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Maleficium – Exclusive Preview Pages as EdieOP Talks About Her New Project...
The philosophy behind ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier has always been not just to provide an outlet for small press coverage in a comics media dominated by “mainstream” stories but also to...
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Avery Hill Publishing – The ‘Small Pressganged’ Story So Far! Meet the Team...
Four eagerly anticipated titles from British micropublisher Avery Hill Publishing officially launch at London’s Orbital Comics this week on Friday 11th July. Those making it to Newport Street are...
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Reads Volume 2 #1 – The Triumphant Return of Avery Hill Publishing’s Flagship...
In the two years since I first reviewed their flagship anthology title Reads, Avery Hill Publishing have gone from relatively unknown proponents of the DIY culture of comics creation to vital mainstays...
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Small Press Spotlight on… EdieOP
When you cross over to “the sunny side of sinister” with small press artist EdieOP you enter the wicked imagination of a creator whose twisted and gleefully nefarious narratives are cleverly concealed...
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Maleficium – EdieOP’s First Graphic Novel from Avery Hill Underlines Her...
One of the true pleasures – no, the ultimate pleasure – of writing a column with a primary mission statement to unearth the real gems of small press and self-published comics is seeing those unique...
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Celebrating 2014: Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!
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 column in 2014 and...
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Broken Frontier Anthology: “It All Goes a Bit Twisted when I Start to Create...
EdieOP is one of the most exciting new talents in UK comics publishing, producing endearingly mischievous narratives that lurk on “the sunny side of sinister”. We’re rightly proud that her work got its...
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A Bit of Undigested Potato – Keara Stewart’s Dream Anthology Features Karrie...
Available at CECAF! The niggling night terrors of 40 creators bubble balefully to the surface in Keara Stewart’s unsettling anthology collection mixing comic strips and single illustrations to bring to...
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Small Press Inside Look – A Creators’ Commentary on Avery Hill’s Acclaimed...
One of acclaimed micropublisher (and Broken Frontier 2014 Award nominees in the Best Publisher category) Avery Hill’s most overlooked projects, the anthology Reads is a wonderfully eclectic collection...
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Identity – One Beat Zines Launch Their New Anthology at Thought Bubble...
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Of all the relatively new players on the UK small press scene this year it’s probably Sarah Broadhurst and Julia Scheele’s One Beat Zines who were most deserving of far...
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Reads #2 and #3 – From the Drunken Exploits of ‘The Megatherium Club’ to the...
There are two standard approaches to the concept of the comics anthology and both have experienced conflicting fortunes in recent years. While the one-shot anthology compilation of complete, “told in...
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Broken Frontier Launch at London’s Gosh! Comics – BF Anthology and Small...
Friday 29th April was a banner day for Broken Frontier. Not one but two BF collections of comics were launched at the esteemed Gosh! Comics shop in London’s Soho. The Broken Frontier Anthology – our...
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Exclusive Preview: Making Friends with Smiley – EdieOP’s New Comic Debuts at...
EdieOP has been a contributor to both the Broken Frontier Anthology and the Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook and is a regular fixture at Avery Hill Publishing with appearances in their Reads...
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Celebrating 5 Years of ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier – Creators and...
Can it really be five years ago today that we launched ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier with a stated mission to “unearth the gems of the small press” and a promise to shine a spotlight on the...
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Making Friends with Smiley – Another Delightful Danse Macabre from EdieOP...
If you read our recent ‘Small Pressganged’ 5th birthday article you’ll have heard Avery Hill Publishing’s Ricky Miller recounting how he discovered the malevolently mirthful talents of EdieOP through...
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“There Really is No More Direct Route to the Heart”– Myfanwy Tristram Talks...
“Over 100 artists present positive political actions that anyone can take.” That’s the soundbite that beautifully embodies the Draw the Line project – an idea dreamt up by UK small press creator...
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Celebrating World Book Day UK 2017 – Top Graphic Novel Recommendations from...
World Book Day is celebrating its 20th year in the UK today. For two decades it has revered the wonder of stories and illustrations; a day where readers of all ages can commemorate the magic of books....
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Meet the Broken Frontier Team: EdieOP –“For Me Comics is the Best of Both...
It’s a new era at Broken Frontier and to usher in the next stage in BF’s evolution we’ve been building an expanded writing team to broaden our scope and approach to our coverage. Every week we’ll be...
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Reads Vol.2, #4 – From Alfred Hitchcock to Ice Cream Horror, Avery Hill...
When you get as many small press books submitted for review as I do then it’s inevitable that sometimes more than the odd title will slip through the cracks, only to be remembered at a later date. Such...
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A View from the Frontier – First Cover Reveal for the Broken Frontier Small...
I can be short and sweet in this week’s ‘A View from the Frontier’ because the visual eloquence of what is to come below will speak to you all on a far more profound level than any undue hyperbolic...
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