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…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Sean Azzopardi has long been not just a vital fixture of the London small press scene but also one of its most important activists. Having self-published something in the region…
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…
Taking comics to new audiences. It’s the ideal we all aspire to, something we all claim to aim for and, on so many levels, discovering an expanded demographic for the…
The Crouch End Cartoon Art Festival (CECAF) – one of the friendliest, most accessible and endearingly laidback fairs on the UK comics show circuit – returns to the Earl Haig Hall this…
For London-based lovers of small press and indie comics tomorrow’s Crouch End Comic Art Festival (organised by that stalwart of the scene, Sean Azzopardi) will, of course, be a must-attend…
On June 6th the Crouch End Comic Art Festival (CECAF) – Sean Azzopardi’s smaller scale but incredibly welcoming and relaxed show – returns to the Earl Haig Hall as part…
The Alternative Press Takeover, CECAF 2015, Eleni Kalorkoti’s new exhibition, Katriona Chapman’s new zine, Yeti Press’s upcoming 2015 schedule and more feature in our latest round-up of what the great…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Is the audience for small press comics too narrow and self-defined? Do we need more events like the Crouch End Comic Art Festival (CECAF), the Alternative Press Takeover, the East…
There were probably a few raised eyebrows when UK small press mainstay Sean Azzopardi first proposed his idea for curating the Crouch End Comic Art Festival. With a stated intention…
On November 8th the Crouch End Comic Art Festival – the latest London celebration of all things utterly splendid about the current UK comics scene – will open its doors…
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“I’m Always Trying to Make Comics the Other Way Around” — An Interview with Portuguese Cartoonist Joana Mosi on Her Graphic Novels ‘The Mongoose’ and ‘Physical Education’October 13, 2025
