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 26, 2016

Debuting at Thought Bubble! To date, the output of UK micropublisher Dead Canary Comics has perhaps veered more towards the genre fiction end of the market with super-hero parody like…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for October 26, 2016 – Moebius Library: The World of Edena, Spookhouse, The Skeptics and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 25, 2016

It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the BF…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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3 Reasons Why You Need to Read ‘Equinoxes’ by Cyril Pedrosa

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • October 21, 2016

Originally published in 2015 in France by Dupuis, Equinoxes by Cyril Pedrosa debuted last month in North America, courtesy of the ever-eclectic NBM Graphic Novels. Quite simply put, Equinoxes may…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Sponsoring the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition 2017 – Winners, Finalists and Judges on the Vital Importance of this Crucial UK Comics Institution

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 20, 2016

It will come as absolutely no surprise to any regular visitor to Broken Frontier when I say that discovering, nurturing and championing new talent is at the heart of what…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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‘Small Press: Independent Comics and Self-Publishing’ Event at Winchester Gallery, Oct 24th-28th – Tom Mortimer Curates a Collection of Top UK Creative Talent

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 19, 2016

We’re always keen here at Broken Frontier to support community efforts that take small press comics and creators to new audiences. So when Dirty Rotten Comics team member Tom Mortimer…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for October 19, 2016 – Love & Rockets, Cowboys and Insects, 23 Skidoo, Die Kitty Die! and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 18, 2016

It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the BF…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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The Temple of Silence: Uncovering the Work of Herbert Crowley, a Forgotten Genius

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • October 17, 2016

Though he was once considered one of the most promising and influential artists in the early 20th century, Herbert Crowley and his dark, whimsical style of cartooning (which preceded that…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Exclusive Preview: Making Friends with Smiley – EdieOP’s New Comic Debuts at the Lakes Festival this Weekend

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 14, 2016

EdieOP has been a contributor to both the Broken Frontier Anthology and the Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook and is a regular fixture at Avery Hill Publishing with appearances in their…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Five Bridges: Stories of the Flood – Mike Medaglia, Lisa Woynarski and Farokh Soltani’s Exhibition Looking Back at the 2015 Cumbria Flooding Opens for LICAF

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 13, 2016

Mike Medaglia is one of those creators we’ve been privileged to follow at Broken Frontier from their early days in comics and watch as their work has grown, developed and…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Moonshine #1 – Azzarello and Risso Howl at the Moon in Their First Creator-Owned Series from Image

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • October 12, 2016

Atmospheric, visceral, and unabashedly pulpy, Azzarello and Risso’s latest collaboration is a series you can sink your teeth into. Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso are no strangers to each other…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for October 12, 2016 – The End of Summer, Band for Life, Troll Bridge, Darth Vader and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 11, 2016

It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the BF…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Preview: Sound and Vision – ‘Hitsville UK’ Co-creator John Riordan’s Illustrated Guide to Music’s Cult Artists

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 10, 2016

If you’re a fan of John Riordan and Dan Cox’s Hitsville UK series then you will already be well aware of Riordan’s fondly irreverent approach to the world of music. A…

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