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Escape from Bitch Mountain – Greasy and Comic Book Slumber Party Return in Another Raucously Diverting Anthology Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2018

With a Jenn Woodall cover that evokes fond childhood memories of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books and the excitement that the illusion of narrative control had on our younger selves,…

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Terrible Means – B. Mure Revisits the World of Ismyre in a Magical Fantasy with a Very Contemporary Twist

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2018

EXHIBITING AT BCZF! When I reviewed B. Mure’s Ismyre here at Broken Frontier last year I spoke about the sense of powerful world-building to the first instalment of their fantasy…

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Retrograde Orbit – Kristyna Baczynski Explores Themes of Identity, Family, Belonging and Home in Her Unforgettable Debut Graphic Novel

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! At its heart the very best science fiction isn’t about alien civilisations, space exploration or future tech, it’s work that on a very personal level speaks…

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Follow Me In – Katriona Chapman’s Mexican Graphic Travelogue is a Beautiful, Devastating and Hauntingly Fragile Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 10, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE!  No doubt Katriona Chapman’s Follow Me In from Avery Hill Publishing will be broadly classified as a graphic travelogue, part of that burgeoning strand of graphic…

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Permanent Press – Luke Healy’s Meta Essay on Awards Recognition Explores the Communicative Power of the Form Via Avery Hill Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 27, 2018

There’s a slight sense of caution when approaching Luke Healy’s Permanent Press for review. Healy’s second graphic novel, published this year by Avery Hill Publishing, ostensibly explores a central theme…

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A Projection – Seekan Hui Captivates the Audience with an Ever Inventive Approach to Page Structure in Her Avery Hill Debut

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 5, 2018

Taking a job as a live-in photographer and nanny, Cecilia finds herself in a sprawling home working for a couple who seem obsessed on capturing their children’s exploits for posterity….

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“I Do Try and Create a Rhythm to the Pages and a Poetic Feel to the Comics” – Tim Bird on ‘The Great North Wood’ and Exploring Themes of Place, Time and Memory

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 20, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! With a poetic, haunting line in the psychogeographical, Tim Bird has established himself as one of the most original voices in UK indie comics over the last several…

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The Great North Wood – Tim Bird Brings a Little Magic Back to the Hills of South London

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 14, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! ‘Psychogeography’ is one of those words that burned and sparkled like a roman candle for a while but has now gone on to signify a certain kind of literary…

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“Nature and Travel Are Just Two Things that Make Me Feel Particularly Alive!” – Katriona Chapman on ‘Katzine’, Self-Publishing and Her New Graphic Memoir ‘Follow Me In’ from Avery Hill

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 1, 2018

BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST ONGOING SERIES WINNER! From her early, beautifully tactile forays into self-publishing with books like Brockley Foxtrot and Five, to her role in co-founding artzine Tiny…

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“2017 Was Our Experimental Album” – Avery Hill Publishing Talk About an Award-Winning Year, Their Acclaimed Line-Up of Creative Talent and What We Can Look Forward to in 2018

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 7, 2018

BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST PUBLISHER!  There’s been an almost parallel evolution between acclaimed UK indie publisher Avery Hill Publishing and Broken Frontier over the last several years. Back in…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Tillie Walden and ‘On a Sunbeam’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 26, 2016

With Eisner nominations, Ignatz wins and, of course, that Broken Frontier Awards triumph in the our Breakout Talent category, it can hardly be said that Tillie Walden’s comics output has…

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