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A Team Statement on the Future of Broken Frontier – Our Plans for BF Going Forward into 2021 and Beyond

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 23, 2020

What follows is a statement on our plans for the future of Broken Frontier by Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver on behalf of the Broken Frontier team… As way of introductory explanation…

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My Grief: Life During Lockdown 2020 – Elizabeth Querstret’s Reflections on the Pandemic Represent Her Most Human and Connective Work to Date

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 22, 2020

After a very quiet few months the last few weeks have seen a near deluge of crowdfunding coverage requests. As ever, we have only been able to give a minute…

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Preview: The Picture of Everything Else #1 – New Vault Comics Literary Horror Series Debuts in December by Dan Watters, Kishore Mohan and Aditya Bidikar

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 22, 2020

Another announcement today of a new series from Vault Comics whose publishing schedule for 2020 has included a number of exciting debuts from rising star creative teams. Full details on…

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Dragman – Steven Appleby’s Unique Take on the Super-Hero World is Both Ambitious and Engaging

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 21, 2020

In recent years, Steven Appleby has been heard on occasion to speak two words in particular about what good art should be: ‘ambitious’ and ‘engaging’. Dragman is, of course, both….

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The Contradictions – Sophie Yanow’s Coming-of-Age Story is a Complex Study of Idealism in Our Formative Years

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 21, 2020

Broadly speaking, coming-of-age tales are ostentatious affairs. They’re about profound discoveries, rites of passage and moments of epiphany on the road to whatever is loosely defined as adulthood. Sophie Yanow’s…

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When I Came Out – Anne Mette Kærulf Lorentzen Provides a Very Personal Account of Self-Discovery in Later Life Via SelfMadeHero

  • by Holly Raidl
  • September 18, 2020

When I Came Out tells the story of Louise, a middle-aged woman who, as the title suggests, comes out. The book navigates her early life including her first crush, her…

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Pulp – Westerns and Noir Collide in Another Satisfying Book from Brubaker and Phillips

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • September 17, 2020

One of the many problems facing aging freelance writer Max Winter is that his pulp-magazine publisher has taken the rights to his cowboy character, the Red Rover Kid, away from…

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“What Really Draws Me to Manga is the Incredibly Wide Portrayal of Emotions and the Diversity in the Stories” – Nigel Twumasi Talks About Building a Brand with the Mayamada Universe

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 16, 2020

With a fictional universe founded on a most distinctive premise, and a publishing ethos that embraces a far wider sense of comics community, UK imprint mayamada have been building up…

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Penn State University Press Announces Graphic Mundi Imprint – Socially Relevant Graphic Novels Line Debuts in Spring 2021

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 16, 2020

We first became aware of Penn State University Press’s graphic novel output when they began publishing US editions of graphic medicine books from some our favourite graphic novelists, including Ian…

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Thought Bubble Announces Details of Its 2020 Digital Convention – Guests Include Joe Sacco, Scott Snyder, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Becky Cloonan, Ram V and Jeff Lemire

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 16, 2020

Thought Bubble – like so many festivals/conventions since March this year – has had to reinvent itself as an online experience for 2020. The UK’s largest comics festival event announced…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, September 17th with Guest Artists Rebecca K. Jones and Lara Callaghan

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 16, 2020

We have more digital drinking and drawing fun this Thursday September 17th as our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw retums! As usual we’re back again…

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Be Gay, Do Comics – “Queer History, Memoir and Satire” in an Outstanding Comics Anthology from The Nib and IDW Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 15, 2020

With an Ignatz Award win over the weekend in the category of Outstanding Anthology our review subject today is a timely one. Be Gay, Do Comics celebrates the queer experience…

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Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020 – Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Danny Noble and Posy Simmonds Are Joint Winners in the ‘Humorous Graphic Novel Category’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 14, 2020

The accomplishments of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artists are always a delight to us at BF. So you can imagine how pleased we are tonight to hear that…

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Kiyomi’s Prequel – Alxndra Cook’s Story of Love Between the Gods Marks a Promising New Talent in the Making

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 11, 2020

The second place winner in 2019’s annual Manga Jiman competiton (held at the Japanese embassy in London), Alxndra Cook’s Kiyomi’s Prequel is now available to buy in print in an…

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“I Feel that Comics as a Medium Allow Me to Express Myself in the Most Genuine Way” – Polish Artist Pigeon Talks to BF About Exploring the Possibilities of the Form as a Newer Comics Practitioner

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 10, 2020

One of our 2020 ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ UK-based Polish artist Kamila Król, aka Pigeon, is very much at the start of her comics journey. Pigeon’s comparative lack…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Tiny Acts of Violence – Paranoia is a Way of Life in Martin Stiff’s Polished Political Thriller

  • by Tom Murphy
  • September 9, 2020

Picture the scene, gentle reader. It’s the balmy spring of 2014, and a fresh-faced dreamer just setting out on his Broken Frontier journey reviews Titan’s collected edition of The Absence,…

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Inkblot #1 – Emma Kubert and Rusty Gladd’s New Image Comics Series is a Fun Fantasy Romp in the Making

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 8, 2020

Graduates of the Kubert School, Emma Kubert (also a third generation artist from that illustrious family name) and Rusty Gladd bring an appealing new fantasy world to comics in the…

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The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott – Zoe Thorogood’s Debut Graphic Novel from Avery Hill is a Confident and Accomplished Book from an Important New Voice in UK Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 7, 2020

I don’t think I have ever known a year quite like 2020 for outstanding graphic novel debuts from UK-based creators. Of course there’s a surrounding sadness to that statement in…

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