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Internet Crusader – George Wylesol’s Innovative Story of Doomsday Cults and Satanic Computer Viruses Pushes, Probes, Tests and Even Breaks the Boundaries of What Comics Can Be

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 20, 2020

Arguments about what exactly constitutes comics as a form always seem something of an unnecessary distraction. The elasticity of that definition is surely one of the medium’s greatest strengths, allowing…

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More Classic Comics Return to Print with the Announcement of Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics Line-Up for 2020 – Titles Include ‘The Trigan Empire’, ‘The Thirteenth Floor’, ‘Death Squad’ and ‘Sugar Jones’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 20, 2020

After announcing their 2020 2000 AD collections line-up last week, Rebellion have today let us know what titles will feature in their Treasury of British Comics reprints range this year….

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Thursday January 30th with Guest Artists Peony Gent, James Albon and Lindsay Pollock

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 17, 2020

We’re back! The first Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of the year is on January 30th and we have three cracking artists on the guest creator list!…

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Best of 2000 AD #1 – Rebellion’s Retrospective Series Provides an Excellent and Accessibly Priced Entry Point to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 16, 2020

The very title Best of 2000 AD was by (subjective) definition always going to be a divisive one. Rebellion’s new 12-issue series debuts this April, retaining the anthology format of…

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2020 – Spotlighting the Work of Dominique Duong, Miranda Smart, Nic Mac, Pigeon, Shangomola Edunjobi and Tal Brosh

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 16, 2020

The most exciting time of the year here on the site is our announcement of the names of the artists selected for the year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators…

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The King – John Tucker’s Eccentrically Amiable Tale Combines the Downright Bizarre with Themes of Family and Responsibility

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2020

John Tucker’s The King is perhaps more illustrated story than pure comics but this eccentrically amiable tale has an idiosyncratic charm that makes it well worth picking up if you’re…

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Staff Picks for January 15, 2020 – Third World War, Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence, Second Coming and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 14, 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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Rebellion Announce 2000 AD’s Graphic Novels Line-Up for 2020 – Titles Include Classic ‘Strontium Dog’, ‘2000 AD Regened’, ‘Fiends of the Eastern Front’ and ‘Thistlebone’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2020

The 2020 previews and publishing announcements have been coming in fast and furious over the last week here at Broken Frontier Towers. Below we have the latest communication from Rebellion…

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Preview: What We Don’t Talk About – Charlot Kristensen’s Debut Graphic Novel from Avery Hill Publishing Introduces “a Burgeoning Talent Devoted to Representation and Empowering Women of Colour”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2020

It will come as no surprise to anyone following Broken Frontier regularly that Avery Hill Publishing have an incredibly cool slate of releases lined up for 2020 (we announced them…

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The Lure of the Flesh – Beatrice Mossman’s Horror/Fairy Tale Hybrid Explores the Possibilities of the Page with Its Distinctive Tactile Presentation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2020

Beatrice Mossman’s The Lure of the Flesh brings together dark fantasy, allegorical storytelling and autobiographical elements in an enticingly unusual physical format. Freya is a young girl who has struggled…

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Sean Michael Wilson and Fumio Obata’s ‘The Garden’ Debuts in April 2020 – First Graphic Novel from Mind-Body-Spirit Publisher Liminal 11

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 10, 2020

Liminal 11, the mind-body-spirit publisher co-founded by Mike Medaglia and Darren Shill, have added a number of projects by names very familiar to indie comics fans to their catalogue over…

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Dark Horse Announce New Series in the ‘Black Hammer’ Saga – Broken Frontier Award-Winning Jeff Lemire and Tyler Crook Bring Us ‘Colonel Weird: Cosmagog’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 10, 2020

Dark Horse Comics have announced the next miniseries in the Black Hammer saga, this time featuring Colonel Weird. It’s written by Broken Frontier Award-winning Jeff Lemire with visuals by Tyler…

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Ken Reid’s World-Wide Weirdies – Another Macabre Collection from the Oddball Imagination of a True British Comics Genius, Courtesy of the Treasury of British Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 9, 2020

After years of a puzzling lack of Ken Reid reprint volumes we’ve been spoilt for collections over the last few years with the Treasury of British Comics giving us both…

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Rebellion to Publish New ‘Essential Judge Dredd’ Line in 2020 – Range Begins with ‘America’ in September

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 9, 2020

With their high-profile Best of 2000 AD series launching this year as an entry point for new readers, Rebellion are also repackaging some classic Dredd stories in an Essential Judge…

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Preview: Slaughterhouse-Five – Ryan North and Albert Monteys to Adapt Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic Novel for BOOM! Studios/Archaia

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 9, 2020

A medium with a unique relationship to the concept of time meets a novel with much the same outlook later this year when BOOM! Studios adapt Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel…

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IDW Publishing Team Up with the Smithsonian Institution for New Graphic Novel Publishing Initiative

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 9, 2020

We’re always excited here at broken Frontier to hear about initiatives that take comics to new audiences or use the form to communicate information in intuitive and inspirational ways. So…

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World Illustration Awards 2020 Announce Call for Entries – New Category Celebrates Comics, Zines and Graphic Novels

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 9, 2020

The World Illustration Awards, presented by the Association of Illustrators in partnership with the Directory of Illustration since 2015, is currently open for entries. For the Broken Frontier audience the…

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Machine Gun Wizards #1-4 — Christian Ward and Sami Kivelä Bring the Magic to Eliot Ness and the Untouchables

  • by Moe Abbas
  • January 8, 2020

While Gangster yarns may be dying out in the world of cinema (see The Irishman), Dark Horse’s Machine Gun Wizards continues the age-old comics tradition of mashing up the crime…

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