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Andy Oliver💙

8 months

We won! @brokenfrontier wins Best Comics-Related Publication/Website in the Tripwire Awards 2023. Thanks for believing in what we do chums!

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Andy Oliver💙

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1 month

Again, staggeringly short-term thinking. Normalising AI art in any way affects future creatives. This is not a sustainable argument either logically or ethically.

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If you're going to boycott an independent film because of a generative AI graphic that appears for 3 seconds then you're going to have to explain to me again how your position is about protecting jobs.

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Remember when AI tried to recreate Miss Evangelista’s face in ‘Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead’? #doctorwho ahead of its time again. #AIart

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1 year

In centuries to come historians will mark out the emergence of the Watchmen Toaster as the official point at which the Post-Parody Era of civilisation officially began.

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4 years

The DC Universe is the ultimate embodiment of the words "Have you tried turning it off and on again"?

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2 years

Some Thoughts from me @brokenfrontier on Toxic Fandom in British Comics – Or Why the UK Comics Industry is Right to Unshackle Itself from What Amounts to Comicsgate-Style Thinking.

Some Thoughts on Toxic Fandom in British Comics – Or Why the UK Comics Industry is Right to...

A growing demographic of white, middle-aged men in the UK are criticising progressive initiatives with a Comicsgate-style of thinking.

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Andy Oliver💙

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1 year

Been looking at my reviewer's comp of @zoethorogood 's IT'S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH from @ImageComics and you know what...? It's a masterpiece. You remember that "language of comics" thing I'm always banging on about? This one's speaking it in a whole new dialect.

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Andy Oliver💙

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4 years

Important reminder that the first canonical appearance of Rorshach was actually in a November 1981 issue of JINTY. Naturally this is the only 'Before (or post) Watchmen' story that actually counts.

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1 year

Facebook has reminded me that it’s a year since I first discovered the character Bollux in the classic STAR WARS newspaper strip. Why have Disney Plus not given us more Bollux? I demand some prime time Bollux from my streaming services.

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Andy Oliver💙

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7 years

I couldn't be prouder to say that as of today I'm the new owner of @brokenfrontier ! My thoughts on BF's future here:

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Andy Oliver💙

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5 years

When Marvel UK ran out of PLANET OF THE APES strips to reprint in the 1970s so reprinted Killraven/War of the Worlds comics instead, renamed Killraven "Apeslayer" and redrew ape heads on all the villains. Yes this really happened. Herb Trimpe covers (with substantial changes!).

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Andy Oliver💙

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2 years

Into horror comics? Strip for Me's digital A POCKET CHILLER series has some of the best experimental horror going from top names in indie and UK small press comics. @brokenfrontier reviews here: Recommended! One of my absolute faves of 2021. @douglasnoble

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Andy Oliver💙

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2 years

Surprised that STAR WARS newspaper strip character Bollux never caught on. He doesn’t even have his own action figure. We need more Bollux in our lives. (Art by Alfredo Alcala).

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Andy Oliver💙

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1 year

Oh well played Beano... well played. #GBeebies

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

2 years

Short thread. Anything NFT is indefensible but in this whole TCAF mess let's not also forget we're dealing with an artist who actually typed and tweeted the words "I don't enjoy amateur artists being given grand platforms."

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

5 months

One of the things I love about comics is that you don’t necessarily have to be a technically proficient artist to create a powerful or memorable comic. In fact sometimes an element of rawness makes the work all the more effective and empathetic.

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Andy Oliver💙

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1 year

This is where we’re at. The truth being repressed and gatekept for fear of upsetting an authoritarian and increasingly oppressive government and the vested interests that control it. We are truly living in terrifying times.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

4 years

I think this will be a start of a thread of stuff I’ve read through that wasn’t necessarily for Broken Frontier coverage. First up Jeff Lemire, Emi Lenox, Jordie Bellaire & Steve Wands’ PLUTONA from Image. A genre comic that doesn’t neatly fit into any obvious genre.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

2 years

Back in the 1970s a fiercely pro-union Odin took on the evil of capitalism, the ultimate super-villain, in the pages of THOR #240 . One for the “SJWs are ruining my childhood”/“keep politics out of super-hero comics” crowd for sure… #comicsgateisahatemovement

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

1 year

Not sure where this thread will go but let’s see... Okay something that has interested me in terms of UK small press comics over the last decade is what I think of as a kind of gentrification of the scene.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

