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TGC Announces the End of an Era – The Collective Behind ‘Team Girl Comic’ Comes to a Close After 8 Hugely Important Years

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 15, 2017

You may have missed it on Twitter this week but the TGC collective of Scottish women artists responsible for the long-running anthology Team Girl Comic (more recently re-branded as That…

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The Inking Woman: Gill Hatcher – Showcasing the Artists of the Latest Exhibition at London’s Cartoon Museum

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 16, 2017

“I’m incredibly honoured to be part of the exhibition and especially glad to have some of my conservation-themed work display. I hope Inking Women will showcase the rich diversity of women’s…

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Dreaming of a Small Press Christmas! – Festive Comic Art from Kim Clements, Ellice Weaver, Rozi Hathaway, Danny Noble and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 13, 2016

Christmas is coming! And with the end-of-year celebrations imminent I asked some of the small press artists we’ve featured in this column in the last year or two to share…

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The Seagull Appreciation Society – Gill Hatcher Reminds Us of the Dangers of Climate Change in an Engaging All-Ages Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 19, 2016

Exploring our relationship with the natural world is a regular staple of Gill Hatcher’s comics and zine work. Hatcher, of course, is the founder of the acclaimed Scottish creative collective…

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State of the Small Press Nation – Are Higher Quality Printing Opportunities for Self-Publishing Squeezing Out Traditional DIY Small Press Values?

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 4, 2015

Is the easier availability of high quality printing options for self-publishing having a negative knock-on effect for small press comics work presented in a traditional zine or DIY culture format?…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Is the Ever Expanding Number of UK Comics Shows, Festivals and Fairs Sustainable?

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 8, 2015

Is the rapidly expanding number of UK comics-related shows, fairs and festivals to exhibit at an advantage? Or is this level of growth actually stretching small press creators and their…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Celebrating 2014: Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 1, 2015

As has become something of a tradition for the first ‘Small Pressganged’ of the New Year it’s time once again to look back on the self and micropublished material featured in this…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Is Self and Micro Comics Publishing in the UK Growing Faster than its Potential Audience? (Part 1)

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 15, 2014

For those of us involved in the world of independent British comics – whether directly as creators and publishers or more tangentially as commentators and observers – it’s easy to…

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Comic Soapbox Scotland – Social and Political Comics Submissions Sought from Scotland-Based Creators for New Online Project

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 15, 2014

With the vote on Scottish independence this September getting ever closer, a new online project to provide a platform for politically focused comics created in Scotland has made a call…

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Team Girl Comic #10 – Happy Anniversary TGC! Trina Robbins, Kate Charlesworth, Hannah Berry, Lucy Sweet and Donya Todd Join the Celebrations

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 14, 2014

Ten issues is a phenomenal achievement for a small press anthology comic. In the near three years I’ve been writing ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier I’ve seen anthologies come,  I’ve…

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The Beginner’s Guide to Being Outside – Gill Hatcher’s Journey of Discovery in the Scottish Highlands is an All-Ages Tour de Force

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 9, 2014

Gill Hatcher’s role in the Team Girl Comic anthology, and the comics community that has evolved from that collective, have been covered here at Broken Frontier a number of times…

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Nominations for 2014 Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance Awards Announced – ‘Small Pressganged’ Favourites Dominate Shortlist!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 19, 2014

The nominations for the fourth Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance (SICBA) Awards have been released this week, celebrating excellent work from some fine creators north of the border. Public voting for…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Avery Hill Publishing – the Creators

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 8, 2014

Yesterday at Broken Frontier we published the first instalment of a two-part interview with Ricky Miller and Dave White, the team behind Brit micropublishers Avery Hill Publishing. In day two…

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Team Girl Comic #9

  • by Conori Bell-Bhuiyan
  • December 30, 2013

A positive thinking and well-grounded small publishing collaborative of artists with no shortage of imagination. Team Girl Comic’s fun-loving casual collaborative ethos lends itself well to the anthology nature of…

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Team Girl Comic #8

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 9, 2013

The all-women collective behind small press anthology Team Girl Comic unveiled their eighth issue this summer with a carnival-themed launch party at Glasgow’s Plan B Books. I mention this not…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Gill Hatcher and Team Girl Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 13, 2013

With seven issues published since the group was founded in 2009, the Scottish all-woman collective behind anthology Team Girl Comic have become an established presence on the U.K. small press…

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