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Get Me a Snickers – A Witty Collection of Oddball Comics Shorts from Sophie Burrows

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 25, 2019

The last time we looked at the work of Sophie Burrows here at Broken Frontier it was for comics of a very different style. You can catch our Tom Murphy’s…

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Blindenhund – The Eerie Worlds of Alice Urbino Revisited in a Minicomic Tale of the Strangest of Friendships

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 24, 2019

While her comics influences range from Charles Burns to Junji Ito, Alice Urbino’s artistic style is uniquely her own; an Urbino-esque oeuvre that on a surface level embodies the unsettling…

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Staff Picks for April 24, 2019 – Little Girls, Ghost Tree, Ascender and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 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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On Vinyl – Lorenz Peter’s Ode to Collecting Reminds Us of the Intimate Relationship Between Nostalgia and Melancholy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 23, 2019

Almost a sequential art ode to (specifically) vinyl records, and more generally to the joy of collecting and the nostalgia rush it brings, Lorenz Peter’s On Vinyl comes to us courtesy…

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Cat Festival – Shazleen Khan’s ‘Buuza!!’ One-Shot is a Joyous Celebration of Friendship and Family

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 22, 2019

Having enjoyed her self-published work in the past, I’ve been wanting to give Shazleen Khan’s comics some Broken Frontier space for some time now but have sadly never quite managed…

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Tumult – John Harris Dunning and Michael Kennedy’s Layered and Twisting SelfMadeHero Thriller Keeps the Reader Guessing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 22, 2019

When we first meet central character Adam Whistler in John Harris Dunning and Michael Kennedy’s Tumult he’s a man in the midst of a self-destructive, existential crisis. The music video/commercials…

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Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance Awards 2019 – This Year’s SICBA Judges Announced as David Bishop, Sinéad Grainger and Broken Frontier’s Andy Oliver

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 22, 2019

The Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance Awards return this year for their ninth incarnation with the results to be announced at Glasgow Comic Con on June 28th. The Awards are…

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Retroflect: Skull the Slayer – Looking Back on the Short-Lived 1970s Series that Brought Dinosaurs, Time Warps and the Bermuda Triangle to the Marvel Universe

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 19, 2019

Retroflect has a long history at Broken Frontier, having been both a series of blogs and an ongoing column in the site’s long history. Today it returns to BF as…

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Meet Me at the Market – New Pop-Up Exhibition by Francesca Tiley and Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Aleesha Nandhra Explores Their Dual Cultural Heritages

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 19, 2019

We’re always keen to let you know what our 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ are up to here at BF and we’re very much looking forward…

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Cor!! & Buster Humour Special – Rebellion’s Entertaining Revival One-Shot is Accessible to New Readers and Crammed Full of Retro Fun for the Old-Timers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 18, 2019

Back in February Rebellion announced an exciting line-up of specials to run through 2019 featuring many of the IPC properties of yesteryear that the publisher has picked up over the…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Wednesday April 24th with Guest Artists Barbawk, Shazleen Khan and Molley May

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 18, 2019

The fourth Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2019 is imminent! And once again we have a tiptop trio of small press artists on Wednesday April 24th joining us…

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Euthanauts: Ground Control – Howard, Robles and Company Navigate the Mysteries of the Great Beyond in this IDW/Black Crown Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 17, 2019

Collecting the recent IDW series from Shelly Bond’s Black Crown imprint – itself breathing much needed fresh life into serial comics delivery  on a monthly basis and continuing to defy…

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Staff Picks for April 17, 2019 – Cor!! & Buster Humour Special, Memoirs of a Book Thief, Pilu of the Woods and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 16, 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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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: The Adventures of Pup & Grumpicorn – Emily Owen and Gavin Mitchell’s Delightful Comedy Duo Hits Kickstarter Today!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 15, 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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Soft Mutation – Nicky Arscott’s Graphic Poetry Immerses Us in the Cycles and Realities of Rural Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 15, 2019

While Nicky Arscott’s poetry comic Soft Mutation takes its name from a Celtic linguistic convention, its title also reflects both its themes and presentational approach. Arscott runs the Welsh micropress Mother…

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oh no – Alex Norris’s Online Comics Phenomenon Comes to Print in a Bittersweet Collection of Comedy Shorts

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 15, 2019

There’s no affected exaggeration in saying that Alex Norris’s Webcomic Name is an online comics phenomenon. The three-panel strips, all ending in the same simple but plaintive punchline of “oh…

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Graphic Brighton Returns May 3rd-4th with a Focus on Educational Comics – Guests Include Hannah Berry, Ian Williams, Warren Pleece, Alison Sampson, Owen D. Pomery and Muna Al-Jawad

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 12, 2019

Coming up at the beginning of next month the Graphic Brighton symposium (curated by Barbara Chamberlin, Alex Fitch and Elle Whitcroft) returns to the University of Brighton with an emphasis this…

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Space Wolf #1-3 – Meet the Weird Avenger of the Cosmos in this Basil Wolverton Homage from William Powers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 12, 2019

The last time we featured the work of William Powers at Broken Frontier it was for a zine that encapsulated a very different form of graphic storytelling. Never Been Reborn…

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