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Fear of Mum-Death and the Shadow Men – Experience the Emotional Immediacy and Unyielding Candour of Wallis Eates in Her Most Essential Autobio Work to Date

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 29, 2016

There’s an element of casual indifference directed at autobiographical comics work sometimes, particularly in the small press arena, that is difficult to fully comprehend. Simon Moreton, Danny Noble, Kim Clements,…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Wallis Eates (Part 2)

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 2, 2015

Today I’m continuing my discussion with Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition Finalist Wallis Eates about her comics work, with a particular focus on her graphic memoir Mumoirs. The first part of this…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Wallis Eates (Part 1)

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 1, 2015

Wallis Eates‘s major work-in-progress – the graphic memoir Mumoirs – details her fractious relationship with her mother as she grew up as part of a single parent family in the 1980s-1990s….

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Fleeting Faces – Four Transitory Character Studies in these Compelling Zines from Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition Finalist Wallis Eates

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 2, 2015

One of the great privileges of my involvement, in a judging capacity, in last year’s Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition was the opportunity it provided for an exclusive look at…

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