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. (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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Send us all your anti-gen AI comics for review. Definitely among the top priority stuff for coverage!
Review! Brains – In the Shadow of the Threat of AI, Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com Celebrates True Creativity and What It is to Be Human. www.brokenfrontier.com/brains-galla...
Brains - In the Shadow of the Threat of AI, Alexandra Gallant-Lee Celebrates True Creativity and What It is to Be Human – Broken Frontier
'Brains' is Alexandra Gallant-Lee's "love letter to the brain" in a comics celebration of creativity over AI plagiarism.
www.brokenfrontier.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Send us all your anti-gen AI comics for review. Definitely among the top priority stuff for coverage!
If you're sleeping on Wedding Juice and Other Melodramas you're frankly missing out on some of the very best autobio comics currently out there.
Review! Wedding Juice and Other Melodramas #2 and #3 – More Beautifully Illustrated Work as Sanika Phawde Returns to Anecdotal Tales of Indian Wedding Planning in the Ignatz Award-Winning Series.
www.brokenfrontier.com/wedding-juic...
www.brokenfrontier.com/wedding-juic...
Wedding Juice and Other Melodramas #2 and #3 - More Beautifully Illustrated Work as Sanika Phawde Returns to Anecdotal Tales of Indian Wedding Planning in the Ignatz Award-Winning Series – Broken Fron...
Broken Frontier's Andy Oliver looks at the second and third issues of Sanika Phawde's acclaimed 'Wedding Juice and Other Melodramas'.
www.brokenfrontier.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:18 PM
If you're sleeping on Wedding Juice and Other Melodramas you're frankly missing out on some of the very best autobio comics currently out there.
Don't forget the Romo the Wolfboy launch party with ILYA is tomorrow, Thursday, February 19th at London's @goshcomics.bsky.social. Published by @selfmadehero.bsky.social'
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Romo the WolfBoy Launch Party With ILYA
We're thrilled to welcome the wonderful ILYA to the shop celebrating the release of Romo the WolfBoy! ILYA will be joining us on Thursday 19th February 2026, from 7-9pm. Here's what publisher SelfMade...
goshlondon.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Don't forget the Romo the Wolfboy launch party with ILYA is tomorrow, Thursday, February 19th at London's @goshcomics.bsky.social. Published by @selfmadehero.bsky.social'
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
Don't forget that the Brixton Library LGBTQ+ Zine Fair is this Saturday, 21 February 21st, 12.00pm to 4.30pm.
www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/brixt...
www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/brixt...
Brixton Library LGBTQ+ Zine Fair
Come join us at Brixton Library for a celebration of creativity and community through local and establised zines, comics, small press and more. We'll have over 20 stalls on the day including:BITS maga...
www.lambeth.gov.uk
February 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Don't forget that the Brixton Library LGBTQ+ Zine Fair is this Saturday, 21 February 21st, 12.00pm to 4.30pm.
www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/brixt...
www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/brixt...
Self-published, experimental comics I haven’t reviewed at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social that you think we should have covered? Key word “experimental”.
February 18, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Self-published, experimental comics I haven’t reviewed at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social that you think we should have covered? Key word “experimental”.
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This petition has already passed the minimum 10,000 signatures (12,124 at the time of reposting). And has of course been met with the usual bullshit response we’ve come to expect from this government 😒.
Deadline is June 19th. Like OP said “something is always better than nothing”. Come on UK people!
Deadline is June 19th. Like OP said “something is always better than nothing”. Come on UK people!
Not sure these things really have much impact but doing something is always better than doing nothing. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Petition: Ban the use of AI for image, video and audio creation
Legislate to ban the AI generation of images, videos and audio to protect the British public from misinformation, harmful and harassing content, and to protect jobs in the creative sectors.
petition.parliament.uk
February 18, 2026 at 9:48 AM
This petition has already passed the minimum 10,000 signatures (12,124 at the time of reposting). And has of course been met with the usual bullshit response we’ve come to expect from this government 😒.
Deadline is June 19th. Like OP said “something is always better than nothing”. Come on UK people!
Deadline is June 19th. Like OP said “something is always better than nothing”. Come on UK people!
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In non “burn all generative AI to the ground and salt the earth afterwards” news today we have a very good website here at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social if you like comics commentary and your interests are much broader than super-heroes. www.brokenfrontier.com Give it a go. You’ll like it.
Broken Frontier - Exploring The Comics Universe
Broken Frontier is a comic book and graphic novel news site with a penchant for independent and creator-owned material.
www.brokenfrontier.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
In non “burn all generative AI to the ground and salt the earth afterwards” news today we have a very good website here at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social if you like comics commentary and your interests are much broader than super-heroes. www.brokenfrontier.com Give it a go. You’ll like it.
