Broken Frontier

    Exploring The Comics Universe

    • FacebookFacebook
    • TwitterTwitter
    • RSS FeedRSS Feed
    • Home
    • About
    • Blog
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Resource Lists
    • Contact us
    • Join BF
    • Events
    • Patrons

    Tagged: melissa mendes

    Reviews

    0

    The Weight – D+Q Gives Melissa Mendes’s Beautiful Webcomic the Attention It Has Long Deserved

    • by Lindsay Pereira
    • September 9, 2025

    A decade or so ago, while speaking about her plan for The Weight, which had yet to be completed, American artist Melissa Mendes spoke of her love of family sagas that spanned generations….

    Reviews

    1

    Cartoonists for Palestine – 60 Comics Creators Respond to the Genocide in Gaza in this Essential Comics Anthology

    • by Andy Oliver
    • February 17, 2025

    Published in print at the tail end of 2024 but added to online through the year, anthology/website Cartoonists for Palestine was undoubtedly one of the year’s most important comics projects….

    Blog · Eyecatcher

    1

    Staff Picks for May 11, 2016 – Lou, Island, Pop Gun War, A City Inside, The Twilight Children and More

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • May 10, 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…

    The Weight (Melissa Mendes)

    Eyecatcher · Reviews

    0

    The Weight #1 and #2 – Melissa Mendes Offers Intimate Comics Storytelling at Its Very Best

    • by Tom Murphy
    • July 2, 2015

    In her long-form tale of depression-era childhood, Melissa Mendes draws on her family history to create a rich portrait of a young girl and the confusing, often brutal world around her….

    Columns · Small Pressganged

    3

    Lou #1-15

    • by Andy Oliver
    • July 10, 2013

    Melissa Mendes’s Lou follows the adventures of the titular 9-year-old tomboy, her two brothers – the younger John and older Eddie, and an extended cast of friends and family. Published by…

    • Broken Frontier Anthology


      312 pages • 27 stories • 50 star creators
      Limited copies available!
      Buy now
    • Recommended Reads!

      • Raging Against the Machine: Comics and Generative AI “Art” Part 4 – “So-Called Artificial Intelligence Has Been Crafted in Service to Power”September 10, 2025
      • Cartoonists for Gaza Extra: Sweaty Eyes – Read AJ O’Neill’s Short Comic Story Here at Broken FrontierSeptember 10, 2025
      • Cartoonists for Gaza Part 4 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work from Rufus Dayglo, Peter Kuper, Zara Slattery, Oscar Zárate and Corinne HalbertAugust 29, 2025
      • Raging Against the Machine: Comics and Generative AI “Art” (Interlude) – Read Tom Humberstone’s Comic ‘I’m a Luddite! (And So Can You!)’ on AI Art, Luddism and Activism Here at BFAugust 27, 2025
      • Cartoonists for Gaza Part 3 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work from John Sadler, MariNaomi, Paul Peart-Smith, Tony Thorne and Myfanwy TristramAugust 27, 2025
    • Home
    • melissa mendes
    • About us

      Broken Frontier is a comic book and graphic novel news site established in 2002. Our international team of staff writers covers quality stories from all corners of the comics universe, with a penchant for independent and creator-owned material.
      Our mission - Join us
    • Recent Posts

      • Zarjaz Vol.3, #1 and #2 – Alba Ceide’s Art on ‘Strontium Dog’ is the Pick of the Batch in Two Issues that Make Playful Use of ‘2000 AD’ Continuity
      • The Hive Vol. 1 – An Ultra-Violent Thrill-a-Minute Crime Caper from Lieberman, Henderson, Azpiazu and Image Comics
      • Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me – Mimi Pond Makes History Lessons Cool Again With Her D+Q Biography of an Oddly Intriguing Family 
      • Strategies for Survival – Abod Nasser’s Account of Reinventing Life in Gaza in the Midst of Genocide
    • Search

    • Looking for BF content from before the current version of the site? Access it here.
    • Home
    • Blog
    • Columns
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Resource Lists
    • Contact us
    • Patrons
    • FacebookFacebook
    • TwitterTwitter
    • RSS FeedRSS Feed

    © 2002-2015 Broken Frontier - Privacy & Disclaimer