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    Preview: The Realist: Last Day on Earth – Asaf Hanuka’s Autobio Graphic Novel Coming from Archaia in June

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • March 3, 2022

    Time for a sneak peek at another upcoming comics project. This time Asaf Hanuka’s The Realist: Last Day on Earth, another collection of autobio work published by BOOM! Studios/Archaia in…

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    Preview: Better Angels – Jeff Jensen and George Schall’s ‘Kate Warne Adventure’ Debuts this October from BOOM! Studios/Archaia

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • August 27, 2021

    To take us into the weekend today at BF, an advance look at the BOOM! Studios/Archaia Better Angels graphic novel coming this October… BOOM! Studios today revealed a new look…

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    Preview: The Short While – Jeremy Sorese’s “Profoundly Moving Queer Sci-Fi Graphic Novel” Debuts this November from Archaia

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • July 22, 2021

    Check out a preview of Jeremy Sorese’s upcoming graphic novel coming via Archaia later this year… Love & Loneliness in Jeremy Sorese’s THE SHORT WHILE       Discover a Profoundly…

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    The Down River People – Adam Smith and Matt Fox Plunge into Southern Gothic Literature

    • by Lindsay Pereira
    • May 27, 2021

    There’s something about troubled families that clearly attracts Adam Smith and Matt Fox. It is a theme the writer-illustrator team last explored on Long Walk to Valhalla a little over…

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    Girlsplaining: A (Sorta) Memoir – Katja Klengel Explores “What Being a Woman Today Means to Her”

    • by Jenny Robins
    • May 12, 2021

    “Becoming a woman isn’t exactly what I call a hobby.” Originally published in German by Reprodukt, in 2018 Girlsplaining: A (Sorta) Memoir is the recent release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning…

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    Slaughterhouse-Five – Ryan North and Albert Monteys Continually Twist the Comic Form in this Undeniably Self-Aware Adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Masterpiece

    • by Rebecca Burke
    • December 17, 2020

    Ryan North and Albert Monteys continually twist the comic form in this undeniably self-aware adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece Slaughterhouse-Five, for BOOM! Studios/Archaia. In Slaughterhouse-Five, Ryan North and Albert Monteys…

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    Preview: Girlsplaining: A (Sorta) Memoir – Katja Klengel’s Topical and Socially Relevant Graphic Novel to Be Published by BOOM! Studios’ Archaia Imprint in 2021

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • December 16, 2020

    Debuting in the early Spring Katja Klengel’s upcoming graphic novel will be published as part of BOOM! Studios’ Archaia much acclaimed Archaia imprint. We have a whopping 12-page preview of…

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    Big Black: Stand at Attica – Archaia’s Retelling of the Story of Frank ‘Big Black’ Smith and the 1971 Attica State Prison Rebellion Feels No Less Timely Today

    • by Ally Russell Shields
    • July 27, 2020

    Recalling a moment in US history from 1971, the story of Frank ‘Big Black’ Smith and the Attica State Prison rebellion feels no less timely today. A collaboration between Big…

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    We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories – Emei Burell Recounts the Stories of Her Mother’s Disrupted Childhood During the Chinese Cultural Revolution

    • by Rebecca Burke
    • June 29, 2020

    In We Served the People, Emei Burell shares her stories of her mother, Yuan, growing up in China during a time when childhoods were being interrupted by the Cultural Revolution….

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    Staff Picks for March 11, 2020 – Decorum, Thoreau and Me, All My Friends Are Ghosts, Machine Gun Wizards and More!

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • March 10, 2020

    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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    Preview: Bear – Ben Queen and Joe Todd-Stanton Bring a Touching Tale of Canine Devotion to Archaia this Summer

    • by Andy Oliver
    • March 3, 2020

    We’ve been huge fans of Joe Todd-Stanton’s Brownstone’s Mythical Collection series from Flying Eye Books (you can read reviews of the first three books here at Broken Frontier). So we’re…

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    Preview: Slaughterhouse-Five – Ryan North and Albert Monteys to Adapt Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic Novel for BOOM! Studios/Archaia

    • by Andy Oliver
    • January 9, 2020

    A medium with a unique relationship to the concept of time meets a novel with much the same outlook later this year when BOOM! Studios adapt Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel…

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    Bags (Or a Story Thereof) – Gavin Fullerton Adapts Patrick McHale’s Weird but Very Human Story of One Man’s Love for His Missing Dog

    • by Andy Oliver
    • August 5, 2019

    Bags (Or a Story Thereof) has been adapted by Gavin Fullerton from a projected novel that eventually became an experimental short story by animator Patrick McHale (creator of Over the…

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    Sanpaku – Kate Gavino’s Coming-of-Age Story is a Touching and Funny Account of Adolescence from Archaia

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 5, 2018

    Kate Gavino came to prominence as the creator of the blog (and subsequent book) Last Night’s Reading where she compiles her illustrations and favourite quotes from the many book readings she attends….

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    A Girl in the Himalayas – David Jesus Vignolli’s Magical Tale of Home and Community Appeals to All Ages

    • by Andy Oliver
    • May 28, 2018

    What immediately strikes the reader about David Jesus Vignolli’s debut graphic novel A Girl in the Himalayas is the sheer craft of the creator’s visual storytelling. Published by BOOM! Studios…

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    Staff Picks for September 7, 2016 – The One Hundred Nights of Hero, Misty, Mezolith, Red Rosa, Glitterbomb and More!

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • September 6, 2016

    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 or digital storefront, the…

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    Staff Picks for June 8, 2016 – Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy, The Black Dahlia, Midnight of the Soul, Metroland, The Ghosts We Know and More!

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • June 7, 2016

    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 or digital storefront, the…

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    Mezolith – An Insightful Exploration of the Power of Stories against the Wonder of Britain’s Ancient Past

    • by Jason Wilkins
    • February 25, 2016

    An enthralling journey to an epoch in which stories permeated every aspect of life, Ben Haggarty and Adam Brockbank’s epic tale of Poika of the Kansa tribe is modern myth-making…

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