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This looks so cool. Get down there this month and support some amazing artists.
Happy Lunar New Year!
This is my contribution to the fire horse exhibition starting tonight at Mori Homemade cafe by Caledonian Road overground station.
It will be on for a month and you can purchase a limited risograph print, only 20 available of each illustration.
This is my contribution to the fire horse exhibition starting tonight at Mori Homemade cafe by Caledonian Road overground station.
It will be on for a month and you can purchase a limited risograph print, only 20 available of each illustration.
February 17, 2026 at 9:49 AM
This looks so cool. Get down there this month and support some amazing artists.
”How about you give marks out of ten out the end of all your reviews?”
How about we don’t.
How about we don’t.
February 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
”How about you give marks out of ten out the end of all your reviews?”
How about we don’t.
How about we don’t.
In non “burn all generative AI to the ground and salt the earth afterwards” news today we have a very good website here at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social if you like comics commentary and your interests are much broader than super-heroes. www.brokenfrontier.com Give it a go. You’ll like it.
Broken Frontier - Exploring The Comics Universe
Broken Frontier is a comic book and graphic novel news site with a penchant for independent and creator-owned material.
www.brokenfrontier.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
In non “burn all generative AI to the ground and salt the earth afterwards” news today we have a very good website here at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social if you like comics commentary and your interests are much broader than super-heroes. www.brokenfrontier.com Give it a go. You’ll like it.
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It’s so hard to have a reasonable conversation about AI, because people refuse to see the massive upsides of job elimination, higher electrical bills, hard drive shortages, poisoning black people in Memphis, and an economy where a handful of pedos with bad hair control your life
February 17, 2026 at 5:48 PM
It’s so hard to have a reasonable conversation about AI, because people refuse to see the massive upsides of job elimination, higher electrical bills, hard drive shortages, poisoning black people in Memphis, and an economy where a handful of pedos with bad hair control your life
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Creatives who use AI to replace the work of other creatives are class traitors without souls. You are not entitled to have things just because you want them, especially when those things you want put other people in the poorhouse. I'd rather die.
Writers if you could drop your novel or short story into an AI and have it make a great and watchable movie out of your story, and you could sell that movie, would you do it? #writers #WritingCommunity
February 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Creatives who use AI to replace the work of other creatives are class traitors without souls. You are not entitled to have things just because you want them, especially when those things you want put other people in the poorhouse. I'd rather die.
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AI is obviously an utterly destructive thing, but holy shit today my rage towards it is especially hot.
It has ruined so, so SO much. And what do we actually have to show for it? What have we, as a society, gained that has made it worthwhile for what we're losing, and losing more of every day?
It has ruined so, so SO much. And what do we actually have to show for it? What have we, as a society, gained that has made it worthwhile for what we're losing, and losing more of every day?
February 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
AI is obviously an utterly destructive thing, but holy shit today my rage towards it is especially hot.
It has ruined so, so SO much. And what do we actually have to show for it? What have we, as a society, gained that has made it worthwhile for what we're losing, and losing more of every day?
It has ruined so, so SO much. And what do we actually have to show for it? What have we, as a society, gained that has made it worthwhile for what we're losing, and losing more of every day?
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. @kickstarter.com we STRONGLY object to the suspension of @comicsworkshop.bsky.social's Young In Iran campaign. SAW is a vital community resource for in comics community. This anthology is bringing important voices to a wider audience. Shame on you, Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/saw...
Young in Iran (Suspended)
A collection of 32 personal and emotional memoir comics by Gen Z comic creators in Iran.
www.kickstarter.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
. @kickstarter.com we STRONGLY object to the suspension of @comicsworkshop.bsky.social's Young In Iran campaign. SAW is a vital community resource for in comics community. This anthology is bringing important voices to a wider audience. Shame on you, Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/saw...
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Bear with us just a little bit longer... We were going to announce #SmallPressDay 2026 for the same w/e as last year this week but have just discovered something else major has been scheduled for that weekend. So we're replanning and will get a new date to you all ASAP. Thanks for your patience!
February 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bear with us just a little bit longer... We were going to announce #SmallPressDay 2026 for the same w/e as last year this week but have just discovered something else major has been scheduled for that weekend. So we're replanning and will get a new date to you all ASAP. Thanks for your patience!
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News! Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com and Tiny Onion @readtinyonion.bsky.social to Publish ‘Monsters in Love: A Pride Anthology’ this June Featuring Work from James Tynion IV, Jadzia Axelrod, Lilah Sturges, Tate Brombal and Many More. www.brokenfrontier.com/monsters-in-...
