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Author: Andy Oliver

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Slang Pictorial #4 – Nick Prolix Returns to the Swinging Sixties in the Latest Instalment of His Retro Comedy-Drama ‘The Sheep and the Wolves’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 28, 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…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Reel Love – Owen Michael Johnson’s Love Letter to the Big Screen is a Truly Triumphant Breakout Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 27, 2019

When approaching today’s review of Owen Michael Johnson’s Reel Love – the second graphic novel to be published by crowdfunding publisher Unbound after Grafity’s Wall – I found myself in…

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Unconventional Wisdom – Aneurin Wright’s Sketchbook Zine Captures Individual Moments in Time at Comics Events Across the Years

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 26, 2019

Sold in aid of the crowdfunding campaign for Draw the Line – the anthology of comics/illustration of actions for positive social change (and winner of the 2017 Broken Frontier Award…

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Lisa Y. Wu and Joe Illidge Join the Team at Indie Publishers A Wave Blue World

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 25, 2019

Like many of our talented team at Broken Frontier our Tyler Chin-Tanner is also a creative force in his own right, as co-publisher of indie comics outfit A Wave Blue…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Wednesday March 27th with Guest Artists Alexandra Cook, Iris Erlings, Kay Wilson and Aneurin Wright

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 25, 2019

The third Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2019 is nearly here! And we have yet another fabulous line-up of small press artists on Wednesday March 27th as more…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Invisible Kingdom #1 – Wilson and Ward’s New Sci-Fi Saga is Visually Mesmerising and Ambitious in Scale

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 25, 2019

The first issue of Dark Horse’s new sci-fi saga Invisible Kingdom brings us into the separate but interlinked worlds of two very different women; existences set to converge into one…

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Grafity’s Wall – Mumbai Comes to Vibrant Life in Ram V, Anand Radhakrishnan and Company’s Immersive Coming of Age Story

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 22, 2019

There’s a lot in the next few hundred words that may seem hyperbolic. But indulge me for a few paragraphs because when I talk about Grafity’s Wall – the first…

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Daniel Chabon Promoted to Senior Editor at Dark Horse Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 21, 2019

As we wind down here in the UK at Broken Frontier Towers this evening, there’s time for one quick late post of comics positivity. Dark Horse have announced that Daniel…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Blossoms in Autumn – Zidrou and Aimée de Jongh’s Graphic Novel is a Raw, Honest, Poignant and Quite Beautiful Meditation on Love and Ageing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 21, 2019

What one immediately takes from Zidrou and Aimée de Jongh’s Blossoms in Autumn – a tale of love in later life and the newest book in SelfMadeHero’s range of European graphic novel…

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Asleep in the Back – Childhood Memories and the Soothing Hum of the Motorway in Tim Bird’s Hauntingly Poignant New One-Shot

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 20, 2019

Re-iterating what I said last week at Broken Frontier – when we chose Asleep in the Back as our ‘Comic of the Week‘ – Tim Bird’s practice has come a…

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Escape from Syria – Samya Kullab, Jackie Roche and Mike Freiheit Explore the Refugee Crisis for a Younger Readership

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 20, 2019

Earlier this week we looked at the Syrian refugee crisis from a graphic reportage angle when we reviewed Olivier Kugler’s Escaping Wars and Waves – a book of illustrated interviews…

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Preview: Jesusfreak – Read Pages from Joe Casey and Benjamin Marra’s Controversial New Graphic Novel from Image Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 20, 2019

With its irreverent re-imagining of the life of Christ, Joe Casey and Benjamin Marra’s graphic novel Jesusfreak from Image Comics is sure to ruffle some feathers this month (especially after…

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Our Encounters with Evil – Dark Horse to Publish Sequel to Mike Mignola and Warwick Johnson-Cadwell’s Acclaimed Horror Graphic Novel ‘Mr. Higgins Comes Home’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2019

We were big fans here at Broken Frontier of Mike Mignola and Warwick Johnson-Cadwell’s graphic novella Mr. Higgins Comes Home back in 2017. Both a loving tribute and pastiche of…

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Monster Kids: Show & Yell – Meet C’Thoo and Chums in Wilmot and Taylor’s Fast-Paced Supernatural School Comedy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2019

Originally published digitally as part of David Lloyd’s Aces Weekly line-up, Adam Wilmot and Pete Taylor’s Monster Kids: Show and Yell is a suitably creepy all-ages offering featuring the misadventures…

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Beyond Death – From Drunken Solo Singing to ABBA to Quieter Moments of Introspection, Barbawk Reminds Us that Breaking Up is Never Easy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 18, 2019

Described as a collection of “short comics made in the aftermath of a break-up” Beyond Death is a minicomic offering from Barbawk (aka Abi Bailey), one of our 2019 Broken…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Escaping Wars and Waves: Encounters with Syrian Refugees – Olivier Kugler’s Graphic Reportage Brings Powerful Personal Stories to the Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 18, 2019

I first came across the graphic reportage of Olivier Kugler a few years back in the pages of small press “graphic newspaper” Modern Times. Since then Kugler’s evocative portrayal of the…

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including Birdcage Bottom Books, Blop: Martian Explorer, Dunce and Future

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 15, 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…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Calamity Kate #1 – Visaggio and Howell’s Monster-Hunting Tale is a Witty Synthesis of Suburban Drama and Otherworldly Menace

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 14, 2019

As methods of delivery in comics publishing continue to evolve to reflect wider shifts in how we consume narrative media so too do the challenges for serialised storytelling in immediately…

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