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What If… UK Small Press Creators Worked on DC Characters? – 12 Comics/Artist Match-Ups We’d All Like to See!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 8, 2022

A little bit of flight of fantasy fun today at BF based on a series of Twitter posts of mine from some years ago. We’ve probably all at some point…

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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: Outside – Ash Pure Presents a New Horror Anthology Featuring Work by Joe R. Lansdale, Daniele Serra, Joseph S. Pulver, John Riordan and Many More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 20, 2017

Another day here at Broken Frontier and another round of Thought Bubble 2017 previews and reviews. Our next subject is Outside, a horror anthology produced by Ash Pure that you can…

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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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“There Really is No More Direct Route to the Heart” – Myfanwy Tristram Talks ‘Draw the Line’ and the Power of Comics to Effect Positive Change

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 1, 2017

“Over 100 artists present positive political actions that anyone can take.” That’s the soundbite that beautifully embodies the Draw the Line project – an idea dreamt up by UK small…

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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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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on November 29th – Early Festive Fun with Gary Northfield, John Riordan and Grace Wilson!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 23, 2016

The nights are drawing in and there’s a festive buzz in the air so why not get in the end-of-year spirit by joining us for the final Gosh! Comics and…

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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: Sound and Vision – ‘Hitsville UK’ Co-creator John Riordan’s Illustrated Guide to Music’s Cult Artists

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 10, 2016

If you’re a fan of John Riordan and Dan Cox’s Hitsville UK series then you will already be well aware of Riordan’s fondly irreverent approach to the world of music. A…

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Staff Picks for October 5, 2016 – Black Dog, Thought Bubble Anthology Collection, Shipwreck, Angel City and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 4, 2016

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 or digital storefront, the…

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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 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…

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Webcomics Round-Up, November 2014 – Craig Conlan, Alice Urbino, John Riordan and Kim Clements

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 26, 2014

Free comics! It’s hardly a difficult proposition is it? It’s been a while since I last spotlighted accessible online work covering creators who have either appeared in ‘Small Pressganged’ in…

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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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Score and Script – John Miers and Company Explore the Mechanics of the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 3, 2014

If I were to say that Score and Script is an anthology title quite unlike any other I have reviewed in ‘Small Pressganged’ I would be making a claim that,…

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