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    Body Magik – Scott Roberts Explores Questions of Identity and Self-Perception in a Metaphysical and Socially Relevant Comics Offering

    • by Andy Oliver

    A look at the comics of Scott Roberts has been long overdue here in ‘Small Pressganged’. Roberts is an artist whose practice both experiments with and interrogates the possibilities of…

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Minor Leagues #7 – In His Multi-Faceted Memoir ‘Where?’, Simon Moreton Takes His Work to an Ambitious New Level

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 22, 2019

Although Simon Moreton’s artistic style has changed dramatically over the ten years or so he has been creating comics and zines, the importance of our environment and the emotional bonds…

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Ms. Tree Returns – Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty’s ’80s/’90s Private Detective Series to Be Collected by Titan’s Hard Case Crime

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 20, 2019

With a publishing history that spanned a number of companies (beginning at Eclipse in the early ’80s and ending at DC in the early ’90s) Max Allan Collins and Terry…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Hicotea: A Nightlights Story – Nobrow Press Return to Lorena Alvarez’s Enchantingly Fantastical Childhood World

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 20, 2019

While Luke Pearson’s Netflix success Hilda series may be getting all the immediate (and much deserved) crossover attention in the wider media at the moment there’s another Nobrow all-ages album series…

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Staff Picks for February 20, 2019 – Hobo Mom, Transmetropolitan, Caballistics Inc. and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 19, 2019

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…

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The Wolf of Baghdad – Myriad Acquires Graphic Memoir of Lost Iraqi Homeland by Musician and Cartoonist Carol Isaacs (The Surreal Mccoy)

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 18, 2019

News today from Myriad Editions that another artist to be recognised in their 2018 First Graphic Novel Competition has been picked up for publication. The Wolf of Baghdad by Carol…

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Wonder Twins #1 – “Powers, Activate!”: DC Rediscover the Benefits of Fun Comics as 1970s Animated Heroes Return

  • by Tony Ingram
  • February 18, 2019

On the face of it, there are probably very few DC characters who would seem to be crying out for a revival quite as little as the Wonder Twins. Angel…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Dementia 21 – Shintaro Kago’s Eerie Adventures in Caregiving Combine Bleak Comedy and Social Commentary

  • by Robin Enrico
  • February 18, 2019

Shintaro Kago’s Dementia 21 is a surprising graphic novel in that it takes his well-known ability to render characters in grotesque situations and uses it as a way tackle deeply…

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Fantagraphics to Bring Classic Tomi Ungerer Books Back to Print Including ‘The Underground Sketchbook’, ‘The Party’, ‘Babylon’, and ‘Adam and Eve’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 15, 2019

Just days after Gary Groth’s extensive interview with Tomi Ungerer in the relaunched print version of The Comics Journal came the news that the veteran artist had passed away at the…

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10th International Graphic Medicine Conference Returns to Brighton in July – This Year’s Theme Challenges Traditional Ways of Thinking about Gender, Identity and Healthcare

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 15, 2019

Now in its tenth year the International Graphic Medicine Conference returns to Brighton from July 11th-13th. Graphic medicine has arguably been one of the most influential strands of comics over…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Reign of Crumbs – Glynnis Fawkes Brings a Gently Witty Flourish to Her Carefully Observed Tales of Family Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 14, 2019

Slice-of-life comics that document the everyday moments of family life resonate, of course, because they connect with their audience on the most fundamentally human level. We empathise, we recognise and…

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Rebellion Announce Seven New All-New Holiday Specials for 2019 -2000 AD, Tammy and Jinty, Roy of the Rovers and Others to Return to Newsagent Shelves this Year

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 13, 2019

Hot on the heels of January’s announcement of a new Cor!! and Buster Special from Rebellion this Easter the publisher has announced plans for no less than seven all-new specials…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Rebels and Other Stories – Jey Levang’s Twisting Short Tales Collected by Throwaway Press in a Very Special Showcase Compilation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 13, 2019

It’s always an absolute privilege to be asked to write the introduction to the published work of a creator we have championed here at Broken Frontier. In the case of…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for February 13, 2019 – Mister Miracle, Savage Sword of Conan, Ms. Marvel and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 12, 2019

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…

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Laydeez do Comics Announce the Longlist for Their 2019 Award for a Graphic Novel in Progress by a Female Identifying UK-Based Creator

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 11, 2019

Our friends at Laydeez do Comics, the women-led organisation championing the works of female-identifying graphic novelists, have announced the longlist for their second prize for a graphic-novel-in-progress. It includes 17 names we’re…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Strangers in Everyland – Emerging Talent Anna Readman Brings the World of Cormac McCarthy’s Novel ‘Suttree’ to Brooding, Atmospheric Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 11, 2019

Over the course of the last few days on Twitter you may well have seen an explosion of interest in the comics of Anna Readman. Attention that only goes to…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including The Marriage of Njord and Skadi, Cosmic Love, Chicken Soup & Goji Berries, and Wash Day Candles

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 8, 2019

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Girl in the Bay #1 – DeMatteis, Howell, Devlin and Robins Are a Creative Team in Perfect Synch in the Dark Horse/Berger Books Supernatural Thriller

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 7, 2019

There’s a text piece by writer J.M. DeMatteis at the end of the first issue of The Girl in the Bay – the latest book from the acclaimed Dark Horse Comics/Berger…

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Island – Laurel Pettitt’s Icelandic Travelogue is an Endearing Scrapbook-Style Delight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 7, 2019

When I reviewed Laurel Pettitt’s Quiet Moments last year at Broken Frontier here I argued that it was a minicomic that was “proof positive that truly exciting new work doesn’t have…

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