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Author: Andy Oliver

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Stagdale – Frances Castle’s 1970s Summer Mystery is a Sumptuous Celebration of the Craft of Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 27, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! There’s something about Frances Castle’s Stagdale that is very reminiscent of classic children’s British TV serials of the Seventies; which is rather fitting given its 1975 setting. To…

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ELCAF Fortnight 2019 Begins Today at Broken Frontier!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 27, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Today at Broken Frontier we’re delighted to launch our annual coverage of the East London Comics and Arts Festival (ELCAF) with two weeks of reviews, interviews, features and…

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vol. 1: High School is Hell – The Scooby Gang Get the Reboot Treatment in this New BOOM! Studios Take on the Buffy Mythos

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 24, 2019

Bringing successful television franchises into the comics medium is always a difficult path to navigate. By definition major character development is near impossible and every story borders on the realms…

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Buuza!! Vol. 1: Good Morning Salwa – Rising Star Shazleen Khan’s Acclaimed Webcomic Comes to Print

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 24, 2019

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Wednesday May 29th for an ELCAF Extravaganza with Aleesha Nandhra, Holly St Clair and Olivia Sualdea

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 23, 2019

ELCAF is coming and we’ll be celebrating this year’s East London Comics and Arts Festival in style at our next Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw! And, as…

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Preview: Lorna – New Benji Nate Work Hits Stores from Silver Sprocket

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 22, 2019

New and out now from Silver Sprocket, those ever reliable purveyors of indie excellence, Lorna is the latest comics offering from Benji Nate whose Catboy got such a glowing review…

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Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn Speaks About the Power of Graphic Novels to Change Lives – ‘The Many Not the Few’ Launches at the House of Commons

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 21, 2019

In my capacity representing Broken Frontier I’ve attended many book launches over the years in venues including shops, museums, bars, galleries and at festivals. But last night was something of…

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including 2dcloud Spring 2019, Finding Home, The Life and Times of Butch Dykes and Griff Gristle: The Endless Voyage

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 17, 2019

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

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Malty Heave #1 – Phil Elliott and Robert Wells Re-Imagine ‘Heavy Metal’ with a Satirical Edge

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 16, 2019

Walking a fine line between cutting satire and fond parody, Malty Heave is a one-shot, tongue-in-cheek, sci-fi special collaboration between Robert Wells (Back, Sack & Crack (& Brain)) and Phil Elliott;…

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Gender Queer: A Memoir – Maia Kobabe Explains What it Means to Be Non-Binary and Asexual in Eir Vitally Important Graphic Memoir from Lion Forge

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 15, 2019

“I don’t want to be a girl. I don’t want to be a boy either. I just want to be myself.” By the very nature of the form – that…

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Koyama Press Announces Fall 2019/Winter 2020 Season! – New Books from GG, Connor Willumsen, Michael DeForge, Keiler Roberts, Patrick Kyle and Ben Passmore

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 14, 2019

One of the most vitally important indie publishers in comics have announced their Fall 2019/Winter 2020 line-up and it’s an awe-inspiring collection of projects and creators. Koyama Press‘s next batch…

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Cannabis: An American History – Graphic Journalism at Its Most Piercing and Commanding from Box Brown

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 13, 2019

Part biography, part social commentary, and part scathing skewering of fearmongering and dubious science, Box Brown’s Cannabis: An American History (published in the UK by SelfMadeHero and in the US…

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When I Arrived at the Castle – Emily Carroll’s Intense Character Study from Koyama Press is as Hypnotic as it is Terrifying

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 9, 2019

True narrative horror is as much about what isn’t said – what is left to the readers’ interpretation and imagination – as it is about the genre’s more overt and…

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Babyface – Alice Urbino’s Signature Line in Body Horror Poignantly Touches on Familiar Themes of Identity and Acceptance

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 8, 2019

Hot on the heels of her recent minicomic Blindenhund comes Babyface, another enticingly macabre graphic medicine/body horror hybrid comic from the distinctive vision of original Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press…

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Hackney Comic + Zine Fair Debuts at London Fields Arches this September

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 8, 2019

With a number of respected London small press and indie fairs like CECAF, SLCZF and Safari Festival either on hiatus for the moment or having drawn to a close over…

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Little Girls – Aflleje and DeLaine’s Supernatural Chiller is also a Touching Celebration of the Bonds of Friendship

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 6, 2019

Harar, Ethiopia, the early 2000s, and Sam is struggling to fit in at her new school. Constantly uprooted due to her father’s work, she makes a new friend in local…

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Radiator Comics to Publish Whit Taylor’s Minicomic Series ‘Fizzle’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 2, 2019

We have news today at BF from Radiator Comics who have announced they’ll be publishing Whit Taylor‘s Fizzle minicomics beginning with editions of the first two issues at CAKE in…

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Gogor #1 – Ken Garing’s Image Fantasy Series May Just Be the Serial Comics Sleeper Hit of the Year

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 1, 2019

Ken Garing’s new fantasy series Gogor, published by Image Comics, immediately grabs the reader’s attention with a tumultuously paced opening chase scene. It’s so immersive an experience that it leaves…

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