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    Tagged: sean azzopardi

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    Not Red Deeps! – A New Entry in the UK’s Long-Running ‘Life’s A Party’ Autobiography Series from Sean Azzopardi 

    • by Gary Usher
    • April 8, 2025

    On his site, Sean Azzopardi describes ‘Life’s A Party’ as “15 years, 600+ pages, one autobiographical series.” Previously, BF’s Andy Oliver has reviewed two entries in this series Once There…

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    Once There Was Dancing – Sean Azzopardi’s Latest Autobiographical Work is a Knowingly Reflective and Accepting Piece of Gentle Self-Deprecation

    • by Andy Oliver
    • January 27, 2023

    The autobiographical works of Sean Azzopardi recently found a new “home” under the banner imprint of Life’s a Party. One of the UK’s greatest, yet still criminally underappreciated, proponents of…

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    “Community Growth Continues to Be a Positive Area of Development” – Sean Azzopardi on Taking the Medium to New Audiences and His Own Autobio Comics Practice

    • by Andy Oliver
    • November 4, 2022

    BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Back in the day Sean Azzopardi was the very first person I got to know when my comics coverage shifted dramatically from the US genre comics…

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    Framed – Sean Azzopardi Curates a New Comics Exhibition Including Work from Sarah Gordon, Olivia Sullivan and Dan White as He Looks to Make Hull “a Magical Comics City!”

    • by Andy Oliver
    • January 12, 2022

    That great comics activist Sean Azzopardi, the man behind the Crouch End Comics Art Festival, has curated ‘Framed’, a new exhibition of the work of UK indie comics creators at…

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    One for the Road – Sean Azzopardi Returns to Autobio Comics with a Wistful Yet Forward-Looking Piece on Moving On

    • by Andy Oliver
    • November 9, 2021

    THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Over the last couple of years Sean Azzopardi has stepped back a little from regular autobiographical work to take his practice in other directions. Although arguably best…

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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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    Don’t Miss ‘The Sea Shepherd’ Signing at London’s Gosh! Comics with Sean Azzopardi on Saturday, June 26th

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • June 17, 2021

    As the world slowly begins to open up again it’s heartening to see book signings return to the comics calendar. Saturday June 26th sees frequent BF favourite Sean Azzopardi signing…

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    The Sea Shepherd – “Defend the Oceans” with Sean Azzopardi’s Graphic Biography of the Direct Action Marine Conservation Organisation

    • by Andy Oliver
    • June 1, 2021

    A graphic biography of the titular marine conservation organisation and its environmental activist founder Paul Watson, The Sea Shepherd marks one of long-time UK small presser Sean Azzopardi’s semi-regular digressions…

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    The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, June 3rd with Guest Artists Natasha Natarajan and Sean Azzopardi

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • June 1, 2021

    Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, June 3rd for with guest artists Natasha Natarajan and…

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    A Pocket Chiller: I Woke Up Like This – Douglas Noble and Sean Azzopardi Bring Us Experimental Horror Comics with a Retro Branding

    • by Andy Oliver
    • March 29, 2021

    One can never second guess the exact details of the collaborative process between creators Douglas Noble and Sean Azzopardi. Behind the scenes they have worked in a number of fascinating…

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    Substrata – Olivia Sullivan and Sean Azzopardi’s Abstract Comic Looks “Beneath the Skin of Things”

    • by Andy Oliver
    • March 22, 2021

    Substrata is a collaboration that sees two generations of UK indie comics coming together as stalwart of the British small press scene Sean Azzopardi teams up with Olivia Sullivan, undoubtedly…

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    Colossive Cartographies #1-14 – Colossive Press’s Experimental Zine Series Features Work from Olivia Sullivan, Peony Gent, Sean Azzopardi, Gareth A Hopkins, Douglas Noble and More

    • by Andy Oliver
    • November 18, 2020

    Given how many comics creators are on the team at Broken Frontier we have an unwritten rule on the site. While we may cover their work in terms of features…

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    Celebrating the 2010s – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Should Have Read Over the Last Decade!

    • by Andy Oliver
    • December 23, 2019

    A bit of fun today as we head towards the end of the year and the end of the decade (and yes, technically, I know that’s actually really a year…

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    Last Orders – Sean Azzopardi Examines His Relationship with Alcohol in Another Outstanding Collection of Autobiographical Shorts

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 29, 2019

    THOUGHT BUBBLE 2019! When I first started covering the work of Sean Azzopardi at Broken Frontier he had long since become one of the integral fixtures of the London small…

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    24 Panels – Over 50 Creators Come Together in a Truly Powerful Benefit Anthology for the Survivors of the Grenfell Tower Fire

    • by Andy Oliver
    • November 28, 2018

    Whenever approaching a review of a project like 24 Panels there’s an understandable temptation to suspend a critical eye; to focus on promotion and publicity first and foremost. In short,…

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    “CECAF, Cartoonists, Comics and Beer… It Will Be Amazing” – Sean Azzopardi Looks Forward to the 2018 Crouch End Comic Arts Festival

    • by Andy Oliver
    • May 16, 2018

    Sean Azzopardi has long been not just a vital fixture of the London small press scene but also one of its most important activists. Having self-published something in the region…

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    Sightings of Wallace Sendek – A Genuine UK Small Press Classic Returns in an Unnervingly Creepy New Expanded Edition from Noble and Azzopardi

    • by Andy Oliver
    • April 10, 2018

    As writer Douglas Noble and artist Sean Azzopardi’s Sightings of Wallace Sendek was designed structurally to be periodically added to with new material interspersed among older work, it seems only…

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    Staff Picks for March 14, 2018 – Sightings of Wallace Sendek, Dry County, Come into Me, Infidel and More!

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • March 14, 2018

    It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital storefront,…

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