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What is Britain? – Simon Moreton’s “Imperfect Polemic” is a Quietly Damning Indictment of a Broken Country

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 28, 2021

While national pride is a philosophy I have never found myself able to subscribe to, a sense of national shame – particularly in the five years since 2016 in the…

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Simon Moreton’s ‘Where?’ to Be Published by Little Toller Books this May

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 4, 2021

There’s been some very welcome news announced today regarding Simon Moreton‘s very personal project Where? which has been picked up for publication by Little Toller Books. Simon has, of course,…

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Minor Leagues #10 – Another Essential Autobiographical Collection of Simon Moreton’s Comics, Stories, Illustration and Writing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 30, 2020

It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year replete with diary-style comics documenting the strangest nine months of our lives. In time, of course, they will be an…

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Ley Lines #23: The Lie of the Land – Simon Moreton Asks Us to Consider How the Past Informs the Present in Subtle, Ever Present Ways

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 30, 2020

Co-published by Grindstone Comics and Czap Books Ley Lines is a quarterly series of short comics. Its stated mission is to give creators the opportunity to explore “the intersection of…

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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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Lettuce Bee #1 – Simon Moreton and Ali Bamford’s Zine-Style Anthology Provides a Community Platform for Creators Including Peony Gent, Jayde Perkin, Sabba Khan and John Porcellino

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 8, 2019

When Simon Moreton previewed zine-style anthology Lettuce Bee (co-edited by Moreton and Ali Bamford) to us here at Broken Frontier he described its contributors as “old friends, new friends, strangers, and…

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Preview: Lettuce Bee – Simon Moreton and Ali Bamford’s New Zine Anthology Features John Porcellino, Jayde Perkin, Peony Gent, Sabba Khan, Joff Winterhart and Many More!

  • by Simon Moreton
  • June 19, 2019

Edited by Simon Moreton (Minor Leagues) and Ali Bamford, Lettuce Bee is a new zine-style anthology that brings together a whole host of international creators in what looks to be…

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Minor Leagues #7 – In His Multi-Faceted Memoir ‘Where?’, Simon Moreton Takes His Work to an Ambitious New Level

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 22, 2019

Although Simon Moreton’s artistic style has changed dramatically over the ten years or so he has been creating comics and zines, the importance of our environment and the emotional bonds…

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Staff Picks for January 23, 2019 – Reel Love, Proxima Centauri, Minor Leagues and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 22, 2019

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, comics event or digital…

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Celebrating 2018: Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 4, 2019

Since 2012 we’ve been running these annual, end-of-year round-ups of ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!‘ as a coda to that year’s ‘Small Pressganged’ coverage at Broken…

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Staff Picks for August 15, 2018 – Minor Leagues, The Vigilant, Sanpaku, Sheets and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 14, 2018

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, comics events or digital…

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Preview: Minor Leagues #6 – Simon Moreton Introduces ‘Where?’, an Exploration of Life, Death, History, Landscape and Nature in the South Shropshire hills

  • by Simon Moreton
  • August 14, 2018

Today marks the release of Minor Leagues #6, my new zine of comics, writing and stuff. It’s a whopping great 112-page zine, printed and assembled at home, complete with fancy hand-folded…

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Celebrating 2017: Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 4, 2018

Hot on the heels of this week’s Broken Frontier Awards announcements comes our sixth annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ round-up here in ‘Small Pressganged’. Despite this edition…

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Staff Picks for November 29, 2017 – Faceache: The First 100 Scrunges, The Green Hand and Other Stories, Zegas, Minor Leagues and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 29, 2017

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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Minor Leagues #3 – Grief and Loss Explored in the Latest Issue of Simon Moreton’s Essential Autobiographical Zine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 31, 2017

SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! I have been writing about Simon Moreton’s work at Broken Frontier for several years now and I can point to many reasons as to why it has…

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Staff Picks for May 10, 2017 – Fante Bukowski Two, Goatherded, Face, Teeter Topple and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 9, 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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Minor Leagues #2 – Simon Moreton’s New Zine Series is the Ultimate Expression of His Storytelling Craft

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 10, 2017

How do you learn new places to go, new ways to be? Those words in the latest Minor Leagues strike a particular chord because sometimes with Simon Moreton’s practice you…

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Celebrating 2016: Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 2, 2017

Welcome to the fifth annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ round-up here in ‘Small Pressganged’! This celebration of the self and micropublishing world has become something of a…

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