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Preview: Understanding NF2 – New Graphic Medicine for Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month Debuts Via the Children’s Tumor Foundation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 25, 2020

We’ve always been big believers at Broken Frontier in the power of graphic medicine to educate, inform and raise awareness so we’re very pleased to be able to run this…

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Revisiting the Broken Frontier Anthology – Frederik Hautain and Tyler Chin-Tanner on the Highs and Lows of BF’s Ambitious Multi-Creator Project Five Years On

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 25, 2020

Has there ever been a more dramatic Kickstarter comics campaign? Five years ago this past weekend the Broken Frontier Anthology hit its funding after a last-gasp surge in funding for…

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Follow Friday: Abs Bailey – “Bailey’s Pages Toy with Traditional Panel-to-Panel Sequential Storytelling with a Self-Aware Sense of Fun”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 22, 2020

Continuing our new feature for Fridays today at Broken Frontier! At the end of each week in Follow Friday we run an extensive spotlight profile on an artist we believe deserves…

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Escapades – The Visual Poetry of Olivia Sullivan Showcased in Another Abstract, Stream-of-Consciousness Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 21, 2020

In my most recent interview with artist Olivia Sullivan (one of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creators) she spoke about her creative process, explaining that her inspirations for…

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Preview: Wynd #1 – The Surprise New Series from BOOM! Studios Comes to Print and Digital in June Courtesy of James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas and Aditya Bidikar

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 21, 2020

Following their announcement of the surprise release of new series Wynd in June, BOOM! Studios have provided us not just with interior preview pages from the first issue but also…

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Preview: Object Compendium – Kilian Eng’s “Otherworldly Landscapes and Retro-Futuristic Illustrations” Collected in One Volume by Floating World Comics in September 2020

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 20, 2020

Not strictly comics but this collection of the work of Kilian Eng via Floating World Comics looks simply stunning. It’s coming to stores in September and we have an extensive…

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Stunt – Michael DeForge Ruminates on the Destructive Power of the Spotlight in His Final Work for Koyama Press

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • May 20, 2020

TW: Suicide, self-harm. Short form in narrative and physical size, Michael DeForge’s Stunt delivers a concentrated, high-octane hit. The comic’s format befits the fleeting nature of celebrity it explores, as we witness…

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Existential Ponderings in Space – An Interview with Jasmin Garcia-Verdin on Her ‘Spacewarriors’ Webcomic Relaunch

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • May 19, 2020

Freelance Illustrator and comic creator Jasmin Garcia-Verdin unveils the motivation behind her epic sci-fi webcomic Spacewarriors, in anticipation of its relaunch on June 1st, and also teases us on her…

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Preview: A Dark Interlude – Vault Comics Teases the “Not-Quite-a-Sequel’ to ‘Fearscape’ from Ryan O’Sullivan and Andrea Mutti

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 19, 2020

A press release with a meta flourish from Vault Comics today and who can pass that up? We have to wait until November but a follow-up series (of sorts) to…

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“It’s One Thing Telling My Own Misadventures, but Dragging My Family into it Too… that Was Always in the Back of My Mind” – Danny Noble on Her Witty and Touchingly Observed Graphic Memoir ‘Shame Pudding’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 19, 2020

Danny Noble’s comics have been extensively featured here since 2014 when we first covered her autobiographical work in the pages of Monday Morning. She was one of our original Broken…

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Preview: 2000 AD Prog 2183 – The Second All-Ages ‘2000 AD Regened’ Jumping-On Point of 2020 Hits Shelves on May 27th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 18, 2020

The second of four planned all-ages, “complete in one”, jumping-on points comes to the pages of 2000 AD next week with the next of their ‘2000 AD Regened’ specials. Lots…

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The Book of Forks – The Conclusion of Rob Davis’s SelfMadeHero Trilogy is a Very Human Story for All Its Extravagant Outlandishness

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 18, 2020

“In my experience, people live in the reality that’s presented to them. It’s if you look for something else that you’re being strange.” Those apposite words from The Book of…

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Oni Press Announce Supernaturally Themed OGN ‘Dead Dudes’ by Christopher Sebela and Ben Sears

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 18, 2020

Coming later this year from multiple Eisner nominee Christopher Sebela and Double + artist Ben Sears (a former guest artist at our London Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier monthly Drink…

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New Perspectives Matter Most During A Crisis, So Thank God For Weng Pixin’s ‘Sweet Time’ and Rumi Hara’s ‘Nori’ from Drawn & Quarterly

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • May 18, 2020

One would assume that everything there is to know about relationships has been talked about or dissected by now. It takes an unprecedented turn of events, however, to show us…

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Follow Friday: Cat Sims – “Sims Tackles Contemporary Issues in Work that is as Much Comics Social Activism as it is Narrative”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 15, 2020

Continuing our new feature for Fridays today at Broken Frontier! At the end of each week in Follow Friday we run an extensive spotlight profile on an artist we believe…

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Retroflect: Weirdworld – Revisiting the 1970s and 1980s Fantasy Environs of Marvel’s Warriors of the Shadow Realm

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 14, 2020

Retroflect has a long history at Broken Frontier, having been both a series of blogs and an ongoing column here in the past. Today we return to this irregular feature…

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The Ghost in the Window – Maxine Lee-Mackie’s Atmospheric Supernatural Story Invites Us Into a Brooding Family Mystery

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 13, 2020

Maxine Lee-Mackie’s The Ghost in the Window is a curious hybrid of children’s book-style storytelling, experimental comics and interactive mystery. It follows the new lives of the Valentine family as…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, May 14th with Guest Artists Dominique Duong, Clio Isadora and Pigeon

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 12, 2020

Now fortnightly due to popular demand! Our D&D community has spoken! And due to your continued enthusiasm for the online version of our monthly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink…

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