Dark Horse Comics and Tiny Onion to Publish 'Monsters in Love: A Pride Anthology' this June Featuring Work from James Tynion IV, Jadzia Axelrod, Lilah Sturges, Tate Brombal and Many More – Broken Fron...
Coming ready for Pride Month 2026 'Monsters in Love: A Pride Anthology' will be published by Dark Horse Comics and Tiny Onion.
www.brokenfrontier.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:56 PM
News! Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com and Tiny Onion @readtinyonion.bsky.social to Publish ‘Monsters in Love: A Pride Anthology’ this June Featuring Work from James Tynion IV, Jadzia Axelrod, Lilah Sturges, Tate Brombal and Many More. www.brokenfrontier.com/monsters-in-...
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New additions include comics-related workshops and exhibitions. Let us know about your event and we’ll add it in.
More events added to the Broken Frontier Events Page today. www.brokenfrontier.com/events-compe...
Events – Broken Frontier
Please get in touch with our Andy Oliver here if you have a UK and Ireland community-based comics event or initiative you’d like to have listed on this page. (Please...
www.brokenfrontier.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:46 AM
New additions include comics-related workshops and exhibitions. Let us know about your event and we’ll add it in.
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Review! Brains – In the Shadow of the Threat of AI, Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com Celebrates True Creativity and What It is to Be Human. www.brokenfrontier.com/brains-galla...
Brains - In the Shadow of the Threat of AI, Alexandra Gallant-Lee Celebrates True Creativity and What It is to Be Human – Broken Frontier
'Brains' is Alexandra Gallant-Lee's "love letter to the brain" in a comics celebration of creativity over AI plagiarism.
www.brokenfrontier.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Review! Brains – In the Shadow of the Threat of AI, Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com Celebrates True Creativity and What It is to Be Human. www.brokenfrontier.com/brains-galla...
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I imagine they’ll be calling this latest morbid monstrosity “synthetic family” or something.
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 9:52 AM
I imagine they’ll be calling this latest morbid monstrosity “synthetic family” or something.
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With the latest TALES FROM THE QUARANTINE nonsense on people's minds it's important to remember how our supportive community came together in the wake of the #TFTQ debacle. From our 2024 series.
www.brokenfrontier.com/tales-from-t...
www.brokenfrontier.com/tales-from-t...
“Everybody Has a Tale to Tell…”: An Exploration of the Unfulfilled ‘Tales from the Quarantine’ Kickstarter, Part 3 – How the Comics Community Pulled Together in the Wake of TFTQ – Broken Frontier
In part 3 of our look at the history of the as yet unfulfilled 'Tales from the Quarantine' Kickstarter the focus is on community initiatives.
www.brokenfrontier.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:22 AM
With the latest TALES FROM THE QUARANTINE nonsense on people's minds it's important to remember how our supportive community came together in the wake of the #TFTQ debacle. From our 2024 series.
www.brokenfrontier.com/tales-from-t...
www.brokenfrontier.com/tales-from-t...
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The AI bubble RAM crisis is caused for non-existent problems by non-existent money for a non-existent infrastructure to meet non-existent demand to make non-existent business and will utterly destroy real business based on real demand and real infrastructure built with real money for real problems.
I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
February 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The AI bubble RAM crisis is caused for non-existent problems by non-existent money for a non-existent infrastructure to meet non-existent demand to make non-existent business and will utterly destroy real business based on real demand and real infrastructure built with real money for real problems.
I imagine they’ll be calling this latest morbid monstrosity “synthetic family” or something.
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 9:52 AM
I imagine they’ll be calling this latest morbid monstrosity “synthetic family” or something.
This looks so cool. Get down there this month and support some amazing artists.
Happy Lunar New Year!
This is my contribution to the fire horse exhibition starting tonight at Mori Homemade cafe by Caledonian Road overground station.
It will be on for a month and you can purchase a limited risograph print, only 20 available of each illustration.
This is my contribution to the fire horse exhibition starting tonight at Mori Homemade cafe by Caledonian Road overground station.
It will be on for a month and you can purchase a limited risograph print, only 20 available of each illustration.
February 17, 2026 at 9:49 AM
This looks so cool. Get down there this month and support some amazing artists.
New additions include comics-related workshops and exhibitions. Let us know about your event and we’ll add it in.
More events added to the Broken Frontier Events Page today. www.brokenfrontier.com/events-compe...
Events – Broken Frontier
Please get in touch with our Andy Oliver here if you have a UK and Ireland community-based comics event or initiative you’d like to have listed on this page. (Please...
www.brokenfrontier.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:46 AM
New additions include comics-related workshops and exhibitions. Let us know about your event and we’ll add it in.