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Author: Andy Oliver

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Exclusive Preview: Making Friends with Smiley – EdieOP’s New Comic Debuts at the Lakes Festival this Weekend

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 14, 2016

EdieOP has been a contributor to both the Broken Frontier Anthology and the Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook and is a regular fixture at Avery Hill Publishing with appearances in their…

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Five Bridges: Stories of the Flood – Mike Medaglia, Lisa Woynarski and Farokh Soltani’s Exhibition Looking Back at the 2015 Cumbria Flooding Opens for LICAF

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 13, 2016

Mike Medaglia is one of those creators we’ve been privileged to follow at Broken Frontier from their early days in comics and watch as their work has grown, developed and…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on October 18th – Post-LICAF Fun with Lizzy Stewart, Rachael Stott and Anja Uhren

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2016

Already anticipating comics event withdrawal once the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival comes to a close at the weekend? Then fret not! The Gosh! Comics/Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is back on…

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Preview: Sound and Vision – ‘Hitsville UK’ Co-creator John Riordan’s Illustrated Guide to Music’s Cult Artists

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 10, 2016

If you’re a fan of John Riordan and Dan Cox’s Hitsville UK series then you will already be well aware of Riordan’s fondly irreverent approach to the world of music. A…

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Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Creator Danny Noble to Illustrate New Children’s Novel ‘Tilly and the Time Machine’ by Actor and Comedian Adrian Edmondson

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 7, 2016

There’s very exciting news indeed today for those of our readers who follow our regular ‘Six to Watch coverage!  Danny Noble – one of our first group of Broken Frontier…

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Comica Comiket at The Lightbox, Woking on Saturday October 8th – Exhibitors Include kuš! comics, Jessica Martin, Gary Northfield and Broken Frontier!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2016

Forget NYCC 2016! Comica‘s long-running independent comics fair Comiket returns this Saturday at The Lightbox in Woking featuring a select line-up of UK indie comics talent. The venue is currently playing host…

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Small Press Spotlight on… ‘Lucy the Octopus’ with Richy K. Chandler

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 3, 2016

Richy K. Chandler has been self-publishing comics online and in print through his Tempo Lush imprint for a number of years now. Outside of his Lucy the Octopus webcomic, he’s…

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Bristol Comic and Zine Fair 2016 – Meet a Fantastic Line-Up of Small Press Creators at BCZF this Sat Oct 1st

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 29, 2016

This Saturday October 1st sees the return of the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair (BCZF) to the ever welcoming the Station venue. An event that includes a broad spectrum of micro…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Good Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 28, 2016

They’re the newest micropublishing kids on the block but the fine folk at Good Comics all have proven track records in the comics and zine worlds. This weekend’s Bristol Comic and…

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The Last Time – Elizabeth Querstret’s Quietly Powerful Meditation on Life’s Ebbs and Flows

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 27, 2016

Sometimes the most elegantly simple of premises can contain multitudes of profundity within their environs. Elizabeth Querstret is a creator most known, perhaps, for the speedily captured moments of time that exist…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Tillie Walden and ‘On a Sunbeam’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 26, 2016

With Eisner nominations, Ignatz wins and, of course, that Broken Frontier Awards triumph in the our Breakout Talent category, it can hardly be said that Tillie Walden’s comics output has…

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Sneaky Business Volume 2 – Danny Noble and Wallis Eates Steal the Show in the Second Issue of Rozi Hathaway’s Anthology Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 26, 2016

By its very definition editor Rozi Hathaway’s new multi-creator Sneaky Business anthology is a difficult prospect for any reviewer to tackle. Comprised of 17 short strips – most of them…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Ellice Weaver

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 23, 2016

Ellice Weaver’s beautifully constructed short narratives make stunning yet delicately crafted use of colour to evoke mood and enhance atmosphere. Her work has a genuinely distinctive visual identity while her subject matter has…

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Fashionistas and Giraffes on Bikes – Looking Back at September’s Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 22, 2016

Cetacean-based punnery, the inviting sights of London Fashion Week and pedalling camelopards were just some of the themes of the latest Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw night…

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Preview: On a Sunbeam – Ingnatz Winner Tillie Walden’s New Sci-Fi Webcomic Debuts this Month

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 20, 2016

Fresh from her Ignatz triumph this weekend, Broken Frontier 2015 Breakout Talent Award winner Tillie Walden has announced her latest project On a Sunbeam – a self-published, sci-fi style webcomic. It…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on September 20th – A Multi-Artist Jam with Hannah Berry, ILYA, Joe Decie and Rebecca K. Jones

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 16, 2016

It’s nearly Gosh! Comics/Broken Frontier Drink and Draw time again as our popular collaborative event returns this month on September 20th. As ever, your co-hosts for the night are myself (Broken Frontier Editor-in-Chief…

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Post Conatus: Going Home – Alex Hahn’s Dark Diary Comics Have a Bleakly Droll Allure

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 16, 2016

Collecting a selection of diary strips from Alex Hahn’s webcomic series, Post Conatus: Going Home details a specific period in the illustrator’s life in 2013 when, prior to beginning a…

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Broken Frontier at the DIY Art Market in Peckham, September 17th – Taking the Work of Our ‘Six to Watch’ Creators to New Audiences

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 14, 2016

This Saturday, September 17th, sees the latest DIY Art Market at the Copeland Gallery in Peckham. The regular event is described by its organisers as “a celebration of London’s independent…

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