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    BCZF 2018 Preview: Dead Singers Society Volume 4 – Good Comics Say Farewell to Their Flagship Anthology with this Final Volume

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 5, 2018

    EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Back in 2015 the first issue of Dead Singers Society was the launch publication for UK micropublishers Good Comics with a variety of UK small press and…

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    Terrible Means – B. Mure Revisits the World of Ismyre in a Magical Fantasy with a Very Contemporary Twist

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 5, 2018

    EXHIBITING AT BCZF! When I reviewed B. Mure’s Ismyre here at Broken Frontier last year I spoke about the sense of powerful world-building to the first instalment of their fantasy…

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    BCZF 2018 Preview: Who Killed JoJo? Book 1 – Cathy Brett’s Laydeez do Comics Prize-Nominated Work Launches its First Chapter at the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 4, 2018

    EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Earlier this year Cathy Brett was one of the shortlisted creators for the Laydeez do Comics Prize for her graphic-novel-in-progress, announced at the first LDC Festival back…

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    Minor Leagues #6 – Simon Moreton’s ‘Where?’ is an Immersive Multi-Media Essay on Place, Memory and Loss… and also the Zine Event of the Year

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 4, 2018

    EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Simon Moreton’s autobio zine series Minor Leagues (twice Broken Frontier Awards-nominated to give you an idea of just how highly esteemed it is here at BF!) begins…

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    My Other Mother, My Other Self – Laydeez do Comics Prize Winner Emma Burleigh’s Haunting Exploration of Identity

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 3, 2018

    EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Earlier this year Emma Burleigh was announced as the inaugural winner of the Laydeez do Comics Prize for her work-in-progress graphic novel My Other Mother, My Other…

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    Shane Faced: True Made Up Stories – Shane Melisse’s Amiable Autobio Strips Pop with Energy and Colour

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 3, 2018

    EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Shane Melisse’s profile on the London small press scene is inextricably linked with his place as part of the Backwards Burd collective; a collaborative group of creators…

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    I’m Not Ready – Four Slice-of-Life Shorts that Underline Exactly Why Jayde Perkin Won this Year’s ELCAF x WeTransfer Award

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 2, 2018

    EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Jayde Perkin’s I’m Not Ready – a short compilation of some of the artist’s autobio comic strips – begins with a prose introduction to the collection that…

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    Summer Break – Lottie Pencheon Explores Mental Health Issues in a Quietly Powerful Comics Masterpiece from ShortBox

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 1, 2018

    EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Graphic medicine – the term coined by graphic novelist and GP Ian Williams – is one of the strands of comics narrative that has played a vitally…

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    Thinking in the Dark #1-2 – Aleesha Nandhra’s Fragmentary Minicomics Capture the Thoughts that Consume Us on Sleepless Nights

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 1, 2018

    EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Two years ago at Broken Frontier I picked out the work of Aleesha Nandhra as being one of the highlights of the thirteenth issue of the much…

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