Andy Oliver
@andywpoliver.bsky.social
Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, small press champion, Small Press Day co-organiser, multiple comics awards judge and recreational nihilist. He/Him "Last decades of his life" (Art by Francesca Cassavetti).
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Andy Oliver
@andywpoliver.bsky.social
· Jul 1
Saying it again. You do *not* have to be the most accomplished artist in the world to make an excellent comic that speaks to people and communicates your truths.
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Just had to buy a belt hole-puncher because post-Covid in the late summer my belts no longer hold up my trousers! I knew it did a number on me (obviously) but photos from Thought Bubble have really shocked me. I look dreadful - gaunt and haggard. Like I've aged 10 years since TB 2024.
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Just had to buy a belt hole-puncher because post-Covid in the late summer my belts no longer hold up my trousers! I knew it did a number on me (obviously) but photos from Thought Bubble have really shocked me. I look dreadful - gaunt and haggard. Like I've aged 10 years since TB 2024.
Yay! This week’s THE PHOENIX! Best post of the week.
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Yay! This week’s THE PHOENIX! Best post of the week.
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artists and designers using ai like
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
artists and designers using ai like
My #BF6toWatch 2026 longlist has 15 people on it but just one actual name. All the other potentials are things akin to "Guy who did the fab elephant comic" or "Person with the really cool scarf at FestivalFest'.
When you get to my age these kind of descriptions mean much more than names...
When you get to my age these kind of descriptions mean much more than names...
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My #BF6toWatch 2026 longlist has 15 people on it but just one actual name. All the other potentials are things akin to "Guy who did the fab elephant comic" or "Person with the really cool scarf at FestivalFest'.
When you get to my age these kind of descriptions mean much more than names...
When you get to my age these kind of descriptions mean much more than names...
Just had to buy a belt hole-puncher because post-Covid in the late summer my belts no longer hold up my trousers! I knew it did a number on me (obviously) but photos from Thought Bubble have really shocked me. I look dreadful - gaunt and haggard. Like I've aged 10 years since TB 2024.
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Just had to buy a belt hole-puncher because post-Covid in the late summer my belts no longer hold up my trousers! I knew it did a number on me (obviously) but photos from Thought Bubble have really shocked me. I look dreadful - gaunt and haggard. Like I've aged 10 years since TB 2024.
Just sent out another @brokenfrontier.bsky.social 'Six to Watch' 2026 invitation tonight. It's going to be an incredibly strong year. Just like its eleven predecessors.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Just sent out another @brokenfrontier.bsky.social 'Six to Watch' 2026 invitation tonight. It's going to be an incredibly strong year. Just like its eleven predecessors.
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i don't want to have to second guess if every image is ai!! i don't want to edit with ai!! i don't wait to generate anything!!!! i don't want to talk to an ai chatbot!!! go away omg
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
i don't want to have to second guess if every image is ai!! i don't want to edit with ai!! i don't wait to generate anything!!!! i don't want to talk to an ai chatbot!!! go away omg
For obvious mobility reasons I was trying to avoid bringing back big heavy items from Thought Bubble this year but I now own the Sterte book and it is indeed a thing of beauty. Also can't quite believe how quickly it arrived from Peow. You need to own it too.
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
For obvious mobility reasons I was trying to avoid bringing back big heavy items from Thought Bubble this year but I now own the Sterte book and it is indeed a thing of beauty. Also can't quite believe how quickly it arrived from Peow. You need to own it too.
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I have two events with Gosh Comics in London this weekend, I promise to be merry at both, but not so merry as to offend
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I have two events with Gosh Comics in London this weekend, I promise to be merry at both, but not so merry as to offend
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
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Review! I Feel Awful, Thanks – @larapickle.bsky.social Lara Pickle’s Fantasy Graphic Novel Confronts Themes of Anxiety, Stress, Bullying and Self-Worth. @goshcomics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/i-feel-awful...
I Feel Awful, Thanks - Lara Pickle's Fantasy Graphic Novel Confronts Themes of Anxiety, Stress, Bullying and Self-Worth – Broken Frontier
'I Feel Awful, Thanks' is another addition to the mental health awareness strand of comics from creator Lara Pickle.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Review! I Feel Awful, Thanks – @larapickle.bsky.social Lara Pickle’s Fantasy Graphic Novel Confronts Themes of Anxiety, Stress, Bullying and Self-Worth. @goshcomics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/i-feel-awful...
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Don't engage with theft-tech.
“Ultimately, the collective strategy of AI companies threatens to deskill precisely those people who are essential for society to function(…) automation of knowledge and culture by private companies is a worrying prospect – conjuring dystopian and outright fascistic scenarios.” — @olivia.science
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Don't engage with theft-tech.
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THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #50 (1986) - Cliff Carmichael at his sociopathic worst. Always Firestorm’s greatest villain. Otherwise there’s an interesting return for a Golden Age hero but the unlikely story resolution doesn’t really work.
