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Paul Jon Milne’s ‘Grave Horticulture’ Comics Come to ComiXology Courtesy of Douglas Noble’s Strip for Me

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2019

Exciting news today via UK small press mainstay Douglas Noble that his Strip For Me imprint will be bringing the work of Paul Jon Milne, whose comics we’ve covered in…

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Heritage Comics Launches Starblazer Graphic Novel – Classic DC Thomson Sci-Fi Comic Returns in a New Reprint Collection with Work from Creators Including Grant Morrison and Mick McMahon

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2019

Those of you who follow my own rather self-indulgent social media streams as well as the official Broken Frontier one will be aware of my posts over the summer focusing…

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Taxi!: Stories from the Back Seat – Aimée de Jongh’s Collection of Interweaving Encounters with Taxi Drivers Has a Quiet and Compelling Humanity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2019

Some of the most powerful slice-of-life work speaks to us so eloquently not through an overt attempt at ostentatious profoundness but rather because it reveals familiar truths with a quiet…

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The Tower in the Sea – The Third Volume of B. Mure’s ‘Ismyre’ Books Underlines that We Are Witnessing a Truly Classic Comics Series Emerging Here

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2019

It would be inappropriate to describe B. Mure’s Ismyre series of books as indie comics’ best kept secret. The first two volumes have been consistently critically acclaimed, after all, with…

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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Hitsville UK Collected Edition – Check Out John Riordan’s Groovy Cover Art for the Long Awaited Compilation of this British Indie Cult Fave

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 2, 2019

Recently, we covered the crowdfunding campaign for the collection of Dan Cox and John Riordan’s Hitsville UK here at Broken Frontier and, as this veritable institution of UK self-publishing reaches its…

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‘The Book of Forks’ to Conclude Rob Davis’s SelfMadeHero Trilogy Begun in ‘The Motherless Oven’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 30, 2019

Eisner and British Comic Awards-nominated creator Rob Davis’s trilogy of graphic novels that began in The Motherless Oven five years ago is set to conclude in the coming month with…

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A Puff of Smoke – An Exhibition of Sarah Lippett’s New Jonathan Cape Graphic Memoir Comes to East London this November

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 30, 2019

Three years ago at Broken Frontier I covered Sarah Lippett’s graphic memoir Stan and Nan here; a comics record of the life of the grandfather she never knew and the…

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Scooby-Doo Team-Up #50 – ‘Crisis on Infinite Scoobys’ in the Meta, Multi-Dimensional Wrap-Up to Ironically the Most DC Universe Book DC Have Published Since 2011

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 30, 2019

Undoubtedly the most delightful hidden gem in the Big Two’s super-hero publishing schedules, DC’s Scooby-Doo Team-Up came to an end this month with a fittingly celebratory 50th anniversary issue. Over…

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Fran of the Floods – The 1970s ‘Jinty’ Tale of Environmental Collapse from the Treasury of British Comics Has a Vital Topicality

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 27, 2019

If your vague memories of the 1970s UK girls comics market were limited to twee tales of ballerinas and boarding schools then Rebellion’s recent Treasury of British Comics volumes will…

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Sobek – James Stokoe’s Shortbox Tale of an Ancient Egyptian Crocodile God is a Sumptuous Visual Feast of a Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 26, 2019

If you were reading US serial comics in the 1990s you’ll remember the craze for “cover enhancements” during that period, when the major publishers became locked in an ever escalating…

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The Arts Foundation Announces the Shortlisted Artists for Their 2020 Futures Awards in Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 24, 2019

The full press release for the shortlisted artists for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards for the Comics category runs below. Congratulations to the shortlisted quartet! Esther McManus, Danny Noble, Zara Slattery and Jess Taylor have…

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Inspired to Innovate – New Association of Illustrators Exhibition of Cutting Edge Illustration Features Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Aleesha Nandhra

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 23, 2019

We’re always pleased to publicise the wider artistic activities of our annual ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ here at Broken Frontier and, for the second time this year (after…

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š! #36 – ‘Plant Power’ is the Theme of the Latest kus! comics Digest Anthology with Work from Peony Gent, Patrick Kyle and Roman Muradov

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 23, 2019

As one might suspect from an anthology with the theme of ‘Plant Power’, the latest issue of Latvian publisher kuš! comics signature š! anthology sees more than its fair share…

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Rat Time – The Profound and the Ephemeral Are Bound Up in Unlikely Union in Another Remarkable Compilation of Keiler Roberts’ Autobio Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 19, 2019

The third Keiler Roberts book from Koyama Press after Sunburning and Chlorine Gardens, Rat Time is another fine example of the artist’s distinctive voice in the world of autobiographical comics….

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Black Crown Comes to Orbital Comics – It’s a Party Extravaganza in London with a Host of the Coolest Creators on October 26th!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 19, 2019

Fresh off their recent crowdfunding success for Hey, Amateur!, comes the news that the Black Crown crew will be hosted by London’s Orbital Comics for a huge signing and party…

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Preview: Something is Killing the Children #2 -Take an Advance Look at the Second Issue of the Smash Hit Horror Comic from BOOM! Studios

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 18, 2019

Something is Killing the Children has proved to be one of the monster serial comics hits of the summer, with numerous reprintings already for its first issue. We reviewed its…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Thursday September 26th with Guest Creators Sabba Khan, Peter Morey, Tom Woodman and Rupert Smissen

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 16, 2019

Summer may be drawing to a close but our Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw has one last hurrah for the lighter evenings. Say goodbye to the summer…

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The Avant-Guards Vol. 1 – Love, Friendship and Basketball Abound in Usdin and Hayes’ Escapist Comedy Drama

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 13, 2019

Compiling the first four issues of Carly Usdin and Noah Hayes’ 12-issue series (or maxiseries as we used to call them back in the day), The Avant-Guards is ostensibly that…

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