2 years

If you’re charging people hundreds of pounds for a place on a zine-making course it’s just possible you may have entirely missed the point of zine culture. #zine #zines

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

1 month

So currently in AI art comics news we have: Accusations of AI art being used in comics from one of the Big Two publishers. A major figure at the other refusing to condemn the use of AI art. A blind eye being turned to the hosting of AI art comics on a digital comics platform.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

28 days

If you’re now suddenly deeply concerned about social media bullying when you’ve never publicly said one single bloody word in condemnation of years of relentless ComicsG*te harassment of the marginalised I would genuinely ask you to consider and reflect on that.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

5 years

Nobody on Comics Twitter brings a smile to my face with such unfailing regularity as Alex.

alex norris

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5 years

I’ve just launched the “Blob Erotica” series on my Patreon! No-one else was making erotic fan art of my comics, so I’m now drawing weird sexy pictures of all your favourite Webcomic Name characters. Support my comics by reading smut 🌈✨

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4 years

Not taking the exit poll to heart just yet until significant results are in. But if the worst does happen I’m still so lucky to be a peripheral part of a creative scene that embraces and values compassion, community and kindness. Be very proud of yourselves tonight chums.

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Andy Oliver💙

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2 years

Even if you don’t realise it, Arts Council England has played a vital role in bringing so many of your fave indie graphic novels to life, in funding some of your fave comics fairs and festivals, and in ensuring the viability of that exhibition you loved. #NeverVoteConservative

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2 years

The future existence of Arts Council England is to be considered as part of a government review into all arm's length bodies, which could see some bodies scrapped and which is also demanding savings are found from those that remain

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@AndyWPOliver

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AI will destroy the arts if we don't speak out.

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Sobering….🙁 @EquityUK @bbcarts

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2 years

As far as I'm concerned it's the "amateur" artists - the self-publishers, the online posters, those creating for the joy of creating - who are largely the people moving the comics medium forward by experimenting, pushing boundaries and interrogating the potential of the form.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

25 days

Just blocked a reasonably well-known digital comics platform for retweeting part of JKR's recent vile misgendering tweet thread. Zero tolerance for transphobia at Broken Frontier. I mean it. Spread that poison and you'll never get one word of coverage from us again.

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Andy Oliver💙

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2 years

Short thread. In UK comics the small press and self-publishers are a huge part of our scene’s future. Their talents are there to be nurtured, supported, promoted and, yes, even championed. Thankfully most of our wonderful community understands this.

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2 years

If I've learnt one thing from 15 years at @brokenfrontier it's that you should never underestimate how much a first review can mean to a debut comics self-publishing artist.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

4 years

Not a hoax! Not a dream! Not an imaginary story! That time Captain Britain channelled the power of Kylie Minogue to save us all from the Hulk. (From the UK’s 1992 MARVEL SUPER HEROES ANNUAL by Brian Williamson, Cam Smith and Louise Cassell).

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

1 year

If you were one of the many who got email-spammed by the AIComicBooks publisher yesterday fear not. I’ve replied to them on behalf of us all. #NoToAIArt

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

1 year

Emotional return to @GoshComics for the first time in three years. Can confirm it’s still there and it still sets the gold standard for quality comics shoppery.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

2 years

Disappointed to see some really bad takes on striking workers on my feed over the last two days. First employers cause strikes not workers. Second it’s no one else’s business what striking workers do on strike days. They’re not being paid. Third show some solidarity.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

1 year

On #TransDayOfVisibility a reminder of our extensive @brokenfrontier list of comics resources on trans and nb stories here: Some amazing work here. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransDayOfVisibility2023

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

2 years

Please stop referring to The Sun as “a comic”. Comics as a form employs a sophisticated language built on empathy and consideration, utilising communicative tools that respect and value the reader’s intelligence. The Sun... doesn’t.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

3 years

So I promised you something a little self-indulgent at @brokenfrontier this week. My small press column 'Small Pressganged' celebrates its 10th birthday today!! Since 2011 I've reviewed over 1,000 small press comics and interviewed hundreds of creators.

Celebrating 10 Years of 'Small Pressganged' at Broken Frontier - Looking Back on a Decade of...

Celebrating 10 years of Andy Oliver's 'Small Pressganged' column at Broken Frontier unearthing the gems of small press comics.

www.brokenfrontier.com

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

3 years

Thanks to @Schnumn , the cartoonist who organised the amazing #ASDComicTakeover on social media celebrating #AutismAcceptanceMonth , for this wonderful piece on the initiative. Loads of art and multiple artist contributions too.