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 AM
THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #50 (1986) - Cliff Carmichael at his sociopathic worst. Always Firestorm’s greatest villain. Otherwise there’s an interesting return for a Golden Age hero but the unlikely story resolution doesn’t really work.
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Mentioned Evr* and now getting automated DMs from their customer services "team".
I imagine if you stand in front of a mirror and say their name three times a smashed up parcel eerily arrives on the front porch. Only not your front porch. One several miles away.
I imagine if you stand in front of a mirror and say their name three times a smashed up parcel eerily arrives on the front porch. Only not your front porch. One several miles away.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Mentioned Evr* and now getting automated DMs from their customer services "team".
I imagine if you stand in front of a mirror and say their name three times a smashed up parcel eerily arrives on the front porch. Only not your front porch. One several miles away.
I imagine if you stand in front of a mirror and say their name three times a smashed up parcel eerily arrives on the front porch. Only not your front porch. One several miles away.
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FRIDAY! #GoshBFDD
ICYMI The @goshcomics.bsky.social and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists @badmachinery.com, @larapickle.bsky.social and @marxtafford.bsky.social on Friday, November 28th. #GoshBFDD www.brokenfrontier.com/drink-draw-n...
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists John Allison, Lara Pickle and Mark Stafford on Friday, November 28th – Broken Frontier
Come one and all! Join the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw for pub and art fun this Friday November 28th.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
FRIDAY! #GoshBFDD
Is it time for Thought Bubble again yet?
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Is it time for Thought Bubble again yet?
This is always a very sweet and supportive thing to see.
It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics.
To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...
forms.gle
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is always a very sweet and supportive thing to see.
Mentioned Evr* and now getting automated DMs from their customer services "team".
I imagine if you stand in front of a mirror and say their name three times a smashed up parcel eerily arrives on the front porch. Only not your front porch. One several miles away.
I imagine if you stand in front of a mirror and say their name three times a smashed up parcel eerily arrives on the front porch. Only not your front porch. One several miles away.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Mentioned Evr* and now getting automated DMs from their customer services "team".
I imagine if you stand in front of a mirror and say their name three times a smashed up parcel eerily arrives on the front porch. Only not your front porch. One several miles away.
I imagine if you stand in front of a mirror and say their name three times a smashed up parcel eerily arrives on the front porch. Only not your front porch. One several miles away.
Considering maybe drawing something at this on Friday. That's surely got to be an incentive for attending, yes? #GoshBFDD
ICYMI The @goshcomics.bsky.social and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists @badmachinery.com, @larapickle.bsky.social and @marxtafford.bsky.social on Friday, November 28th. #GoshBFDD www.brokenfrontier.com/drink-draw-n...
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists John Allison, Lara Pickle and Mark Stafford on Friday, November 28th – Broken Frontier
Come one and all! Join the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw for pub and art fun this Friday November 28th.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Considering maybe drawing something at this on Friday. That's surely got to be an incentive for attending, yes? #GoshBFDD
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News! Submissions Now Open for the British Cartoonists’ Association’s Young Cartoonist Awards 2025. www.brokenfrontier.com/young-cartoo...
Submissions Now Open for the British Cartoonists' Association's Young Cartoonist Awards 2025 – Broken Frontier
The Young Cartoonist Awards 2025 are now taking submissions. See all the details here at Broken Frontier today.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
News! Submissions Now Open for the British Cartoonists’ Association’s Young Cartoonist Awards 2025. www.brokenfrontier.com/young-cartoo...
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Look what I just found in my desk drawer at work.
The game begins again…
The game begins again…
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Look what I just found in my desk drawer at work.
The game begins again…
The game begins again…
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Blue Peter kid or Magpie kid?
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Blue Peter kid or Magpie kid?
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I am going through my inbox at the moment and I'm embarrassed at the amount of things I missed or didn't reply to over the summer. To be fair I was going through some of the most traumatic months of my life but it's still not good enough that I didn't get back to some of you.
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I am going through my inbox at the moment and I'm embarrassed at the amount of things I missed or didn't reply to over the summer. To be fair I was going through some of the most traumatic months of my life but it's still not good enough that I didn't get back to some of you.
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Whizz-kid or Chip-ite?
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Whizz-kid or Chip-ite?
FRIDAY! #GoshBFDD
ICYMI The @goshcomics.bsky.social and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists @badmachinery.com, @larapickle.bsky.social and @marxtafford.bsky.social on Friday, November 28th. #GoshBFDD www.brokenfrontier.com/drink-draw-n...
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists John Allison, Lara Pickle and Mark Stafford on Friday, November 28th – Broken Frontier
Come one and all! Join the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw for pub and art fun this Friday November 28th.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
FRIDAY! #GoshBFDD