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Fractures Book Two – A Wolfgang Crowe Depicts the Appalling Aftermath of Homophobic Brutality in the Second Issue of this Powerful Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 6, 2024

PRIDE MONTH 2024! In the first issue of A Wolfgang Crowe’s four-part series Fractures the readers became witnesses to a homophobic assault the artist endured some years ago while working…

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Colossive Cartographies #54 – Hayley Gullen Gives Us ‘Hayley’s Guide to Chemo’ in the Latest from the Colossive Press Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 16, 2024

‘Hayley’s Guide to Chemo’ is the latest and the fifty-fourth entry in the Colossive Press series Colossive Cartographies; zine-like, fold-out, graphic narratives. Fitting into the graphic medicine area of comics….

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Colossive Cartographies #53 – Wallis Eates Reflects on Life as a Carer in ‘Budgie Steps’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 18, 2024

It has been a few years since we last reviewed comics work by Wallis Eates at Broken Frontier though, as can be seen by the list of tagged posts here,…

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Colossive Cartographies #52 – Becky Bell’s Short Comic ‘Be Brave’ Combines Graphic Medicine and a Celebration of Family Love

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 30, 2024

Colossive Press’s Colossive Cartographies have become such a well-regarded series of zines not simply because of the clever ways in which each creator uses the Turkish Map Fold format to…

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Colossive Cartographies #51 – Ed Pinsent Fondly Parodies the Batman Mythos in this Fun, Foldout Comics Zine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 12, 2024

It was another year of outstanding DIY culture output from micropublisher Colossive Press. One where comics became a more fixed part of their publishing plan with new material from A…

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A Trial Death and Other Stories – Colossive Press Bring Glenn Dakin’s Classic ‘Abe’ Comics Back to Print

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2023

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! When zine specialists Colossive Press (you can read a full-length interview with them here at Broken Frontier) began adding comics material to their already impressive array of…

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Colossive Cartographies #49 and #50 – Joe Stone and Hatiye Garip Join the Cartographies Crew with Two Comics Expertly Manipulating the Tools of the Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 30, 2023

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! One of the joys of our Thought Bubble coverage is not just in discovering new artists through review submissions but also in being able to point people…

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Preview: A Trial Death and Other Stories – Colossive Press to Bring Glenn Dakin’s ‘Abe’ Stories Back to Print

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 26, 2023

Glenn Dakin’s A Trial Death and Other Stories is the latest comics offering from London’s Colossive Press whose line-up of zines, books and occasional forays into the world of sequential…

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Colossive Cartographies #43-48 – The Popular Colossive Press Graphic Narrative Series Returns with Another Six Zines

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 6, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Just ready for the South London Comic and Zine Fair, Colossive Press have completed another wave of their popular Colossive Cartographies. This continuing zine series uses the tactile…

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Colossive Cartographies #33-42 – Another Experimental Selection of Colossive Press’s Acclaimed Turkish Map Fold Zine Series Explored

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 12, 2023

To borrow from Stan Lee every Colossive Cartographies review is somebody’s first so if you’re unaware of the format of what has become micropublisher Colossive Press’s signature series keep reading….

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Fractures Book One – A Wolfgang Crowe Revisits a Homophobic Assault in a Powerful Piece of Autobiographical Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 8, 2023

Penge-based micropublisher Colossive Press have been providing us with a positive feast of eclectic zine and book publishing for a few years now. A Wolfgang Crowe’s Fractures is their first…

Columns · Reviews · Small Pressganged

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Ghost Stories I Remember – Ghosts and Memories Intersect in Patrick Wray’s New Graphic Narrative from Colossive Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 4, 2022

SLCZF WEEK! If you’re of a certain age you will no doubt remember having at least a passing fascination with hauntings as a child in the ‘70s/’80s. Whether it was…

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Colossive Cartographies #22-32 – The Pandemic, Joni Mitchell, Mental Health Awareness and a Fear of Wasps Feature in the Latest Releases from Colossive Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 26, 2022

Whenever I review the Colossive Press Colossive Cartographies series there’s an obvious piece of necessary introductory housekeeping that needs to be addressed first for those unfamiliar with these tactile zines…

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“There’s an Incredibly Supportive Sense of Community” – Colossive Press Talk DIY Culture, the Small Press Scene and Working with Indie Comics Creators on the ‘Colossive Cartographies’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 22, 2021

HCZF MONTH! A very special treat for those of you following our Hackney Comic + Zine Fair month of coverage as we talk with Jane and Tom Murphy of DIY…

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Colossive Cartographies #15-21 – Another Batch of Boundary-Pushing Colossive Press Zines from Miranda Smart, Joe Decie, Simon Russell, Patrick Wray and Co

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 5, 2021

As mentioned the last time I looked at the Colossive Cartographies from Colossive Press, this tactile series of one-shot art objects took its inspiration from Colossive co-publisher Tom Murphy’s toying…

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New ‘Colossive Cartographies’ Announced by Colossive Press – The Acclaimed Indie Zine Series Returns with Work from Joe Decie, Hannah Lee Miller and Patrick Wray

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 8, 2021

Towards the end of 2020 we looked at the Colossive Cartographies series of beautifully tactile zines, with contributions from some of the top creators in indie and small press comics….

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Celebrating 2020 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 11, 2021

There wasn’t much to celebrate in 2020 but one thing we could take some joy in was that, despite everything, there was still plenty of amazing self-published comics work to…

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Colossive Cartographies #1-14 – Colossive Press’s Experimental Zine Series Features Work from Olivia Sullivan, Peony Gent, Sean Azzopardi, Gareth A Hopkins, Douglas Noble and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 18, 2020

Given how many comics creators are on the team at Broken Frontier we have an unwritten rule on the site. While we may cover their work in terms of features…

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