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Author: Andy Oliver

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Meat4Burgers: Welcome to Burgertory – Beck Kubrick and Christof Bogacs Transport Us to the Universe’s Most Unsettling Fast Food Franchise

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 23, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Although we covered the first two print issues of Christof Bogacs and Beck Kubrick’s Meat4Burgers series a while back at Broken Frontier…

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Hakim’s Odyssey Books 1-3 – Fabien Toulmé Brings the Story of a Syrian Refugee to the Comics Page with Sensitivity and Empathy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 22, 2024

We can never have two many comics testaments to the ongoing realities of the refugee crisis. Every time I cover one and add it to our dedicated Broken Frontier resource…

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Bludzee – Sloth Comics Presents the Delightfully Absurdist Misadventures of Lewis Trondheim’s Assassin Kitten

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 17, 2024

Lewis Trondheim is hardly a name that is unknown outside of his native France but it’s still one that should be far more celebrated in the English-speaking world. Of course…

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Colossive Cartographies #54 – Hayley Gullen Gives Us ‘Hayley’s Guide to Chemo’ in the Latest from the Colossive Press Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 16, 2024

‘Hayley’s Guide to Chemo’ is the latest and the fifty-fourth entry in the Colossive Press series Colossive Cartographies; zine-like, fold-out, graphic narratives. Fitting into the graphic medicine area of comics….

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When I Arrived at the Castle – E.M. Carroll’s Intense Character Study is as Hypnotic as it is Terrifying

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 15, 2024

This review adapts our original 2019 coverage of E.M. Carroll’s When I Arrived at the Castle when it was first published by Koyama Press. The book is republished this month…

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“Part of My Personal Goal Has Always Been to ‘Keep the Underground Alive’, Whatever That Means” – Rick Altergott on Returning to the World of ‘Doofus’ in ‘Blessed Be’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 11, 2024

If you were a fan of Peter Bagge’s Hate in the 1990s you may well remember the Doofus back-up strips by Rick Altergott that ran for some years in that…

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The Hard Switch – Owen D. Pomery’s Science Fiction Saga Lives Up to Its Intriguingly Allegorical Premise

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 10, 2024

When it comes to the comics practice of Owen D. Pomery there are certain key thematic examinations one might expect to see in a new release. Dark and quietly intense…

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“Figuring Out Your Place in the World is a Theme I Love Exploring” – Rachael Smith and Paul Cornell on Their Supernatural Whodunnit ‘Who Killed Nessie?’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 3, 2024

Currently crowdfunding on Zoop, Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith’s Who Killed Nessie? is a murder mystery with a cryptozoological twist from the direction of a UK collaborative dream team. We caught…

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Behind the Scenes at Broken Frontier – Two Weeks in the Life of a Comics Culture Site Editor-in-Chief

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 3, 2024

What you are about to read is, on one level, probably the most self-indulgent piece I have ever written for Broken Frontier. On another, though, I would argue its necessity…

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Save the Date! – Small Press Day Returns for 2024 on August 17th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 28, 2024

A quick note for your comics-related diaries! Small Press Day – the UK and Ireland’s annual celebration of the self-publishing comic scene – will be returning this year on Saturday,…

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Plant Daddy – Plants, Gardening and Mental Health Come Together in Neil Watson-Slorance’s Touching Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 27, 2024

Comics that deal with grief – especially the kind that comes from losing a close loved one – have long been providing creators with an outlet to process their feelings….

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Preparing for Pride Month at Broken Frontier – Creator Commentary Opportunities for Your Queer Comics in June!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 26, 2024

Pride Month is a big deal every year here at Broken Frontier. Last year at BF we managed to get a review, interview, feature or creator commentary up every single…

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Hawk the Slayer: Watch for Me in the Night – Garth Ennis and Henry Flint Breathe New Comics Life into a Cult Film Favourite

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 26, 2024

Hawk the Slayer was not a very good film. One of a short burst of fantasy-style movies of the late ‘70s-early ‘80s, the only thing about it more limited than…

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Coin-Op #9 – Maria and Peter Hoey Fill Up Another Treasure Chest of Short Comics Gems

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 22, 2024

Every issue of sibling creative team Maria and Peter Hoey’s Coin Op anthology series is a testament to the potential of comics as a storytelling form. From one perspective they…

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Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey – From His Early Experiences as a Cuban Refugee to Confronting the Neo-Fascism of the Trump Administration, Edel Rodriguez’s Outstanding Graphic Memoir is a Compelling Read

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 21, 2024

In recent years the unforgettable artwork of Cuban American illustrator Edel Rodriguez has adorned the covers of magazines like Time and Der Spiegel, skewering the unceasing excesses of the Trump…

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Blobby Horror – The Polka-Dotted Hellspawn of Crinkley Bottom Remembered in this Creepy Anthology from Frisson Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! There have been a number of comics anthologies over the years that have focussed on fondly remembered pop cultural icons of yesteryear….

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Man’s Best #1 – Pornsak Pichetshote and Jesse Lonergan’s Animal-Centred Space Opera Opens with a Gripping First Chapter

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2024

A project that brings together one of the most exciting breakout comics writers of recent years with one of the most promising emerging artists was always going to going to…

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Colossive Cartographies #53 – Wallis Eates Reflects on Life as a Carer in ‘Budgie Steps’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 18, 2024

It has been a few years since we last reviewed comics work by Wallis Eates at Broken Frontier though, as can be seen by the list of tagged posts here,…

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