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The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World – Our ‘Earth Day Week’ Begins at BF with this Groundbreaking Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 17, 2023

EARTH DAY WEEK! Where does one even begin with attempting to review such a colossal group effort as Dorling Kindersley’s The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Berg – Character-Driven Narrative is at the Centre of this Highly Atmospheric Horror One-Shot

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 14, 2023

Collaborative comics where the entire creative team are perfectly and harmoniously in synch are probably far rarer than we could care to admit. Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, horror comic The…

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Exclusive Preview: House of Slay Season 2, ‘Nephrite Horrors’ – Take a Sneak Peek at the New Story from Fashion Designers Prabal Gurung and Phillip Lim’s Inclusive and Socially Relevant Webcomic Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 13, 2023

We have an exclusive House of Slay preview today at Broken Frontier from ‘Nephrite Horrors’, the upcoming final story in the second season of the webcomic. House of Slay represents…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Colossive Cartographies #33-42 – Another Experimental Selection of Colossive Press’s Acclaimed Turkish Map Fold Zine Series Explored

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 12, 2023

To borrow from Stan Lee every Colossive Cartographies review is somebody’s first so if you’re unaware of the format of what has become micropublisher Colossive Press’s signature series keep reading….

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Single – Jiří Franta’s Existential Graphic Novel is a Story of Burgeoning Self-Reflexivity

  • by Jon Aye
  • April 11, 2023

The first time we meet the unnamed main character of Jiří Franta’s Single he is a distant speck, a potentially overlooked feature of the scene, alone and stranded on top…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Forest Hills Bootleg Society – Baker and Goux’s Coming-of-Age Story is Poignant, Honest and Filled with Emotional Vulnerability

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 10, 2023

To describe Forest Hills Bootleg Society merely as a coming-of-age story seems woefully inadequate given the number of thematic strands that run through its pages. As a revealing afterword notes,…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Black Phoenix Omnibus – Rich Tommaso Finds the Perfect Vessel for His Rhizomatic Creativity

  • by Tom Baker
  • April 7, 2023

Rich Tommaso has a reasonable claim on the title of “Hardest Working Man In Comics.” That was true even before this, his current venture. Black Phoenix is a serialised anthology published…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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No Surrender – Constance Maud’s 1911 Novel on Women’s Fight for the Vote Memorably Adapted by the Rickard Sisters

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 5, 2023

When Sophie and Scarlett Rickard adapted Robert Tressell’s The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists for SelfMadeHero in 2021 they introduced an always relevant socialist masterpiece to a new audience of readers at…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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My Usual Nonsense – Lesley Imgart Effortlessly Moves Between Heavy and Whimsical Subject Matter in Another Collection of Autobiographical Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 4, 2023

One of the pleasures of repeat reviewing is being able to observe and appreciate how the practice of individual artists evolves and grows in confidence. My Usual Nonsense is the…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Policing the City: An Ethno-Graphic – Intensely Relevant Graphic Journalism that Demands We Re-Evaluate the Way We Think about the Role of the Police in Society

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 3, 2023

The role of policing in modern society has never been under such a level of scrutiny as it is today; be it the police brutality in the States and the…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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First Year Out: A Transition Story – Sabrina Symington’s Graphic Novel Account Blends Raw Candour and Uplifting Positivity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 31, 2023

As it’s International Trans Day of Remembrance it seems more than appropriate today to be giving some space to the stories of trans creators, especially given the current atmosphere of…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Shuk & Doode – Forgotten Comic Art from Simon Harrison Brought Back to Demonic Life by Dark & Golden

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 30, 2023

Douglas Noble and Tom Oldham’s Dark & Golden publishing imprint is owed more attention than we have given it to date. Shining a light in the largely forgotten or obscure…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Explosive Sweet Freezer Razors – Gareth A Hopkins’ Collection of Abstract Comics Transcends the Border Between the Experimental and the Visionary

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 29, 2023

Repetition mode engaged. As I have said on numerous occasions previously at Broken Frontier (probably to the point of tedium), Gareth A Hopkins is one of a small group of…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Mr. Fibby: The Prime Minister Who Couldn’t Stop Lying – Partygate, the Brexit Disaster, and the Mendacity of Boris Johnson Skewered in this Biting ‘Mr. Men’ Parody

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 28, 2023

“Mr. Fibby said, “I never lie. I am the Prime Minister and I am going to save the National Health Service £350 million a second by taking the power back…

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A Very British Affair: The Best of Classic Romance Comics – David Roach Curates a Glorious Collection of Forgotten Gems Via the Treasury of British Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 27, 2023

To describe the Treasury of British Comics’ A Very British Affair: The Best of Classic Romance Comics as a labour of love seems like an understatement that borders on gross…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Now #12 – The Latest Edition of the Medium-Championing Anthology Features Work from J Webster Sharp, Bhanu Pratap, Cynthia Alfonso and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 21, 2023

Comics anthologies that give space to emerging voices alongside established and renowned creative forces on the indie scene are always to be admired. It’s been a little while since we…

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Sugar & Other Stories – Joy San’s Silver Sprocket Horror Collection Combines the Experimental with the Unsettling

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 17, 2023

Joy San’s Sugar & Other Stories is a collection of short horror stories presented in a variety of narrative styles and visual techniques. If you’re expecting conventional twist-in-the-tale comics horror…

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A Day on the River (& Other Stories) – Giorgio Pandiani Tackles Climate Change, Pandemic Denial and Environmental Collapse in this Collection of Allegorical Shorts

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 16, 2023

Compiling four short stories all, to some degree, with environmental themes at their heart Giorgio Pandiani’s A Day on the River (& Other Stories) is an anthology offering that is…

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