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Author: Andy Oliver

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“Two of the Great Things in Life are Music and Comics” – Cartoonist David Ziggy Greene Talks Small Press Day, Graphic Reportage and His New Venture Jam Bookshop

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 3, 2022

There are lots of reasons why now is a most opportune moment to be chatting with cartoonist David Ziggy Greene. The former long-time Private Eye artist was the founder of…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Closet #1 – Revisit Your Childhood Fears in this Unsettling New Image Horror Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 1, 2022

Of all the standards of horror fiction those that touch on our childhood fears have a particular resonance. They represent a time in our lives when the wider world was…

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Scoop Scuttle and His Pals – Fantagraphics Takes the High Energy Slapstick of Basil Wolverton’s “Crackpot Comics” to New Audiences

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 31, 2022

As so much previously uncollected, or otherwise near impossible to find, vintage material has become available in print compilations over the last decade or so, it hasn’t always been the…

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Broken Frontier’s Jenny Robins Shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Awards 2022 for ‘Biscuits (assorted)’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 30, 2022

Congratulations today to our very own Jenny Robins who has been shortlisted in the V&A Illustration Awards 2022 for her Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition-winning book Biscuits (assorted), published by…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Reviews · Small Pressganged

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Serious: Through the Fog – The Mayamada Universe Reacts to the Pandemic with an Uplifting Story about Community, Support and Collaboration

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 30, 2022

It would be remiss of me to describe “British manga” specialists mayamada as simply a micropublisher. Besides establishing an inter-related comics universe of their own through successful crowdfunding, their wider…

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Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Sabba Khan Wins the Prestigious Jhalak Prize for Her Graphic Memoir ‘The Roles We Play’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 27, 2022

As reported by The Guardian today, Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Sabba Khan (Class of 2017 and, once again, we did tell you!) has been announced as the winner…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, May 26th for a Special ‘Anniversaries Night’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 25, 2022

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, May 26th with a very special ‘Anniversaries’ night. Not only…

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A Pocket Chiller: I Remain a Stranger – Douglas Noble & Robert Wells’ Horror Short is a Winning Combo of Form and Atmosphere

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 24, 2022

One of the things I learnt a long time ago about Douglas Noble collaborations is that the reader should never make assumptions about the particular creative alchemy going on behind…

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Moonlit – Fantasy and Reality Collide in Yet Another Example of the Haunting Fragility of Alxndra Cook’s Comics Practice

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 23, 2022

There are comics that feel like the subjects they touch on are inspired by direct personal experience, or that even if they are not their themes are so universal that…

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Swan Song – Sonja Ahlers’ Graphic Poetry Collection Combines Fragmentary Reflections with a DIY Culture Feel

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 19, 2022

One of the things I have come to admire so much about Canadian publisher Conundrum Press is that they have no easily categorised brand identity. If you sift through our…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Call Me Nathan – Catherine Castro and Quentin Zuttion Chart the Trans Journey from Multiple Perspectives

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 18, 2022

Unlike many of the books we have covered here at Broken Frontier that deal with the trans experience Call Me Nathan is a semi-fictionalised account of that journey rather than…

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Quarantine Comix: A Memoir of Life in Lockdown – Rachael Smith’s Account of the Early Days of the Pandemic Remains One of the Most Remarkable Achievements in Post-Millennial British Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 17, 2022

“One of 2020’s most remarkable achievements in comics” was how I described Quarantine Comix, Rachael Smith’s autobiographical series of comic strips a year or two back at Broken Frontier. Originally…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“I Wish We Lived in a World Where Honesty and Vulnerability Were the Norm” – R.D. Hunter on ‘Black Boy’s Blues’ and Bringing Life as an African American Millennial to the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 16, 2022

Generally in the preamble to an interview we summarise the topic in hand with a brief overview of creator/project. But in the case of of R.D. Hunter’s Black Boy’s Blues:…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Reviews · Small Pressganged

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Scentagons – Stefan Gruber Takes Us to an Appealing World of Weirdness with a Dash of the Existential

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 12, 2022

Small press comics that act as samplers to an artist whose work you have not previously discovered are always a welcome entry point into a creator’s oeuvre. Stefan Gruber’s Scentagons…

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Monologues of Shite – Emily Cullen Revisits Living Lockdown in the Family Home in Another Worthy Entry in the Pandemic Comics Strand

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 11, 2022

It’s endlessly fascinating to see how varied the approaches to pandemic comics have been over the last couple of years. From the earnest and the profound to the metaphorical and…

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Candles – Embracing the Breakout Magic of Lyndon White’s Fantasy Graphic Novel from Cast Iron Books

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 10, 2022

If you follow UK comics social media to any degree then you will surely have come across the work of artist Lyndon White, even if you don’t immediately recognise his…

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Queer As All Get Out – Shelby Criswell Brings the Stories of Ten Inspiring But Lesser Known Figures from Queer History to the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 9, 2022

What marks out Shelby Criswell’s Queer As All Get Out: 10 People Who’ve Inspired Me as different from many of the other excellent graphic biographies on queer activists/pioneers is its…

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Small Press Day 2022 – Announcing a Hybrid Day of Online and In-Person Events, Dedicated to the Memory of Small Press Champion Steve Walsh

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 9, 2022

As we revealed last month, this year’s Small Press Day will take place on Saturday, August 13th and will adopt a hybrid approach. This will allow for both in-person events…

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