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    Reviews

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    The Mirage – Owen Michael Johnson’s Crime Heist Pastiche Reveals Hidden Layers

    • by Andy Oliver
    • May 3, 2024

    It’s been a while since we last had the opportunity to review a comic from the genre-hopping mind of Owen Michael Johnson (Beast Wagon, Reel Love). Over the years Johnson’s…

    Eyecatcher · Reviews

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    The Berg – Character-Driven Narrative is at the Centre of this Highly Atmospheric Horror One-Shot

    • by Andy Oliver
    • April 14, 2023

    Collaborative comics where the entire creative team are perfectly and harmoniously in synch are probably far rarer than we could care to admit. Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, horror comic The…

    Columns · Small Pressganged

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    House of Sweets – Secrets of the Past Come to the Fore in Campbell, Laurie, Cooper and Bell’s Giddying Spiral into Madness

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 31, 2019

    THOUGHT BUBBLE 2019! Given the nature of the self-published area of comics that I focus on here at Broken Frontier the vast majority of the work I review tends to…

    Blog · Eyecatcher

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    Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including Pirate Fun, Runners, Hot Lunch and Being True: LGBTQ Comics Anthology

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • June 1, 2018

    Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

    Eyecatcher · Reviews

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    Beast Wagon Finale – All the World’s a Cage: ‘Beast Wagon’ and the Exploration of the Human Animal

    • by Matthew Box
    • May 25, 2017

    Confession: I’ve been struggling to write this article about Beast Wagon for a REALLY long time. I’ve emptied the crumpled paper balls of draft after draft from my wastebasket more…

    Columns · Small Pressganged

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    Preview: Beast Wagon Finale – The British Comic Award-Nominated Black Comedy Drama Comes to a Ferocious Conclusion in April

    • by Andy Oliver
    • March 6, 2017

    It was the atmospheric dark comedy that I said “simply begs you to enter its murkily menacing world” on its debut in 2015 and, since then, Owen Michael Johnson, John…

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    Preview: Beast Wagon #2 – British Comic Award-Nominated Black Comedy Returns in November

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 26, 2015

    One of the five shortlisted entries for the Best Comic category in this year’s British Comic Awards Beast Wagon returns for the second part of its serialised story this November….

    Columns · Small Pressganged

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    Exclusive Preview: Dungeon Fun #4 Cover – An Era Comes to an End for Colin Bell and Neil Slorance’s All-Ages Epic

    • by Andy Oliver
    • June 17, 2015

    The multiple award-winning Dungeon Fun series by Colin Bell and Neil Slorance reaches its thrilling fourth issue conclusion in July and we have a sneak peek at the book’s cover…

    Columns · Small Pressganged

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    Small Press Round-Up, Early March 2015 – ‘Beast Wagon’ Kickstarter Launches, Julia Scheele’s ‘Pencilled Skirts’ Fashion Sketch Blog, ‘Graveyard Orbit’ #2 Signing and More…

    • by Andy Oliver
    • March 6, 2015

    The Beast Wagon Kickstarter, Julia Scheele’s new fashion illustration blog, John Paul Kamath’s Graveyard Orbit #2 launch and more feature in March’s round-up of what the great and the good…

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    Owen Michael Johnson & John Pearson Invite You to Board the Beast Wagon at Thought Bubble

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 7, 2014

    As Thought Bubble rapidly approaches we can always expect to hear rumblings of exciting debut releases to coincide with the UK’s major autumn convention/festival season. Courtesy of Owen Michael Johnson…

    Columns · Small Pressganged

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    Nominations for 2014 Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance Awards Announced – ‘Small Pressganged’ Favourites Dominate Shortlist!

    • by Andy Oliver
    • June 19, 2014

    The nominations for the fourth Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance (SICBA) Awards have been released this week, celebrating excellent work from some fine creators north of the border. Public voting for…

    Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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    Small Press Spotlight on… ‘And then Emily Was Gone’ with John Lees and Iain Laurie

    • by Andy Oliver
    • June 2, 2014

    Self-publishing as a potential route to both greater recognition and professional exposure is something I have firmly advocated in this column over the last few years. John Lees and Iain…

    Columns · Small Pressganged

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    Dungeon Fun Book One

    • by Andy Oliver
    • November 20, 2013

    New at Thought Bubble! Fantasy role-playing meets retro video gaming meets anarchic fairy tales in Bell and Slorance’s witty all-ages offering. The first release from the Dogooder Comics stable, Dungeon…

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