#simon moreton

[torontocomics]

DEBUTING AT TCAF 2020: Ley Lines - Lie of the Land by Simon Moreton

$8 CDN, Published by Czap Books & Grindstone Comics ISBN: 78-1-7325931-7-6 Comic zine, 28 pg, softcover, 1 color risograph (hunter green w/flat gold cover) In light of TCAF 2020 cancelling, we are sharing comics and zines that were scheduled to debut at the festival.

When Alfred Watkins first mooted the existence of ancient trackways in the British countryside which he called ‘leys’ in 1922, he wanted to show how forgotten lessons about our past could still be visible to us in the landscape today - if we’re willing to look. This comic asks what it means to be ‘of the British countryside’ right now in this shitty period of history, and whether the millennia of deep history in the soil beneath our feet can tell us anything about what comes next. 

“And felt the hillside thronged by souls unseen / Who knew the interest in me, and were keen / That man alive should understand man dead” —John Masefield, ‘Biography’

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[johnporcellino]

Some new books up at SPIT AND A HALF by Tom Van Deusen, Tyler Landry, Simon Moreton, Eric Haven, etc, with MORE TO COME!

www.spitandahalf.com

[safarifestival]

Simon Moreton will be exhibiting at Safari Festival, August 12th at Protein Studios, London. Let us know you’re coming here.

[antiquatedfuture]

Through minimalist comics and sketches, this issue of Minor Leagues confronts loss while also managing to incorporate playful vignettes and letters from readers. A continually one-of-a-kind zine.

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What is Britain? - Simon Moreton's "Imperfect Polemic" is a Quietly Damning Indictment on a Broken Country

What is Britain? – Simon Moreton’s “Imperfect Polemic” is a Quietly Damning Indictment on a Broken Country

While national pride is a philosophy I have never found myself able to subscribe to, a sense of national shame – particularly in the five years since 2016 in the UK – has been a far more tangible concept to grasp. We live in a country where Social Injustice Warriors have the controlling hand, one where the vulnerable are shamed and blamed for the inevitable repercussions of their victimisation,…

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What is Britain? - Simon Moreton's "Imperfect Polemic" is a Quietly Damning Indictment on a Broken Country

by Andy Oliver

While national pride is a philosophy I have never found myself able to subscribe to, a sense of national shame – particularly in the five years since 2016 in the…

https://www.brokenfrontier.com/what-is-britain-simon-moreton/

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Simon Moreton's 'Where?' to Be Published by Little Toller Books this May

Simon Moreton’s ‘Where?’ to Be Published by Little Toller Books this May

There’s been some very welcome news announced today regarding Simon Moreton‘s very personal project Where? which has been picked up for publication by Little Toller Books. Simon has, of course, been a frequently reviewed and interviewed artist here at Broken Frontier over the years, and we’ve never been shy about underlining how important his contribution to the UK self-publishing/small press/DIY…

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Minor Leagues #10 - Another Essential Autobiographical Collection of Simon Moreton's Comics, Stories, Illustration and Writing

Minor Leagues #10 – Another Essential Autobiographical Collection of Simon Moreton’s Comics, Stories, Illustration and Writing

It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year replete with diary-style comics documenting the strangest nine months of our lives. In time, of course, they will be an invaluable document of this period providing first-hand accounts that will be all the more resonant for the emotional immediacy of the comics form. Their multiple approaches – from pithy and poignant observational humour to…

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