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Author: Andy Oliver

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Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Deities – A Gloriously Irreverent Take on Myth and Legend from Hamish Steele and Nobrow Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 20, 2017

Pantheon is a frenetically paced and darkly comedic triumph. Describing Hamish Steele’s Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Deities as irreverent in tone seems woefully, pitifully and even staggeringly…

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Meet the Broken Frontier Team: Jason Wilkins – “I Think We’re Still Only Scratching the Surface of What the Medium Can Do”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 20, 2017

It’s a new era at Broken Frontier and to usher in the next stage in BF’s evolution we’ve been building an expanded writing team to broaden our scope and approach…

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A Dark Forest #2-4 – The Supernatural Mystery Continues to Grow in Kate-mia White’s Brooding Fantasy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 17, 2017

One of this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, Kate-mia White has been building up a steady buzz around her work over the last couple of years…

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A View from the Frontier – More Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook Sneak Peeks as the Dreaded Deadline Doom Strikes!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 17, 2017

The original thinking behind ‘A View from the Frontier’ as our regular start to the week was twofold. Firstly it would provide a direct point of contact between ourselves and…

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Welcome to Oddleigh – Crime-Fighting Anthropomorphic Animal Fun from Children’s Illustrator Tor Freeman

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 14, 2017

Springing from the witty imagination of artist Tor Freeman, webcomic Welcome to Oddleigh depicts the (largely) crimefighting (mis)adventures of police officers Chief Inspector Jessie and Sergeant Sid and follows their exploits…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Tuesday April 18th with Guest Artists John Cei Douglas, Tor Freeman and Yoyo the Ricecorpse

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 14, 2017

Another month, another guest-artist filled D&D! The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is back this coming Tuesday April 18th with another top trio of artistic talent in John Cei Douglas, Tor Freeman…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“A Good Stick Has Many Possibilities” – Glamping Chat with the Decie Family on Joe Decie’s ‘Collecting Sticks’ from Jonathan Cape

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 13, 2017

Glamorous camping? Can there really be such a thing? Joe Decie’s new book Collecting Sticks from Jonathan Cape recounts the Decie family’s “glamping” holiday – camping from the “comfort” of…

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ELCAF 2017 – The East London Comics & Arts Festival Returns on June 16th-18th as ‘ELCAF Season’ Begins this Month

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 12, 2017

ELCAF – the East London Comics & Arts Festival – returns for its sixth incarnation this June courtesy of Nobrow Press. Longer-term Broken Frontier readers may remember my very enthusiastic write-up…

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Covers Album: Robert Wells – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers by Kyle Baker, Gilbert Hernandez and Gil Kane, John Romita & Joe Sinnott

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 12, 2017

In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…

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Reads Vol.2, #4 – From Alfred Hitchcock to Ice Cream Horror, Avery Hill Publishing’s Anthology Series Concludes in Style

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 11, 2017

When you get as many small press books submitted for review as I do then it’s inevitable that sometimes more than the odd title will slip through the cracks, only…

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Collecting Sticks – Go Glamping with the Decies in this Autobio/Fantasy Hybrid from Jonathan Cape

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 10, 2017

Collecting Sticks is the perfect showcase offering for the singular talents of this most distinctive practitioners of autobio comics. I will confess to never having heard the term “glamping” before…

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A View from the Frontier – The British Comics Industry Never Died… It Simply Regenerated into a New Incarnation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 10, 2017

Those who follow my personal social media feeds, rather than the Broken Frontier ones, will be well aware that I like to share images of my current comics reading matter on…

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Elbows & Breath #1 – Ben Sharpe Provides a Quietly Despairing Visual Soliloquy on the Daily Commute to Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 7, 2017

A seat for him and a seat for his bag. People watching films on their tablets at full volume with no headphones on. The person sitting opposite who never once…

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Primahood: Magenta – Slice-of-Life Storytelling with a Surreal Sideline in Tyler Cohen’s Warm Exploration of Modern Parenting

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 6, 2017

In Primahood: Magenta Tyler Cohen juxtaposes slice-of-life storytelling with visual metaphor in two inter-related strands of storytelling that ostensibly sit side-by-side yet occasionally seep into each other’s narratives. On the…

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Katzine: The Factory Issue – Katriona Chapman’s Beautiful Reminder of How Diversity in the Workplace Enriches Us All

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 5, 2017

Katzine: The Factory Issue marks something of a departure for Katriona Chapman’s popular semi-regular autobio collection of comics, articles and illustrations. For the first time in the publication’s 7-issue history…

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‘Medieval Comics’ Exhibition at Orbital – Karrie Fransman’s Collaboration with King’s College London Results in a Fascinating Series of Historical Literary Re-Creations

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 3, 2017

The gallery space in London’s Eisner Award-winning Orbital Comics has hosted a number of must-see exhibitions over the last few years. Some of them have been topical and covered more recognisable,…

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A View from the Frontier – Four Top Reasons to Be Eagerly Anticipating Small Press Day 2017!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 3, 2017

In just over three months, on Saturday July 8th, Small Press Day will return to the UK and Ireland with another celebration of self-publishing, micropublishing and DIY culture. Last year’s event was…

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Totally Tubular #1 – Ed Syder Returns with a Tale of Slackers, Skateboarders and Surfers in Late ’80s California

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 31, 2017

A few years back at Broken Frontier I reviewed Ed Syder’s My Skateboard Life (published by Blank Slate Books) – a coming-of-age piece of autobio that, despite its particular focus…

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