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Author: Lydia Turner

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Bean Jr. – A Big-Hatted Bean on a Tiny Car Quest for Fast Food Glory from Ollie Wollerman and ShortBox Comics Fair

  • by Lydia Turner
  • October 9, 2025

Can a girl ask for more than a cutesy comic about a baked bean in a large hat? I think not. Introducing Bean Jr., a story about a man with…

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Hibernating – Vaso Michailidou’s Comic Debut, Where Mundane Life Collides with Surreal, Magical Chaos

  • by Lydia Turner
  • September 29, 2025

The word ‘hibernating’ always provides such a sense of cosiness and warmth. Meaning ‘to spend the winter in a dormant state’, for a homebody, this might sound like total bliss….

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Shadowplay Vol. 1: Midnight School – Samuel Fonseca Unleashes a Brutal, Mind-Bending School of Horrors

  • by Lydia Turner
  • September 26, 2025

Imagine attending a school with violent teachers, barbed wires fences, and torture devices. Worse, imagine being unable to remember how or why you ended up there. Introducing Shadowplay: Volume 1:…

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Night Terror – Grisly, Whimsical and Sinister Dreams from John Kenn Mortensen and Fantagraphics

  • by Lydia Turner
  • September 11, 2025

A viscous, elongated creature with the body of a large crow, the skull of a man, and a gaping mouth full to the brim of sharp teeth shrieks down at…

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The Red Spot Mystery – Paint, Paranoia, and a Plot Unravelled from Aylish Wood

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 30, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! There’s always a special thrill in discovering a fresh new voice in the world of comics, especially when that debut is as curious and intriguing…

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Hidden Spectrum – Finding Colour in a Grey World with Kama Mielczarek

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 29, 2025

LDC ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Kama Mielczarek, aka Weird is the the Best, is a multi-disciplinary artist from Poland living in the UK. Her main aim with her comics writing…

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How to Break a Fall – A Child’s Unique Perspective on Life and Death from Eva C

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 25, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMIC FAIR 2025! Eva C is a Latin American cartoonist based in NYC, turning life’s weird, funny, and quietly gut-punching moments into comics. Her work draws on her…

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McNab – Adele Pound’s Wordless Comic Shows the Breathtaking Beauty of the Natural World

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 25, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Back in college, Adele Pound baffled her fine art tutors by stubbornly painting wildlife instead of whatever was ‘in’. She’s never grown out of it…

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Looking Back at the 10th Anniversary of Small Press Day at ArtHole Cardiff

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 25, 2025

One of the highlights of my year so far has been organising and working behind the scenes on Small Press Day, alongside SPD alumni Amneet Johal and Andy Oliver. Since…

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Abrupt Transitions: Diary of a Midlife Opsimath – Hoorah for Kristen Haas Curtis and Comics about English Literature Degrees!

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 24, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Hoorah for comics about English Literature degrees – a very niche gap in the market has finally been filled! As someone who absolutely loved studying…

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Delayed Outing – A Poignant Reflection on Coming Out Later in Life from Toria McCallum

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 21, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE FAIR 2025! I had the pleasure of meeting Toria McCallum at last year’s Pride Comics and Art Festival (PrideCAF), and immediately recognised their cutesy style when I was…

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Erin + Pig – Magical Hijinks Ensue with a Witch and her Familiar in this LDComics Fair Offering from Iliadtea

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 18, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE FAIR 2025! Iliadtea is a creator who has been on my radar for quite a while after I had the pleasure of meeting her at last year’s Pride…

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The Cat Hotel – A Charming Must-Read for Cat Lovers from Teresa Robertson

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 8, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Teresa Robertson has worked as a professional illustrator since 1986 and has recently developed a passion for creating graphic stories. In 2023, she illustrated a…

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“Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter” – The ‘Aw, Nuts!’ Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious Universe

  • by Lydia Turner
  • June 6, 2025

When you open a graphic novel and are immediately greeted by a food-based class system, and a city called Foodtopia, you know you’re not in Kansas anymore – you’re in…

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Goes Like This – An Eccentric New Compendium of Jordan Crane’s Comics from Fantagraphics

  • by Lydia Turner
  • May 23, 2025

Having previously reviewed Jordan Crane’s Keeping Two for Pipedream Comics, I was thrilled to see an exciting new collection of his works being published at Fantagraphics this year. For the…

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Chrysanthemum Under the Waves – Maggie Umber Provides a Darkly Layered, Haunting Insight into Her Psyche Across Nine Vignettes

  • by Lydia Turner
  • May 20, 2025

Chrysanthemum Under the Waves is a self-published collection of comics from cartoonist and former 2dcloud associate publisher Maggie Umber. Within nine wordless, black and white vignettes, Umber expresses a mourning…

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“All I Had at the Beginning Was Vampire Brothel, Priest, Period Setting, Sexy!” – Paige Hender Tells All about ‘The Confessional’ from Silver Sprocket

  • by Lydia Turner
  • April 10, 2025

Here at Broken Frontier, we recently had the pleasure of reviewing Paige Hender’s debut graphic novel The Confessional from Silver Sprocket. ‘Sensual, grisly and totally unique’, this compelling horror focuses…

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Freelancer – Monster Hunting, Dead-End Jobs and Existentialism… Alex Newton’s Story Has Got it All!

  • by Lydia Turner
  • April 3, 2025

When hearing the term ‘freelancer’, a few jobs spring to mind: a publicist, a plumber, a tutor or a graphic designer, perhaps. But rarely a monster hunter. I’m all for…

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