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Pretty Good Fest Reveals Special Guests Chris Ware, Tara Booth and Michael DeForge for Saturday, October 24th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 24, 2026

Chicago’s Pretty Good Fest has revealed its special guest line-up for October and it’s an impressive one. The exhibitor list is pretty amazing too! Check that and other details out…

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Boss of the Underworld: Book 3 – Shirley vs. Seven Deadly Dangers in Another Funny and Inventive Quest in a Bizarre Underworld from Tor Freeman

  • by Edward Picot
  • September 24, 2026

In Tor Freeman’s Boss of the Underworld Book 1, a girl called Shirley drops a pound coin into a manhole, and while attempting to retrieve it she falls into the…

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Penelope’s Escape from the Platypusary – Arianna Irwin and Prenzy’s Charming Animal Adventure Packs a Powerful Punch About Freedom and Agency

  • by Swati Nair
  • September 23, 2026

In 1957, a platypus named Penelope vanished from the Bronx Zoo in New York. Zookeepers were astonished to find that she could have tunnelled her way out or climbed over…

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Who Needs Donuts? – No Childhood is Complete Without Some Time Spent on Mark Alan Stamaty’s Classic, Republished by D+Q

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • September 22, 2026

One of the nicest ways of spending an hour or so is with a book that hides more than it reveals. This is easier to do with a prose epic,…

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All the Living – Roman Muradov’s Tale of Loneliness, Existential Angst and Living with Your Own Ghost is a Memorably Eerie Affair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 21, 2026

You know a full-length graphic novel has caught the imagination of readers when it goes back to print in the same year it was published. Roman Muradov’s All the Living,…

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Come Join the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE on Thurs, September 24th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 21, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with a little reminder of some…

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The Amazing Spider-Man: Classic Newspaper Comics 1977-1978 – A Forgotten Part of Marvel History Collected by Clover Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 18, 2026

For readers who were picking up Spider-Man comics in the 1970s but never saw the more ephemeral newspaper strips Clover Press’s The Amazing Spider-Man: Classic Newspaper Comics will be like…

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“We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We Are Going to Make Glorious Comics About it! Get Used to It!” – The inQ! Team Are Back with the Second Edition of London’s Queer Comics Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2026

Two years ago queer comics fair inQ! debuted in London to heavy footfall and the most buzzing atmosphere possible for a first-time event. This month, across the weekend of September…

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Murder School – Paul B. Rainey Effortlessly Taps into the Many Insecurities and Indignities of Adolescent Life

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • September 16, 2026

In February 2026, a major study of adolescent bullying in the United Kingdom revealed the scale of challenges for health and education systems in that country. It surveyed over 8,400…

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Oni Press/EC Comics Give Us Another Fear-Filled Festive Season with ‘Shiver Suspenstories 3’ #1 in December

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 16, 2026

More horror-filled holiday hijinks are coming from Oni Press and EC Comics this Christmas… ‘Tis the Season for Terror! EC Comics’ Haunting Holiday Tradition Returns in SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES 3 #1…

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The Fiftieth Anniversary of ‘2000 AD’ Begins in January with ‘2000 AD: A Visual History 1977-2027’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 16, 2026

More on the celebrations for the Galaxy’s Greatest’s big birthday next year. 2000 AD: A Visual History 1977-2027 is coming in January… Fifty years after it exploded onto shelves and…

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Just Work: The Gig Economy, Platform Capitalism and the Battle for Worker Rights – More Standout Graphic Journalism from Tom Humberstone

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 15, 2026

Tom Humberstone’s Just Work: The Gig Economy, Platform Capitalism and the Battle for Worker Rights is not simply representative of his graphic journalism. It’s also a fine example of how…

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Thought Bubble Reveals Festival Programme for 2026’s 20th Anniversary

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 15, 2026

A Thought Bubble press release gives us an opportunity to remind you again of how to submit your TB debut comics for review here at Broken Frontier. Got that? Then…

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Archie #1 – Oni’s Relaunch Beautifully Captures the Spirit of Archie’s World with an Appeal for New and Old Readers Alike

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 14, 2026

Less reboot or even reimagining and more business as usual, the new Oni Press incarnation of everyone’s favourite red-headed teenager debuted this month with Archie #1. If you were worrying…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists Roman Muradov, Daisy Crouch and Mark Stafford on Friday, September 25th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 14, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns at our regular venue of The Royal George on Friday, September 25th, 2026. And this time our artist line-up…

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Them-Shaped Clouds – Max Huffman’s Ignatz-Nominated Collection of Cynically Surreal Strips is the Perfect Entry Point to His Angular Cartooning Style

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 11, 2026

This summer’s ARC Festival was a triumph not just in terms of showcasing indie and experimental work, or the new discoveries we all may have made there, but also for…

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Joe’s Comix: Wild Kingdom – Classic Hutchinson Brothers 1980s Mini-Comics Reformatted for the 21st Century from Phoenix Productions

  • by Gary Usher
  • September 10, 2026

Previously at Broken Frontier we covered Steve Willis and Edward Bolman volumes from Tom Fellrath’s Phoenix Masters series, both of which explore absurdity in the extreme with a humorous, all-ages…

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Dark Horse to Bring Paul Chadwick’s Classic ‘Concrete’ Series Back to Print in 2027 in the First of an Omnibus Range

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 10, 2026

The news I imagine we were all hoping for when Paul Chadwick started creating new Concrete stories for Dark Horse! The first Concrete Omnibus will bring the classic of the…

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