"This Comic Initiative Aims to Raise Awareness of Autism and Dispel Some of the Stigma" - Cartoon...

Artist Bex (Schnumn) talks about the ASD Comics Takeover initiative on social media, celebrating Autism Acceptance Month.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

3 years

What's obviously worrying for us at Broken Frontier about the Facebook situation is all the traffic we will be losing. The 7 people out of the thousands who follow us there that the algorithm allows to see our posts will miss out. We could be losing literally 1s of link clicks.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

5 years

Today at @brokenfrontier I took a look at @TillieWalden ’s sci-fi epic ON A SUNBEAM. It will come as zero surprise to anyone that I rather liked it.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

9 years

Delighted to announce that as of today I take over as Broken Frontier's new Editor in Chief! http://t.co/03z7SJ9mxb http://t.co/h8roTqkgkj

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

6 years

So 5 years ago this week we relaunched @brokenfrontier (which has been around since 2002!) as a site primarily focusing on indie, alt & small press comics. So this is going to be my #FiveYearsLater thread for the next year looking back daily on some of the artists we've covered.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

8 years

Championing self-publishing! 500 #smallpress #comics reviewed @brokenfrontier since 2011!

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

5 months

This @guardian Best Graphic Novels of 2023 list is so disappointing. Just four books (I'm not counting a twenty-year-old book) for 2023? There's a long-running joke that UK broadsheet coverage over the years has essentially been Cape's output...

Rachel Cooke’s best graphic novels of 2023

From a beautiful 20th anniversary edition of Craig Thompson’s classic to Camille Jourdy’s gorgeously illustrated Juliette, here are the best of this year’s releases

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

3 years

Thread, I guess. I mourned the loss of Orbital two years ago because for me Orbital wasn't that physical space. It was that amazing team of staff who pretty much all disappeared unceremoniously in one fell swoop in 2019.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

6 years

I don't often do angry on social media but a few days on that VICE article is still annoying me and I think the whole "who goes to VICE for their comics recommendations anyway?" argument is largely missing the point. Here's why...

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

5 years

This is the newsagent where I would pick up my weekly IPC comics when I was a kid. I would get up at 6am every Friday morning, wake up my Dad for my pocket money and then walk into town before school for my 2000 AD, TORNADO, ROY OF THE ROVERS, TIGER, CHEEKY and so on.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

5 years

Absolutely blown away by the amazing new space for the @Cartoonmuseumuk ! An absolute treasure trove of cartoon and comics art. Such an exciting development. Give them a follow to keep up to date with everything going on there.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

7 months

Imagine being a young trans person and hearing your own Prime Minister denying your very existence in a desperate attempt to gain hate-fuelled votes. This is exactly why I will continue to call out transphobia, particularly those in comics who are sympathetic to bigots.

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"We shouldn't get bullied" into believing that "people can be any sex they want to be" "A man is a man, and a woman is a woman, that's just common sense," PM Rishi Sunak says Follow live

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Okay, thread time. Lots of discussion of late as to why there are so few review/coverage sites left for UK small press/self-published comics. Here’s a DM example from the last 24 hours to one of our social media accounts on the subject of our reviews policy as to maybe why.

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Andy Oliver💙

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2 years

I was getting mildly annoyed by the boisterous teens on the quiet carriage but now that there’s a woman screaming at them that they shouldn’t be laughing and in high spirits because they should be in mourning I have changed sides.

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10 months

You don't need to have an elaborate or intricate illustrative style to be an accomplished and empathetic cartoonist. In comics the reality is that less really can be more, and often is.

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2 years

This is a cool initiative from @thevaultcomics for #Pride2022 . Too much cynical commodification in general of #Pride . So great to see a publisher doing something concrete here.

Vault Comics to Make Free Queer Comics Available as Part of Their 'Unbanned' Pride Month Initiative...

Vault Comics proudly announces “UNBANNED” — a Pride month initiative to give away free queer books to everyone, everywhere.

www.brokenfrontier.com

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2 years

Another day where speaking out against transphobia appears to have won me a noticeable level of unfollows. Good. Transphobes are forbidden from enjoying Broken Frontier.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

3 years

If you want to really enjoy the genius of Ken Reid’s FACEACHE (collected by @britcomics ) you have to read it out loud doing all the different voices and the sound effects. Trust me... you’ll appreciate it like you never have before if you do.

