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Author: Jenny Robins

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Georgia O’Keeffe – Maria Herreros’ Graphic Biography Gets to the Wild, Brave Heart of this Legendary Painter

  • by Jenny Robins
  • August 31, 2022

The newest edition to SelfMadeHero’s Art Masters series, Georgia O’Keeffe is a graphic biography written and illustrated by Maria Herreros and translated from the Spanish edition from Astiberri Ediciones. The…

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Life Out of Sequence – A Truly Inspiring Exploration of the Page and the Self from New York Artist Bruce Zeines

  • by Jenny Robins
  • April 26, 2022

“Stream of consciousness is a device I like to employ often. It serves to reveal the sub-conscious stream which can be useful on the path to self-knowledge.” “It has been…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, March 3rd for an International Women’s Day Special with Guest Artists Kay Sohini, Štěpánka Jislová and Jenny Robins

  • by Jenny Robins
  • February 28, 2022

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, March 3rd with guest artists Kay Sohini and Štěpánka Jislová….

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When I Was Me: Moments of Gender Euphoria – A Richly Peopled and Heartfelt Compilation of Positive Stories of Trans Identity

  • by Jenny Robins
  • November 12, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! When I Was Me: Moments of Gender Euphoria is the first comic anthology from Edinburgh-based indie comics publisher Quindrie Press. It Kickstarted in September, making substantially more than…

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The Blame #1 – Jon Aye Embraces a Truly Playful and Experimental Approach to Both Storytelling and Subject Matter

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 29, 2021

HCZF MONTH! The territory where cute meets cynical can be a dangerous one. In The Blame Jon Aye plays in that territory and stakes a claim to versions of bleakness…

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Burrow – Joe Callanan’s Lovely Little Comic Looks at the Experience of Anxiety through a Relatable and Playful Device that Will Speak to a Lot of Us in these Times

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 28, 2021

HCZF MONTH! Joe Callanan’s work often explores softly sinister and whimsical lands, full of richly imagined environments and characters that feel both nostalgic and contemporary. While there’s no doubt that…

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It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be – Lizzy Stewart Shows Us in Her Gentle, Raw Way How Beautiful and Foolish We Look, Trying to Live Our Lives with Any Sort of Continuity in this World

  • by Jenny Robins
  • August 19, 2021

In It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be, Lizzy Stewart shows us in her gentle, raw way, how beautiful and foolish we look, trying to live our lives with…

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The Secret to Superhuman Strength – Alison Bechdel’s Book about Physicality Proves to Be Almost Entirely Cerebral

  • by Jenny Robins
  • July 15, 2021

The Secret to Superhuman Strength may be to read this new brick of a book by Alison Bechdel, but the heavy lifting required to do so, both physical and mental,…

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Girlsplaining: A (Sorta) Memoir – Katja Klengel Explores “What Being a Woman Today Means to Her”

  • by Jenny Robins
  • May 12, 2021

“Becoming a woman isn’t exactly what I call a hobby.” Originally published in German by Reprodukt, in 2018 Girlsplaining: A (Sorta) Memoir is the recent release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning…

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“Making Comics is Good Noise” – Niki Bañados on Her New Comic ‘Return’, and Global and Local Perspectives on Small Press

  • by Jenny Robins
  • April 15, 2021

Returning across the planet to find a world on fire, a world contained, and the time to stop, listen to nature and try to hear what it has to tell…

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“In Terms of Approach – I  Have a Habit of Just Starting Things. I Don’t Think Too Much, I Just Start” – Natasha Natarajan Talks ‘FML Comics’ and Her Autobio Practice

  • by Jenny Robins
  • March 29, 2021

Natasha Natarajan’s book FML Comics​ Collected 2016-2020 was part of Good Comics‘ Kickstarted bundle of books last year and compiles her autobiographical comic strips from 2016-2020. Evolving intuitively and ranging…

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Slightly Exaggerated #1 – A New Beautifully Rendered Fantasy from To Infinity Studios

  • by Jenny Robins
  • March 19, 2021

The sky is the limit, and also the sky is the sea. A new beautifully rendered fantasy. Slightly Exaggerated  is described as “a treasure hunt fantasy adventure where a dying…

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Kusama: The Graphic Novel – Elisa Macellari’s Deft Graphic Biography Explores the Life of Contemporary Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama

  • by Jenny Robins
  • February 19, 2021

Yayoi Kusama is a fascinating artist. Caught in the finite net of Elisa Macellari’s deft graphic biography, she becomes our fascinating friend for a moment. Kusama, first published in Italian…

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Genius Animals? – Vali Chandrasekaran and Jun-Pierre Shiozawa’s Web-Based Collaboration Feels Both Fresh and Classic

  • by Jenny Robins
  • December 7, 2020

Genius Animals? is a lot of fun on a lot of levels. From US TV writer Vali Chandrasekaran (Modern Family, 30 Rock, My name is Earl) and France-based illustrator Jun-Pierre…

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Dragman – Steven Appleby’s Unique Take on the Super-Hero World is Both Ambitious and Engaging

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 21, 2020

In recent years, Steven Appleby has been heard on occasion to speak two words in particular about what good art should be: ‘ambitious’ and ‘engaging’. Dragman is, of course, both….

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The Dreams of Queer Utopia – Thirteen LGBTQ+ Creators Imagine a Better Future in this Scandinavian Queer Comics Anthology

  • by Jenny Robins
  • August 18, 2020

The Dreams of Queer Utopia combines 13 different takes on the theme, compiled by editor and Finnish comic artist H-P Lehkonen and Paju Ruotsalaine from artists all over the world…

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The Nixie of the Mill-Pond and Other European Stories – Iron Circus Tackles Classic Folk Tales in Fresh and Freaky Ways

  • by Jenny Robins
  • July 20, 2020

In The Nixie of the Mill-Pond and Other European Stories a range of Iron Circus artists tackle classic folk tales in fresh and freaky ways, appropriate for children, if they’re…

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Ley Lines #22: Cabra Cabra – Victor Martins Unpacks Some Deep Layers of Internalised and Explicit Prejudice in Supposedly Progressive Literature, with Fun Animal Characters, Time Travel and Comedy Rage

  • by Jenny Robins
  • May 27, 2020

Ley Lines, previously covered on Broken Frontier here, gives comic artists “a platform… to directly engage with influences beyond the realm of comics.” It’s a quarterly series put out by…

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