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Slang Pictorial #1-4 – Nick Prolix’s Fluid Cartooning Shines in His 1960s London Soap Opera Strip

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 5, 2019

Nick Prolix’s Slang Pictorial is one of those comics that we can file under “really should have had more coverage on Broken Frontier by now”. A year or two back…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Slang Pictorial #4 – Nick Prolix Returns to the Swinging Sixties in the Latest Instalment of His Retro Comedy-Drama ‘The Sheep and the Wolves’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 28, 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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Preview: Prolix Sketchbook – Take a Sneak Peek at New Work from Broken Frontier Columnist Nick Prolix Debuting at True Believers this Weekend

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 30, 2019

One of the earliest convention events of the year, the True Believers con, comes to Cheltenham this weekend and Broken Frontier columnist Nick Prolix (you can read all his Bullpen…

Bullpen Boot-Camp · Columns

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #12: Jackie Ormes – “First You Laugh, Then You Get Angry”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • November 30, 2018

Lessons from classic comic creators for making it as an indie! It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and…

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #11: Peyo – “Community is Creativity”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • November 16, 2018

Lessons from classic comic creators for making it as an indie! It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and…

Bullpen Boot-Camp · Columns

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #10: Jim Steranko – “Eclectic Boogaloo”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • November 2, 2018

Lessons from classic comic creators for making it as an indie! It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and…

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #9: Hilda Terry – “Don’t Ask, Doesn’t Get”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • October 19, 2018

Lessons from classic comic creators for making it as an indie! It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Preview: Around the Block with Prolix #1 – Nick Prolix’s Latest Comic Launches at Nottingham Comic Con

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 19, 2018

Our Bullpen Boot-Camp columnist Nick Prolix has been building up an ever-growing audience of fans over the last few months for his fortnightly illustrated feature at Broken Frontier. The column…

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #8: Bill Watterson – “There’s No Magic for the Magician”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • October 5, 2018

Lessons from classic comic creators for making it as an indie! It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and…

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #7: Ted Shearer – “Burn Your Boats”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • September 21, 2018

Lessons from classic comic creators for making it as an indie! It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and…

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Thought Bubble 2018 Preview: Slang Pictorial – Nick Prolix Takes Us Back to North London in the Early 1960s in His ‘The Sheep and the Wolves’ Comedy-Drama

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 20, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Over the last few months Nick Prolix’s Bullpen Boot-Camp column here at Broken Frontier has become a very popular feature on the site. Nick’s illustrated fortnightly…

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #6: Tove Jansson – “No Time Like the Present”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • August 10, 2018

Lessons from classic comic creators for making it as an indie! It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and…

Bullpen Boot-Camp · Columns

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #5: Carl Barks – “The Past is Prologue”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • July 27, 2018

It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and the Wolves webcomic, published in print in his Slang Pictorial comics. Every couple of…

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #4: Charles Schulz – “Show Up Every Day”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • July 13, 2018

It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and the Wolves webcomic, published in print in his Slang Pictorial comics. Every couple of…

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #3: Dale Messick – “A Marathon not a Sprint”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • June 29, 2018

It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and the Wolves webcomic, published in print in his Slang Pictorial comics. Every couple of…

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #2: Roy Crane – “To Simplify is to Intensify”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • June 15, 2018

It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and the Wolves webcomic, published in print in his Slang Pictorial comics. Every couple of…

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Little Heroes Comics Charity Anthology #1 – Support this Multi-Creator Effort and Help Provide Comic-Making Kits for Children in Hospital

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2018

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

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Preview: Slang Pictorial #1 – Nick Prolix’s ’60s Crime Drama ‘The Sheep and the Wolves’ Debuts in Print at Nottingham Comic Convention

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 25, 2016

The first issue of Nick Prolix’s Slang Pictorial comic – debuting at Nottingham Comic Convention on Saturday October 29th – acts primarily as a venue for the opening chapter of his retro crime…

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