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Today at Broken Frontier we have something a little special for you to tie in with the publication of the first print edition of Danny Noble’s Was it… Too Much…
Gary Clap and Kirk Campbell’s Dirty Rotten Comics is a small press anthology that champions creators of all levels of technical ability and experience, from established names in UK comics through…
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One of my ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’, Rozi Hathaway first came to prominence last year as part of the amazing line-up of artists on Ravi…
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Our ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’ coverage resumes today as I chat with Alice Urbino, an artist whose work in the graphic medicine strand of comics…
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One of my ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’, Danny Noble is not just a brilliantly witty autobiographical cartoonist she’s also a self-published novelist and singer with…
The Alternative Press Takeover, CECAF 2015, Eleni Kalorkoti’s new exhibition, Katriona Chapman’s new zine, Yeti Press’s upcoming 2015 schedule and more feature in our latest round-up of what the great…
The Beast Wagon Kickstarter, Julia Scheele’s new fashion illustration blog, John Paul Kamath’s Graveyard Orbit #2 launch and more feature in March’s round-up of what the great and the good…
This week sees the third Webcomic Artist Swap Project (WASP) taking place, beginning tomorrow Monday March 2nd and continuing until the 8th. Over the past two years the event has…
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Unearthing the gems of the small press. That was the tagline of ‘Small Pressganged’ when it debuted at Broken Frontier back in 2011. As a mini-mission statement it was designed…
Emma Raby is an illustrator I have been wanting to cover in more depth in this column for a long, long time. It was in the pages of the debut…
Simon Moreton, 2D Cloud, Rozi Hathaway, Impossible Books and more feature in January’s round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene are up to, both…
It’s no great secret that in this age of more affordable quality printing and crowdfunding initiatives that self-publishing has become an increasingly viable model for producing and distributing comics work….
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Back in November I alerted ‘Small Pressganged’ readers to artist Alice Urbino here, suggesting you check out her online work for its intriguing short form use of the medium to…
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Rozi Hathaway’s work originally came to my notice last year in the Broken Frontier Award-nominated graphic novel HOAX Psychosis Blues. Hathaway was one of ten creators – including names like…
Comic Book Slumber Party may exist primarily to promote the work of women creators from across the globe but it also seeks to showcase the work of newer creative voices…
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As has become something of a tradition for the first ‘Small Pressganged’ of the New Year it’s time once again to look back on the self and micropublished material featured in this…
“There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes…” That’s a Doctor Who quote from Fourth Doctor Tom Baker’s time in the role of course but…
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First World War anthology To Arms! – a project with its genesis in the Gosh! Comics Process group – self-consciously set out to approach its subject matter with a distinctively…
“Quite Simply, We’re Here to Hook Up Good People with Good Comics” – Celebrating 20 Years of a Leeds Comics Shop Institution with Jared of OK ComicsMarch 14, 2023
“Enjoy Whatever You’re Working on Now and Get it Out There” – John-Paul Kamath on Self-Publishing and the Landmark Tenth Issue of ‘London Horror Comic’February 22, 2023
Retroflect: Wasteland – An Appreciation of DC’s Forgotten 1980s Horror Anthology SeriesFebruary 17, 2023
Inside Look: Blackward – Lawrence Lindell Talks About His Graphic Novel About Black Love, Joy, Rebellion and the Power of CommunityFebruary 15, 2023
“We Never Learned That We Shouldn’t Be Doing This” — A Conversation with Los Bros Hernandez Looking Back on 40 Years of ‘Love and Rockets’February 10, 2023
