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Author: Andy Oliver

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“The Emotions All Hit Me After I Released ‘Daddy'” – Beatrice Mossman on Tactile Presentation in Comics, Allegorical Narrative, and the Sensitivity of Autobio Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 31, 2023

Beatrice Mossman has been cultivating a growing audience of admirers over the last couple of years for her tactile, experimental comics that have their roots in horror motifs, coming-of-age standards,…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Our Stories Carried Us Here – Green Card Voices Bring Us a Powerful Sequential Art Antidote to Toxic Media Coverage of Immigration and the Refugee Crisis

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 30, 2023

The plight of those affected by the refugee crisis has been conveyed to wider audiences with great empathy by many comics projects over the last decade, both online and in…

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Once There Was Dancing – Sean Azzopardi’s Latest Autobiographical Work is a Knowingly Reflective and Accepting Piece of Gentle Self-Deprecation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 27, 2023

The autobiographical works of Sean Azzopardi recently found a new “home” under the banner imprint of Life’s a Party. One of the UK’s greatest, yet still criminally underappreciated, proponents of…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, January 26th for Another Evening of Arty Fun on Twitter

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 24, 2023

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, January 26th. Not only do our online D&Ds keep all…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Sensory: Life on the Spectrum – Project Runner Bex Ollerton’s Autistic Comics Anthology is a Monumental Achievement

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 23, 2023

Originally presented via the #ASDComicTakeover tag on social media, the short comics collected in the pages of Sensory: Life on the Spectrum – An Autistic Comics Anthology come to us…

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“I Always Think that Humor is the Best Way to Get Any Message Across” – Eric Nguyen on Subverting a Narrative Trope in ‘White Savior’ from Dark Horse

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 17, 2023

Out this week from Dark Horse Comics, Eric Nguyen and Scott Burman’s White Savior takes a deeply problematic cinematic standard and puts a new and very distinct spin on it….

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Europe Comics Announce an End to All Consumer-Facing Activities – Digital Publishing Will Continue Via Online Retailers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 17, 2023

Sad news in the last week from the team at Europe Comics who have announced the shuttering of their online publicity presence. From the Europe Comics website: “As of January…

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Celebrating 2022 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 16, 2023

A little later than usual – and I must admit I nearly stepped back from this annual tradition this year – but we have been running these ‘Ten UK Small…

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How to Help Out Broken Frontier Award-Winning Publisher Silver Sprocket as They Deal with Major Flood Damage at Their San Francisco Store!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2023

Silver Sprocket, our 2022 Broken Frontier Award winners in the Best Publisher category, did not have the best start to the New Year. They began 2023 with a storm-flooded basement…

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Cover Reveal: Saving Sunshine – Saadia Faruqi and Shazleen Khan’s Eagerly Anticipated Tale of Muslim American Siblings to Be Published by First Second this September

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2023

Published by First Second this September ‘Saving Sunshine’, the graphic novel written by Saadia Faruqi and illustrated by Shazleen Khan, is one of our most anticipated new releases of 2023!…

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All Your Racial Problems Will Soon End: The Cartoons of Charles Johnson – 50 Years On, NYRC’s Collection Proves that Charles Johnson’s Work is Just as Relevant Now as Ever

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 10, 2023

We are in something of a renaissance period when it comes to archival collections of socially relevant work like Charles Johnson’s All Your Racial Problems Will Soon End from New…

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Laneha House #6 – Lawrence Lindell and Breena Nuñez Cover Mental Health Awareness, Black Lives Matter, and Meta Comic Strips in Their Latest Anthology Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 9, 2023

In this post-2020 era time can sometimes take on a deceptive quality. That seems to be very much the case sometimes when I check on our coverage of some of…

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Not Quite Almost 10 Years: A Breakup Zine – Edie Woolf’s Minicomic is a Cathartic Tale of Endings and New Beginnings

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 6, 2023

Autobiographical work in comics can come from a number of places. On one hand it can be about informing and educating on situations, conditions or experiences. On the other the…

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Broken Frontier Awards 2022: Announcing the Winners – Comics in All Their Shapes and Forms Make Up this Year’s Awardees, and Avery Hill Publishing and C. Spike Trotman Enter the BF Hall of Fame

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 4, 2023

Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 19th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you, our readers, and the BF team. As another difficult year passes us by…

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Wash Day Diaries – Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith Provide Us with a Joyous Celebration of Black Sisterhood

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 3, 2023

When looking back at our previous coverage of Wash Day, the minicomic that acted as precursor for Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith’s Wash Day Diaries, I was somewhat surprised to…

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Happy Holidays from the Broken Frontier Team! We’ll Be Back Again on January 3rd, 2023

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 23, 2022

A final post of 2022 to wish you all a very Happy Holidays from the Broken Frontier team. What’s that you say? Doesn’t BF normally publish reviews and articles between…

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New Heritage Comics Digital Releases Include Early Grant Morrison Work from ‘Starblazer’ and the ‘Sci-Fi Files’ from ‘Commando’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 22, 2022

News today of more forays into the vaults by D.C. Thomson’s Heritage Comics imprint. This month with a space opera flavour. News of Starblazer Presents and The Sci-Fi Files below……

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Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2022 – Socially Conscious Work Goes Hand-in-Hand with Pure Comics Escapism in a Nominations List Reflecting the World Around Us in 2022

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 20, 2022

Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 19th 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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