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    “Art Should Never Be a Point of Privilege” – Nora Goldberg on the ‘Ink Well’ Exhibition Bringing Comics to the Community as Part of Hackney Comic + Zine Fair

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 14, 2021

    HCZF MONTH! As part of this year’s Hackney Comic + Zine Fair a number of events both online and in-person have been commissioned to complement the HCZF digital fair. One…

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    Even Androids Dream – Chloe Starling’s Manga Jiman-Winning Comics Short Comes to Print

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 14, 2021

    HCZF MONTH! The annual Manga Jiman competition has brought a number of new creators to the attention of the comics community over the last few years. Indeed our very own…

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    The Deeper You Go Into the King’s Wood – Sammy Ward’s Horror Short is Full of Brooding and Malevolent Moments of Uneasiness

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 14, 2021

    HCZF MONTH! Sometimes a cover doesn’t so much capture your imagination as entrance it in an alluring (yet sinister) embrace. The opening image to Sammy Ward’s short comics story The…

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    Lucky WIP – 30-Plus Creators from the WIP Comics Group Breathe New Life Into the Comics Anthology with this Unique Take on the Format

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 13, 2021

    HCZF MONTH! We’ve featured WIP Comics a number of times over the last few years at BF in terms of both their publishing output and their work in providing a…

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    Systems – Olivia Sullivan Asks Us to Experience, Absorb and Immerse Ourselves in Her Latest Abstract Narrative

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 10, 2021

    HCZF MONTH! Olivia Sullivan’s latest print comics zine Systems is described as exploring “the world of botany, environmental landscapes and themes of wanderlust” as it “documents observations of the weird…

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    Marchog Draenog – Aled Lies Introduces Us to Comics’ First Reality-Warping Hedgehog in this Eerie Horror Tale

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 9, 2021

    HCZF MONTH! Aled Lies is one of the trio of creators (alongside Dylan Wyn Owen and Shehzad Ahmad) who worked together on the recent experimental comics anthology Idiot Corpse (reviewed…

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    Peanut Butter Season 1 – Peggy Wang Spotlights Couples Life with a Gentle and Endearing Observational Humour

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 8, 2021

    HCZF MONTH! Collecting Peggy Wang’s popular webcomics series Peanut Butter Season 1 is a compilation of short strips exploring the minutiae of life living as a couple; one that does…

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    I Was Thinking – Lesley Imgart’s Autobio Compilation is an Impressively Confident Collection with a Lyrical Pacing

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 7, 2021

    HCZF MONTH! One of the joys of events like Hackney Comic + Zine Fair is the opportunity to discover new practice from creators you have not encountered before. I consider…

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    Big-Foot & Fox – Ed Stockham’s Allegorical Minicomic is a Whimsical Delight

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 6, 2021

    HCZF MONTH! There are self-published comics that I have reviewed over the years here at Broken Frontier that particularly stick with me not because they are necessarily profound in subject…

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    “I Wanted to Make it Feel Like a Celebration of the Medium” – Hackney Comic + Zine Fair Founder Joe Stone on What to Expect from HCZF 2021

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 6, 2021

    HCZF MONTH! This year’s month-long Hackney Comic + Zine Fair kicked off over the weekend with great fanfare on social media. The brainchild of comics community activist Joe Stone this…

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    Hackney Comic + Zine Fair Launches this Saturday, September 4th – Look Out for a Month of #HCZF Coverage Here at Broken Frontier!

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 3, 2021

    HCZF MONTH! Hackney Comic + Zine Fair kicks off tomorrow Saturday, September 4th promising a month of indie comics and DIY culture goodness from an amazingly eclectic and diverse line-up…

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    Joe Stone Announces the Return of the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair as a Month-Long Online Event in September 2021

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • March 25, 2021

    One of the true highlights of the UK indie comics circuit of 2019 was the inaugural edition of the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair. A joyous day of small press…

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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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    The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Thursday August 29th with a Hackney Comic + Zine Fair Special Including Guest Artists Joe Stone, Olivia Sullivan and Shangomola Edunjobi

    • by Andy Oliver
    • August 12, 2019

    Hackney Comic + Zine Fair is coming and our Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is celebrating the newest comics event on the London calendar with a HCZF…

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    Hackney Comic + Zine Fair Debuts at London Fields Arches this September

    • by Andy Oliver
    • May 8, 2019

    With a number of respected London small press and indie fairs like CECAF, SLCZF and Safari Festival either on hiatus for the moment or having drawn to a close over…

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