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    The Longest Day – Rob Marland’s Bleak Farce on Family and Relationships Has a Quiet Poignancy at its Heart

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 5, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! It’s summer solstice and Rob is visiting his family. But when his sister loses the one thing she can’t live without, their plans for a relaxing day together…

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    “Making Comics is Definitely a Therapeutic and Personal Explorative Experience” – Elizabeth Querstret on Her Very Individual Approach to Zine-Making and Comics Self-Publishing

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 4, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! Elizabeth Querstret is one of a long line of UK small pressers who you heard about first here on Broken Frontier! A prolific zine-maker, her self-published comics have largely…

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    Highlands Travel Diary – Katriona Chapman Invites Us to Explore the Scottish Countryside with Her in Another Charming Travel Comic

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 4, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! A new publication from a double Broken Frontier Award-winning artist was always, of course, going to be a must for coverage coming into Hackney Comic + Zine Fair…

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    The Little Deaths of Watson Tower – Nick Bryan and Rosie Alexander’s Layered Urban Fantasy Confronts Our Darkest Fears About Mortality

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 4, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! Teenager Kelly Arnold takes her mind off the sadness at the heart of her family life by hanging out with her friends at the nearby Watson Tower apartment…

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    Fried Milk Vol: One – Olivia Sullivan Cements Her Place as a Creator Unafraid to Challenge and Motivate Her Audience in this Symbolic Desert Travelogue

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 4, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! One aspect of Olivia Sullivan’s experimental comics work that always appeals is the way in which the reader is free to take their own meaning from her often…

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    Thinking in the Dark #3 – Aleesha Nandhra Reminds Us of the Universality of Our Fears and Anxieties in Another Collection of Poignant and Reflective Comics Shorts

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 3, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! Our 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ artist Aleesha Nandhra Thinking in the Dark series explores “the thoughts and feelings that come to mind when…

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    Boomerang Part 1 – Recession Era Britain in the 2000s Provides the Backdrop to Rebecca K. Jones’s Slice-of-Life Meditation on Unemployment, Mental Health and Adulthood

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 3, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! The list of comics accomplishments of UK small presser Rebecca K. Jones is an impressive one. Her short story ‘Lazy Sunday’ was shortlisted for the Cape/Observer/ Comica Graphic…

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    Progress – This Year’s WIP Comics Anthology Features the Inventive Talents of Lara Callaghan, Bruno Stead, Chloe Starling, Zach Cobb, Alexandre Szolnoky, Mereida Fajardo and More in a Bumper Edition

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 2, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! The latest anthology from the WIP Comics group – a supportive monthly London “work-in-progress” meet-up for aspiring creators to share practice and foster comics community – debuts at…

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    Hope 43 – Ruined Cityscapes and Hidden Truths in Tom Mortimer’s Foray into Science Fiction

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 2, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! Before Komisk back in March it had been a few years since I last covered the work of Tom Mortimer here at Broken Frontier in what would have…

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    Miseyieki – Shangomola Edunjobi’s African Coming-of-Age Story Should Be on Everyone’s “Must-Buy” Lists at Hackney Comic + Zine Fair

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 2, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! Obviously, the immediate element of Shangomola Edunjobi’s self-published comic Miseyieki to first catch the reader’s attention is its powerfully striking cover with that quite stunning use of colour…

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    Too Serious to Sleep – Elizabeth Querstret’s ‘Musings of My Mind’ Prove to Be Both Profound and Whimsical

    • by Andy Oliver
    • August 30, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! “My name is Elizabeth and I am addicted to creating and expressing thoughts.” So much of UK small presser Elizabeth Querstret’s practice can be summed up in that…

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    The Artist: The Circle of Life – Raw, Tender, Silly and Sweet, Anna Haifisch’s Surreal Satire on the Life of Emerging Artists Manages to be Joyful Despite Being Composed Mostly of Disasters

    • by Jenny Robins
    • August 30, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! When Anna Haifisch received an email from Vice magazine in 2015 inviting her to do a weekly cartoon strip she said yes right away. Given a blank slate,…

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    Catastrophising – Matthew Dooley’s Droll and Laidback Wit is a Delight in Another Collection of Worldweary Reflections on Modern Living

    • by Andy Oliver
    • August 28, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! Many BF readers will remember that cartoonist Matthew Dooley’s work was a fixture in such well-regarded anthologies as Dirty Rotten Comics and Off Life before his 2016 Cape/Observer/Comica…

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    “My Process of Creating Comics Comes from Either a Random Word I Wrote, or a Short Story I Had while Being Half Asleep” – Olivia Sullivan on Her Experimental and Abstract Comics Practice

    • by Andy Oliver
    • August 28, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! Olivia Sullivan was one of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘  and is an artist whose work many readers will first have discovered in…

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    Endswell #2 – The Second Instalment of Peter Morey’s Generational Slice-of-Lifer Provides a Canine Perspective on Events

    • by Andy Oliver
    • August 27, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! Last year’s Thought Bubble saw the debut of the first instalment of Peter Morey’s Endswell; a self-published generational saga that combined family politics and social commentary and was…

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    Threadbare – Embroidery, Eroticism and the Fetishisation of Technology Converge in the Latest Experimental Comic from the Pioneering Gareth Brookes

    • by Andy Oliver
    • August 26, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! Two and a half years ago, Gareth Brookes contributed a story to the ‘BFFs’-themed issue of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ digest-sized š! anthology. It was one of the…

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    Hilda and the Mountain King – Luke Pearson’s World-Building Comes Full Circle in a Beautifully Poignant Pivotal Chapter in the Hilda Saga from Flying Eye Books

    • by Andy Oliver
    • August 26, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! Originally introduced way back in 2010 in Hildafolk, at the time part of Nobrow Press’s fledgling 17 x 23 series, the adventures of Luke Pearson’s plucky heroine Hilda…

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    “I’ve Been Mentioning it to Literally Everyone I Meet, Whether They Know Who I Am or Not” – Joe Stone on Organising the Inaugural Hackney Comic + Zine Fair

    • by Andy Oliver
    • August 26, 2019

    HCZF FORTNIGHT! Beginning today at Broken Frontier we have two weeks of coverage of comics and creators you can catch at the inaugural Hackney Comic + Zine Fair on Sunday…

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