In Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey, Nick Bertozzi’s witty cartooning brings to life one of history’s most incredible tales of human endurance. It’s easy to see why – even a century on –…
In The Shadow Hero, Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew pick up a lost fragment of comics history and create a charming and long-overdue origin story for the first Asian-American…
The third volume of this substantial, Eisner-nominated anthology, edited by Sonny Liew and Joyce Sim, sheds light on the vibrant indie comics scene in South-East Asia. Here at Broken Frontier we’re…
After yesterday’s interview with Gene Luen Yang, today we talk to his artistic collaborator on The Shadow Hero (First Second Books), Singapore-based artist Sonny Liew, whose previous work includes My Faith in…
Fresh from the acclaim for Boxers and Saints, his epic two-volume treatment of the Boxer Rebellion in China, Gene Luen Yang has collaborated with Singapore-based artist Sonny Liew to pick up…
Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie fire up the intriguing first chapter of a poptastic supernatural thriller that offers a psychic throwback to the glory days of Vertigo. It seems fitting that Kieron…
In the first part of our interview, published yesterday to coincide with Bloomsday, Rob Berry, the artist behind the Ulysses “Seen” graphic novel adaptation of James Joyce’s colossal novel, told us about…
Few novels have as daunting a reputation as James Joyce’s Ulysses. An evocation of a single day in the life of Dublin (16th June 1904), focusing on the personal odysseys…
Something is certainly growing out of control in the first issue of Wildfire, by Matt Hawkins and Linda Sejic. But I’m not sure it’s just genetically modified dandelions… Wildfire, written…
After last year’s extravaganza, it’s nice to see that the Edinburgh International Book Festival hasn’t forgotten about comics this year. The ‘Stripped 2014’ strand is there “to celebrate this brilliant…
Moving on from diary comics to fiction, Julie Delporte uses her dazzling, spontaneous art to take us inside the head of a troubled young woman. French-born, Montreal-based artist Julie Delporte…
What Trees #1 lacks in high-octane ‘alien invasion’ action, it more than makes up for in global perspective and the promise of thematic depth. As I’ve written before, I’ve been an…
Dustship Glory, set in the Canadian dustbowl of the 1930s, might lack the narrative pyrotechnics of Look Straight Ahead, but it’s a compelling character study delivered by a supremely confident storyteller….
With a strong sense of design and a bold cartooning style, Katherine Verhoeven’s apocalyptic tale of kids with supernatural abilities dodges the obvious at every turn. A few years ago I…
Ordinary might not be the most original story ever published, but long-time collaborators Rob Williams and D’Israeli give it wit, style and energy. Maybe its a sign of how unengaging the…
With black humour, a vivid sense of the uncanny and dense, claustrophobic art, Conor Stechschulte’s tale of amnesiac butchers becomes the most horrific Laurel and Hardy film you’ve never seen….
Elaine M Will’s follow-up to Look Straight Ahead marks a radical shift in tone, period and style. We’re big fans of Canadian artist Elaine M Will here at Broken Frontier. Her…
The latest edition of the handsomely produced Czap Books anthology sets a very high standard and showcases a fine variety of strongly authored work. One of the many titles to…
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
“I Hugely Admire Comics with Dynamic Page Structure!” – Beatrijs Brouwer/Beastly Worlds on the Lure of Fantasy Storytelling and Her Creative ProcessNovember 13, 2025
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