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HCZF Round-Up – Comics and Graphic Novels You May Have Missed from Alxndra Cook, Danny Noble, Dominique Duong, Gareth Brookes, Sabba Khan and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 30, 2021

HCZF MONTH! As Hackney Comic + Zine Fair comes to a close we thought we’d wind up our HCZF Month of coverage with a round-up of some of the books…

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Akio Vol. 1: Suigin Valley – Martial Arts Fantasy with a Topical Twist from Dreambaked Studios

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 29, 2021

HCZF MONTH! There are times you pick up a small press project and realise that the term “labour of love” isn’t even remotely adequate to express the obvious thought and…

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The Blame #1 – Jon Aye Embraces a Truly Playful and Experimental Approach to Both Storytelling and Subject Matter

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 29, 2021

HCZF MONTH! The territory where cute meets cynical can be a dangerous one. In The Blame Jon Aye plays in that territory and stakes a claim to versions of bleakness…

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“One Friend Said to Me I’d Written a Daily Mail-Reading Homophobe’s Nightmare” – Ed Firth on Exploring the World of Chemsex in His Acclaimed Queer Comics Series ‘Horny & High’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 29, 2021

HCZF MONTH! Ed Firth is a newer name on the UK indie comics circuit but one we are sure will be coming to far greater prominence in the immediate future….

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Conniptions – Stephen Morton’s Meditation on Mortality and Oblivion Has a Strangely Morbid Appeal

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 28, 2021

HCZF MONTH! Irish artist Stephen Morton’s Conniptions takes a distinctively dark approach to (assumed) autobio comics. If creators like Joe Decie and Matthew Dooley can be said to be combining…

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Burrow – Joe Callanan’s Lovely Little Comic Looks at the Experience of Anxiety through a Relatable and Playful Device that Will Speak to a Lot of Us in these Times

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 28, 2021

HCZF MONTH! Joe Callanan’s work often explores softly sinister and whimsical lands, full of richly imagined environments and characters that feel both nostalgic and contemporary. While there’s no doubt that…

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Waiting Room – Shiqian Pan’s Short Tale Reminds Us of the Vulnerability of First Love

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 27, 2021

HCZF MONTH! Shiqian Pan describes her comic Waiting Room as “a story for those girls who have been crushed bit by bit by neverending anticlimactic waiting.” It begins as something…

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Throwing Pennies – Mereida’s Multi-Part Experimental Comics Narrative is a Tactile Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 24, 2021

HCZF MONTH! A couple of months back when I interviewed Mereida Fajardo about her practice I asked whether her constant experimentation with the form was a conscious decision to learn…

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Tina & Britney & The Visitor Part 1 – More Outrageous Mermaid Slacker Comedy from the Uncompromising Imagination of Jade King

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 24, 2021

HCZF MONTH! Back in 2018 when I asked small press creator Jade King about the genres she worked in and themes of her comics she defined them as “wonky faces,…

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Undomesticated – Cécile Simonis Asks Us to Embrace Our Inner Wilderness in Her HCZF Debut Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 23, 2021

HCZF MONTH! One of the most pleasurable things about being involved in the UK comics festival circuit is the opportunities it provides to meet new creators on a more one-to-one…

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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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Rusalka Part 1 – Kamila Król aka Pigeon’s Full Potential Unleashed in this Stunningly Illustrated Adaptation of Slavic Mythology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 21, 2021

HCZF MONTH! Sometimes you don’t need to see an extensive portfolio of a creator’s work to know their potential. When I was selecting artists for our 2020 Broken Frontier ‘Six…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, September 23rd for Another HCZF D&D with Guest Artists Dan Berry, Sammy Ward and Laylah Amarchih

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 21, 2021

HCZF MONTH! Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, September 23rd for another comics extravaganza with…

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Daddy #1 – Beatrice Mossman’s Story of the Father She Never Knew is One of the Finest Autobiographical Comics You Will Read this Year

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 20, 2021

HCZF MONTH! I have covered the work of Beatrice Mossman a couple of times before in this column at Broken Frontier with reviews of The Lure of the Flesh and…

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Hoarded Unsorted Unseen – An Intimate Bond Between Strangers Sits at the Heart of Axe Marnie’s Dark Fairy Tale

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2021

HCZF MONTH! The opportunity to give some spotlight time to talented creative voices yet to have been given coverage at Broken Frontier has certainly been one of the most rewarding…

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Biscuits (Originals) – There’s Still Time to Catch this Showcase Exhibition of the Work of Graphic Novelist Jenny Robins at Ridley Road Social Club

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 16, 2021

HCZF MONTH! One of the in-person events on the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair programme this year features the work of our very own Broken Frontier team member Jenny Robins….

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Lulu’s Flight – Yu-Ching Chiu Provides a Very Different Take on Pandemic Comics with this Charming Canine Adventure

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 15, 2021

HCZF MONTH! Over the last 18 months we have seen the emergence of a new sub-genre of graphic medicine in the form of the pandemic comic. So much so that…

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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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