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mini kuš! #115: Gym Gains – Gareth Brookes Brings Competitive Romance and Athletic Prowess Together in Another Darkly Knowing Comics Short

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 22, 2023

kuš! comics’ mini kuš! series of short, self-contained comics narratives are always a strong signifier of how far we can still use comics innovatively as an experimental storytelling platform. To…

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Times Tables – A Dark Urban Slice-of-Life Story from the Ever Experimental Gareth Brookes

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 10, 2023

SLCZF 2023! It would be remiss, to say the least, not to include a review of the work of the South London Comic and Zine Fair’s founder as part of…

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Ashes – Gareth Brookes Asks Us to Wallow in a Mire of Nihilism in Another Essential Experimental Comics Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 12, 2022

One of the most fascinating aspects of comics as a medium is the way in which that very special form of interaction between reader and page can lend itself to…

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Home – Gareth Brookes Takes Us on a Psychogeographical Journey with a Lurking Morbidity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 23, 2021

Psychogeographical comics work looks to explore the intersections between place, time and memory. It can look at how we shape our environments and, in turn, how our environments shape us….

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Inside Look: The Dancing Plague – Gareth Brookes on the Pyrographical and Embroidered Process Behind His SelfMadeHero Graphic Novel

  • by Gareth Brookes
  • July 8, 2021

Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis, process and…

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The Dancing Plague – One of History’s Most Mysterious Unexplained Events Revisited in Graphic Novel Form by Gareth Brookes and SelfMadeHero

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 16, 2021

New comics work from Gareth Brookes – whether it be experimental zines and minicomics or full-length graphic novel – is always to be eagerly anticipated such is his dedication to…

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Threadbare – Embroidery, Eroticism and the Fetishisation of Technology Converge in the Latest Experimental Comic from the Pioneering Gareth Brookes

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 26, 2019

HCZF FORTNIGHT! Two and a half years ago, Gareth Brookes contributed a story to the ‘BFFs’-themed issue of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ digest-sized š! anthology. It was one of the…

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Afterwords – Gareth Brookes Revisits the Worlds of ‘The Black Project’ and ‘A Thousand Coloured Castles’ in this Playfully Dystopian One-Shot

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 7, 2018

When the premise of Afterwords was announced it gave me a sense of acute anticipatory glee. Forget your various super-hero cinematic blockbusters, if you’re a fan of UK indie comics…

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A Thousand Coloured Castles – Graphic Medicine Meets Twee Middle Class Suburbia in Gareth Brookes’s Darkly Comedic Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 28, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! This re-imagining of twee middle class suburbia, as seen through the fractured lens of a distinctively Brookesian eyeglass, is a visual triumph. There are things we have come…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“It’s True that I Despise All Humanity but People as Individuals Are Always Beautiful to a Degree” – Gareth Brookes on Experimentation, the Zine Scene and ‘A Thousand Coloured Castles’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 26, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! The winner of the very first Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition for his debut book The Black Project, Gareth Brookes is an artist whose reach straddles both the…

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kuš komiksi: š! #27 – Best Friends Forever? Gareth Brookes, Till Lukat, Līva Piterāne, Krystal DiFronzo and Co Give Their Answer in the Latest kuš Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 23, 2017

For the recently released ‘BFF’-themed edition of their digest-sized š! anthology the kuš! comics team opened up the book to submissions for the first time in a number of years….

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Can I Borrow Your Toilet? – A Welcome Reprinting for Gareth Brookes’ Drolly Dry Observations on Dead-End Employment

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 26, 2016

Gareth Brookes is understandably most associated with his debut graphic novel The Black Project, a darkly witty tale of youthful DIY love. The book won the 2012 Myriad First Graphic Novel…

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The Manly Boys and Comely Girls Annuals – Gareth Brookes and Steve Tillotson’s Period Parodies Hit the Satirical Target

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 29, 2015

Straddling the worlds of comics and illustrated satire The Manly Boys and Comely Girls Annuals – Gareth Brookes and Steve Tillotson’s double pack of parody publications – have their origins in a previously…

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A Bit of Undigested Potato – Keara Stewart’s Dream Anthology Features Karrie Fransman, Matilda Tristram, Gareth Brookes, EdieOP, Danny Noble, Rozi Hathaway and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 21, 2015

Available at CECAF! The niggling night terrors of 40 creators bubble balefully to the surface in Keara Stewart’s unsettling anthology collection mixing comic strips and single illustrations to bring to disturbing…

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The Black Project

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 10, 2013

Clandestine first love with a papier mache twist is the order of the day in this remarkable debut graphic novel from creator Gareth Brookes. No doubt all of us can…

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