We have been so very busy behind the scenes at Broken Frontier these last few months that our customary ‘A View from the Frontier‘ opener to the week has had…
Lemon by Kelsey Wroten is a brief but potent distillation of her abilities as both a cartoonist and a writer. This minicomic from 2016 displays a strong talent for rendering…
BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST NEW SERIES NOMINEE! While the US serial comics anthology seems unlikely to enjoy a populist re-emergence in the immediate future – as Dark Horse’s abrupt…
Nobrow’s 2018 East London Comics & Arts Festival (ELCAF) is on the horizon and the first guest announcements have been released today with the news that this year’s “artist in residence”…
When Myriad Editions released Ottilie Hainsworth’s Talking to Gina last year I will admit to the presumption that its subject matter would be somewhat outside the publisher’s usual boundary-pushing use of…
It’s 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 events or digital storefront,…
BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST WRITER AWARD WINNER AND BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL AWARD NOMINEE! When 2017 Broken Frontier Award-winning creator Hannah Berry announced last year in an interview with our…
Julia Gfrörer’s Too Dark to See is a brief supernatural story that poses questions about our cosmic insignificance. In the face of creatures beyond our understanding what are the lives…
As if it’s taken this long for a Gillen and McKelvie joint to take the form of a bona fide murder-mystery story? It’s like when J.K. Rowling did her straight…
The special Centenary Edition of International Aces is a beautiful white boxed set of 4 volumes, each chronicling the lives of different flying aces from World War I; 14 in…
Last year, London’s Cartoon Museum was home to ‘The Inking Woman‘ – undoubtedly one of its most acclaimed exhibitions to date – tracing the history of women cartoonists over the…
João Sobral’s micropublishing venture O Panda Gordo began its life in Portugal several years ago. The project has since moved to the UK and is now based in Glasgow but,…
Richard Starkings, Tyler Shainline and Shaky Kane set out to stun with their new comic The Beef: Tainted Love via Image. In the making since 2014, this first of five…
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Back in 2016, when I reviewed the original edition of Wired Up Wrong – Rachael Smith’s account of living with anxiety and depression told via witty vignettes, visual metaphor and…
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 events or digital…
Synchronicity. This time last year I was reviewing the original version of The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes – an artist who was new to me at…
Gina Wynbrandt’s collection of magical realist autobiographical comics Someone Please Have Sex with Me from 2dcloud is a unique take on the genre. While the protagonist of her stories is always…
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With a new book coming from Avery Hill Publishing later this year Bristol-based artist Seekan Hui’s comics will no doubt be finding whole new audiences in 2018. As part of the…
