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Staff Picks for March 4, 2020 – Familiar Face, 100%, Billionaire Island, Gamayun Tales and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 3, 2020

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…

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The Black Cloud – Dominique Duong’s Powerfully Expressive and Symbolic Depiction of Depression

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 3, 2020

Visual interpretations of depression and anxiety understandably tend to use similar metaphorical standards to express the experience of living with those conditions. That however is never a weakness underlining, as…

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Preview: Bear – Ben Queen and Joe Todd-Stanton Bring a Touching Tale of Canine Devotion to Archaia this Summer

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 3, 2020

We’ve been huge fans of Joe Todd-Stanton’s Brownstone’s Mythical Collection series from Flying Eye Books (you can read reviews of the first three books here at Broken Frontier). So we’re…

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Preview: Origins – Life After Humans Explored in a New Graphic Novel Coming from BOOM! Studios Later this Year

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 3, 2020

It’s a few months away yet but when we see art as breathtaking as the following preview from BOOM! Studios we feel duty bound to share it. Origins hits store…

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Coin-Op: Karl Marx Bolan (Spaceball Ricochet alt.take) – Peter and Maria Hoey Present an Unlikely Musically Inspired Alternate History

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 2, 2020

Sibling creative duo Peter and Maria Hoey’s Coin-Op anthologies have had some significant coverage here at Broken Frontier over the last couple of years We’ve reviewed the most recent issues…

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Gamayun Tales I – Nobrow Collect Alexander Utkin’s Modern Russian Folk Tales in One Accessibly Priced Paperback Compilation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 2, 2020

Nominated in the 2018 Broken Frontier Awards in the Best Artist category, Alexander Utkin’s Gamayun Tales series (translated by Lada Morozova) has so far run to three books of what…

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Preview: Billionaire Island #1 – Mark Russell and Steve Pugh’s New Satirical Miniseries from Ahoy Comics Hits Shelves this Week

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 28, 2020

Billionaire Island is written by Broken Frontier Award-winning (Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles) and BF Award-nominated (Second Coming) scribe Mark Rusell with art by co-creator Steve Pugh, colours by…

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Blood – Centrala’s Anthology of Polish Women Creators Explores the Theme of Blood from Cultural, Historical, Biological and Symbolic Perspectives

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 28, 2020

Centrala are perhaps the UK’s most overlooked indie comics publisher, bringing international work to English-speaking audiences, but notably showcasing experimental and alt graphic narratives from less familiar European traditions of…

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Japan According to Awesome & Possum – Takayo Akiyama Provides a Lively, Energetic and Fun Travel Guide for Visiting Japan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 27, 2020

London-based Japanese illustrator Takayo Akiyama is one of those mainstays of the UK small press scene who we really should have featured far more on Broken Frontier over the years….

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Alas – Hervé Bourhis and Rudy Spiessert Dismantle Anthropocentrism in this Fascinating Graphic Novel from Europe Comics

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • February 26, 2020

Hervé Bourhis turns the tables in this cleverly devised plot in which we are kept on our toes until the very end. Alas paints an alternative reality surrounding the Great…

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So I Guess My Body Pretty Much Hates Me Now – John Miers Explores the Narrative Tools of Comics in His Autobio Account of Living with Multiple Sclerosis

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2020

A few years ago at Broken Frontier I reviewed Score and Script, the John Miers-led exercise in practical comics scholarship. That publication saw a veritable who’s who of early 2010s…

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A Puff of Smoke – Sarah Lippett’s Touching Memoir of Childhood Illness is a Tribute to Family and Resilience

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 25, 2020

I’m sure it’s in the post, as they say, but I’ve always been uncommonly jammy with my health. Having lumbered around the earth for half a century now, I’ve never…

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Staff Picks for February 26, 2020 – Tomorrow, Protector, Amethyst and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 25, 2020

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…

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Seller on the Threshold – Claude TC’s Sci-Fi Satire Pokes Witty Fun at Online Consumerism

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 24, 2020

Featuring his Immortal Ewan character, Claude TC’s Seller on the Threshold is a prime example of the artist’s particular mix of darkly irreverent humour and pop cultural parody, with a…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Thursday February 27th with Guest Artists Rebecca K. Jones, Takayo Akiyama and Claude TC

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 24, 2020

It’s time for the second Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw this week on Thursday February 27th, and this time we have faces old and new on the…

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Gender: A Graphic Guide – Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele Provide a Concise and Accessible Exploration of Gender Identity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 21, 2020

If you’re a Broken Frontier reader then you are already well aware of the power of graphic narrative to communicate, educate and inform. Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele’s Gender: A…

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Frontier #22: Tunde Adebimpe – Ruminations on Death and Perception in the Latest Issue of Youth in Decline’s Comics Monograph Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 20, 2020

Over the last few weeks we’ve been gradually catching up with some of the recent issues of Youth in Decline’s quarterly art and comics monograph series Frontier. The latest number…

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Fizzle #1-3 – Whit Taylor’s Beautifully Observed Slice-of-Life Tale from Radiator Comics Possesses an Emotional Immediacy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 20, 2020

Whit Taylor’s minicomics series Fizzle, published by Radiator Comics, has been something of a slow burn read to date, and that has very much been a huge part of its…

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