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“Making Comics is Good Noise” – Niki Bañados on Her New Comic ‘Return’, and Global and Local Perspectives on Small Press

  • by Jenny Robins
  • April 15, 2021

Returning across the planet to find a world on fire, a world contained, and the time to stop, listen to nature and try to hear what it has to tell…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Monsters – A Must-Read Masterpiece of Trauma by Barry Windsor-Smith, a Book Which Was Decades in the Making

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • April 14, 2021

Much like the abused test-subject at its centre, Monsters is years in the making. Barry Windsor-Smith planned his macabre epic as a Hulk story, way back in 1984. Clashes with…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Brownstone’s Mythical Collection: Leo and the Gorgon’s Curse – Joe Todd-Stanton Returns to the Brownstone Family Vaults for Another Magical Story

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 13, 2021

If you – or more likely the younger people in your life – are already a fan of Joe Todd-Stanton’s series of Brownstone’s Mythical Collection books then you will know…

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Graffeg to Publish New Line of Welsh Language Children’s Books Dealing with Mental Health Issues – Range Includes ‘Mum’s Jumper’ by BF ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Jayde Perkin

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 12, 2021

Publisher Graffeg have announced a number of new children’s books published in Welsh dealing with issues surrounding mental health awareness. The line-up includes Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Jayde…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Haway Man, Klaus! – Richard Short’s New Collection from Breakdown Press Mixes Humour and Pathos in a World of Thwarted Ambitions

  • by Tom Murphy
  • April 12, 2021

With its alluring design (in collaboration with Joe Kessler), Richard Short’s Klaus Magazine from Breakdown Press has been a welcome presence on the shelves over the past few years. Haway…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“This Comic Initiative Aims to Raise Awareness of Autism and Dispel Some of the Stigma” – Cartoonist Bex/Schnumn on the ASD Comic Takeover to Celebrate Autism Acceptance Month on Social Media

  • by Bex (Schnumn)
  • April 9, 2021

If you’re at all involved in that nebulous entity we refer to as “Comics Twitter” then you will no doubt have seen the flurry of activity over the last few…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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I Feel Love – Romance Comics with the Bleakest of Twists in this New SelfMadeHero Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 8, 2021

A follow-up to 2018’s anthology I Feel Machine – an exploration of the darker implications in our relationship with technology – SelfMadeHero’s I Feel Love similarly brings us six unsettling…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, April 8th for a SelfMadeHero ‘I Feel Love’ Special with Guest Artists Julian Hanshaw and Krent Able

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 7, 2021

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, April 8th with a very special SelfMadeHero I Feel…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“I’m Always Trying to Be a More Elastic Cartoonist, Especially with My Character Designs” – Michael DeForge on His New Book ‘Heaven No Hell’ from Drawn & Quarterly

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 6, 2021

Following on from his review of Michael DeForge‘s Heaven No Hell last week at Broken Frontier, Lindsay Pereira talks to DeForge about his art, being productive during a pandemic, and…

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Amazing Athletes: 50 Remarkable Athletes of History – Till Lukat Puts a Comics Spotlight on Standout Sportspeople from History

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 5, 2021

Amazing Athletes: 50 Remarkable Athletes of History is a book that is made for browsing rather than reading from cover to cover. Consisting of a half-century of sports-related profiles, it’s…

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Colossive Cartographies #15-21 – Another Batch of Boundary-Pushing Colossive Press Zines from Miranda Smart, Joe Decie, Simon Russell, Patrick Wray and Co

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 5, 2021

As mentioned the last time I looked at the Colossive Cartographies from Colossive Press, this tactile series of one-shot art objects took its inspiration from Colossive co-publisher Tom Murphy’s toying…

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Two New Releases from Lo-Fi Small Press Publisher Leaf and Signal Announced – Warren Craghead’s ‘A Rabbit Asking Oft He Ghosts’ and Multi-Artist Offering ‘Crown’d’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 2, 2021

News of two new small press offerings from micropublisher Leaf and Signal today at BF. Remember if you’re and alt or experimental comics small press we’re always keen to hear…

Reviews

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Heaven No Hell – Michael DeForge Continues to Go Where Comics Haven’t Gone Before in His Latest D&Q Offering

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 2, 2021

There is always a sense of trepidation mixed with excitement when one approaches anything created by Michael DeForge, like today’s review subject Heaven No Hell. This may sound like a…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Gamish: A Graphic History of Gaming – Edward Ross Explores the History of Videogames in His Signature Style

  • by Pete Redrup
  • April 2, 2021

A warm nostalgia for early experiences of video games is a common phenomenon, and Edward Ross’s begins in Gamish with his brother’s venerable Atari ST, 1985’s rival to the Commodore…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Two Lives of Penelope – Judith Vanistendael Continues to Bring a Powerful Voice to the Comic Scene in this Story of a Surgeon Haunted by Both Her Work and Gender Expectations

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • April 1, 2021

Judith Vanistendael’s The Two Lives of Penelope tells the story of a woman living two parallel lives – one as a mother, in a cosy home, with a loving husband…

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BHP Comics Announce Graphic Novel Series ‘Killtopia’ is to Become a TV Show Via Transmedia Start-up Voltaku

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 31, 2021

Exciting news from the team at BHP Comics who have announced that their Killtopia series is to become a TV show courtesy of transmedia start-up Voltaku. BHP put out a…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Thud – Mikaël Ross Explores Themes of Developmental Disability, Community and Mortality in a Poignant Tale from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 30, 2021

Mikaël Ross’s The Thud takes its inspiration from the real life inclusive German village of Neuerkerode, a location largely populated and run by residents with learning disabilities. Ross spent two…

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Langosh & Peppi: Fugitive Days – Veronica Post Examines the Refugee Crisis from a Markedly Different Perspective

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 29, 2021

Described as a fictionalised mash-up of her diaries from 2012-2015, Veronica Post’s travelogue Langosh & Peppi: Fugitive Days, depicting the 2015 European migrant crisis, is nonetheless based on real events,…

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