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Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence – Joel Christian Gill’s Bruising Memoir is a Call for Empathy and Understanding

  • by Tom Murphy
  • July 24, 2020

Fights, Joel Christian Gill’s often bruising memoir, pretty much starts with his nightmarish earliest memory. The scared young Joel, dragged along by his mother after her release from prison, sees…

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Broken Frontier at ELCAF Online 2020 (UPDATED) – Catch Our Instagram Chats on Creating in Lockdown this Friday, July 24th with Shangomola Edunjobi, Charlot Kristensen and Rachael Smith

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 23, 2020

UPDATED: We hope you enjoyed our ELCAF Online video chats with Shangomola Edunjobi, Charlot Kristensen and Rachael Smith over on the ELCAF Instagram. Below are all the links you’ll need…

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Chris Ryall to Leave IDW Publishing as President, Publisher and Chief Creative Officer

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 22, 2020

Huge news coming from IDW overnight that Chris Ryall, who has been with the publisher since 2004 is leaving as President, Publisher and Chief Creative Officer. Ryall’s new ventures are…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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That Texas Blood #1 – A Sardonic Slow Burn of Cinematic Proportions from Chris Condon, Jacob Phillips and Image Comics

  • by John Trigonis
  • July 21, 2020

In his letter at the end of That Texas Blood #1, writer Chris Condon admits that this story was originally intended as a movie, but no one was willing to…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Nixie of the Mill-Pond and Other European Stories – Iron Circus Tackles Classic Folk Tales in Fresh and Freaky Ways

  • by Jenny Robins
  • July 20, 2020

In The Nixie of the Mill-Pond and Other European Stories a range of Iron Circus artists tackle classic folk tales in fresh and freaky ways, appropriate for children, if they’re…

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Ahoy Comics Announces Wave 5 in Their Publishing Line-Up – Includes New ‘Second Coming’ and Milligan and Montenat’s ‘Happy Hour’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 20, 2020

Ahoy Comics are rapidly becoming the serial comics publisher of the moment with an ever changing and always eclectic line-up of books that can be fun, socially relevant, outrageous, or…

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Preview: The Devil’s Red Bride #1 – Vault Comics to Publish “a Samurai Grindhouse Epic” from Sebastian Girner and John Bivens

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 20, 2020

With Sebastian Girner (whose work we enjoyed on Scales & Scoundrels a few years back) and John Bivens (again, a creator whose contributions to Cult Classic: Creature Feature got a big…

Reviews

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Nailbiter Returns #1-2 – After Three Years, Williamson and Henderson Bring Their Unique Brand of Butchery Back for an All New Misadventure into Madness from Image Comics

  • by John Trigonis
  • July 20, 2020

Between 2014 and 2017, Image Comics’s Nailbiter took the thriller genre to harrowing new heights of terror. The plot centers around what makes someone a serial killer and explores the small town…

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We’re on a Short Hiatus for Essential Maintenance but Broken Frontier Will Be Back Very Soon!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 29, 2020

Hello to our loyal Broken Frontier readership! As of today, Monday June 29th 2020, Broken Frontier will be on hiatus for a few days while some essential maintenance on the…

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“Rebellion is Now the Longest Serving 2000 AD Publisher in the Title’s History” – Editor Matt Smith and Company on Celebrating Two Decades of ‘2000 AD’ at Rebellion in this Year’s Sci-Fi Special

  • by Matt Badham
  • June 29, 2020

2000 AD has been a Great British institution for over forty years. This thrill-packed anthology, the home of numerous classic British comic strips – including Judge Dredd, Nemesis the Warlock…

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Biggol #1 – Ioan Morris Spins the Densely Humorous History of a Lost Fantasy TV Classic

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 29, 2020

Way back when, Otto Von Bismarck famously said something along the lines of “laws are like sausages – it is better not to see them being made”. I’ve no doubt…

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We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories – Emei Burell Recounts the Stories of Her Mother’s Disrupted Childhood During the Chinese Cultural Revolution

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • June 29, 2020

In We Served the People, Emei Burell shares her stories of her mother, Yuan, growing up in China during a time when childhoods were being interrupted by the Cultural Revolution….

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Shortlist Announced for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition 2020

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 26, 2020

Online voyeurism, risky sex, dementia, suicide, racism, murder and selling the earth: topical and contemporary issues dominate the shortlist for Myriad’s First Graphic Novel Competition and show that the graphic…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Preview: The Spider’s Syndicate of Crime – The Treasury of British Comics to Collect Early Adventures of the Classic British Character by Ted Cowan, Reg Bunn and Jerry Siegel

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 25, 2020

My first exposure to classic UK comics character The Spider was in the pages of the short-lived curiosity Vulcan (look it up – it’s an intriguing footnote in UK comics…

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Preview: The Autumnal #1 – New Horror Series by Kraus, Shehan, Wordie and Campbell Launches from Vault Comics in September

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 25, 2020

Autumn may seem a long way off but in this nebulous time of lockdown where time no longer has any meaning it will arrive sooner than you’re expecting. Something to…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online – Join Us Thurs, June 25th with Guest Artists Yetunde Ekuntuyi, Mica Murphy and Amanda Q

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 24, 2020

The online version of our monthly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday June 25th at 7.30pm GMT on Twitter. To the day, this will be the…

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Preview: 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special – Classic Characters Return as Rebellion Celebrates Two Decades Since Acquiring the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 23, 2020

With this year’s 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special imminent we have a preview today at BF and if you’re a long-time fan of the comic this promises to be a treat,…

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Classic ‘Major Eazy’ Strips to Be Collected by the Treasury of British Comics in 2021 – ‘Battle’ Star to Return in a Two-Volume Set

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 22, 2020

Continuing with their mission of preserving the legacy of classic British comics for a new generation, Rebellion have announced two volumes of the fondly remembered Major Eazy strip from the…

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