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Occultz: Oxford Comic, Cult and Zine Fair Expands for 2025 with a New Fair, Monthly Socials, and a Jack Kirby Event

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 18, 2025

Last year at BF we covered the first Occultz: Oxford Comic, Cult and Zine Fair event here on the site. Since then the cult arts group have continued to expand…

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The Mirage – Owen Michael Johnson’s Crime Heist Pastiche Reveals Hidden Layers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 3, 2024

It’s been a while since we last had the opportunity to review a comic from the genre-hopping mind of Owen Michael Johnson (Beast Wagon, Reel Love). Over the years Johnson’s…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Reel Love – Owen Michael Johnson’s Love Letter to the Big Screen is a Truly Triumphant Breakout Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 27, 2019

When approaching today’s review of Owen Michael Johnson’s Reel Love – the second graphic novel to be published by crowdfunding publisher Unbound after Grafity’s Wall – I found myself in…

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Imagination Stations: Tommy Hoodless 1957-2018 – Celebrating the Life of a Local Comic Shop Owner

  • by Owen Michael Johnson
  • March 19, 2019

As part of our ongoing commitment at Broken Frontier to emphasising the vital importance of comics community we’re pleased today to be able to run this beautifully written and very…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for January 23, 2019 – Reel Love, Proxima Centauri, Minor Leagues and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 22, 2019

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“I Have to Entertain Both Myself and My Readers and I Like to Twist and Play with the Truth to Do That” – Owen Michael Johnson on Bringing ‘Reel Love’ to Unbound

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 1, 2017

Last week I had the pleasure of chairing a panel discussion at London’s Gosh! Comics focusing on the new graphic novel line from Unbound Books. It was an opportunity to…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Beast Wagon Finale – All the World’s a Cage: ‘Beast Wagon’ and the Exploration of the Human Animal

  • by Matthew Box
  • May 25, 2017

Confession: I’ve been struggling to write this article about Beast Wagon for a REALLY long time. I’ve emptied the crumpled paper balls of draft after draft from my wastebasket more…

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The BF Bulletin Board – Exhibitions from Matt Boyce and Sean Azzopardi, DIY Cultures Fair, Tiny Mart, Rebecca Bagley at Gosh’s FCBD and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 2, 2017

Welcome to the Broken Frontier Bulletin Board, a new semi-regular round-up of comics-related events, panels, exhibitions, shows and fairs designed to give our readers inspiration for extra-curricular activities of a…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Preview: Beast Wagon Finale – The British Comic Award-Nominated Black Comedy Drama Comes to a Ferocious Conclusion in April

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2017

It was the atmospheric dark comedy that I said “simply begs you to enter its murkily menacing world” on its debut in 2015 and, since then, Owen Michael Johnson, John…

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Thought Bubble Small Press Debut Picks Day 4 – Comics from Rachael Smith, Kate-mia White, Shaky Kane and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 3, 2016

It’s the tenth Thought Bubble comic art festival at the weekend and this week at Broken Frontier we’re taking a tour of just some of the debut book highlights. Up until…

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Preview: Beast Wagon #2 – British Comic Award-Nominated Black Comedy Returns in November

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 26, 2015

One of the five shortlisted entries for the Best Comic category in this year’s British Comic Awards Beast Wagon returns for the second part of its serialised story this November….

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Reel Love Act Two – Events Take a Darker Turn in the Second Part of Owen Michael Johnson’s Cinematic Homage

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 12, 2015

The first act of Owen Michael Johnson’s Reel Love was a heady tale of a young boy’s growing love affair with the big screen – a coming of age story…

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Beast Wagon #1 – Enter the Murkily Menacing World of Owen Michael Johnson and John Pearson’s Black Comedy Drama

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 27, 2015

Writer Owen Michael Johnson and artist John Pearson’s Beast Wagon was first previewed back in the latter part of last year with an introductory 6-page offering premiering at Thought Bubble….

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Small Press Round-Up, Early March 2015 – ‘Beast Wagon’ Kickstarter Launches, Julia Scheele’s ‘Pencilled Skirts’ Fashion Sketch Blog, ‘Graveyard Orbit’ #2 Signing and More…

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2015

The Beast Wagon Kickstarter, Julia Scheele’s new fashion illustration blog, John Paul Kamath’s Graveyard Orbit #2 launch and more feature in March’s round-up of what the great and the good…

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Small Press Round-Up, February 2015 – A Guide to UK Small Press-Related Exhibitions and Events Featuring Francesca Cassavetti, Jessica Martin, Alternative Press, Oliver East and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 13, 2015

It’s exhibitions (and other events!) galore in February’s round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene are up to, both within and without the world…

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Owen Michael Johnson & John Pearson Invite You to Board the Beast Wagon at Thought Bubble

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 7, 2014

As Thought Bubble rapidly approaches we can always expect to hear rumblings of exciting debut releases to coincide with the UK’s major autumn convention/festival season. Courtesy of Owen Michael Johnson…

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Reel Love Act One – Owen Michael Johnson’s Tale of Boyhood Obsession with the Big Screen Debuts at Glasgow Comic Con this Weekend!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 4, 2014

Owen Michael Johnson’s Reel Love is the second book to debut from Dogooder Comics, the latest welcome addition to the ranks of micropublishers on the British small press scene. My…

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