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Coming Home #2 – The “Veterans’ Mental Health Stories” Anthology Returns with a Hard-Hitting LGBTQ+ Focus

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 10, 2024

In 2022 Broken Frontier reviewer Tom Baker described the first issue of the charity Re-Live’s Coming Home anthology series as “a creatively daring, admirably moral, and consciousness-raising book”, adding “here’s…

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Cryptids of Leeds – The Leeds Comics Collective Investigate Urban Cryptozoology with Work from Anna Readman, Cara Brown, James Patricks, James Lawrence, Frank Deacon and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 12, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! We are all about the idea of comics community here at Broken Frontier and today’s review subject is certainly a fine example of that. Cryptids of…

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“Comics Are a Voice for the Voiceless” – Anna Readman Talks ‘Scream!’, ‘Fargo & McBane’, and Her Self-Published Work (Bonus Exclusive ‘Scream!’ Pages)

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 10, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! There are emerging artists I discover on my Broken Frontier travels who I know immediately have something extra special, next-level even, to…

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Preview: Scream!: 40 Years of Terror – Rebellion Announce a New Special for the Classic Horror Title Featuring Alex Paknadel, Torunn Grønbekk, Anna Readman and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 27, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Yes we really will take every opportunity through 2024 to give a plug to any of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists…

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Zack Quaintance’s ‘Death of Comics Bookcase’ Anthology Currently Funding on Kickstarter – Check Out Preview Pages from BF ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Anna Readman

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 8, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Again, there is so much excellent work currently competing for your cash and attention on various crowdfunding sites but here’s another project…

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Noodle Wranglin’ – Anna Readman’s Canine-Themed Short Strips Have a Worldweary but Gentle Humour to Them

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 5, 2023

Embracing the true spirit of the minicomic in size and format, Anna Readman’s Noodle Wranglin’ is a collection of this year’s Observer/Faber Graphic Short Story Prize winner’s Hourly Comic Day…

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Anna Readman Wins the Observer/Faber Graphic Short Story Prize – Looking Back on the Work of Our 2019 BF ‘Six to Watch’ Creator

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2023

Some welcome news over the weekend with the announcement that Anna Readman is the winner of the 2023 Observer/Faber Graphic Short Story Prize. We first put a spotlight on Anna’s…

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Underground Kingdom Comix Presents: Horror – New Comics Anthology Features Work by Samuel Hickson, Michael Kennedy, Anna Readman and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 2, 2023

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! Behind an eerily enticing and actually rather gruesome (don’t let those vibrant colours fool you!) Michael Kennedy cover, Underground Kingdom Comix Presents: Horror is a mini-anthology collection…

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The Lost Loiners – Anna Readman Lends an Unlikely Humanity to the Monstrous in Her Troll Illustration Zine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 31, 2023

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! Some years back when I chose artist Anna Readman as one of our Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ for 2019 it was a decision…

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2000 AD Prog 2346 – The ‘Regened’ Special Returns Including the Stunning Art of Anna Readman on ‘Renk’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 28, 2023

As something of a lapsed reader of 2000 AD as a weekly phenomenon, who these days dips into trade collections rather than following short serialised strips, I find the comic’s…

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Peach Fuzz #1 – Anna Readman Takes Us on an Enticing Journey Into Melancholia in this Absolutely Essential Thought Bubble 2022 Purchase

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2022

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! When I chose Anna Readman to be one of Broken Frontier’s ‘Six to Watch’ artists in  2019 it was based solely on a few short pieces on…

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Preview: Lurker #1 – New Horror Series from Wild River Comics to Feature the Art of Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Anna Readman

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 9, 2022

Launched earlier this week on Kickstarter, new horror series Lurker is notable for us at Broken Frontier for featuring interior art by our 2019 ‘Six to Watch’ artist Anna Readman…

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What If… UK Small Press Creators Worked on DC Characters? – 12 Comics/Artist Match-Ups We’d All Like to See!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 8, 2022

A little bit of flight of fantasy fun today at BF based on a series of Twitter posts of mine from some years ago. We’ve probably all at some point…

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Handlebar Gumbo – Anna Readman’s Collected Diary Comics Are the Work of a Careful Student of the Language, Intricacies and Nuances of the Medium

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 2, 2022

A few years back when I selected Anna Readman as one of our 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists it was on the basis of one very short digital…

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2000 AD Prog 2206 – Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Anna Readman Shines in Her 2000 AD Regened Debut

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 4, 2020

Part of the 2000 AD ‘Regened’ initiative that provides accessible, all-ages, one-shot issues with complete-in-one stories every few months, Prog #2206 of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic is a heady mix…

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“I Like the Control You Have, and the Lack of Exposition and Word Vomit Required to Tell a Story” – Emerging Talent Anna Readman Talks About the Unique Possibilities of Comics as a Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 10, 2019

With a surge of interest in her work on social media and a growing buzz about her online output it’s sometimes easy to forget that artist Anna Readman – one…

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Area 07 – The Future of British Comics Has Arrived and Her Name is Anna Readman

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 4, 2019

If you’re following her social media accounts then you will be well aware that the gradual reveals of new work-in-progress from our 2019 ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ artist…

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Strangers in Everyland – Emerging Talent Anna Readman Brings the World of Cormac McCarthy’s Novel ‘Suttree’ to Brooding, Atmospheric Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 11, 2019

Over the course of the last few days on Twitter you may well have seen an explosion of interest in the comics of Anna Readman. Attention that only goes to…

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