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Help Save Alex Norris’s ‘Webcomic Name’ – Next Funding Target Has a Deadline of October 9th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2023

We’ve posted about this in the past at Broken Frontier and it’s one of the saddest things we’ve covered over the last several years. Alex Norris has been entertaining us…

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Alex Norris Needs Your Help to Keep ‘Webcomic Name’ Alive! – GoFundMe Launched to Aid Them with Legal Fees in Battle to Protect the Popular ‘Oh No’ Strips

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 9, 2022

Hugely popular UK creator Alex Norris has asked for the comics community’s support in a legal battle against a US publishing company attempting to claim ownership of their internet sensation…

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Staff Picks for May 1, 2019 – Beasts of Burden, oh no, 2000 AD Villains Takeover Special, Gogor and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 30, 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 · Reviews

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oh no – Alex Norris’s Online Comics Phenomenon Comes to Print in a Bittersweet Collection of Comedy Shorts

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 15, 2019

There’s no affected exaggeration in saying that Alex Norris’s Webcomic Name is an online comics phenomenon. The three-panel strips, all ending in the same simple but plaintive punchline of “oh…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Oh No My Meta Irony Has Become So Popular No-one Knows what Reality is Anymore – Webcomic Name’s Alex Norris on His Overlapping Comic Practice, the Links Between Joy and Sadness and what the “Oh No” Voice Sounds Like

  • by Jenny Robins
  • June 18, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Alex Norris, aka Dorris McComics of Webcomic Name fame, approached the trend of relatable comics with a format that works through any number of layers of irony (including none) and…

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