Andy Oliver

@andywpoliver.bsky.social

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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. "Small-time journalist" (Art by Francesca Cassavetti).

Outside of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
The museum of the Order of St. John.
Andy with a new haircut.
Caption logo image by Sean Azzopardi.
Andy wearing some kind of replica Norman helmet thingy in a museum in Thetford circa 2018. I'm not a historian so I'm just guessing at era. Don't "akshually..." me.
A TGJones shop front.
Comics backing boards.
The cover to SUPERMAN ANNUAL #10 with Superman brandishing a sword and crowds running away.
A teenage Andy dressed as a sailor prior to a performance of 'HMS Pinafore' at his school.
The cover of BULLWINKLE AND ROCKY #1 by Ernie Colon.
Spidey and the Green Goblin on the cover of MARVEL TALES #29. According to the Grand Comics Database this was a Sal Buscema cover from a Marie Severin composition.
The cover of SWING WITH SCOOTER #1 by Joe Orlando.
The "days without an accident" sign in the opening credits of The Simpsons.
Al Milgrom's cover to THE HUMAN FLY #1.
A copy of local newspaper the Romford Recorder.
Guy with a foot on the seat on a train. I followed this individual out of the disgusting station toilets. I know what those shoes walked through.
Drink and draw artists in the pub.
Caption mascot "Caption Jack", a piratical bird.
Keith Pollard's cover to MARVEL SAGA #18 with the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants fighting each other as the Stranger stands in the background.
Andy in July 2025 doing free mentoring calls on Zoom as a Small Press Day bonus.
The cover of Marvel Treasury Edition #28 by Romita and Larkin featuring Spider-Man and Superman against Dr. Doom and the Parasite.
Andy at Small Press Day in Gosh with his t-shirt design by Kamila Krol/Pigeon.
Cover to the Sleeze Brothers #3 by Andy Lanning.
Jenny Robins' drawings of one set of the panellists at the 2018 Sustaining Comics event at London's Cartoon Museum. Corinne Pearlman and Rachael Ball are there alongside me. I can't remember the name of the speaker from the Museum though sadly! She was there in the short interim between Anita O'Brien and Joe Sullivan though.
Superman encountering Spider-Man in 1976's SUPERMAN VS. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. Cover art by Infantino, Andru and Giordano.
Cover to the DVD set of the original Quatermass trilogy.
An ice-skating elephant held up by a tiny mouse on Stan Goldberg's cover for LI'L PALS #5.
Andy wearing his Small Press Day 2026 t-shirt. Art by Kamila Krol.
Small press comics at the Cartoon Museum.
Camberwell Comics Club at Gosh Comics.
Beatrice Mossman signing.
A pigeon in a train carriage looking lost.
The cover of the latest issue of FANTASTIC FOUR.
The 1962 cover to THE ATOM #4 by Kane and Anderson.
Andy’s new t-shirt with the Small Press Day poster on it.
Andy in the pub in 2015 reading ARCHIE VS. SHARKNADO #1.
The cover to THE FLINTSTONE KIDS #2 possibly by Warren Kremer with a young Fred and Barney floating on a raft on a treasure hunt with a Cyclops-type monster observing rhem in the background.
Small Press Day 2026 poster by Kamila Krol/Pigeon.
"You could take about six key people out of UK comics and the whole grassroots scene would fall apart." - quote from an article by Ricky Miller on the lack of comics awards in the UK.
John Severin's cover to THE WESTERN KID #4.
Andy with a park statue that bears resemblance to him.
A packet of proper duck food.
A GARDEN OF SPHERES by Linnea Sterte
the cover to the MARVEL EPIC COLLECTION: LUKE CAGE Vol. 2.
Actor Harold Bennett, most recognised for playing Young Mr. Grace in Are You Being Served?.
The cover to LI'L PALS #2 from 1972 featuring the animal characters confronted by a ghost. Art by Stan Goldberg.
Andy with Nick Abadzis at the South London Comic and Zine Fair.
The cover of Marvel's MY LOVE #35 by John Romita. A young women looks on at her love interest kissing another woman and wondering how she can continue to endure "the hurt and the heartbreak."
Larsen and Vey's cover to the DEFENDERS #8 from 2001 with a repurposed negative review pull quote emblazoned at the top. The run by Busiek, Larsen et al. was actually a lot of fun and tapped into the history of the team to great effect.
Photo from Andy's graduation many years ago. He is wearing a mortar board. His hair is unfortunate.
Brian Bolland cover to ELVIRA'S HOUSE OF MYSTERY originally published by DC and now reprinted by Dynamite later this year.
The cover to the comic THE TWILIGHT ZONE # 8.
A stick figure drawing of Superman on a post-it note.
Image featuring Mollie Sugden in 1980s sci-fi sitcom 'Come Back Mrs. Noah'.
small press day poster
The cover of the Roy of the Rovers Summer Special from 1982 with Roy Race holding the World Cup. Art by David Sque (I think!).
The cover to THE IMPOSSIBLE MAN SUMMER VACATION SPECTACULAR #2 featuring Impossible Man shouting "Kowabunga Dudes!" at assorted Marvel characters. Art by Michael Golden.
Andy’s e-mail icon showing 169 unread messages.
Today’s Broken Frontiwr Six to Watch exhibitors with Andy at Arc Festival left to right Manon Wright, Zen K, Dominique Duong, Rein Lee and Skai Campbell.
“Dear Broken Frontier, I sent the below email just before Christmas. I didn’t receive a reply. I really apologise if you are busy over Christmas but I appreciate it if you can try to action it off.”