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State of the Small Press Nation – How Do You Promote Your Small Press Comics? What Are the Challenges in Getting Publicity for Self-Published Projects?

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 16, 2015

Throughout 2015 at Broken Frontier we’ve been holding monthly discussions on the current UK self-publishing scene in our regular ‘State of the Small Press Nation’ series of multi-creator discussions and…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – What Role Do Online Sales Play for Self-Publishers? How Viable Is Your Webstore?

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 15, 2015

After a burst of guest blogs of late we’re returning to our multi-creator discussions again today in our popular ‘State of the Small Press Nation’ series. Since the beginning of…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Comic Printing UK’s Rich Davids Gives a Printer’s Eye Perspective on the Self-Publishing Scene

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 2, 2015

Throughout our 2015 series of ‘State of the Small Press Nation‘ articles we’ve been running a number of guest blogs giving unique perspectives on the issues raised by some of…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – A Perspective from a Maker/Organiser

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 7, 2015

An account of challenges faced when hosting a small press fair from Alternative Presser Amneet Johal… Throughout 2015 at Broken Frontier we’ve been running a series of articles in this…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Is the Small Press Comics Audience Too Narrow and Self-Defined? How Do We Build a Wider Readership?

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 12, 2015

Is the audience for small press comics too narrow and self-defined? Do we need more events like the Crouch End Comic Art Festival (CECAF), the Alternative Press Takeover, the East…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Are Higher Quality Printing Opportunities for Self-Publishing Squeezing Out Traditional DIY Small Press Values?

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 4, 2015

Is the easier availability of high quality printing options for self-publishing having a negative knock-on effect for small press comics work presented in a traditional zine or DIY culture format?…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Is the Ever Expanding Number of UK Comics Shows, Festivals and Fairs Sustainable?

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 8, 2015

Is the rapidly expanding number of UK comics-related shows, fairs and festivals to exhibit at an advantage? Or is this level of growth actually stretching small press creators and their…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Avery Hill Publishing’s Ricky Miller on the Challenges of Improving the Infrastructure of UK Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 29, 2014

Just before Christmas we began a major series of articles here in ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier dealing with the current state of play of small press publishing in the…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Is Self and Micro Comics Publishing in the UK Growing Faster than its Potential Audience? (Part 2)

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 16, 2014

Yesterday we began a major multi-part series of articles in ‘Small Pressganged’ looking at the challenges facing micro and self-publishers as we go into 2015. Over the next few weeks…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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State of the Small Press Nation – Is Self and Micro Comics Publishing in the UK Growing Faster than its Potential Audience? (Part 1)

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 15, 2014

For those of us involved in the world of independent British comics – whether directly as creators and publishers or more tangentially as commentators and observers – it’s easy to…

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