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Class: A Graphic Guide – Laura Harvey, Sarah Leaney and Danny Noble Analyse the Realities of Social Inequality and Class Structures

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 14, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Icon’s series of graphic guides have, for some years, provided readers with an accessible and easily digestible entry point to subjects that…

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Glass Half Empty – Rachael Smith Explores Alcohol Dependency in Yet Another Piece of Outstanding Autobio Comics Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 13, 2023

While stories of addiction – in all its multiple forms – are an established sub-genre of graphic medicine it could be argued that when that dependency is alcohol-related the amount…

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Quarantine Comix: A Memoir of Life in Lockdown – Rachael Smith’s Account of the Early Days of the Pandemic Remains One of the Most Remarkable Achievements in Post-Millennial British Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 17, 2022

“One of 2020’s most remarkable achievements in comics” was how I described Quarantine Comix, Rachael Smith’s autobiographical series of comic strips a year or two back at Broken Frontier. Originally…

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“I Hear Again and Again that ‘Quarantine Comix’ Helped People Get through this Awful Year, and that is Just Amazing to Hear” – Rachael Smith Talks About Her Acclaimed Comics Series on Life in Lockdown

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 19, 2021

For the best part of a decade Rachael Smith’s comics journey has weaved in and out of our coverage at Broken Frontier with a remarkable regularity. From her early self-published…

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“This Series is All About Introducing Sexuality, Gender and Related Topics in an Engaging, Accessible and Somewhat Playful Way” – Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele on Their Icon Books ‘Graphic Guides’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 25, 2021

Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele‘s Graphic Guides from Icon Books have already been met with great critical acclaim for their concise and easily digestible account of the intricacies of the…

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Rachael Smith’s ‘Quarantine Comix’ to Be Published by Icon Books in May

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 1, 2021

Rachael Smith’s Quarantine Comix was one of 2020’s most remarkable achievements in comics, providing a relatable account of the strangest year of our lives and undoubtedly establishing itself as one…

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Gender: A Graphic Guide – Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele Provide a Concise and Accessible Exploration of Gender Identity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 21, 2020

If you’re a Broken Frontier reader then you are already well aware of the power of graphic narrative to communicate, educate and inform. Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele’s Gender: A…

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