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Eighties Classic ‘Aztec Ace’ to Be Collected for the First Time by Dark Horse and IT’S ALIVE!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 25, 2022

Originally published by Eclipse in the 1980s, classic series Aztec Ace returns to print this year from Dark Horse Comics and IT’S ALIVE!. The new collection of the story by…

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š! #43 – A Host of International Creators Present Their Tales of ‘Queer Power’ in the Latest kuš! comics Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 24, 2022

One of the great draws of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ signature anthology š! is that its cross-continental line-up gives us markedly diverse approaches to sequential art storytelling from across the…

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Preview: Judge Dredd by Mick McMahon Apex Edition – Another Eagerly Awaited Deluxe Artist Spotlight Book Arrives in October

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 23, 2022

Rebellion have released images from their second much anticipated Judge Dredd Apex Edition, this volume focussing on the work of Mick McMahon. More details and sneak peeks in the press…

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Some Thoughts on Toxic Fandom in British Comics – Or Why the UK Comics Industry is Right to Unshackle Itself from What Amounts to Comicsgate-Style Thinking

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 22, 2022

Given that Broken Frontier is a site with a self-proclaimed mission to promote the positive aspects of the UK comics world and its supportive indie community, what follows may seem…

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Change – Via Love, Loss and the Pandemic, Lesley Imgart’s Latest Comics Collection Looks at How Changing Circumstances Impact Our Lives

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 22, 2022

Last year’s online Hackney Comic + Zine Fair introduced me to a number of new comics talents whose practice I had yet to encounter. One of those artists was Lesley…

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Ambiguous Loss – Hannah Lee Miller Explores Dementia and Grieving for Someone Yet to Leave Us

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 21, 2022

Way back in 2013, nearly a decade ago, I reviewed Hannah Lee Miller’s short self-published comic Dementia Dad, an autobio offering that I described as “heartrending” in terms of subject…

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Panel Guests Announced for ‘The Galaxy’s Greatest: 2000 AD at 45’ – An Online Anniversary Celebration of the UK’s Long-Running Sci-Fi Weekly on March 26th-27th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 21, 2022

This weekend sees the much awaited 2000 AD 45th anniversary online event ‘The Galaxy’s Greatest: 2000 AD at 45’ with an intriguingly curated line-up of panellists representing not just the…

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Preview: Mindset #1 – A Very Modern Spin on Mind Control in Zack Kaplan and John J. Pearson’s New Vault Comics Series

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 18, 2022

Let’s head into the weekend with another new comics preview. Details of Mindset #1 from Vault Comics and sample pages in the press release below. Vault is thrilled to announce…

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New Publishing Imprint Dark & Golden Books to Publish Forgotten Classics of British Comics, Starting with Kevin O’Neill’s ‘Mek Memoirs’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 17, 2022

Dark & Golden Books is a new imprint “dedicated to charting a less travelled course through the history of British comics, finding and celebrating mislaid and forgotten classics for the…

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We Have Demons #1 – Best Jackett Press Kicks Ass, Takes Names and Pushes Envelopes in this Hellbound Thrillride from Dark Horse Comics

  • by John Trigonis
  • March 16, 2022

The story in We Have Demons #1 starts out quietly with Lam Lyle, a young girl, visiting her neighbors. But just when we think something terrible is about to happen,…

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Pac-Man Fever – Revisit the Early Days of Home Video Games in Our Latest Comic Strip from Tony Wolf and SirGryphon

  • by Tony Wolf
  • March 16, 2022

Another monthly slice-of-life comics offering today from frequent contributors writer/artist Tony Wolf and colourist SirGryphon with an Atari/Pac-Man blast from the past! Roll back the years to the early days…

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Helem – Two Lives at Critical Junctures Are at the Forefront of Stanley Wany’s Visual Stream-of-Consciousness Graphic Novel

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 15, 2022

A quick online search for the word “Helem” – the name of Stanley Wany’s eerie graphic journey through the psyches of two lost characters – reveals that the name has…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, March 17th for Another ‘Classic Covers’ Night

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 14, 2022

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, March 17th with another ‘Classic Covers’ night. Not only do…

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Yoshin: Tales of the Tohoku Earthquake Ten Years On – Digital-First Anthology Includes Work from Emerging and Internationally Acclaimed Comics Artists

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 11, 2022

A new digital, app-led anthology Yoshin; Tales of the Tohoku Earthquake Ten Years On features illustrations from a number of Broken Frontier-championed artists including our ‘Six to Watch’ creators Jem Milton…

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Not Because of the People – David Allison’s Collection of Experimental Comics Narratives Take Us on a Tense and Brooding Journey Into Psychogeographical Horror

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 10, 2022

Psychogeographical comics are perhaps more widely acknowledged for their autobiographical explorations of the intersections between place, time and memory. But there are other strands to this area of graphic narrative,…

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Reveal! – New Initiative Championing the Work of Women Comics Creators from East Africa Announced

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 9, 2022

Exciting news today from the direction of LDComics‘ latest newsletter that, following the receipt of a British Council International Collaboration award, the ‘REVEAL! Women’s Comics East Africa-UK’ initiative will soon…

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Little Monsters #1 – What Secrets Lurk at the Heart of Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s New Post-Apocalyptic Horror Series from Image?

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 9, 2022

I went into Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s new Image Comics series Little Monsters completely blind, not having read so much as a press release or even a line of…

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The Domesticated Afterlife – Scott Finch Introduces Us to His Absurdist World in an Ambitious and Impressive Read

  • by Jon Aye
  • March 8, 2022

At about the midway point in Scott Finch’s The Domesticated Afterlife, one character advises another: ‘Things are getting weird. Roll with it.’ He’s right, of course, but he’s understating, and…

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