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Author: Andy Oliver

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Meteors – Kry Garcia’s Quietly Observed Coming-of-Age Story is Defined as Much by What Isn’t Said or Shown

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 3, 2022

Kry Garcia’s Meteors is a curious comic. I certainly do not mean that in a pejorative way however, but rather to describe a short story that is idiosyncratic, unexpected and…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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45 Years of 2000 AD – New Visions of Established Faves in Rebellion’s Anniversary Art Book

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 30, 2022

Forty-five may seem a somewhat arbitrary number for a major publishing anniversary celebration. But when it spawns spin-offs like the 45 Years of 2000 AD Anniversary Art Book most of…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Sister Clawdetta: Murder at the Monastery – Tor Freeman’s Medieval Mystery for All Ages is a Fun, Anthropomorphic Romp from Bog Eyed Books

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 29, 2022

It’s Tudor times and at Father Eglantine’s monastery the eighth librarian to be employed has been discovered murdered; a fate already suffered by his seven predecessors. Only one woman can…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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No One Else – R. Kikuo Johnson Explores Fractured Family Relationships in the Wake of a Bereavement

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 28, 2022

Winner of the Outstanding Graphic Novel in the 2022 Ignatz Awards, No One Else is a sensitively observed family drama from The New Yorker cartoonist R. Kikuo Johnson. It’s one…

Eyecatcher · Features

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The Brexit Effect: Part 3 – Creators on How the End of Freedom of Movement Has Cost Them Jobs and Will Diminish Our Comics Community

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 27, 2022

In the third of our continuing discussions on the Brexit effect on the UK comics community and beyond today at BF this week’s selection of creators talk about how the…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Features · Small Pressganged

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“I’m Hoping Readers Will Take Their Time with the Art as They Decipher the Story for Themselves” – Sammy Ward on Wordless Comics and Her Love of the Fantasy and Horror Genres

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 26, 2022

One of our 2022 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, artist Sammy Ward has been building an impressive back catalogue of work in the fantasy, horror and supernatural…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Reviews · Small Pressganged

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A Pocket Chiller: The Creeping Shadow – Chris Reynolds Introduces Us to Eccentric Railway Detective Augustus Sunderland in a Supernatural Murder Mystery

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 22, 2022

Douglas Noble continues to curate his Strip for Me imprint’s A Pocket Chiller line with an incisive eye for the weird, the experimental and the sometimes enticingly obscure. It’s become…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Radium Girls – Cy’s Beautifully Rendered Account of Employer Negligence and the Fight for Workers’ Rights, from Iron Circus Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 21, 2022

While previously long consigned to history the story of the Radium Girls has recently been given a long overdue revisitation thanks to the 2018 book The Radium Girls by Kate…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Squeak the Mouse – Massimo Mattioli’s Brutally Funny Parody of Cartoon Violence Excess, Collected by Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 20, 2022

Years before Itchy and Scratchy were satirising the cartoon violence of Tom and Jerry on The Simpsons Italian artist Massimo Mattioli was providing far more brutal parodies of the animated…

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The Brexit Effect: Part 2 – Comics Publishers on the Loss of Vital Revenue Streams and Markets, and the Ever Rising Production Costs Post-Brexit

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 20, 2022

In the second of our continuing discussions on the Brexit effect on the UK comics community and beyond today at BF this week’s selection of publishers talk about the harsh…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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‘Stray Dogs’ and ‘Stray Dogs: Dog Days’ – Fleecs and Forstner’s Canine Thriller is All the More Chilling for Its Seemingly Incongruous Visuals

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 19, 2022

Sometimes a comic’s presentation, design and visual approach is so in contrast to its subject matter that the incongruous and the apposite become happy bedfellows. Such is the case with…

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Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Creator Alxndra Cook Launches Her First Long-Form Comic ‘Momotekku’ with Koguchi Press on Kickstarter

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 16, 2022

We’re on a roll right now with Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists and crowdfunding campaigns! The latest comes from one of our 2021 creators Alxndra Cook, whose Momotekku will…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre – Alverne Ball and Stacey Robinson Provide a Powerful and Educational Account

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 15, 2022

While work exploring socially relevant subject matter has been a growing area of comics publishing over the last decade a relatively newer phenomenon has been the surge of graphic biographies…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Sennen – Shanti Rai’s Debut Graphic Novel is a Sensitive and Beautiful Coming-of-Age Story with Some Unexpected Twists

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 13, 2022

Shanti Rai’s Sennen is a project that I have admittedly been anticipating eagerly given that Rai was one of my choices for our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators…

Eyecatcher · Features

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The Brexit Effect: Part 1 – Comics Self-Publishers on the Significant Impact on Income After the UK’s Departure from the EU

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 12, 2022

Over the summer Broken Frontier has been talking to creators, publishers and commentators from across every aspect of the UK comics scene about the negative consequences they have experienced since…

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Preview: Lurker #1 – New Horror Series from Wild River Comics to Feature the Art of Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Anna Readman

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 9, 2022

Launched earlier this week on Kickstarter, new horror series Lurker is notable for us at Broken Frontier for featuring interior art by our 2019 ‘Six to Watch’ artist Anna Readman…

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“The Lack of Appropriate Response from Governments to Tackle the Climate Crisis Triggered My Thoughts” – Alba Ceide on Her Ecologically-Focussed ‘Earth Blues’ Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 8, 2022

In the first of our series of interviews with Broken Frontier’s 2022 ‘Six to Watch‘ artists I chat today with Spanish artist Alba Ceide, whose ‘Earth Blues’ series of ecologically-focussed…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Jinx Freeze – Hurk’s First Full-Colour Graphic Novel is a Madcap Foray into a Meandering Mindscape of Outlandish Oddballs

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 7, 2022

One of comics’ hidden geniuses UK artist Hurk (often Lord Hurk though he now appears to have embraced the zeitgeist and renounced his peerage for his latest book) has long…

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