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    On a Sunbeam – Tillie Walden’s Award-Winning Space Opera is a Book of Resonant Echoes

    • by Andy Oliver
    • February 27, 2019

    “Sci-fi is way not my usual thing. But look, honestly I just wanted to draw lots of stars. Space is a great excuse to draw stars. And I feel like…

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    Metroland #4 – Miller and Scheele’s Contemporary Fantasy Mixes Music and Time Travel in a Revelatory Finale to the First Arc

    • by Andy Oliver
    • January 28, 2019

    “There’s magic in all music!” Defining Ricky Miller and Jules Scheele’s Metroland is not a simple task, stubbornly defying as it does any easy categorisation. This grand and sweeping (yet…

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    Escape from Bitch Mountain – Greasy and Comic Book Slumber Party Return in Another Raucously Diverting Anthology Collection

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 12, 2018

    With a Jenn Woodall cover that evokes fond childhood memories of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books and the excitement that the illusion of narrative control had on our younger selves,…

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    Terrible Means – B. Mure Revisits the World of Ismyre in a Magical Fantasy with a Very Contemporary Twist

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 5, 2018

    EXHIBITING AT BCZF! When I reviewed B. Mure’s Ismyre here at Broken Frontier last year I spoke about the sense of powerful world-building to the first instalment of their fantasy…

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    Retrograde Orbit – Kristyna Baczynski Explores Themes of Identity, Family, Belonging and Home in Her Unforgettable Debut Graphic Novel

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 17, 2018

    AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! At its heart the very best science fiction isn’t about alien civilisations, space exploration or future tech, it’s work that on a very personal level speaks…

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    Follow Me In – Katriona Chapman’s Mexican Graphic Travelogue is a Beautiful, Devastating and Hauntingly Fragile Triumph

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 10, 2018

    AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE!  No doubt Katriona Chapman’s Follow Me In from Avery Hill Publishing will be broadly classified as a graphic travelogue, part of that burgeoning strand of graphic…

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    Permanent Press – Luke Healy’s Meta Essay on Awards Recognition Explores the Communicative Power of the Form Via Avery Hill Publishing

    • by Andy Oliver
    • August 27, 2018

    There’s a slight sense of caution when approaching Luke Healy’s Permanent Press for review. Healy’s second graphic novel, published this year by Avery Hill Publishing, ostensibly explores a central theme…

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    A Projection – Seekan Hui Captivates the Audience with an Ever Inventive Approach to Page Structure in Her Avery Hill Debut

    • by Andy Oliver
    • July 5, 2018

    Taking a job as a live-in photographer and nanny, Cecilia finds herself in a sprawling home working for a couple who seem obsessed on capturing their children’s exploits for posterity….

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    “I Do Try and Create a Rhythm to the Pages and a Poetic Feel to the Comics” – Tim Bird on ‘The Great North Wood’ and Exploring Themes of Place, Time and Memory

    • by Andy Oliver
    • June 20, 2018

    ELCAF FORTNIGHT! With a poetic, haunting line in the psychogeographical, Tim Bird has established himself as one of the most original voices in UK indie comics over the last several…

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    The Great North Wood – Tim Bird Brings a Little Magic Back to the Hills of South London

    • by Tom Murphy
    • June 14, 2018

    ELCAF FORTNIGHT! ‘Psychogeography’ is one of those words that burned and sparkled like a roman candle for a while but has now gone on to signify a certain kind of literary…

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    “Nature and Travel Are Just Two Things that Make Me Feel Particularly Alive!” – Katriona Chapman on ‘Katzine’, Self-Publishing and Her New Graphic Memoir ‘Follow Me In’ from Avery Hill

    • by Andy Oliver
    • March 1, 2018

    BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST ONGOING SERIES WINNER! From her early, beautifully tactile forays into self-publishing with books like Brockley Foxtrot and Five, to her role in co-founding artzine Tiny…

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    “2017 Was Our Experimental Album” – Avery Hill Publishing Talk About an Award-Winning Year, Their Acclaimed Line-Up of Creative Talent and What We Can Look Forward to in 2018

    • by Andy Oliver
    • February 7, 2018

    BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST PUBLISHER!  There’s been an almost parallel evolution between acclaimed UK indie publisher Avery Hill Publishing and Broken Frontier over the last several years. Back in…

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