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Author: Andy Oliver

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The Flying Ship Vol. 1 – Dark Horse and Tapas Bring Jem Milton’s Queer Fantasy Adventure Series to Print

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 17, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Part of the new collaboration between Dark Horse Comics and Tapas, Jem Milton’s The Flying Ship Vol. 1 brings the artist’s webcomic…

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BUG+ – Jof!’s Tale of Robotic Insects Asks Us to Consider How We Comprehend the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 16, 2024

The story behind Jonathan Traynor’s first self-published comic BUG+ is a fascinating sidebar in itself. Originally presented online during the pandemic, the comic’s first iteration consisted of 31 panels published…

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Bar Delicious – Blaise Moritz Examines the Oppressive Hold of Late Stage Capitalism in this Conundrum Press Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2024

Conundrum Press’s ‘Conundrum 25’ series spotlighting “masters of the graphic short story form” continues to celebrate the publisher’s silver jubilee with thought-provoking and medium-embracing comics practice. Blaise Moritz’s Bar Delicious,…

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2024 – Spotlighting the Work of Dominica Claribelle, Mike Armstrong, Tinglin Liu, Tom Philipson, Zhenyi Zheng and Zoè Delautre Corral

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Yes, it’s time again for our Broken Frontier Six to Watch announcement! Undoubtedly one of our most eagerly anticipated posts of the…

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Colossive Cartographies #51 – Ed Pinsent Fondly Parodies the Batman Mythos in this Fun, Foldout Comics Zine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 12, 2024

It was another year of outstanding DIY culture output from micropublisher Colossive Press. One where comics became a more fixed part of their publishing plan with new material from A…

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Yurayura #1 – François Giro and emino’s Flipbook Gives Two Fascinating Perspectives on the Same Events

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 11, 2024

François Giro and emino’s Yurayura is fascinating in that it’s a collaborative zine wherein the two creators concerned don’t actually, strictly speaking, collaborate. Rather it uses a flipbook format to…

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Broken Frontier Awards 2023: Announcing the Winners – A Glorious Year for Indie and Small Press Picks, and Thought Bubble and TCAF Enter the BF Hall of Fame

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 11, 2024

Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 20th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you, our readers, and the BF team. It may not have been a vintage…

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Adherent – Chris W. Kim Takes Us on a Quest for Knowledge in this Key Conundrum Press Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 9, 2024

There are books that ask us to find our own truths within their pages; to not simply solicit responses in their audience but to provoke them as well. Chris W….

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Boxes #1 – ThirdBear Press’s Carefully Curated New Anthology Series Provides a Vital Platform for Emerging Indie Comics Talents

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 8, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! If there’s been one thing we have been sorely lacking on the UK small press scene in recent years it’s the plethora…

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Celebrating 2023 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! While we quietly retired the ‘Small Pressganged’ branding early in 2022 one of that former regular feature’s most popular pieces was always…

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Mind Over Margins – Comics Youth Presents A Collection of Empowering Mental Health Awareness Stories from Marginalised Voices

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 4, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Before we look at anthology comics collection Mind Over Margins today let us first consider the aims and objectives of Comics Youth,…

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“Beauty is Not Only to Be Seen by Our Eyes” – Xiaoyi Hu on Bringing the World of the Visually-Impaired to the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 3, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! With 2024 bringing our tenth intake of the Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creators to wider recognition we’re looking forward to celebrating…

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2000 AD Prog 2362 – The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic Looks to the Future While Embracing Its Past, Including Rufus Hound’s Debut on ‘Strontium Dog’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 2, 2024

I imagine I am not the only long-term 2000 AD fan (yes I did buy Prog 1 from my local WHSmith way back in 1977) who, while perhaps not considering…

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Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2023 – Vote for Your Shortlisted Favourites in What Was an Undeniably Vintage Year for Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 2, 2024

Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 20th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our team has selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…

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A Christmas Bestiary – A Dark and Spellbinding Guide to Wintry Horror from Benni Bødker, John Kenn Mortensen and Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 2, 2024

Festively themed work can often go overlooked simply because the window of relevant reviewing opportunity is, by its nature, a restricted one. However, it would seem remiss to let that…

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Happy New Year! – News on Our Ten Years of the Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Celebrations and How You Can Help Safeguard BF’s Future in 2024

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 2, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Happy New Year, one and all! And with a new year comes some news about our plans for 2024. This year marks…

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Happy Holidays from All of Us Here at Broken Frontier Towers! – We’ll Be Back on January 2nd, 2024

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 21, 2023

We’re shutting up shop now here at BF Towers for a seasonal break as we recharge our batteries and look forward to the new year. We will be back on…

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“I Miss Magazines that Are Substantial” – Barry Renshaw on the Return of ‘REDEYE Magazine’ and the Importance of Comics Commentary

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 18, 2023

In a year when so many comics commentary outlets in the UK disappeared or went on apparent hiatus there is at least one chink of light shining at the end…

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