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Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020 – Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Danny Noble and Posy Simmonds Are Joint Winners in the ‘Humorous Graphic Novel Category’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 14, 2020

The accomplishments of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artists are always a delight to us at BF. So you can imagine how pleased we are tonight to hear that…

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BF Small Press Yearbook: Danny Noble – “Be Brave, Be Drunk if You Must, But Show Your Work All that You Can”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 25, 2016

The Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2016 – a showcase celebration of this column’s ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015‘ – debuts in print this month featuring…

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Celebrating 2015: Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2016

We’re a little later than usual this year with my annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ round-up; a yearly feature celebrating the diversity and rude health of the…

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Ollie & Alan’s Big Move – Danny Noble’s Breakout Year Continues with this Essential Collection of Comedic Comics Craft

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2015

Bringing talented artists to a wider audience via this column is one of the great privileges of writing ‘Small Pressganged’ here at Broken Frontier. Indeed, this year I significantly expanded…

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Small Press Inside Look – Danny Noble on Bringing Alan and Ollie to Life, the Slacker Comedy of ‘Monday Morning’ and Designing Album Covers for The Meow Meows

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 27, 2015

The last time Danny Noble – one of my ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015‘ – spoke to me at Broken Frontier (in this interview in March)…

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Was it… Too Much for You? – Danny Noble’s Wickedly Witty Misadventures of Alan and Ollie Are a Glorious Comics Comedy Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 27, 2015

In 1969 Mr. Oliver Reed met Mr. Alan Bates in the film Women in Love. When they wrestled naked in front of a roaring fire the frisson was so great that…

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Preview: Danny Noble’s ‘Was it… Too Much for You?’ – Enjoy an Original Colour Alan and Ollie Strip Exclusive to Broken Frontier!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 20, 2015

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…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Dirty Rotten Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 17, 2015

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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Small Press Spotlight on… Danny Noble

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 23, 2015

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…

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