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A Pocket Chiller: I Remain a Stranger – Douglas Noble & Robert Wells’ Horror Short is a Winning Combo of Form and Atmosphere

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 24, 2022

One of the things I learnt a long time ago about Douglas Noble collaborations is that the reader should never make assumptions about the particular creative alchemy going on behind…

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10 UK Small Press Horror Comics for Halloween – Including Work by Sarah Gordon, Douglas Noble, Sean Azzopardi, Sammy Ward and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 26, 2021

With Halloween imminent what better way to celebrate the spooky season than with some fearsome, fight-filled horror comics from the UK small press scene. All of these comics are either…

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“You Need to Make an Effort to Stand Out” – Robert Wells on 30 Years in the UK Indie Scene and His New Project ‘Love Her Madly’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 19, 2021

Robert Wells is currently celebrating a whopping three decades as part of the UK indie comics scene in which time he has self-published work, collaborated with fellow small press mainstays…

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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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Malty Heave #2 – Phil Elliott and Robert Wells Return with a Second Horror-Themed Edition of the Parody Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 29, 2020

Fondly sending up a certain decades-old bastion of fantasy magazine publishing (the clue is in the anagrammatical title) Robert Wells and Phil Elliott’s Malty Heave makes a welcome end-of-year return…

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Department of the Peculiar Goes POP! #1 – The UK’s Unlikeliest Super-Team Returns Courtesy of Rol Hirst and Robert Wells

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 13, 2020

While artist Robert Wells (Back, Sack & Crack ( & Brain) and Malty Heave) may be more familiar to Broken Frontier readers, his collaborative partner on Department of the Peculiar…

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including Hey, Amateur!, Department of the Peculiar Goes Pop, The Ghost in the Window and Come Together

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 9, 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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Malty Heave #1 – Phil Elliott and Robert Wells Re-Imagine ‘Heavy Metal’ with a Satirical Edge

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 16, 2019

Walking a fine line between cutting satire and fond parody, Malty Heave is a one-shot, tongue-in-cheek, sci-fi special collaboration between Robert Wells (Back, Sack & Crack (& Brain)) and Phil Elliott;…

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Back, Sack & Crack (& Brain) – Robert Wells Puts the ‘Graphic’ in ‘Graphic Medicine’ in His Bleakly Funny Comics Memoir

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 28, 2018

It seems appropriate today, given that it’s the deadline day for the 2018 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition, to be giving some time to a book that was shortlisted for…

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Staff Picks for June 28, 2017 – Beautiful Canvas, Back, Sack & Crack (& Brain), Motro and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 27, 2017

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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A Bit of Undigested Potato – Keara Stewart’s Dream Anthology Features Karrie Fransman, Matilda Tristram, Gareth Brookes, EdieOP, Danny Noble, Rozi Hathaway and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 21, 2015

Available at CECAF! The niggling night terrors of 40 creators bubble balefully to the surface in Keara Stewart’s unsettling anthology collection mixing comic strips and single illustrations to bring to disturbing…

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“I’m so chuffed. It’s unbelievable!” – Jade Sarson on Winning the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 25, 2014

The waiting is over! Jade Sarson’s For the Love of God, Marie is the winner of the 2014 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition. On the evening of Friday 23rd May,…

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Myriad’s First Graphic Novel Competition 2014 at Comics Unmasked – The Six Shortlisted Entries Profiled Here!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 14, 2014

On Friday 23rd May the winner of the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition will be revealed at the British Library as part of the Comics Unmasked programme of events. On…

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Who Made the Final Six on the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition Shortlist? Find Out Here!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 6, 2014

Myriad Editions is delighted to announce the shortlist for their First Graphic Novel Competition 2014, revealed today to coincide with the first week of Comics Unmasked, the UK’s largest-ever exhibition of British comics…

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