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Comedy Women in Print Prize Announces Longlists for Its 2020 Awards Including the ‘Humorous Graphic Novel’ Category

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 20, 2020

The Comedy Women in Print Prize has announced its longlists today, including the artists and projects in the new ‘Humorous Graphic Novel’ category (in association with LDComics) which also covers…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Life Drawing: A Life Under Lights – Jessica Martin’s Showbiz Autobiography is also a Universal Tale of Family, Identity and Following Our Creative Muse

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 14, 2020

From self-published minicomics focusing on a classic age of cinema (including It Girl and Vivacity), to her work for serial comics publishers like DC’s Vertigo imprint and Titan Comics, through…

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Staff Picks for July 24, 2019 – Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide, History of the Marvel Universe, Life Drawing: A Life Under Lights, Sweeny Toddler and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 23, 2019

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…

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Staff Picks for June 6, 2018 – Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Apollo, DeadEndia and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 5, 2018

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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A Star is Drawn – Jessica Martin’s Star-Studded Catalogue of Cinematic Greats Debuts this Weekend at ICE

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 7, 2017

If there’s been one obvious throughline to the work of creator Jessica Martin since she burst onto the comics scene a few, short years back it’s been her love of…

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

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 28, 2017

“I am so proud to be included in the collective of women artists… a validation not only of my work but the status of the feminine voice in comic art….

Eyecatcher · Features

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“I’m Switching the Mute Button on Self-Doubt” – Jessica Martin on Crowdfunding Her Graphic Memoir ‘Life Drawing: A Life Under Lights’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 27, 2017

Jessica Martin is another of those now established rising stars of the UK indie comics scene who you first heard about here at Broken Frontier. She was a finalist in…

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Elsie Harris Picture Palace – Jessica Martin’s Gorgeously Rendered Evocation of a Bygone Era of the Silver Screen

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 3, 2016

From tentative first-time small presser to published graphic novelist, it’s been a remarkable couple of years for Jessica Martin. In 2014 Martin was a finalist in the Myriad First Graphic…

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Broken Frontier Launch at London’s Gosh! Comics – BF Anthology and Small Press Yearbook Creators Get Their Moment in the Spotlight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 1, 2016

Friday 29th April was a banner day for Broken Frontier. Not one but two BF collections of comics were launched at the esteemed Gosh! Comics shop in London’s Soho. The Broken…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox – The Power of Positive Change Celebrated in Richy K. Chandler’s Inspiring Multi-Creator Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 29, 2015

CELEBRATING BCZF! Comics and community. It’s something we’ve spoken about a lot in this column in 2015 whether it be in terms of graphic memoirist Wallis Eates’s outreach work taking…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Jessica Martin’s ‘Elsie’ Exhibition Launches at Orbital Comics this Saturday August 29th – Profiling the ‘It Girl’ and ‘Vivacity’ Creator

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 27, 2015

There’s always something incredibly rewarding about seeing a creator whose work we were the very first to cover at Broken Frontier going on to much wider and well deserved recognition….

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Preview Teaser: Elsie Harris Picture Palace – Jessica Martin’s First Graphic Novel Debuts this Summer from Miwk Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 4, 2015

Jessica Martin’s comics career trajectory has been startling to behold since I first met her two years ago at the final and much missed BD Comics Passion festival at London’s…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Round-Up, Early March 2015 – ‘Beast Wagon’ Kickstarter Launches, Julia Scheele’s ‘Pencilled Skirts’ Fashion Sketch Blog, ‘Graveyard Orbit’ #2 Signing and More…

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2015

The Beast Wagon Kickstarter, Julia Scheele’s new fashion illustration blog, John Paul Kamath’s Graveyard Orbit #2 launch and more feature in March’s round-up of what the great and the good…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Round-Up, February 2015 – A Guide to UK Small Press-Related Exhibitions and Events Featuring Francesca Cassavetti, Jessica Martin, Alternative Press, Oliver East and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 13, 2015

It’s exhibitions (and other events!) galore in February’s round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene are up to, both within and without the world…

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 · Small Pressganged

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Vivacity – Jessica Martin Brings a Cinematic Flair to the Comics Page with this Beautifully Rendered Spotlight on the Life of Vivien Leigh

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 31, 2014

The rapid rise of Jessica Martin’s profile in UK comics is an object lesson for anyone looking to push their own creative brand within the small press scene and beyond….

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To Arms! – The Alternative World War One Anthology is Irrefutable Evidence of the Importance of the Gosh! Comics Process Group

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 8, 2014

First World War anthology To Arms! – a project with its genesis in the Gosh! Comics Process group – self-consciously set out to approach its subject matter with a distinctively…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… Jessica Martin

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 8, 2014

For those outside of the world of comics Jessica Martin will be best known as a versatile performer on both stage and screen – whether as star of musical theatre,…

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