In the aligned worlds of self-publishing and DIY culture there’s a fertile cross-pollination between zine-making and comics creating. This column has never been shy about covering work that straddles both…
This past weekend saw a whole host of events at the British Library as the hugely popular Comics Unmasked exhibition reached its final days. On Friday night Panel Borders’ Alex…
It seems almost redundant to say it given what a declaration of the glaringly obvious it is but for London-based comics aficionados it’s been an amazing few months of Comica…
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,…
The third edition of Tiny Pencil – the artzine promoting graphite-based goodness through a mix of illustration and comic strips – is subtitled The Beast Issue, and comes with a…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
This first ‘Small Pressganged’ edition of 2014 provides us with a chance to reflect on and celebrate the last twelve months of micro and self-published comics in the UK as…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Broken Frontier’s ‘Small Pressganged’ column – our regular spotlight on the worlds of small press, self-published and micropublished comics – will be two years old this weekend and, at the…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Tiny Pencil, the artzine that celebrates all things graphite, returned this summer with a second issue focusing on all-ages fun, games and activities. This edition, subtitled Mammals, Monsters & Mars!,…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
“Writer/artist Alys Jones’s graphic novelette is a multi-layered foray into the horror of the trenches of the First World War that constantly plays and tinkers with the readership’s perception of…
“A Time Travel Story through Rave Culture” – Sara Kenney and Company on ‘Acid Box’, Working with Avery Hill, and Mentoring Young CreatorsMay 16, 2025
“A Single Panel Can Depict a Multitude of Narratives” – Chris King Talks ‘Cold Chips’, Psychogeography in Comics, and Cross-Media PracticeMay 7, 2025
“All the Characters are Basically Me, in One Way or Another” — An Interview with Ned Wenlock on His Coming-of-Age Graphic Novel ‘Tsunami’ from Pow Pow PressApril 30, 2025
“We Try to Actively Incorporate Asian Characters in Our Comics” – Talvinder Sehmbi of Guru Comics on Their Range of Genre Fiction Books and Establishing Yourself in the Small Press SceneApril 24, 2025
“I Think it’s so Valuable to Have More Vulnerable Works Out There” – Cara Brown on Mental Health in Comics, Creative Process and Starting Her Artistic JourneyApril 23, 2025
