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Preview: Hundred Wolves #1 – New Vault Comics Historical Fantasy Series by Myke Cole and Tony Akins Debuts in April

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 24, 2020

Vault Comics – publishers of the Broken Frontier Award-winning series These Savage Shores by Ram V, Sumit Kumar, Vittorio Astone and Aditya Bidikar – revisit the historical fantasy genre this…

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Rogue Planet – New Oni Press Sci-Fi Horror Series from Cullen Bunn and Andy MacDonald Debuts in April

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 23, 2020

We always like to give a shout-out here at BF to projects by creators who have been associated with Broken Frontier in the past. Writer Cullen Bunn was not only…

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Frontier #20: Anatola Howard – Anatola Howard Explores Aspects of Love in a Witty Entry in Youth in Decline’s Acclaimed Spotlight Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 23, 2020

Over the last few years Youth in Decline’s Frontier series has provided an acclaimed space for creators to spotlight their personal approaches to graphic narrative. Sometimes these self-contained one-shots showcase…

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Koyama Press Provides – New Community Initiative from the Canadian Publisher Promises a Year of “Monthly Giving”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 21, 2020

Three years ago at Broken Frontier, Koyama Press founder Annie Koyama was the first inductee into our Broken Frontier Hall of Fame, a category in our annual BF Awards designed…

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Preview: Heavy Metal #298 – Venerable Comics Anthology Magazine Goes Back to its Sci-Fi Roots and Journeys to the “Furthest Reaches” in March

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 20, 2020

We have an extensive preview of Heavy Metal #298 today at BF (the magazine that, of course, published work by our 2020 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Miranda Smart…

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UK Publisher SelfMadeHero’s Spring 2020 Line-Up Announced – Includes Graphic Medicine, Biography and Fiction Amongst Translated European Comics Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 20, 2020

More details of publishing plans for 2020 have reached us today. This time it’s the Spring slate of books from UK publisher SelfMadeHero. The full press release is below. SelfMadeHero…

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Internet Crusader – George Wylesol’s Innovative Story of Doomsday Cults and Satanic Computer Viruses Pushes, Probes, Tests and Even Breaks the Boundaries of What Comics Can Be

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 20, 2020

Arguments about what exactly constitutes comics as a form always seem something of an unnecessary distraction. The elasticity of that definition is surely one of the medium’s greatest strengths, allowing…

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More Classic Comics Return to Print with the Announcement of Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics Line-Up for 2020 – Titles Include ‘The Trigan Empire’, ‘The Thirteenth Floor’, ‘Death Squad’ and ‘Sugar Jones’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 20, 2020

After announcing their 2020 2000 AD collections line-up last week, Rebellion have today let us know what titles will feature in their Treasury of British Comics reprints range this year….

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Thursday January 30th with Guest Artists Peony Gent, James Albon and Lindsay Pollock

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 17, 2020

We’re back! The first Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of the year is on January 30th and we have three cracking artists on the guest creator list!…

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Best of 2000 AD #1 – Rebellion’s Retrospective Series Provides an Excellent and Accessibly Priced Entry Point to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 16, 2020

The very title Best of 2000 AD was by (subjective) definition always going to be a divisive one. Rebellion’s new 12-issue series debuts this April, retaining the anthology format of…

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2020 – Spotlighting the Work of Dominique Duong, Miranda Smart, Nic Mac, Pigeon, Shangomola Edunjobi and Tal Brosh

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 16, 2020

The most exciting time of the year here on the site is our announcement of the names of the artists selected for the year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators…

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The King – John Tucker’s Eccentrically Amiable Tale Combines the Downright Bizarre with Themes of Family and Responsibility

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2020

John Tucker’s The King is perhaps more illustrated story than pure comics but this eccentrically amiable tale has an idiosyncratic charm that makes it well worth picking up if you’re…

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Rebellion Announce 2000 AD’s Graphic Novels Line-Up for 2020 – Titles Include Classic ‘Strontium Dog’, ‘2000 AD Regened’, ‘Fiends of the Eastern Front’ and ‘Thistlebone’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2020

The 2020 previews and publishing announcements have been coming in fast and furious over the last week here at Broken Frontier Towers. Below we have the latest communication from Rebellion…

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Preview: What We Don’t Talk About – Charlot Kristensen’s Debut Graphic Novel from Avery Hill Publishing Introduces “a Burgeoning Talent Devoted to Representation and Empowering Women of Colour”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2020

It will come as no surprise to anyone following Broken Frontier regularly that Avery Hill Publishing have an incredibly cool slate of releases lined up for 2020 (we announced them…

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The Lure of the Flesh – Beatrice Mossman’s Horror/Fairy Tale Hybrid Explores the Possibilities of the Page with Its Distinctive Tactile Presentation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2020

Beatrice Mossman’s The Lure of the Flesh brings together dark fantasy, allegorical storytelling and autobiographical elements in an enticingly unusual physical format. Freya is a young girl who has struggled…

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Sean Michael Wilson and Fumio Obata’s ‘The Garden’ Debuts in April 2020 – First Graphic Novel from Mind-Body-Spirit Publisher Liminal 11

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 10, 2020

Liminal 11, the mind-body-spirit publisher co-founded by Mike Medaglia and Darren Shill, have added a number of projects by names very familiar to indie comics fans to their catalogue over…

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Dark Horse Announce New Series in the ‘Black Hammer’ Saga – Broken Frontier Award-Winning Jeff Lemire and Tyler Crook Bring Us ‘Colonel Weird: Cosmagog’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 10, 2020

Dark Horse Comics have announced the next miniseries in the Black Hammer saga, this time featuring Colonel Weird. It’s written by Broken Frontier Award-winning Jeff Lemire with visuals by Tyler…

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Ken Reid’s World-Wide Weirdies – Another Macabre Collection from the Oddball Imagination of a True British Comics Genius, Courtesy of the Treasury of British Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 9, 2020

After years of a puzzling lack of Ken Reid reprint volumes we’ve been spoilt for collections over the last few years with the Treasury of British Comics giving us both…

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