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Author: Andy Oliver

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Mantra – Welcome to the Otherworldliness of Andy Barron’s OM, a Realm Where the Whimsical and the Brutal Walk Hand in Hand

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 21, 2018

The strange and fantastic world of OM – a realm with its own bizarre rules and evolutionary changes; a flowing, metamorphosing plane of oft unfathomable entities and their distinctly alien…

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Toddler Moments – Camille Aubry’s Witty Spin on the Trials of Parenthood

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 20, 2018

UK-based French artist Camille Aubry is another creator I had the pleasure of meeting last year when I was involved with giving portfolio reviews at the East London Comics and…

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‘Poverty of the Heart’ and ‘Rushing from A to A’ – Mike Medaglia’s Explorations of Mindfulness and Well-Being Feel as Much Vocation as Artistic Practice

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 19, 2018

Mindfulness and well-being have become the comics stock-in-trade for artist Mike Medaglia. A creator whose work brings a considered spirituality to the form, we’ve been covering his output here at…

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G Bear and Jammo: The Coolest Thing Ever – The Gentle Comedy of Jaime Huxtable’s All-Ages Comic is an Absolute Delight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 15, 2018

Jaime Huxtable’s versatile cartooning skills are always a pleasure to behold, and an equal pleasure to talk about. So it came as something of a surprise to me to realise…

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“After 10 Years We Want to Try to Find Ways to Surprise Us as Well as the Readers” – Looking Back on a Decade of Latvia’s Eisner-Nominated kuš! Comics with David Schilter and Sanita Muižniece

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 14, 2018

BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST ONGOING SERIES NOMINEE! Latvian-based micropublishers kuš! comics celebrated a decade of publishing in 2017 – a year that also saw their alternative comics fare nominated for…

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Thomas Leaves – Ben Williams Redefines the Way We Interact with the Comics Page with His Bold Abstract Storytelling

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 12, 2018

Ben Williams is a young British creator who I first had the pleasure of meeting last year when I reviewed his portfolio at the East London Comics and Arts Festival’s…

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including We Shall Fight Until We Win, Prima Ballerina Meltdown, Comic Turns and Corpus

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 9, 2018

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

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3 Reasons Why You Need to Read ‘Royal City’ by Jeff Lemire

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 8, 2018

BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST WRITER AND BEST NEW SERIES NOMINEES! ‘3 Reasons Why You Need to Read…‘ is Broken Frontier’s semi-regular spotlight on a given serial comic that we think…

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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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“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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Shiny Pippin and the Broken Forest – Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Creator Rebecca Bagley Illustrates Harry Heape’s New Children’s Novel from Faber and Faber

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 5, 2018

It’s always a pleasure for us here at BF to be able to let you know about new projects from the artists we have followed through our annual ‘Six Small…

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including Birdcage Bottom Books, A Dark Forest, Nosferatu and The Golden Thread Project

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 2, 2018

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

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Lazaretto #5 – Jey Levang’s Visuals Bring a Terrifying Edge to the Finale of Clay McLeod Chapman’s Body Horror Drama

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 1, 2018

BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST LETTERER WINNER AND BREAKOUT TALENT NOMINEE!  When it was announced last year that 2016 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creator Jey Levang had been picked…

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Small Press Day 2018 is Coming! – The Annual UK and Ireland Celebration of Comics Self-Publishing Returns for Its Third Year on Saturday July 7th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 1, 2018

It’s back! Small Press Day 2018 will be held this year on Saturday July 7th as the comics community comes together once again to celebrate self and micropublishing across the…

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Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics Announce Expanded Line-Up for 2018 – Charley’s War, Ken Reid’s ‘Creepy Creations’ and Volumes from Misty, Tammy and Jinty Among the New Releases

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 31, 2018

  Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics line has announced an expanded line-up for 2018 and it includes a bumper number of new releases from the UK vaults. We’ve been huge…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Sabba Khan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 31, 2018

Describing her work as examining “first world city life as a second generation Pakistani Muslim migrant” Sabba Khan is the last of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators…

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Scout #2 – The Recognisably Human and the Outlandishly Odd Sit Side by Side in Patt Kelley’s Unmissable Dark Contemporary Fantasy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 30, 2018

There’s been something of a gap between issues but the second chapter of Patt Kelley’s dark contemporary fantasy series Scout proves to be well worth the wait. Kelley is an…

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Not My Small Diary #19 – Delaine Derry Green’s Eerie Anthology Investigates Unexplained Events with Contributions from Liz Prince, John Porcellino, David Lasky, Kelly Froh, Joe Decie, Donna Barr and Many More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 29, 2018

A small press comics anthology with a 20-year pedigree seems a remarkable but unlikely achievement by any standard but that’s exactly what editor Delaine Derry Green has achieved with Not…

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