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Fire Flowers – Xiaoyi Hu’s Riso Comic Follows a Young Blind Woman’s Walk Around Her Neighbourhood and Treats Us to a Journey of Parallel Perceptions

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 24, 2023

We talk a lot about the tactile possibilities of self-publishing here at Broken Frontier but Xiaoyi Hu’s comic Fire Flowers adds extra emphasis on that quality (as can be seen…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Ambiguous Loss – Hannah Lee Miller Explores Dementia and Grieving for Someone Yet to Leave Us

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 21, 2022

Way back in 2013, nearly a decade ago, I reviewed Hannah Lee Miller’s short self-published comic Dementia Dad, an autobio offering that I described as “heartrending” in terms of subject…

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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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The Thud – Mikaël Ross Explores Themes of Developmental Disability, Community and Mortality in a Poignant Tale from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 30, 2021

Mikaël Ross’s The Thud takes its inspiration from the real life inclusive German village of Neuerkerode, a location largely populated and run by residents with learning disabilities. Ross spent two…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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There’s Only One Place This Road Ever Ends Up – David Biskup Presents “a True Story About Chronic Illness, Disability and Love” in this Exemplary Use of Graphic Medicine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 16, 2020

At the East London Comics and Arts Festival in 2019 David Biskup’s There’s Only One Place This Road Ever Ends Up won the ELCAF x WeTransfer Award. The prize gives…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott – Zoe Thorogood’s Debut Graphic Novel from Avery Hill is a Confident and Accomplished Book from an Important New Voice in UK Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 7, 2020

I don’t think I have ever known a year quite like 2020 for outstanding graphic novel debuts from UK-based creators. Of course there’s a surrounding sadness to that statement in…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Reverse Flâneur – M. Sabine Rear Explores Contemporary Art and Being Visible as a Blind Woman in Her Ignatz-Nominated Minicomic

  • by Robin Enrico
  • November 15, 2018

Reverse Flâneur by M. Sabine Rear is a travelogue in multiple senses of the word. On one hand it serves as vicarious document of Rear’s time visiting art museums in…

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Mis(h)adra – Iasmin Omar Ata’s Distinctive Take on Graphic Medicine Chronicles a Life Living with Epilepsy

  • by Robin Enrico
  • June 27, 2018

It is always heartening to see a cartoonist at an early stage in their career getting the opportunity to do large-scale paid work as is the case with Iasmin Omar…

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Back, Sack & Crack (& Brain) – Robert Wells Puts the ‘Graphic’ in ‘Graphic Medicine’ in His Bleakly Funny Comics Memoir

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 28, 2018

It seems appropriate today, given that it’s the deadline day for the 2018 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition, to be giving some time to a book that was shortlisted for…

Eyecatcher · Features

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All is Not Well – Jonathan Clode Talks Graphic Medicine and Comics Exploring Caregiving

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • November 27, 2017

Founded by comics writer and former care manager Jonathan Clode, in conjunction with Cardiff University and with funding from ESRC Impact Acceleration, All Is Not Well (AINW) is a new online space for independent…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Memory, Connectivity and Living with Brain Injury – Wallis Eates Talks about the Responsibilities of Her New Graphic Narrative ‘Like an Orange’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 2, 2017

There are many comics crowdfunding projects out there worthy of attention for reasons of craft, aesthetics or narrative. And then there are those that need to happen for reasons beyond the…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“I Felt that Comics Could Play Various Roles Within the Theatre of Healthcare” – Ian Williams on Comics as Social Activism and the Birth of Graphic Medicine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 28, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! He’s the gent who gave us the term ‘graphic medicine’ and the original driving force behind the respected website of the same name. He’s also a comics self-publisher…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Hole in the Heart: Bringing Up Beth – Henny Beaumont’s Uncompromising Graphic Memoir on Raising a Daughter with Down’s Syndrome

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 25, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! The pure humanity of Hole in the Heart so ably emphasises the inherent joy of the mother-daughter bond. As with yesterday’s first Myriad Week review, Henny Beaumont’s Hole in…

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“Who Wants to Sit Around Being Miserable and Poignant?” – Alex Demetris Talks About Graphic Medicine and Unpacking the Puzzle of Lewy Body Dementia

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • February 22, 2016

Lewy body dementia (LBD) isn’t a condition we hear a lot about in the media. Although Robin Williams’ recent post-mortem diagnosis shone a brief spotlight on the illness, LBD remains…

Dad's Not All There Any More (Alex Demetris; Singing Dragon)

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Dad’s Not All There Any More – Alex Demetris Demystifies Lewy Body Dementia with Humour and Sensitivity

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • February 4, 2016

First self-published in 2012, this wonderful example of the power and appeal of graphic medicine started life as an art school project. Since then, Demetris’s intimate account of his father’s struggle…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Worry Wart – Dani Abram’s Autobiographical Comic About Living with Anxiety is a Must-Share Piece of Graphic Medicine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 6, 2014

When her doctor suggested to artist Dani Abram to keep a “mood diary” of her progress, after a diagnosis of Generalised Anxiety Disorder, she approached the project from a distinctly comics…

Dumb by Georgia Webber

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Dumb – A Penetrating and Wide-Ranging Look at the Importance of a Woman’s Voice

  • by Tom Murphy
  • April 24, 2014

Georgia Webber wields the full power of the comics medium to address the life-changing catastrophe of being forced into silence. Canadian artist Georgia Webber didn’t think much of it when…

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Downtown

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 29, 2013

Noel Lang and Rodrigo Garcia’s gently humorous Downtown is an inspiring look into the everyday life of Blo, a boy with Down’s Syndrome, and his likeable group of pals. “The…

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