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Andy Oliver💙

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6 years

One year ago today I took over as the new owner of @brokenfrontier . What a year it's been! Huge thanks to my patient and supportive team at BF. We'll continue to put collaboration, community, celebration and championing at the heart of what we do in 2018.

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5 years

I look at @dorrismccomics 's 'oh no' comics collection here @brokenfrontier : … "With its accessible existential angst and populist line in social commentary, 'oh no' is a perfect introductory point for anyone unfamiliar with Alex Norris’s online presence.”

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

2 years

Does anyone else have imaginary comic shops that they visit with regularity in their dreams or is that just me?

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@AndyWPOliver

4 years

Had a dream last night that the Natural History Museum had employed me to curate an exhibition about the portrayal of dinosaurs in comics and now I think they absolutely should.

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@AndyWPOliver

2 years

Going to post this now every time the monstrously selfish hashtag #DoNotComply starts trending.

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@AndyWPOliver

1 year

@metpoliceuk You are an absolute disgrace. The sooner you are defunded, disbanded and replaced with a model that supports the community, rather than the far-right oppression of peaceful protest, the better. Shame on you.

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@AndyWPOliver

1 year

Today I am wearing my KRAZY & IGNATZ t-shirt from @fantagraphics in aid of @RustinCenter . Epic isn’t it? #TransRightsAreHumanRights

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@AndyWPOliver

3 years

We need to be more aware in the UK that comics hate movements are active here too. Whether we're comics commentators, event organisers or shops we all need to be checking submissions/applications and making sure we are not giving space to their toxicity. #comicscommunity

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

6 years

@brokenfrontier @angelsallfire @jessmiltondraws @MundyMorn @emmaraby @Alicerrrr @SFBDim @bagleybooks @kim_clements @slug_actually @jeylevang @DooferTree @ElliceWeaver @peonygent @ajoshhicks @sabbakhan_ @ZenBucko @anjauhren @katemiawhite And I promise in 2018 you'll never see a trolling, self-serving, clickbait article at BF. We'll carry on championing the best uses of the form and most inspiring new voices on the indie scene. We live in exciting times for the medium. That needs celebrating not denigrating!

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

2 years

Some great looking books coming from @ssbcpunk this Spring. More details here at @brokenfrontier :

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

3 years

One step in the right direction to seeing comics recognised as the sophisticated and valid art form that it is would be to stop using phrases like "nerd culture".

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5 years

Apparently I should be more controversial. So I’m going to give it a go. I don’t really have any problem with the term “graphic novel”. I *really* liked the Sixth Doctor. I have never read SAGA. How am I doing? Are you all reeling?

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1 year

One of the true great strips of British comics by some of the true great creators of British comics.

2000 AD Comics

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1 year

45 years ago today the first episode of STRONTIUM DOG began in the pages of Starlord – read that first story for free, check out our brand new merch, and discover comics' best sci-fi Western

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1 year

Everywhere around me there are great tottering piles of self-published comics and zines. I have several thousand from 2009 on (the New Golden Age of UK small press) including first work from so many artists who went on to great things. A uniquely extensive archive I imagine.

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3 years

"I'm working on a biographical comic celebrating the philosophy of Ayn Rand. Do you have any advice for me?" Yes. Be a better person.

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11 months

All the very best of us were members.

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2 years

Marvel’s greatest experimental comic ever! The Spider-Man and Hulk comic strip toilet paper from around 40 years ago. My brother was given a roll of this by someone as a Christmas present one year (!!) and I was insanely jealous.

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Dec 2019 was my last comics fair/fest so I knew after not seeing anyone in person for two and a half years that @SLCZF would be overwhelming today. But it was overwhelming for all the right reasons. Thanks for all the love and kindness today everyone! It was so appreciated. xx

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1 year

Hearing too much right now about small comics shops that are struggling. Please DM me about free advertising on @brokenfrontier if that's the case for you. We can't afford to lose you!

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10 months

Thank you *so* much to everyone who stopped me at #SLCZF today to say how much what we’re trying to do with @brokenfrontier means to them and how much they appreciate us taking a stand against anti-progressive elements in comics. The best thing to hear on an anxious day!

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4 years

UK newspapers! Instead of starting the headline of every single article you write on comics with “Bam! Kapow!” how about experimenting with originality and using the seldom seen “Zlonk!” instead. Alternatively you could be really daring & just stop infantilising an entire medium.

