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Section: Eyecatcher

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Quivertree – The Symbolic and the Actual Mirror Each Other in Distorted Reflection in More Boundary-Pushing Work from Mereida

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 25, 2021

In some ways I feel like a bit of a cheat when approaching a review of the deliberately enigmatic short comic Quivertree by our 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’…

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A Pocket Chiller: Mutton Chops – Ovine Suspense from Olivia Sullivan in this Psychogeographical Thriller

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 24, 2021

Strip for Me’s A Pocket Chiller line promises “new nightmares and strange visions from a world next to yours”. Its line-up of UK indie and alt talent to date has…

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60 Percent Chance of Raining – Namsai Khaobor’s Atmospheric Tale of “Unrequited Love and Loneliness”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 23, 2021

One of the most pleasing things about how our small press coverage has developed here at Broken Frontier over the years is the way that our reach has grown so…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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How to Pick a Fight – Lara Kaminoff’s Likeable Coming-of-Age Story is a Quirky and Energetic Affair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 20, 2021

Disillusioned with life in his cramped family house, and determined to achieve his dream of becoming a champion fighter, young Jimmy runs away from home seeking his fortune elsewhere. His…

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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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Broken Frontier’s Andy Oliver Spotlights Six Projects from the #SPDBFREVIEW One-Tweet Reviews on Small Press Day 2021

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 18, 2021

With the UK and Ireland’s Small Press Day remaining an online event this year I took to Twitter again to write one-tweet reviews of your small press comics with the…

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ShortBox Comics Fair 2021 – Exclusive Digital Releases from 48 Creators to Debut During October’s Month-Long Online Event

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 16, 2021

As comics festivals and fairs have continued to adapt and evolve online in response to the events of the last 18 months there’s been a growing move towards events that…

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mini kuš! #98: World Ceramic Fair – The Insidious Nature of Casual Racism Laid Bare by Jooyoung Kim

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 13, 2021

Finishing up our coverage of the Spring minicomics releases from Latvian publisher kuš! comics today at Broken Frontier we take a look at ‘World Ceramic Fair’ by Jooyoung Kim, #98…

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mini kuš! #97: BLINK – Peruvian Artist Martín López Lam Takes Us to a World of “Lazy and Libertine Monsters”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 12, 2021

If you’ve been following this week’s coverage of some of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ mini kuš! series then you’ll be aware already of how eclectic a range it is. While…

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mini kuš! #96: Bridge – Matt Madden’s Reality-Warping Tale Plays with Comics’ Unique Relationship with the Passage of Time

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 11, 2021

Matt Madden’s recent mini kuš! offering ‘Bridge’ began life as a 24-hour comic, with an added requirement that a decade would pass between each page. In some ways it’s perhaps…

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mini kuš! #95: Before the Pandemic There Was a Touch Football Tourney – David Collier Takes Us Back to the Days When Our Lives Changed Forever

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 9, 2021

Once more I find myself remarking on how vitally important the empathetic quality of comics as a form is and will be when it comes to a social record of…

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Represented Immobilized – The Autobio Comics of Rick Trembles Provide a Colourful and Unrestrained Collection of Outrageous Anecdotes

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 6, 2021

One of the joys of following the publishing output of as eclectic a publisher as Conundrum Press has been discovering not just new voices from the North American scene but…

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Texas Tracts: Holy Diver – Rachelle Meyer Subverts the Format of the Notorious Chick Tracts with a Wry Slice-of-Life Appeal

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 5, 2021

Jack Chick’s Chick Tracts – religious mini-comics with a (to say the least) conservative Christian agenda – have been notorious for some decades for their hellfire and damnation-style approach to…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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White All Around – A Flawed But Powerful Tale of the Fight for Education That Has Strong Contemporary Resonance

  • by Tom Murphy
  • August 4, 2021

White All Around, translated by Montana Kane from Blanc autour, the bande dessinée by Wilfrid Lupano and Stéphane Fert, tells the important story of the Canterbury Female Boarding School –…

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“I Wrote the First Scribbled Notes on Some Scrap Paper Way Back in 2012!” – Norm Konyu on His Critically Acclaimed Debut Graphic Novel ‘The Junction’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 3, 2021

It’s just days since the announcement that The Junction, the much lauded and self-published graphic novel by Norm Konyu, has been picked up by Titan for publication in a new…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Coma – Zara Slattery’s Much Anticipated Graphic Memoir Proves to Be a Remarkable Debut Long-Form Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 2, 2021

To class the collaborative nature of a comics narrative as “unique” runs the obvious risk of accusations of hyperbole. But Coma, the debut long-form comics work from artist Zara Slattery,…

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Celestia – Manuele Fior’s Anticipated New Release Immerses the Reader in an Ethereal Dreamscape of Ever-present Villains, Mindreaders and Lovers, from Fantagraphics

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • July 30, 2021

Celestia, the latest graphic narrative from Manuele Fior, immerses readers in a vast and ethereal dreamscape of the future, where complex interpersonal dynamics are one of many aspects to simultaneously…

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The Chagos Betrayal: How Britain Robbed an Island and Made Its People Disappear – Florian Grosset’s Unforgettable Account of an International Scandal

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 29, 2021

The Chagos Betrayal: How Britain Robbed an Island and Made Its People Disappear may seem like an unwieldy title for a book but sometimes getting the point across from the…

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