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Staff Picks for August 7, 2019 – Coffin Bound, Stig & Tilde, Berserker Unbound and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 6, 2019

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…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Bags (Or a Story Thereof) – Gavin Fullerton Adapts Patrick McHale’s Weird but Very Human Story of One Man’s Love for His Missing Dog

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 5, 2019

Bags (Or a Story Thereof) has been adapted by Gavin Fullerton from a projected novel that eventually became an experimental short story by animator Patrick McHale (creator of Over the…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Flat Filters – Tal Brosh and Chino Moya’s Surreal Journey of Self-Discovery Introduces Two Exciting New Talents to the Comics World

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 5, 2019

It’s a rare thing indeed to read a debut comic as assured and confident in its storytelling, and as conversant with the language of the form, as writer Chino Moya…

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Ghost Comics Festival Returns to Glasgow on October 26th – Open Call for Exhibitor Applications Announced

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 2, 2019

Last year saw a new comics event debut in Glasgow when João Sobral (O Panda Gordo), Jules Scheele (Queer: A Graphic History) and Jessica Taylor co-founded and launched Ghost Comics…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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No Ivy League – Hazel Newlevant’s Coming-of-Age Graphic Memoir from Lion Forge Explores White Privilege from a Teen Perspective

  • by Holly Raidl
  • August 2, 2019

No Ivy League explores the idea of checking your privilege through the lens of creator Hazel Newlevant. As made clear in their accompanying author note, the experiences described in the…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Preview: Things to Do Instead of Killing Yourself – Tara Booth and Jon-Michael Frank’s New Book from Floating World Comics Draws on Their Own Experiences of Depression and Anxiety

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 1, 2019

Comics have a particular connective power when it comes to depicting and exploring issues of mental health. So much so that we’ve dedicated a whole list of sequential art resources…

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Full List of Hackney Comic + Zine Fair Exhibitors Now Revealed – Check Out Who Will Be Tabling in East London this September 8th!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 31, 2019

If you’ve been following UK small press comics Twitter/Instagram over the last few weeks you will have seen the daily reveals of artists, publishers and comics institutions tabling at this…

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: The Seas – New Small Press Publisher Body Parts Debut Their First Anthology Including Work by Gareth A Hopkins, Miranda Smart and Simon Russell

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 30, 2019

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

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Staff Picks for July 31, 2019 – Enemy of the People: A Cartoonist’s Journey, Death’s Head, Manor Black and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 30, 2019

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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SelfMadeHero Announce Autumn 2019 Releases – Including New Graphic Biographies on Isadora Duncan and Mozart, and the Conclusion of Rob Davis’s Surreal Trilogy with ‘The Book of Forks’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 29, 2019

We’ve reviewed six SelfMadeHero graphic novels this year at Broken Frontier which is rather synchronous as the acclaimed publisher of graphic biography, international comics, literary adaptations and OGNs have just…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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History of the Marvel Universe #1 – Waid, Rodríguez and López’s Epic Saga Will Reignite Your Sense of Wonder and Awe at the Magic of the Marvel Mythos

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 29, 2019

The longstanding appeal of super-hero comics is arguably as much about their wider narrative tapestry – the sprawling universes they take place in and the rich history that represents –…

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Garden Party – New Exhibition of Illustrator Lizzy Stewart’s Work at the Garden Museum in London from August 6th-September 30th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 26, 2019

Bringing together a collection of painted work by illustrator Lizzy Stewart ‘Garden Party’ is new exhibition at London’s Garden Museum that promises to explore the “joy, madness and solitude of…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Death Wish Vol. 1: Best Wishes – Reckless Stuntman Blake Edmonds Returns in this Collection of the Bleakly Compelling 1980 British Comics Classic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 25, 2019

Debuting in the short-lived British weekly comics anthology Speed in 1980, Death Wish would go on to be featured in both Tiger and Eagle as the various weekly comics that hosted…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Apollo & Daphne – Greek Mythology Revisited in Lizzie Fray’s Gorgeously Rendered Comics Adaptation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 24, 2019

One of a number of self-published comics I discovered this year on Small Press Day at London’s Mega City Comics, Lizzie Fray’s Apollo & Daphne retells the Greek myth in…

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Derek the Sheep: Let’s Bee Friends – The Riotous All-Ages Adventures of Gary Northfield’s Ovine Rascal Collected by Bog Eyed Books

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 23, 2019

If you’ve been a fan of Gary Northfield’s all-ages comics output over the years (and we’ve certainly reviewed lots of it including The Terrible Tales of the Teenytinysaurs! and Gary’s…

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Staff Picks for July 24, 2019 – Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide, History of the Marvel Universe, Life Drawing: A Life Under Lights, Sweeny Toddler and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 23, 2019

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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Catch the Work of Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Olivia Sullivan at the World Illustration Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, Running Until July 28th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 22, 2019

Our many generations of Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ never cease to amaze us with their diverse approaches to the form and their ongoing achievements. So we…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Alay-Oop – William Gropper’s 1930 Graphic Novel is Introduced to a Whole New Audience Courtesy of New York Review Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 22, 2019

New York Review Comics – the New York Review of Books’ sequential art imprint – have been doing vital work in introducing new readers to some long out-of-print classic material…

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