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Don’t Miss ‘The Sea Shepherd’ Signing at London’s Gosh! Comics with Sean Azzopardi on Saturday, June 26th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 17, 2021

As the world slowly begins to open up again it’s heartening to see book signings return to the comics calendar. Saturday June 26th sees frequent BF favourite Sean Azzopardi signing…

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Covers Album: Ria Grix – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Paul Pope, Anne Nivat & Daphné Collignon, and Otomo Katsuhiro

  • by Ria Grix
  • June 16, 2021

In ‘Covers Album’ we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for aesthetic reasons,…

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The Dancing Plague – One of History’s Most Mysterious Unexplained Events Revisited in Graphic Novel Form by Gareth Brookes and SelfMadeHero

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 16, 2021

New comics work from Gareth Brookes – whether it be experimental zines and minicomics or full-length graphic novel – is always to be eagerly anticipated such is his dedication to…

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Friend of the Devil: A Reckless Book – Pulp and Past Memories Make This Brubaker and the Phillips Book One of Their Best Yet

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • June 15, 2021

The most surprising thing in Friend of the Devil – the brilliant new entry in Ed Brubaker, and Sean and Jacob Phillips’ Reckless series – is when Ethan Reckless mentions…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, June 17th with Guest Artists James Albon, Gareth Brookes and Joshua Knowles

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 15, 2021

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, June 17th for with guest artists James Albon, Gareth…

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Panel by Panel: Natasha Natarajan with Rob Bidder and Rachael House – Book Your Place on These Cartoon Museum Online Discussion Events with a Special Discount for BF Readers!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 14, 2021

Natasha Natarajan’s comics are currently being exhibited in the ‘In Focus’ space at London’s Cartoon Museum. Earlier this month Natasha chatted with Broken Frontier’s own Jenny Robins for a tie-in…

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The Delicacy – James Albon Takes His Characters on a Dark Fungi-Fuelled Journey of Gastronomic Ambition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 14, 2021

There’s something intimately appealing about a graphic narrative that so deftly wrongfoots the reader by taking them in one assumed direction before turning their expectations on their head. I went…

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The UK and Ireland’s Small Press Day Returns for 2021 on Saturday, August 14th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 14, 2021

Small Press Day – the UK and Ireland’s annual celebration of all comicky things self-published and micropublished – returns again this year on Saturday, August 14th. Of course we’re heavily…

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“The Central Conflict in Any Artist’s Life is Inherently Compromise” – Dave Baker and Nicole Goux Talk About ‘Everyone Is Tulip’ from Dark Horse Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 11, 2021

Out this month from creators Nicole Goux and Dave Baker, with colours by Ellie Hall, Everyone Is Tulip is set to be one of the year’s most thought-provoking graphic novels….

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Stone Fruit – Lee Lai’s Poignant Graphic Novel Debut on Queer Love, Family and the Detriment of Expectations, from Fantagraphics

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • June 10, 2021

Lee Lai’s debut graphic novel Stone Fruit is a tender and self-aware story with relationships at its heart: queer relationships, sibling relationships, parental relationships, and the self-referential relationships of our…

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Covers Album: Joe Decie – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Simone Lia & Billy Kiosoglou, Noah Van Sciver & Keeli McCarthy, and Maurice Sendak

  • by Joe Decie
  • June 9, 2021

In ‘Covers Album’ we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for aesthetic reasons,…

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Join the Mayamada Team this Saturday, June 12th for a Special Online Livestream Comics Chat with Creators Nic Mac and Shazleen Khan, and BF’s Andy Oliver

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 9, 2021

Throughout the last 15 months our comics community has been quick to adapt to our current situation with a multitude of online events. This Saturday June 12th, Broken Frontier will…

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Floating World Comics to Publish E.S. Glenn’s ‘Unsmooth 2: BUM’ this September

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 8, 2021

Last year at BF we reviewed major emerging talent E.S. Glenn’s Unsmooth, published by Floating World Comics and had plenty of positive things to say about it. Some of those…

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Dog Biscuits – Alex Graham’s COVID Comic is an Engrossing and Ambitious Look at Modern Society

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • June 8, 2021

As Rosie (the Rabbit) puts it part-way through Alex Graham’s Dog Biscuits, “there are certain aspects of being alive that are impossible to control.” This is true of her hormonal…

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Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Shangomola Edunjobi Launches New ‘Dragondown’ Fantasy Webcomic Series on Instagram

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 7, 2021

2020 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Shangomola Edunjobi launches a major new online project as his Dragondown fantasy comic series makes its debut on Instagram. Billed as the story…

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Crash Site – Nathan Cowdry’s Graphic Novel Tickles Your Ribs and Also Strikes Them a Few Times with a Hot Poker

  • by Nicholas Burman
  • June 7, 2021

The artist said it himself and it’s set to be a cliché in relation to his work, but it’s true that Nathan Cowdry’s Crash Site is not for everybody. Not…

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The City of Belgium – Brecht Evens Transfers a Beguiling Dream to Paper Via Drawn & Quarterly

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • June 4, 2021

To open a new book like The City of Belgium by Brecht Evens is the equivalent of breaking out a bottle of fine wine: It marks a special occasion, warrants…

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Billionaires: The Lives of the Rich and Powerful – The Evil that Some Men Do is Laid Out in Stunning Simplicity By Darryl Cunningham

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • June 3, 2021

There is something particularly disconcerting about malevolence when it is being discussed in the form of a comic. That feeling of being disconnected from what is being revealed crops up…

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