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Frontier #22: Tunde Adebimpe – Ruminations on Death and Perception in the Latest Issue of Youth in Decline’s Comics Monograph Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 20, 2020

Over the last few weeks we’ve been gradually catching up with some of the recent issues of Youth in Decline’s quarterly art and comics monograph series Frontier. The latest number…

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Frontier #21: Derek Yu – A Meditation on the Creative Process Via Youth in Decline’s Showcase Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 5, 2020

A week or two back at Broken Frontier we began a game of catch-up by looking at some of the recent issues of publisher Youth in Decline’s acclaimed and award-recognised…

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Frontier #20: Anatola Howard – Anatola Howard Explores Aspects of Love in a Witty Entry in Youth in Decline’s Acclaimed Spotlight Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 23, 2020

Over the last few years Youth in Decline’s Frontier series has provided an acclaimed space for creators to spotlight their personal approaches to graphic narrative. Sometimes these self-contained one-shots showcase…

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Frontier #14: Rebecca Sugar – A Deeply Personal Yet Richly Inviting Scrapbook Narrative from the Steven Universe Creator

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 3, 2017

With its distinctive dual nature, as both an ongoing series and also as a collection of one-shot publications, micropublisher Youth in Decline’s flagship title Frontier has twice been nominated in…

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Frontier #10: Michael DeForge – Social Subterfuge and Sinister Manipulation in Another Spotlight One-Shot from Youth in Decline

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 20, 2016

Youth in Decline’s Frontier series of self-contained one-shots continues to spotlight some of the most compelling and diverse voices in contemporary indie comics across the globe. Its distinctive ethos has…

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Frontier #9: Becca Tobin – A Kaleidoscopic Journey into Delightfully Oozing Otherness Via Youth in Decline

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 19, 2015

San Francisco-based micropublisher Youth in Decline’s Frontier series of creator showcases has given us some cracking one-shot stories since its inception, particularly the issues by Emily Carroll and Jillian Tamaki….

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Small Press Payday! – Treat Yourself with Eight Self-Published and Micropublished Comics You May Have Missed

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 31, 2015

It’s payday for many today! So why not splash out in celebration by treating yourself to some fantastic comics material from the worlds of self and micropublishing? Here’s eight recommended…

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Frontier #7: Jillian Tamaki – Experience the Entrancing Effects of ‘SexCoven’ in Youth in Decline’s Artist Showcase Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 13, 2015

In the unlikely event that you’re one of the uninitiated, Youth in Decline’s Frontier series provides a showcase for complete single issue stories from some of the most exciting voices in…

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Lovers Only #1 – Teenage Romance Comics from Mickey Zacchilli, Cathy G. Johnson and Sophia Foster-Dimino

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 8, 2015

A collaborative project from San Francisco-based micropublisher Youth in Decline and Price Tapes, Lovers Only #1 is a risographed romance comic spotlighting tales of teen love by creators Mickey Zacchilli,…

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RAV 1st Collection – Youth in Decline Collects Mickey Zacchilli’s Hypnotically Entrancing “Romance Adventure Variety” Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 21, 2015

RAV 1st Collection compiles the first five issues of Mickey Zacchilli’s previously self-published minicomic series, and comes to us via San Francisco-based micropublisher Youth in Decline, whose books I’ve been…

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Frontier #6: Emily Carroll – Youth in Decline’s Monograph Series Brings Us the Chilling Tale of ‘Ann By the Bed’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 10, 2015

Disquieting, chilling, disturbing, unsettling, unnerving, alarming, distressing, upsetting, disconcerting… Emily Carroll’s ‘Ann By the Bed’ is all of these things but I’m going to attempt to get through an entire…

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Snackies – Youth in Decline Collects the Bitingly Witty Minicomics of Nick Sumida

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 12, 2015

Snackies is a compilation of the previously self-published minicomics work of cartoonist Nick Sumida – alongside some new material – collected by San Francisco-based micropublisher Youth in Decline. Sumida’s comics…

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