Forgotten Frontier

The Western Frontier is arguably one of the most widely misrepresented histories, rife with inaccuracies and stereotypes. Author Tristan Jones (who identifies as both Black and Indigenous) powerfully and critically reimagines a historical retelling of the Frontier through the lens of Truth and Reconciliation. With a focus on the historically missing Indigenous narrative, Jones manages the enormous feat of creating a link to the past while imagining a path forward for the future. Lavishly illustrated by master sequential artist Alexander Bumbulut, this new title is poised to revolutionize the graphic novel medium. AUTHOR: Tristan Jones is a classically trained writer and life long comics fan. He was born in Toronto, Canada, and is a multiracial Indigenous person of Black Mi'kmaq heritage and Anishinaabe ancestry. Having obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Literature from Toronto Metropolitan University, he excelled in his creative writing classes. Out of a desire to study and write about Indigenous culture, he chose to focus his efforts on re-contextualizing the American western genre with his debut work, "The Forgotten Frontier." Alexander Bumbulut is an illustrator, painter and graphic designer. Coming from a Hungarian family living in Romania, he immigrated to Germany at the age of 13. Alexander spent much of his time drawing and reading comic books. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Design from Georg-Simon-Ohm University. He made his debut to the graphic medium in 2020 with an 8-page contribution to the book "Mars: Space Barbarian - Myths and Legends." He then started work on the graphic novel "The Forgotten Frontier." He currently resides in Nuremberg, Germany, and enjoys staying up way too late to draw pages.