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The Brain Behind the Beatles
Dutch artist Jaron Beekes creates an easy going graphic novel about the man who raised the Beatles to stardom: Brian Epstein. Overdosing at the tender age of 32, Brian Epstein…
Author: Bart Croonenborghs
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The Client
Falling in love with a prostitute and kidnapping the pimp’s daughter to locate her after her disappearance is on top of the list of humongously bad ideas. Especially if you…
Summer Break
Crossing Borders is going on a summer break for two weeks. To make sure you at least have something to do to pass the time, here’s the wonderful trashy nineties…
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Crime, Elephants and Aliens
Mixing anthropomorphism with crime, classic newspaper comics and superheroes; Pierre Gabus and Romuald Reutimann have created a unique series in District 14 full of intrigue that oozes atmosphere by the…
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Rembrandt and the Price of Genius
By focusing on his entourage, Typex delivers a stunning psychological inside look into the 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt. After studying Rembrandt for over 3 years, dutch comics artist Typex…
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Nazis, Guns and the Women Who Love Them
Silas Corey is a man of questionable morals but also one of the greatest detectives of the early 20th century. So going after a mysterious stamp filled with secret Nazi…
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Picasso, Love and Mary Shelley
High art ahoy as both Picasso and Shelley received a multiple volume biography in comic form. Pablo 2: Apollinaire As told by Fernande Olivier, one of Picasso’s main models in…
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The Isle of Amoras Now and Then
One of Belgium’s longest running kids adventure comic series Bob and Bobette gets a radical adult make over in Amoras 2047. Running since 1947 and still ongoing today, Bob and…
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Better the Devil You Know
Frodo De Decker is back with his everyman hero Otto facing giants, vampires, dwarfs, knights, devils, demons and a broken heart. Otto Volume 2 : Better The Devil You Know…
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Miss Endicott Versus the Steampunk Dwarfs
Historical London is under siege by deformed little people living beneath the streets of London in this adventure tale by Derrien & Fourquemin. Miss Endicott by Derrien & Fourquemin Prudence…
The Complete 2000 AD Zenith Reprinted!
2000 AD is to publish a complete collection of Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s ground-breaking superhero series Zenith for the first time. The limited edition hardback book will only be…
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My Muse is Lounging on the Sofa
Contemporary absurdism ahoy in Wide Vercnocke’s ode to his sofa. My Muse is Lounging on the Sofa by Wide Vercnocke This is the titanic tale of a man…
Warren Ellis and the Dead Pig Collector
One of comic-dom’s most revered authors, Warren Ellis, is also making a name for himself as a writer of novels. After the noir-tinted Crooked Little Vein and his exploration of…
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Odalisques & Cylinders
We explore the titanic combination of Bastien Vivés and Ruppert and Mulot and look at Joris Van de Moortel’s use of comics to present his art books. Cylinder 1-2…
Carmine Infantino and the Silver Age
A confession about superhero comics and sacrilegious comments on classic creators from the silver age. Broken Frontier is known for its focus on the fringe side of comic books published…
Desert Island Comics
This time around a special edition of Crossing Borders. The United Kingdom’s most popular comics blog, the Forbidden Planet blog has a feature where comics industry people name their favourite…
Spirou’s 75th Anniversary and the Tragedy of Siblings
Celebrating 75 years of Spirou and a review of the heartbreaking story of Lea by Zidrou and Springers. 75 Years Of Spirou The first character created explicitly to promote a…
Madame Pipi And The Excess Of Human Nature
A new creator rises from Belgium’s pool of talent with a misanthropic view on life plus free webcomics from Bastien Vivés. Delitoon Set up as the premiere web portal for…
Broken Frontier Anthology
312 pages • 27 stories • 50 star creators
Limited copies available!Recommended Reads!
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