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    Author: Paul Mirek

    Eat More Comics by Gemma Correll (The Nib)

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    “We’re Making Comics Happen That Wouldn’t Have Otherwise Existed”: Matt Bors Takes ‘The Nib’ to Kickstarter and Beyond

    • by Paul Mirek
    • July 20, 2015

    Matt Bors, founder of online comics magazine The Nib, talks about his editorial vision and his Kickstarter campaign to fund a print version of the site, which became a go-to destination…

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    Spaceknights, Milestones, and Aftershocks: Your Guide to SDCC 2015’s Biggest News

    • by Paul Mirek
    • July 13, 2015

    San Diego Comic Con didn’t have it easy this year. With Image front-loading their announcements at Image Expo and Marvel Studios sitting out this year’s festivities, you’d be forgiven for…

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    Goodbye Little Pointy Teeth – Surreal Bedtime Stories for the Working World in Brian Moore’s Debut

    • by Paul Mirek
    • June 24, 2015

    In another dimension, Brian Moore’s Goodbye Little Pointy Teeth would be enjoyed at bedtimes around the world, its subversive morals expanding the minds of an eager generation. Here on Earth…

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    Broken World #1 – Life Goes on in Frank Barbiere and Christopher Peterson’s Tale of Earth’s Last Days

    • by Paul Mirek
    • June 5, 2015

    Frank J. Barbiere, Christopher Peterson, and Marissa Louise offer up hard sci-fi concepts and few easy answers in the first issue of their Boom! Studios miniseries. Early in Broken World, an…

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    Broken Frontier Staff Picks for May 20, 2015 – Pope Hats, A-Force and Optic Nerve!

    • by Paul Mirek
    • May 20, 2015

    It’s 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 BF…

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    Bad Boy – Serbian Artist Mladen Oljača Earns His Title in Modesty Comics’ Profane, Political Collection

    • by Paul Mirek
    • May 18, 2015

    This slim but worthwhile volume from Modesty Comics collects single-page gags and extended sketches by Serbian artist Mladen Oljača. Initially appearing in various underground media, these shorts buzz with the kind…

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    Broken Frontier Anthology: “I Knew the Only Way to Learn Was to Do it, Every Day” – Daniel Warren Johnson on His Process and Influences

    • by Paul Mirek
    • May 7, 2015

    Chicago-based Daniel Warren Johnson created something truly unique with Space-Mullet, his space trucker buddy comedy webcomic, so it’s no wonder that publishers are starting to pay attention. Daniel Warren Johnson is contributing…

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    Broken Frontier Staff Picks for May 6, 2015: Arcadia, Secret Wars, Rocket Girl, Minimum Wage, The Comix Reader & More

    • by Paul Mirek
    • May 5, 2015

    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…

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    Broken Frontier Anthology: “I Like Thinking of the Comic as a ‘Thing'” – Alison Sampson Discusses the Object of Her Art

    • by Paul Mirek
    • April 30, 2015

    One look at Alison Sampson‘s art lets you know that hers is a unique talent – but one look isn’t nearly enough to take in the myriad details and emotional power…

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    Broken Frontier Anthology: “See the World Through Your Characters as Human Beings” – Greg Pak on Writing and Responsibility

    • by Paul Mirek
    • April 29, 2015

    From big-screen dinosaur-fighting action in the 13th century to all-ages collaborations with songwriter Jonathan Coulton, you never know where Greg Pak’s wondrous writing will take you next. Greg Pak is contributing to…

    Pisces (Kurtis J Wiebe, Johnnie Christmas; Image Comics)

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    Broken Frontier Staff Picks for April 29, 2015: Pisces, Mayday, Thomas Alsop and More

    • by Paul Mirek
    • April 29, 2015

    It’s 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 BF…

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    Broken Frontier Anthology: I.N.J. Culbard Strips Dreams to Their Core in His Disarming Work

    • by Paul Mirek
    • April 28, 2015

    Writer/artist I.N.J. Culbard talked with us recently about his career, the art of adaptation and the inspiration behind his first original graphic novel, Celeste. I.N.J Culbard is contributing to the Broken Frontier…

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    Broken Frontier Anthology: “Can We Change Our End?” – Carla Berrocal Pushes Herself (and Readers) to Ask the Tough Questions

    • by Paul Mirek
    • April 27, 2015

    If you picked up a copy of Vertigo’s CMYK: Magenta anthology last year, you’ve already had the pleasure of seeing Carla Berrocal’s stunning Technicolor pulp art in action. We talk…

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    Broken Frontier Anthology: “There is Something That Drives Me Insane-in-a-Good-Way About Comics” – Writer Adam Egypt Mortimer Goes ‘Ballistic’

    • by Paul Mirek
    • April 23, 2015

    Adam Egypt Mortimer burst onto the comic scene, quite literally, with a punch to the face in the pages of Ballistic, his hyperactive sci-fi collaboration with Darick Robertson (available now in…

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    Hit: 1957 #1 – Carlson and Del Rey’s Latest Round is Anything but Noir by Numbers

    • by Paul Mirek
    • March 26, 2015

    Hit: 1957 #1 follows up on its shotgun blast of a predecessor with a dark look at justice in the City of Angels. You won’t find many easy answers here,…

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    Rebels #1 – Facing the Hidden Weight of History in Brian Wood and Andrea Mutti’s Revolutionary New Series

    • by Paul Mirek
    • March 13, 2015

    Like most of writer Brian Wood’s work, Rebels introduces readers to a cast of young characters who find themselves in an imposingly adult conflict – and are woefully unprepared for the…

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    “I Have Fun, Living Life and Making Stuff”: James Kochalka Prepares the Glorkian Warrior for a Second Voyage

    • by Paul Mirek
    • March 12, 2015

    For the better part of two decades, James Kochalka has been honing his inimitable cartooning style across an increasingly staggering bibliography of comics work. In between, he’s found time to…

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    Amazing Art: Dustin Nguyen Paints a Richly Realized Sci-Fi World in ‘Descender’

    • by Paul Mirek
    • March 4, 2015

    One look at Dustin Nguyen’s lush watercolor pages makes it clear that a lot of work goes into creating something so effortlessly endearing. That paradox is just one example of the fascinating contrasts…

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