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Revisiting the Treasury of British Comics – Featuring Classic Gems of Yesteryear Including ‘Roy of the Rovers’, ‘Misty’, ‘Marney the Fox’ and the Genius of Ken Reid

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 7, 2021

TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! As part of our themed mini-event this week we’re rounding up some of our previous coverage of the Treasury of British Comics reprint range today…

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The Return of Sexton Blake Special – Rebellion Bring the Adventures of the Classic Detective to a Whole New Generation of Readers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 6, 2021

TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! When a character’s first appearance was in a publication titled The Halfpenny Marvel you can be fairly sure they have had a long and rich…

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The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Vol. I-II – Decades on, Mike Butterworth and Don Lawrence’s Masterpiece Lives Up to Its Legendary Status

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 6, 2021

TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! If you grew up as a comics fan in the 1970s in the UK you’ll no doubt have a version of this story to tell….

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Covers Album: Justin Zimmerman – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Stephen R. Bissette & John Totleben, Michael Lark and Norm Breyfogle

  • by Justin Zimmerman
  • May 5, 2021

Back in 2017 at Broken Frontier we ran a regular feature called Covers Album which returns to BF this week as a weekly blog once again. You can see a…

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“We Always Try to Retain that Original Spirit of Each Strip” – Rebellion’s Keith Richardson on the Treasury of British Comics Range and Reimagining Classic Characters for a New Generation of Readers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 5, 2021

TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! Continuing our coverage this week of Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics range of reprint volumes and all-new Specials we caught up with Rebellion Senior Graphic…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, May 6th for a Treasury of British Comics Special with Guest Artist Olivia Hicks

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 5, 2021

TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, May 6th with a…

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Concrete Surfer – Skateboarding Rivalry and Family Drama in this Classic British Strip from the Pages of ‘Jinty’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 4, 2021

TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! One of the staples of 1970s UK girls comics serials – including today’s review subject Concrete Surfer – was the story of the orphaned (or…

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The Best of Sugar Jones – Pat Mills and Rafael Busóm Clúa’s Biting 1970s Commentary on the Excesses of Celebrity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 4, 2021

TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! Running from the early 1970s to 1980, Pink was a magazine for the British teen girls market, with its mix of pop features, fashion and…

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Billy’s Boots Vol. 1 – The Legacy of ‘Dead-Shot’ Keen Explored in this Treasury of British Comics Collection of the Much Loved Football Strip

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 3, 2021

TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! First appearing in the pages of British football anthology Scorcher in 1970, Billy’s Boots was a serialised strip that would find a home in a…

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Crowdfunding Corner: Sensory: Life on the Spectrum – Over 30 Artists Come Together to Talk About Their Experiences of Autism

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 3, 2021

Our Crowdfunding Corner feature returns again today as we continue to once again actively spotlight the more intriguing, exciting, experimental and daring uses of the form that we spot on the…

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The Vigilant – A Loving Celebration of British Comics History, Updated and Revamped for a New Audience of Readers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 3, 2021

TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! When Rebellion acquired their rich library of vintage IPC/Fleetway British comics characters a few years back it was very clear from the outset that celebrating…

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Welcome to Treasury of British Comics Week at Broken Frontier!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 3, 2021

It’s been a little while since we last ran a themed week at Broken Frontier, but over the next few days look for a mini-event of coverage focusing on Rebellion’s…

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Jules Verne’s Lighthouse #1 – Futuristic Adaptation Misses the Mark as Image Comics’s Next Great Sci-Fi Epic

  • by John Trigonis
  • May 3, 2021

Image Comics, in collaboration with Anomaly Productions and Shadowline, launches us into the Jules Verne story The Lighthouse at the End of the World––with a science-fiction twist. Located at a…

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Crowdfunding Corner: Rusalka Part 1 – Back the First Longer-Form Work by Polish Artist Pigeon and Discover One of the Most Exciting New Voices in Small Press Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 30, 2021

Our Crowdfunding Corner feature has been somewhat irregular since we first went into lockdown last year, with coverage of campaigns being featured elsewhere on the site in early reviews and…

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Ex.Mag Vol. 3: Crumbling Kingdom – Latest Peow Anthology Heralds the Misfortune, Misanthropy and Misery of the Dark Fantasy Genre (With Just the Right Amount of Wit and Whimsy to Sweeten the Pot)

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • April 29, 2021

This whopping 192-page collection by Peow is their latest in a series of genre-based anthologies. As noted in the preliminary pages of Ex.Mag Vol. 3, the anthologies were brought about…

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Preview: Super Magic Forest – Revival House Press to Publish Latvian American Artist Ansis Puriņš’ Fantasy Graphic Novel this May

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 28, 2021

Given our emphasis on the small press here at Broken Frontier it’s always great to hear stories of self-published artists being picked up by publishers. We have a press release…

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Dead Dog’s Bite #1-2 – Tyler Boss Gives the Reader a Knowing Wink in His Enjoyable Small-Town Mystery

  • by Tom Murphy
  • April 27, 2021

Comics auteur Tyler Boss clearly believes that If you want something done, you should do it yourself. For Dead Dog’s Bite, a four-issue mystery with hints of humour from Dark…

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The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History – David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson’s Comics Biography is a Remarkable and Essential Read

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 26, 2021

Over half a century since the formation of the Black Panther Party – the African American revolutionary party founded in Oakland in 1966 by students Bobbly Seale and Huey P….

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