Farewell to Bristol Comic and Zine Fair – BCZF Bows Out After 8 Glorious Years
While I have been aware for some time that today’s announcement was coming in some form, the news that the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair is calling it a day…
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A View From the Frontier – Chatting with John Stokes at the Gosh! ‘Marney the Fox’ Launch and Another Top Year at Bristol Comic and Zine Fair
It was a busy weekend indeed for the Broken Frontier team! While our Tyler Chin-Tanner was representing the site at this year’s New York Comic Con I was busy hosting…
Bristol Comic and Zine Fair 2017 – One of the UK’s Friendliest and Most Welcoming Shows Returns to The Station this Saturday October 7th
Wedged as it is this year between Thought Bubble and the Lakes we probably haven’t given the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair anything like the attention it deserves here at…
Bristol Comic and Zine Fair 2016 – Meet a Fantastic Line-Up of Small Press Creators at BCZF this Sat Oct 1st
This Saturday October 1st sees the return of the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair (BCZF) to the ever welcoming the Station venue. An event that includes a broad spectrum of micro…
Dirt – Bereavement and Grief Powerfully Examined by Cj Reay and Black Lodge Press
CELEBRATING BCZF! “A story of death, grief and breaking the fucking law” is the tagline for Cj Reay’s Dirt which comes to us via Reay’s micropublishing imprint Black Lodge Press….
Foxhole #1-2 – Accessible Zine-Style Magazine Affords Comics Their Rightful Place in the Artistic Pantheon
CELEBRATING BCZF! When editor Mark Beechill first launched Foxhole he did so with the tagline ‘Arts, Culture, Writing’ foremost in his mind but he’s the first to admit that approach…
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Rabbit Thoughts – Kim Clements’ Remarkable First Solo Comic Has a Poignant Fragility and a Haunting Beauty
CELEBRATING BCZF! “Everything happy seems to happen without me…” Such simple, plaintive, but heartrending words positively abound in Rabbit Thoughts, the debut solo print comic from rising star Kim Clements. In…
Beginnings – The Big Brown Eyes Collective Show a Fluent Understanding of the Language of Comics in Their First Anthology
CELEBRATING BCZF! Last week here at ‘Small Pressganged’ I previewed a number of the solo print projects debuting from Big Brown Eyes – a collective comprising sisters Emily Rose, Karis…
Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox – The Power of Positive Change Celebrated in Richy K. Chandler’s Inspiring Multi-Creator Anthology
CELEBRATING BCZF! Comics and community. It’s something we’ve spoken about a lot in this column in 2015 whether it be in terms of graphic memoirist Wallis Eates’s outreach work taking…
Walks with LuLu – Elizabeth Querstret’s Cathartic Dog-Walking Monologue Shows Another Side to Her Comics Practice
CELEBRATING BCZF! A chance encounter and a bond formed. One woman’s relationship with her canine companion provides a cathartic escape from the rigours of daily life… If you’re a fan…
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Experiment – Irish Collective Stray Lines Debut an Impressive Anthology with Work from Debbie Jenkinson, Katherine Foyle, Alan Dunne and More
CELEBRATING BCZF! Experiment is the first collection of comics by Stray Lines who describe themselves as “a collective of Irish and Irish based illustrators and comics artists dedicated to incubating…
Collector Cabinet – Ellice Weaver’s Minicomic Thriller is a Suspense-Filled and Atmospheric Dark Drama
CELEBRATING BCZF! If you picked up the latest issue of free street press anthology Off Life then you will be no stranger to the distinctively hued work of Ellice Weaver. Should…
Preview: Big Brown Eyes Collective – Enjoy a Sneak Peek at Emily Rose Lambert’s ‘Dreamscape’ and ‘Four Days in Budapest’, and Karis Lambert’s ‘Cats and Wine’
CELEBRATING BCZF! Big Brown Eyes is a collective of three sisters – Emily Rose, Karis and Freya Lambert – who will be debuting a number of comics and zines at…
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Small Press Spotlight on… Bristol Comic and Zine Fair with Simon Moreton
CELEBRATING BCZF! The Autumn months in the UK are synonymous with festival season for comics enthusiasts with LICAF, Thought Bubble and the Comica Festival programming all being regular calendar fixtures at…
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