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Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artists Get Major Awards Recognition – Alxndra Cook Shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards and Shanti Rai Receives an Ignatz Nomination

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 15, 2023

We do like to remind you every so often that we have a rather impressive record here at Broken Frontier of predicting future stars of the comics world through our…

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Sennen – Shanti Rai’s Debut Graphic Novel is a Sensitive and Beautiful Coming-of-Age Story with Some Unexpected Twists

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 13, 2022

Shanti Rai’s Sennen is a project that I have admittedly been anticipating eagerly given that Rai was one of my choices for our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators…

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Preview: Avery Hill Publishing in 2019 – Sneak Peeks at New Graphic Novels from George Wylesol, Scott Jason Smith, Claire Scully and Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Shanti Rai

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 4, 2019

Before the weekend we provided details about three new book announcements from Avery Hill Publishing for the latter part of 2019. You can find out all about Alabaster Pizzo’s Mimi…

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Avery Hill Publishing Announce New Releases for 2019 – Including Books from Claire Scully, Scott Jason Smith, George Wylesol and Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Creator Shanti Rai

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 26, 2018

As end-of-year lists and awards nomination begin to materialise across the internet it’s easy at this point in the calendar to be looking back fondly at the twelve months that…

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“I Wanted to Tell a New Folk Story; an Alternate Beginning” – Shanti Rai on Her Self-Published Comic ‘KO’ and the Influence of the Mythological on Her Practice

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 21, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! With an accessible clarity, gorgeous use of colour and clever sense of graphic design Shanti Rai’s comics practice was always destined for a wider audience. I first covered…

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Persephone – Shanti Rai’s Mythological Vignette is an Affecting Study of Fate’s Inescapable Clutches

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 8, 2018

The myth of Persephone and her abduction by Hades, the God of the Netherworld is an allegorical tale with a familiarity that extends far beyond the focused interests of the…

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2018 – Spotlighting the Work of Andy Barron, Emily Gilbert, Jayde Perkin, Matthew Pettit, Shanti Rai and Cat Sims

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 10, 2018

Have we really reached the fourth intake of our annual ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ initiative here at Broken Frontier? It seems no time at all since we published…

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KO – Love, Family and Sacrifice Explored in Shanti Rai’s Poignant Fable

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 16, 2017

From the delicate symbolism and familial metaphor of its opening sequence Shanti Rai’s KO establishes its overarching themes of kinship and the bonds that connect us from the outset. A…

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