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WiPXL – WIP Comics’ Giant Newspaper-Style Anthology Features Boundary-Pushing Work from Mike Armstrong, Emily Maher, Mereida Fajardo and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2022

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! Cliché-ridden as it may sound you can always expect the unexpected when it comes to the WIP Comics group’s annual anthology. WIP is a regular meet-up of…

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Zinezilla 2: Zinezilla Vs. Kong – Bristol’s New Illustration and Zine Fair Returns for Its Second Year on Saturday, October 8th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 1, 2022

Zinezilla, an illustration, comics and zine fair that debuted last year in Bristol, returns for a second year on Saturday, October 8th 2022 with the intriguing title Zinezilla 2: Zinezilla…

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Limpet Love – Ocean Romance as Allegory in Mereida’s Beautifully Illustrated Concertina Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 5, 2022

SLCZF WEEK! When picking up a new comic by Mereida (aka 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Mereida Fajardo) always be prepared for something unexpectedly inventive. In fact, paradoxically,…

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Colossive Cartographies #22-32 – The Pandemic, Joni Mitchell, Mental Health Awareness and a Fear of Wasps Feature in the Latest Releases from Colossive Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 26, 2022

Whenever I review the Colossive Press Colossive Cartographies series there’s an obvious piece of necessary introductory housekeeping that needs to be addressed first for those unfamiliar with these tactile zines…

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Celebrating 2021 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 28, 2021

It seems hardly possible that this is the tenth annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ yearly round-up at Broken Frontier. Way back in 2012 I was…

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Naglalamay – Mereida’s “Exploration of Filipino Funeral Rites and Superstitions” is our Thought Bubble ‘Comic of the Festival’ for 2021

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Mereida Fajardo’s Naglalamay was originally very briefly covered here at Broken Frontier as part of our Hackney Comic + Zine Fair Month event when, in minicomic format,…

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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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Lucky WIP – 30-Plus Creators from the WIP Comics Group Breathe New Life Into the Comics Anthology with this Unique Take on the Format

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 13, 2021

HCZF MONTH! We’ve featured WIP Comics a number of times over the last few years at BF in terms of both their publishing output and their work in providing a…

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Quivertree – The Symbolic and the Actual Mirror Each Other in Distorted Reflection in More Boundary-Pushing Work from Mereida

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 25, 2021

In some ways I feel like a bit of a cheat when approaching a review of the deliberately enigmatic short comic Quivertree by our 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’…

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“I Want to Use the Medium to Tell Stories that Could Only Exist as Comics” – Mereida Fajardo Talks Abstract Comics, Experimental Practice and the Importance of Comics Community

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 22, 2021

Back when we announced this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ I spoke about today’s interviewee Mereida Fajardo in the following terms: “I always gravitate towards creators…

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Quark Soup – Introducing the Experimental Comics Practice of Mereida Fajardo

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 15, 2021

When it comes to small press coverage for Broken Frontier I am always on the lookout for work that experiments with the form – practice that interrogates its perceived boundaries…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, Feb 11th with Guest Artists Mereida Fajardo, Rebecca Burgess and Robert Wells

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 9, 2021

We’re back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, February 11th with guest artists Mereida Fajardo, Rebecca Burgess and Robert Wells – three…

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2021 – Spotlighting the Work of Alxndra Cook, Hannah Carwardine, Mereida Fajardo, Mollie Ray, Norm Konyu and Shane Melisse

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 1, 2021

As redundant an observation as it is to make, 2020 was a challenging year for the UK comics self-publishing community. In a time of continuing uncertainty, and with real world…

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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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Progress – This Year’s WIP Comics Anthology Features the Inventive Talents of Lara Callaghan, Bruno Stead, Chloe Starling, Zach Cobb, Alexandre Szolnoky, Mereida Fajardo and More in a Bumper Edition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 2, 2019

HCZF FORTNIGHT! The latest anthology from the WIP Comics group – a supportive monthly London “work-in-progress” meet-up for aspiring creators to share practice and foster comics community – debuts at…

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