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A View from the Frontier – Tales from the Communal Table at the South London Comic and Zine Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 16, 2018

The briefest of behind-the-scenes at BF catch-ups today as we give you a quick visual record of this past Saturday’s South London Comic and Zine Fair (SLCZF) which took place…

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A View from the Frontier – Looking Back at this Year’s Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook Launch and Forwards to BF at SLCZF 2018!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 9, 2018

We’re still recovering from this past weekend’s Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2018 launch at London’s Gosh! Comics (as part of this year’s Small Press Day celebrations) at BF so…

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A View from the Frontier – Small Press Day 2018 is Here!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 2, 2018

From Portsmouth to Dundee, from Dublin to to Newcastle, and taking in Brirmingham, Brighton, Glasgow, Leeds, London and so many other locations as well, Small Press Day is back this…

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A View from the Frontier – Looking Back at ELCAF Fortnight 2018 at Broken Frontier!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 25, 2018

If, in general terms, a picture is worth a thousand words then just imagine what the exchange rate is like between my exhausted, post-ELCAF ramblings and the imagery below. We’ll…

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A View from the Frontier – ELCAF Fortnight 2018 Begins Today at Broken Frontier!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 11, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Nearly six years ago at Broken Frontier I wrote very briefly about the buzz surrounding a brand new comics show on the UK indie circuit saying of it that…

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A View from the Frontier – Don’t Miss the Crouch End Comic Arts Festival this Saturday June 9th!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 4, 2018

It’s time for one of our semi-regular pushes for our wider comics-related activities here at Broken Frontier and a channce for a final promotion of one of the friendliest shows…

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A View from the Frontier – Important Information for Small Press Day 2018! A Vital Guide to what the SPD Team Needs from You Before the Big Day

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 7, 2018

Small Press Day is just two months away on July 7th and the Small Press Day team of founder David Ziggy Greene, the Alternative Press’s Amneet Johal and myself (Andy…

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A View from the Frontier – ‘Sustaining Comics: What the Future Holds’ at London’s Cartoon Museum

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 30, 2018

It’s that time of year when the UK side of the Broken Frontier team start planning for the British festival season and all the accompanying events that BF will be…

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A View from the Frontier – ELCAF 2018 Programme Announced Today and We Look Forward to ELCAF Fortnight at Broken Frontier!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 23, 2018

There’s just two months to 2018’s East London Comics & Arts Festival, undoubtedly one of our favourite events on the UK comics calendar and a weekend that champions the kind…

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A View from the Frontier – Leam Comic Con Acts as a Welcoming Prologue for the UK Spring and Summer Festival Season

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 16, 2018

For the first time in 2018, the Broken Frontier t-shirt went on in an official capacity this past weekend for what was a relaxed and welcoming prologue to the UK…

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A View from the Frontier – Catch Broken Frontier Tabling at this Year’s CECAF and SLCZF Festivals, Plus Applications Open for BCZF

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 2, 2018

Spring has finally (almost) sprung and with it we look forward at BF, as ever, to the UK festival season ramping up between now and the Autumn. Broken Frontier doesn’t…

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A View from the Frontier – Celebrating ‘The Inking Woman’ and ‘Marie Duval’, Plus the Laydeez do Comics Festival Debuts this Weekend

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2018

We have been so very busy behind the scenes at Broken Frontier these last few months that our customary ‘A View from the Frontier‘ opener to the week has had…

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A View from the Frontier – 2017: Our Broken Frontier Comics Year in Review!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 1, 2018

After 2016’s dual publication of the Broken Frontier Anthology and our first Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook it seemed unlikely that we could top such a banner year. And yet…

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A View from the Frontier – Looking Forward to the Broken Frontier Awards 2017 Later this Month

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 4, 2017

Behind the scenes at Broken Frontier over the last few weeks we’ve been beavering away on the nominations shortlists for this year’s Broken Frontier Awards. This past weekend saw myself…

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A View from the Frontier – Looking Back on a Year of the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw with Artists Including Ariela Kristantina, Katie Skelly and Jamie Coe

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 27, 2017

Last Tuesday November 21st marked our last Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2017 and what a positive and invigorating year of comics community it’s been in…

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A View from the Frontier – Join the Broken Frontier Team: We’re Looking for New Contributors!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 20, 2017

The end of the year means we start thinking about two of the pivotal points of our annual calendar here at Broken Frontier – the Broken Frontier Awards and our…

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A View from the Frontier – The Boundless Energy of Baudoin at the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2017

Time has been at something of a premium this last week in the BF Bullpen as we start gearing up for our slightly revamped Broken Frontier Awards (look for an…

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A View from the Frontier – The Evolution and Importance of Comic Shops as Community Hubs

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2017

Traditionally this point in the year is when the great and the good of British comics gears up for the final big blow-out and hits Leeds for the grand finale…

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