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2 years

Apparently Adam Ant is trending because it's his birthday which is a good opp to re-post some art from the 'The Fantastic Adventures of Adam Ant' strip from TOPS comic in the '80s. Unsure of artist sadly. #adamant

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4 years

An exciting day for Broken Frontier today! Our first mention in the national press in this excellent piece by Hannah Berry @streakofpith in The i Newspaper. Are you following us at @brokenfrontier for all your indie and small press comics needs?

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I had forgotten all about TOPS, a 1980s DC Thomson comic. Somebody sort out the rights and put out a collection of those bizarre Adam Ant comic strips... (no idea of creator credits I'm afraid). #adamant #adamandtheants

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7 months

Really shocked by this. Normalising something as unethical as this is shameful.

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7 months

Absolutely appalled to see Wales Millennium Centre @theCentre offer a course in creating graphic novels with AI. How about using your resources to showcase actual artists teaching comics rather than tech that actively rips off the work of others?

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#UncollectedComics #2 - the @JMDeMatteis and Sal Buscema SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN run. It's incomprehensible to me that this has never been collected, especially right now with a key character in it playing such an important role in the current Spider-Man storylines. @Marvel

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8 years

Given the 100s of #thoughtbubble debuts this year this may be more relevant now than ever!

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3 years

Hey, all! Just the friendliest of reminders that our @brokenfrontier piece on how to get coverage for your small press comics is a really useful resource to help you with your review requests. Do give it a read!

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2 years

I’m nominated for Person of the Year in the #TripwireAwards ! And yes @neilhimself has been at the forefront of a critically acclaimed Netflix adaptation of one of the most beloved comics ever but how many self-published comics with a 10-copy print run has he reviewed in 2022? ;-)

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#TripwireAwards : PERSON OF THE YEAR ~ @sdunbier ~ Tillie Walden ~ @AndyWPOliver ~ @MarkLondonMCS ~ @neilhimself Gaiman

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4 years

You really, really, really do not want to know how many of these remain unread.

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1 year

Dear in-person comics events. I’m back. Did you miss me? @Cartoonmuseumuk conference.

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2 years

No billionaire should be eligible for public office.

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4 years

How we knew at school in the 1980s which teachers were Tories. "How are you voting?" (Labour-voting teachers): "Labour" "How are you voting?" (Tory-voting teachers): "That's between me and the ballot box."

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10 months

No secret that BF is operating on an absolute skeleton crew right now and will be until some of the team are back from summer sabbaticals. So after @SmallPressDay I’m going to do something I’ve never done before. We’re going to shut shop for a week in August so I can have a break

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

2 years

Watching three comics adaptations on Prime/Netflix right now and while I'm enjoying them it's also a reminder that these stories were told so much better as comics because that was the medium that suited them best.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

11 months

There should be a law against describing something as the country's biggest Comic Con when comics are only a tiny part of it. As far as I'm concerned if the vast majority of it isn't about the comics then it shouldn't count as a Comic Con.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

30 days

Obvs I won't be exhibiting at Thought Bubble. But I will be there again for the first time in 5 years this autumn. So it's so exciting today to see all your exhibitor posts! Can't wait to see so many people I haven't seen since 2019. I suspect it's going to be *very* emotional.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

3 years

Hi @twitter - Comics are a medium. Comics are an art form. Comics are *not* a genre!

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

3 years

Two years since I spotted this terrifying monster lurking at @ELCAFest ...

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

6 years

Thinking about Michael Fleisher’s work today and that final scene of HEX #18 is still one of the most powerfully understated and quietly macabre sequences in the history of mainstream comics. “Ah guess it means ah’ll be goin back home one day...after all” (Art by Giffen & Garzon)

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

2 years

Still trying to get my head round the idea of a feral pack of savage small press artists roaming the walkways of a big con and preying on unsuspecting staff.

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

2 years

“Reduced to the status of comics”? Utterly piss-poor journalism from the @guardian . Comics *are* cultural treasures. Maybe check out some of the examples at @brokenfrontier ? Shocking that this kind of unrepentant ignorance still exists.

Alexander the Great review – cultural treasures reduced to the status of comics

This infuriating show shoves Scrooge McDuck next to Plutarch in a postmodern take on history which seems to forget that the Macedonian warlord was a real, live person

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

4 years

“Bam! Kapow! We’re Never Going to Stop Infantilising an Entire Art Form!”

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Andy Oliver💙

@AndyWPOliver

2 years

Lifetime membership.

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