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Karmen #1 – Guillem March’s Exuberant Euro-vision of the Afterlife Loses a Little in Translation

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 10, 2021

Guillem March has trodden the mean streets of Gotham in the past, with work on Batman, Catwoman and Harley Quinn for DC Comics. However, the Mallorcan artist is back on…

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Preview: The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1 – Take an Advance Look at the New BOOM! Series from Ram V and Filipe Andrade

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 9, 2021

Announced back in January, the build-up to the release of BOOM!’s The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V, Filipe Andrade and Andworld Design continues this week with the…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, March 11th with Guest Artists Rachael Smith and Gustaffo Vargas

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 9, 2021

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, March 11th with two top talents who are making their…

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Rebellion Announce ‘Brian Bolland: The Apex Edition’ But They Need Our Help to Find Original ‘2000 AD’ Pages

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 8, 2021

Both an announcement and a plea today from Rebellion about the upcoming Brian Bolland: The Apex Edition. This sounds like it’s going to be a gorgeous product but they need…

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Spiny Orb Weaver #1 – Radiator Comics Shines a Spotlight on the Comic Practice of Miss Jaws

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 8, 2021

Spiny Orb Weaver is the third print comics project to have come out of small press distro and micropublisher Radiator Comics. (featured before at BF for Whit Taylor’s acclaimed minicomic…

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Broken Frontier’s Holly Raidl Launches ‘Apricots’, a New LGBTQ Slice-of-Life Webcomic on Tapas and Webtoon

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 5, 2021

It’s always a pleasure to be able to push our own team’s comics practice on Broken Frontier. So just a reminder if you haven’t seen it already that our very…

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Girl Haven – Lilah Sturges and Meaghan Carter’s Fantasy Story Explores Gender and Self-Discovery for a Younger Audience

  • by Holly Raidl
  • March 5, 2021

Girl Haven, by Lilah Sturges, Meaghan Carter and Joamette Gil, is a fantasy comic mostly focused on the topic of gender. It explores how complicated the idea of gender can be…

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Simon Moreton’s ‘Where?’ to Be Published by Little Toller Books this May

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 4, 2021

There’s been some very welcome news announced today regarding Simon Moreton‘s very personal project Where? which has been picked up for publication by Little Toller Books. Simon has, of course,…

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‘Cats! Purrfect Strangers’ by Frédéric Brrémaud and Paola Antista Launches from Dark Horse in September 2021

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 3, 2021

One for the ailurophiles out there today as Dark Horse Comics have announced a first translated volume of Frédéric Brrémaud Paola Antista’s French album series in Cats! Purrfect Strangers. More…

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The Keeper of the Curiosity Shop – Experience the Flowing Visuals of Hannah Carwardine in this Fantasy Short

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 2, 2021

A busy daytime in the city and the Overseer’s young apprentice takes advantage of his master’s drink-inspired stupor to follow the object of his desire – the entrancing (apparent) daughter…

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Just One Week Left to Apply to Be a Part of the 2021 ELCAF Haul Pack – A Range of Paid Commissions Available for Illustrators

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 1, 2021

ELCAF (the East London Comics & Arts Festival) celebrates its 10th edition in 2021 and, as you will no doubt have seen, the festival is celebrating with an “ELCAF Haul”…

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Rachael Smith’s ‘Quarantine Comix’ to Be Published by Icon Books in May

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 1, 2021

Rachael Smith’s Quarantine Comix was one of 2020’s most remarkable achievements in comics, providing a relatable account of the strangest year of our lives and undoubtedly establishing itself as one…

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Wings: A Prison Odyssey – Victoria Anderson and Wallis Eates Give Candid Voice to the Stories of Prison Inmates

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 1, 2021

The anthology Wings: A Prison Odyssey – collecting the personal stories of inmates at a London men’s prison in a variety of mediums – was the product of a project…

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Zátopek – A Steady Biography of Czechoslovakia’s Long-Distance Runner from SelfMadeHero

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • March 1, 2021

Zátopek has a pacing problem. This deft graphic autobiography by Jan Novák and Jaromír 99 bounds through the life of the acclaimed Czechoslovakian long-distance runner; recounting his overcrowded childhood home…

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Sultana – Zain Dada and Shazleen Khan’s Tale is Both an Intriguing Political Drama and an Indictment on the Tyranny of Capitalism

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2021

At the end of last year at Broken Frontier we spoke to creators Zain Dada and Kumail Rizvi about the books coming from their new micropublishing digital line Khidr Comix…

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Scene of the Crime – Image Comics Revisit a Solid Early Milestone from the Careers of Brubaker, Lark and Phillips

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • February 25, 2021

It’s a familiar story. A woman walks into a PI’s office, lights a cigarette, and asks him to track down her missing sister. The PI, although sceptical, accepts the client’s…

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Horny & High Vol. 1 – Ed Firth’s Queer Comics Anthology Proves to Be a Memorable Study of Human Fragility

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 24, 2021

In a year when for many simply treading water was an understandable achievement in itself, Ed Firth bucked the trend with a profile-raising 2020 that saw his Myriad First Graphic…

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Chasin’ the Bird – Dave Chisholm Delivers a Vivid and Prismatic Look at the Life and Legend of Jazz Giant Charlie Parker

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 23, 2021

There really ought to be a law against people like Dave Chisholm. As well as being an acclaimed comics writer/artist (including the sci-fi series Canopus and the graphic novel Instrumental),…

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