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“This Whole Thing is Just a Pub Chat that Got Out of Hand…” – Dan Cox and John Riordan on the Collected ‘Hitsville UK’ and Nearly a Decade of Their Much Loved Musical Sitcom Soap Opera

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 28, 2019

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2019! A new issue of John Riordan and Dan Cox’s brilliantly bizarre music industry send-up Hitsville UK has been something of a Thought Bubble tradition over the last…

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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Hitsville UK Collected Edition – Check Out John Riordan’s Groovy Cover Art for the Long Awaited Compilation of this British Indie Cult Fave

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 2, 2019

Recently, we covered the crowdfunding campaign for the collection of Dan Cox and John Riordan’s Hitsville UK here at Broken Frontier and, as this veritable institution of UK self-publishing reaches its…

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Hitsville UK – John Riordan and Dan Cox’s British Small Press Institution Gets a Much Deserved Collected Edition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 10, 2019

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

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Hitsville UK #6-7 – It’s the End of a Small Press Era as Riordan and Cox’s Eccentric Musical Romp Draws to a Close

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 18, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Thought Bubble just wouldn’t be Thought Bubble without the annual entry in John Riordan and Dan Cox’s music industry send-up Hitsville UK. And yet that’s the…

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Thought Bubble 2017 Preview: Hitsville UK #6 – It’s the Battle of the Bands as Riordan and Cox’s Series Reaches Its Penultimate Issue

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 15, 2017

A new issue of Hitsville UK has become something of a Thought Bubble tradition over the last few years and the festival just wouldn’t seem the same without the latest instalment…

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Hitsville UK #3-5 – Pop Parody and Social Commentary Combine in Dan Cox and John Riordan’s Music Industry Spoof

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 25, 2016

There are a number of small press serial comics that probably never quite get as much attention as they deserve in this column. The reason for that is a very…

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Thought Bubble Small Press Debut Picks Day 3 – Comics from Adam Cadwell, Jess Milton, Joe Decie and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 2, 2016

It’s the tenth Thought Bubble comic art festival at the weekend and this week at Broken Frontier we’re taking a tour of just some of the debut book highlights. Up until…

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Preview: Hitsville UK #4 – Riordan and Cox’s Music Industry Send-Up Returns at Thought Bubble

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2015

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Satirising the music industry with equal dollops of scathing parody and fond homage, John Riordan and Dan Cox’s Hitsville UK was one of the earliest comics…

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Small Press Spotlight on… John Riordan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2014

John Riordan and Dan Cox’s animated music industry parody  Hitsville UK was one of the very earliest self-published comics to be featured in this column, and one I described at…

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Hitsville UK #2 – No Difficult Second Album Syndrome for John Riordan and Dan Cox

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 19, 2014

When it comes to bringing British self-published voices to a greater stage Great Beast have made some inspired choices in the last few months. John Cei Douglas, Dan Berry and…

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Hitsville UK #1

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 26, 2013

Surreal music industry send-up Hitsville UK was one of the earliest books to be covered in ‘Small Pressganged’ so I was particularly pleased when I heard that Adam Cadwell and…

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