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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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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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