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Zinewatch – A Round-Up of DIY Culture from Alys Jones, Alexandra Cook, Rozi Hathaway, Brigid Deacon and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 1, 2015

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…

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Comica Festival Weekend, August 2014: When Comiket and Comica Conversations Came to the British Library

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 18, 2014

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…

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Comica Festival Weekend Comes to the British Library August 15th to 17th Featuring Bryan Lee O’Malley, ‘Misty’ Artist Shirley Bellwood, Emmanuel Guibert, Pat Mills, Jade Sarson, Alys Jones, Ian Williams and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 11, 2014

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…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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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,…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Tiny Pencil #3: The Beast Issue – Monsters, Machines and Unnatural Things in the Latest Issue of the Pencil Art Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 10, 2014

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

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Celebrating 2013: Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 2, 2014

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

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Happy Birthday ‘Small Pressganged’! Celebrating Two Years of Unearthing the Gems of the Small Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 1, 2013

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

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Tiny Pencil #2.0: Mammals, Monsters & Mars!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 16, 2013

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

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Small Press Spotlight on… Alys Jones and Beyond the Wire

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 8, 2013

“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…

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