Broken Frontier

Exploring The Comics Universe

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

Author: François Vigneault

Features

0

“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’

  • by François Vigneault
  • November 19, 2025

Pascal Girard and Cathon are two of the most distinctive voices in Montreal’s vibrant indie comics landscape, each cultivating a devoted readership through their wry, sharply observed work. Girard is…

Features

0

“I’m Always Trying to Make Comics the Other Way Around” — An Interview with Portuguese Cartoonist Joana Mosi on Her Graphic Novels ‘The Mongoose’ and ‘Physical Education’

  • by François Vigneault
  • October 13, 2025

In her native Portugal, cartoonist Joana Mosi is an award-winning creator and a well-known part of the burgeoning Lisbon comics scene, but her comics work has been far less available…

Features

0

“All the Characters are Basically Me, in One Way or Another” — An Interview with Ned Wenlock on His Coming-of-Age Graphic Novel ‘Tsunami’ from Pow Pow Press

  • by François Vigneault
  • April 30, 2025

Ned Wenlock is a quietly rising star in the international comics scene. Born in the UK, Wenlock has lived in New Zealand since the age of 13, where he works…

Features

1

“I Feel Like ‘The Jellyfish’ is the Most Personal Book I’ve Ever Made” — An Interview with Boum on Her Pow Pow Press Graphic Medicine Story

  • by François Vigneault
  • May 1, 2024

The cartoonist Boum (AKA Samantha Leriche-Gionet) has been a key member of the vibrant Montreal comics scene for over a decade. Her slice-of-life webcomic Boumeries, which with great savvy she…

Eyecatcher · Features

1

“We Never Learned That We Shouldn’t Be Doing This” — A Conversation with Los Bros Hernandez Looking Back on 40 Years of ‘Love and Rockets’

  • by François Vigneault
  • February 10, 2023

In the four decades since they self-published the first issue of Love & Rockets with their brother Mario, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez have crafted ground-breaking narratives that rewrote the rules…

Features

0

“They’re Like My Children” – An Interview with Sourya, Creator of ‘Talli: Daughter of the Moon’

  • by François Vigneault
  • October 31, 2022

Sourya is a French-Laotian manga artist who lives and works in Paris. The first volume of his ongoing fantasy series Talli: Daughter of the Moon arrived in stores on October…

Blog

0

Covers Album: François Vigneault – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Jaime Hernandez, Kerascoët and A.C. Farley

  • by François Vigneault
  • October 13, 2021

It’s time for another mini-season of our ‘Covers Album’ feature where we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers… but with a small…

  • Broken Frontier Anthology


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

    • “Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
    • “There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’August 31, 2026
    • “Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’August 31, 2026
    • “I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power” – Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel ‘Heaven’, the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative RideAugust 27, 2026
    • “Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
  • Home
  • François Vigneault
  • 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

    • Preview: Bulletproof Coffin: Giant! Cease to Exist – David Hine and Shaky Kane Return to Their Metafictional Super-Hero Universe with Oni Press in January
    • Exclusive Preview: Babs: The Black Road South #5 – Ennis and Burrows’ Comedy Fantasy Sequel Reaches its Penultimate Issue from Ahoy Comics
    • It’s Bitter, Baby, and it’s Very Sweet – Keezy Young’s Twisting Horror Tale is a Multi-Layered Masterpiece of Short Storytelling
    • The Day of Dredd Arrives on October 3rd 2026 with Legendary ‘2000 AD’ Creators Signing Across the UK and Europe
  • 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