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Ravi Thornton’s HOAX Becomes the First Comics-Related Project in 15 Years to Make it to the Finals of the National Lottery Awards – Details on How to Vote Here! #NLAHoax

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 28, 2018

“In over ten years of writing for Broken Frontier, there have been few comics I have reviewed that have come close to matching Ravi Thornton’s HOAX Psychosis Blues in terms of…

Eyecatcher · Features

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HOAX Our Right to Hope – Ravi Thornton Talks About Tackling Stigma Around Mental Health Issues Via the Cross-Media HOAX Project

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 8, 2017

In over ten years of writing for Broken Frontier, there have been few comics I have reviewed that have come close to matching Ravi Thornton’s HOAX Psychosis Blues in terms of…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Inside Look – Rozi Hathaway Discusses Her Work on ‘The Red Road’, ‘HOAX Psychosis Blues’ and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 15, 2015

Rozi Hathaway first came to prominence in 2014 as one of the artists involved in Ravi Thornton’s acclaimed graphic memoir HOAX Psychosis Blues, alongside the likes of Bryan Talbot, Karrie…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Broken Frontier Anthology: “I’m Not Interested in Heroes or Idealised Characters. I’m All about the Doubt” – Mark Stafford Discusses His Macabre Approach to the Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 12, 2015

Mark Stafford has built up a reputation in UK comics in recent years for visual storytelling that is eerily macabre in tone and atmosphere. A frequent collaborator with David Hine on…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… Rozi Hathaway

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 15, 2015

One of my ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’, Rozi Hathaway first came to prominence last year as part of the amazing line-up of artists on Ravi…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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‘HOAX Psychosis Blues’ Signing at Gosh! Comics this Saturday July 19th – Featuring Karrie Fransman, Rian Hughes, Mark Stafford, Hannah Berry, Ravi Thornton and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 16, 2014

The graphic memoir. Arguably, it’s the one strand of graphic novel publishing most responsible over the last few years for persuading those unfamiliar with the form of its integral value as…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“Finding Beauty in the Dark” – Ravi Thornton Talks HOAX Psychosis Blues, Cross-Media Storytelling and ‘Brin & Bent’ Two Years On

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 4, 2014

In 2012 cross-media creator Ravi Thornton made an immediate impact on the world of comics with the dark and layered fantasy The Tale of Brin & Bent and Minno Marylebone,…

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HOAX Psychosis Blues – Ravi Thornton, Bryan Talbot, Hannah Berry, Karrie Fransman and Company Underline the Astonishing Power of the Graphic Memoir

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 6, 2014

HOAX Psychosis Blues is the ultimate expression of the graphic memoir’s unique power to share and communicate personal experience. A hauntingly beautiful masterpiece. Back in 2012, Ravi Thornton and Andy…

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