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Split – Matthew Dooley and Joe Stone Halve the Page Count and Double the Fun

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 1, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Adopting a flip book format with a fun physical flourish, Matthew (Flake) Dooley and Joe (Stutter) Stone’s Split is (contradictorily) a collaborative effort that isn’t a collaboration….

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“Feeling Part of the Community is a Big Reason I Make Comics” – Matthew Dooley on the UK Indie Scene and His Eisner Award-Nominated Graphic Novel ‘Flake’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 21, 2021

Matthew Dooley has an off-centre, idiosyncratic, and often bleakly humorous view of the world; something that has been a constant on the UK indie scene since his work first started…

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‘Success’ and ‘Failure’ – A Double Hit of WIP Comics Anthology Goodness Features Work from Olivia Sualdea, Joe Stone, Havva Bird, Rachel Tubb and Many More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2020

The London-based WIP Comics (work-in-progress) group, overseen by 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Joe Stone, exists to provide a mutually supportive community of aspiring comics creators. With monthly…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, April 30th for our Second Digital Edition with Guests Karrie Fransman, Matthew Dooley and Will Powers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 28, 2020

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is back this week, once again re-imagined as the ultimate online imbibing and illustrating party! We’ll be kicking off on Thursday…

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Flake – Matthew Dooley’s Tale of Warring Ice Cream Men is a Perfect Blend of Absurdism and Humanity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 15, 2020

There’s something of the psychogeographical to the opening of Matthew Dooley’s Flake. Dooley, of course, is a Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica short story competition winner and a prolific fixture on the UK…

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Catastrophising – Matthew Dooley’s Droll and Laidback Wit is a Delight in Another Collection of Worldweary Reflections on Modern Living

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 28, 2019

HCZF FORTNIGHT! Many BF readers will remember that cartoonist Matthew Dooley’s work was a fixture in such well-regarded anthologies as Dirty Rotten Comics and Off Life before his 2016 Cape/Observer/Comica…

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The Practical Implications of Immortality – Exploring the Existential Angst and Slacker Philosophy of Matthew Dooley

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 6, 2017

SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! From Dirty Rotten Comics to Off Life through to his Cape/Observer/Comica Short Story Prize win last year, Matthew Dooley has long been a creator whose work…

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Dirty Rotten Comics #10 – Celebrating Ten Issues of Throwaway Press’s Pivotal Small Press Anthology in Colourful Style!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 19, 2017

Since 2014 Dirty Rotten Comics have been bringing us some of the most exciting new voices in UK comics and putting them side-by-side with acclaimed and established artists while also…

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Dirty Rotten Comics #9 – Slice-of-Life, Horror, Comedy, Visual Poetry and More in Another Top Edition of the Throwaway Press Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 30, 2017

We all know by now that if you want an all-encompassing sampler of the breadth and diversity of the ever vibrant small press publishing scene in the UK (and beyond!)…

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Join Us at the First Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2017 on Tuesday February 28th with Guest Artists Rachael Ball, Matthew Dooley and Sarah Gordon

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 23, 2017

After a winter break the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw hosts its first event of 2017 this coming Tuesday February 28th with another talented trio of  comics creative forces…

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Dirty Rotten Comics #7 – An Eclectic Array of Styles and Approaches from Jey Levang, Lucie Ebrey, Julian Hanshaw, Alex Potts, Douglas Noble and Co

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 15, 2016

While many UK small press anthologies theme themselves around specific subject matter or topical material Dirty Rotten Comics has a more philosophical focus to its contents. Each and every issue…

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Off Life #13 – Matthew Dooley, Aleesha Nandhra and Till Lukat Are Among the Stars of the Latest Edition of the Free Street Press Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 9, 2016

“We started Off Life back in 2012 as a way to not only help break new or undiscovered talent, but almost to break the indie side of comics to a…

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Introducing Throwaway Press – A New Publishing Venture from the Dirty Rotten Comics Team

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 14, 2016

The role of the micropublisher has become a vital one in recent years as a stepping stone for creators between the worlds of self-publishing and the bigger outfits in the industry….

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Dirty Rotten Comics #6 – Two Generations of Broken Frontier’s ‘Six to Watch’ Creators Converge in the Latest DRC Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 22, 2016

There are points when you can’t help but repeat yourself when you cover the same comics projects multiple times in a year. But sometimes those same recycled sentiments simply cannot be…

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Off Life #11 – The Emerging Talents of Darren Cullen, Brigid Deacon, Alex Potts, Grace Wilson and More Get a Welcome Anthology Spotlight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 7, 2015

If there’s one thing I have wanted to see more of in the nevertheless always very worthy free anthology Off Life in its short life to date then it’s been a greater…

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Dirty Rotten Comics #3 – Eclectic Anthology Title Champions First Time Creators and Established Small Press Names Alike

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 28, 2015

It’s no great secret that in this age of more affordable quality printing and crowdfunding initiatives that self-publishing has become an increasingly viable model for producing and distributing comics work….

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