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Author: Andy Oliver

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Looking Back on 20 Years of Broken Frontier – A Walk through BF History with Founder Frederik Hautain in this Comprehensive Interview

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 28, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! So far all articles in our 20th birthday event have been prefaced with an introductory paragraph explaining their importance in BF history or their relevance in representing…

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“I Just Love a Sense of Place, I Really Can’t Let it Go” – Tillie Walden Talks Psychogeography, Queer Comics, and The Walking Dead’s ‘Clementine’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 27, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Some years ago I was chatting with Avery Hill Publishing’s Ricky Miller and, as often happens in our conversations, we turned to promising new artists we…

Columns · Reviews · Small Pressganged

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Dream Diaries – Shazleen Khan Ruminates on Loss and Empty Spaces in this Shortbox Comics Fair Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 26, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Multiple Broken Frontier Award-winning artist Shazleen Khan has become something of a semi-regular fixture here at BF over the last few years given the success and…

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“Everywhere All Over the World People Are in More and More Fragile Positions” – Dr. Sarah Wishart Talks About EachOther’s ‘Get Out of Detention: A Comic for Immigrant Detainees’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 26, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! When I officially took over the top spot at Broken Frontier in 2017 one of my key aims was to push BF in the direction of…

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Celebrate 20 Years of BF at a Very Special Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online – Join Us Thurs, Oct 27th with Guest Artists Tom Humberstone, Danny Noble, Nicole Goux and Dave Baker

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 25, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Before the pandemic hit the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw had become something of an institution on the UK London comics scene. Launched…

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“Comics Give the Reader Control and Agency that is Not Possible in Other Media” – Woodrow Phoenix on the Unique Language of the Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 25, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Championing the medium, exploring its full potential, and analysing its unique storytelling tools are all part and parcel of the Broken Frontier ethos. There’s no one…

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Super Late Bloomer – Julia Kaye Recounts Her Early Days in Transition in this Immediately Accessible Autobio Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 24, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! A couple of years back at Broken Frontier we made a team statement about how where possible we would be looking to prioritise work from or…

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“Introducing New Artists to the World Was the Most Rewarding Part of My Work” – Annie Koyama Looks Back on the Influential Koyama Press and Forward with Koyama Provides

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 24, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! I sometimes wonder if those people who have been such sources of inspiration to me are aware of how profoundly they have shaped my approach to…

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Broken Frontier at 20! – Introducing Two Weeks of Birthday Coverage as We Celebrate Two Decades of Exploring the Comics Universe

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 24, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Hold the birthday wishes until Friday when we will officially hit our big anniversary milestone but this week sees the beginning of our celebration of two…

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Condo Lady – Elisabeth Belliveau Recounts “Two Quiet Years of Full Stress” in this Pandemic Comics Offering from Conundrum Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 18, 2022

Part of Conundrum Press’s anniversary ‘Conundrum 25’ series of pocket-sized comics offerings, Elisabeth Belliveau’s Condo Lady is yet another reminder of just how effective graphic narrative has been at communicating…

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PUDICA33 – Chelsea Akpan Takes Us on an Alien Quest in Another Shortbox Comics Fair Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 14, 2022

Creating truly alien visual environments in comics does not necessarily require elaborate extremes of intricately designed and pseudo-realistic extraterrestrial landscapes, flora and fauna. In PUDICA33, another digital offering from this…

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The StarBrigade In: A Quest to Help a Friend – Yetunde Ekuntuyi’s Delightful All-Ages Story with a Worthy Message, Available Via the ShortBox Comics Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 13, 2022

Back in 2021 Yetunde Ekuntuyi was another artist we featured in a creator round-up on the site after she participated in our Broken Frontier Small Press Day one-tweet review event…

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Broken Frontier Needs You! – We Want to Hear about Inspiring Comics Creators You First Discovered Via BF for Our 20th Birthday Celebrations

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2022

At the end of October Broken Frontier celebrates an incredible 20 years of exploring the comics universe and we want to invite you to join in the celebrations! Whether you…

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The Man Who Walked Through Walls – Obom Adapts Marcel Aymé’s Urban Fantasy in this Witty ‘Conundrum 25’ Release

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2022

With a remit to bring together “past, present, and future” works for their 25th anniversary, Conundrum Press’s ‘Conundrum 25’ series is described as “a landmark series of gemlike volumes, presenting…

Columns · Reviews · Small Pressganged

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A Pocket Chiller: “Jeff” – Dan Cox and Fraser Geesin Invite a Ravenous House Guest to Stay in Another Taut One-Shot Horror Story

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 6, 2022

While I totally understand creators focussing solely on their own individual creative expression I do sometimes dream of what collaborative endeavours from different UK small pressers might look like. “Jeff”,…

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Pilcuyo: Altiplano Vol. 3 – The Grand Arc Finale to Gustaffo Vargas’s South American Cyberpunk Story Does Not Disappoint

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2022

The long-awaited grand finale of creator Gustaffo Vargas’s Peruvian cyberpunk series Altiplano is here, and it’s a denouement that does not disappoint. Pilcuyo is the third chapter in the Altiplano…

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The Brexit Effect: Part 4 – Artists on Dealing with the Mental Health Impact After Leaving the European Union, and EU National Comics Creators Talk About Dealing with Post-Brexit Xenophobia

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2022

In the fourth of our continuing discussions on the Brexit effect on the UK comics community and beyond at BF this week’s selection of creators/publishers talk about the psychological impact…

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Pigboy Chapter One – A Bleakly Appealing Opening Instalment as Tom Blackford Displays an Atypical Approach to Genre Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2022

In my most read piece ever at Broken Frontier on getting coverage for self-published work I spoke a little about my reluctance to cover small press super-hero work here on…

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