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Author: Joe Krawec

Undertow by Steve Orlando and Artyam Trakhanov (Image Comics)

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“Sometimes Hero Astronauts Die in Car Crashes” – An Interview with Undertow Writer Steve Orlando (Part Two)

  • by Joe Krawec
  • April 29, 2014

After yesterday’s chat about the themes and politics of his hot new series, Undertow writer Steve Orlando tells us about the unpredictability of life, the influence of Russian literature, his…

Steve Orlando

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“Exploding Crab Scenes Need To Have a Soul” – An Interview with Undertow Writer Steve Orlando (Part One)

  • by Joe Krawec
  • April 28, 2014

As the third issue of Undertow hits the stands from Image Comics, Broken Frontier talks to its writer – Steve Orlando. In the first half of a two-part interview, we…

Undertow 3 by Steve Orlando and Artyom Trakhanov

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Undertow #3: The Devil Comes A-Callin’ in Orlando and Trakhanov’s Deep Epic

  • by Joe Krawec
  • April 23, 2014

Undertow continues to delight and intrigue, ratcheting up the tension and hitting readers with a big reveal that raises as many questions as it provides answers. Redum Anshargal’s Amphibian-seeking away team…

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Batman Eternal #1 – The Gordon/Wayne Dynamic Duo Takes Centre Stage In DC’s Bat Weekly

  • by Joe Krawec
  • April 9, 2014

The creators of Batman’s newest series deliver a solid and dependable comic with everything we have come to expect from this top-selling team. But the title of ‘Bat of the…

Batman in Detective Comics #30 (Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato; DC Comics)

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Detective Comics #30 – Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato Offer a Sermon in Perfection on the Dark Knight

  • by Joe Krawec
  • April 4, 2014

Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato are the new high priests in the temple of Detective Comics. #30 is their sermon; a renewal of the comic-book faithful’s belief in the Dark…

American Vampire: Second Cycle #1 (Vertigo Comics; Scott Snyder & Rafael Albuquerque)

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American Vampire: Second Cycle #1 – Snyder and Albuquerque Return to Show the Evil Right Behind Us

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 20, 2014

We’ve had to wait a year, but American Vampire is back. Broken Frontier finds a story filled with tension, horror, sadness and beauty – all the things that readers have…

American Vampire (Scott Snyder & Rafael Albuquerque; Vertigo Comics)

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A History of Sex and Violence: The Bloody Best of American Vampire – So Far

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 18, 2014

Once again we will be in the company of Pearl Jones, Skinner Sweet, The Vassals of the Morning Star and some new characters when the long-awaited Second Cycle of American…

Batman 29 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo

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Batman #29 – Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo Deliver a Perfect Storm of Picture and Prose

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 12, 2014

Snyder’s writing and Capullo’s artwork combine to bring a heavy rain of regret down upon the heads of Gotham. Superstorm Rene has come to Gotham, and along with the rain…

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That Boy’s a Wonder! Richard Grayson’s Lessons on Childhood During the 1940s and 1950s

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 7, 2014

As the heartbeat of the adult Richard Grayson fades away in Forever Evil #6, our resident researcher in the Golden Age and Silver Age of comics – Joe Krawec –…

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Tomb Raider #1 – Gail Simone Gets Lara Croft’s New Adventures off to a Promising Start

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 5, 2014

As fan-favourite writer Gail Simone starts a new Tomb Raider series for Dark Horse, is it a comic by a woman, about a woman, for a woman? When I read…

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Revenge #1 – The Geriatric Returns in Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill’s Hideously Fun Hollywood Horror

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 4, 2014

Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill bring the schlock in their new series for Image – a vivid slice of filmic sex and violence set against the dark side of the…

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She Makes Comics: Sequart Kickstarter Highlighting the All-Too Hidden Role of Women in Comics Needs You!

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 2, 2014

The Sequart Research & Literacy Organisation is still a few thousand dollars short from its Kickstarter campaign target with only five days to go. She Makes Comics will highlight “the…

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Undertow #1 – Visually Arresting Art Can’t Solve Heavy Story-setting

  • by Joe Krawec
  • February 24, 2014

Image Comics describes Undertow as a ‘pulp monster’ series, promising readers a mythic creature-feature. Is its debut issue the oceanic epic we’re expecting? Undertow #1 is set in a prehistoric…

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Batman: The Real Deal – The Dark Knight, Superhero Comics, and the “Illusion of Change”

  • by Joe Krawec
  • January 23, 2014

Guest writer Joe Krawec analyses the thorny issue of “the illusion of change” in superhero comics with special reference to the Batman mythos and the unofficial Batman: The Deal webcomic…

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