Sean Azzopardi – part of our group of five guest artists at the next Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw – is one of the true stalwarts of the UK small press scene. A versatile creator, pe…
Dirty Rotten Comics #6 – Two Generations of Broken Frontier’s ‘Six to Watch’ Creators Converge in the Latest DRC Anthology
There are points when you can’t help but repeat yourself when you cover the same comics projects multiple times in a year. But sometimes those same recycled sentiments simply cannot be restated often …
Preview: The Golden Cannibal Girl – Pick Up this Seaside Story with a Douglas Noble Twist at Thought Bubble at the Weekend
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Douglas Noble’s oblique – and sometimes even obscure – narratives may require a more substantial investment of time on the reader’s behalf but it’s one that always pays di…
Over the Line – An Accessible, Stimulating and Inspiring Introduction to Poetry Comics
This enlightening little book offers some interesting thoughts on an increasingly visible strand of comics work, and presents a selection of fresh and stimulating work that isn’t afraid to step …
Score and Script – John Miers and Company Explore the Mechanics of the Comics Page
If I were to say that Score and Script is an anthology title quite unlike any other I have reviewed in ‘Small Pressganged’ I would be making a claim that, while strictly accurate in assertion, would a…
Youthful Attack
Debuting at Thought Bubble! Before I begin my reflections on Douglas Noble’s Youthful Attack I want to return to a soundbite from the great man himself about his comics from our 2012 interview Noble I…
Happy Birthday ‘Small Pressganged’! Celebrating Two Years of Unearthing the Gems of the Small Press
Broken Frontier’s ‘Small Pressganged’ column – our regular spotlight on the worlds of small press, self-published and micropublished comics – will be two years old this weekend and, at the risk of bei…
Robotnik
Douglas Noble’s Robotnik is a troubled little automaton. He has mechanical body issues. He’s waiting with some concern for the imminent robot revolution. Oh, and his infatuated pursuit of Gabriel Byrn…