"every once in a while he astounds...Trains are...Mint feels fresh and new, a shot across the bow to anyone thinking whatever can be done in comics form already has been done. This is something new, something you can lose yourself in, something you'll want more of." Comic Book Galaxy
"in this self-contained little ticket the man has achieved poetry: visual and literary poetry...he has elevated his craft from the ridiculous to the sublime. It is beautiful, with a grace that few can muster..." Stephen @ Page 45, Comic book of the month
"It's difficult not to be charmed by Oliver East's full-color mini-comic, which features a gentle, almost lilting pace...greatly rewarding...The star is the wash technique that East blends into more traditional line work, the way it makes certain scenes pop with a muddy vitality...I want to see more of this work" Tom Spurgeon, The Comics Reporter
"Oliver East has produced one of the most unique works to come out of the UK small press scene" Forbidden Planet
"...serves as eyewitness to what modern Britain is like behind the tourist posters, showing the everyday lives of small towns and people, and the often deep drabness at their centre, it reminds me in feel of the films of Shane Meadows." Forbidden Planet
"“As an autobiographical comic it is a refreshing change from the relationship comic (a la Jeffrey Brown), reminiscence of youth (a la Chester Brown) or the day-to-day slice of life (a la Kolchalka). For Trains Are Mint is as much about East as a person as it is about the places he walks through. In both cases it isn’t about much at all. I love it.â€" Derik Badman
"The short burst of writing don’t always make sense...but they never feel out place, and are at times strangely comforting in their familiarity." The Daily Crosshatch"
interview at Livewireworld.com
Comix Influx review
Comics Reporter review
Derik Badman review
Rather long interview with Mathew Badham
Richard Bruton review on Forbidden Planet blog
Q & A with me at Comics Village
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