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Mooncakes – Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker’s Sweet Coming-of-Age Fantasy from Lion Forge

  • by Holly Raidl
  • October 18, 2019

Mooncakes begins with autumnal tones, coinciding nicely with the weather during the month of its release. The story surrounds Nova Huang, a powerful witch with hearing loss, and her close…

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Preview: ‘Seasonal Shift’ by Lala Albert and ‘The Pits of Hell’ by Ebisu Yoshikazu – Breakdown Press Announce Two New Titles Debuting in November

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 17, 2019

Breakdown Press – those fine purveyors of the alternative, the cutting edge and the forgotten classics – have two new books debuting in November. We have the press releases and…

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Brownstone’s Mythical Collection: Kai and the Monkey King – Joe Todd-Stanton and Flying Eye Books Revisit the Brownstone Lineage in Another Wildly Imaginative Adventure for Younger Readers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 17, 2019

Time for another visit to Professor Brownstone’s vault of treasures courtesy of creator Joe Todd-Stanton and Flying Eye Books this month as the latest volume of Brownstone’s Mythical Collection –…

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“Not Very Long Ago, to Say that Someone Was the Sort of Woman Who ‘Prefers to Wear Sensible Shoes’ Could Imply that She Was a Lesbian” – More Recently, Kate Charlesworth’s Book of the Same Name Debuted, to Shed Technicolour Light on the Subject from Her Expert Angle

  • by Jenny Robins
  • October 16, 2019

“Not very long ago, to say that someone was the sort of woman who ‘prefers to wear sensible shoes’ could imply that she was a lesbian” Even more recently, Kate Charlesworth’s graphic…

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Staff Picks for October 16, 2019 – Superman Smashes the Klan, Marked, Things to Do Instead of Killing Yourself and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 15, 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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Pat Mills and Simon Bisley’s Groundbreaking 2000 AD Series ‘Sláine: The Horned God’ to Get Collector’s Edition in 2020

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 15, 2019

One of those pivotal moments in 2000 AD history, Pat Mills and Simon Bisley’s Sláine: The Horned God will be published in a special “Collector’s Edition” next year. The full…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Get Over It – Mary Shyne’s Intensely Kinetic Tale of Emotional States Brought to Projected Life

  • by Robin Enrico
  • October 14, 2019

Mary Shyne’s Get Over It is a graphic novel shot out of a cannon. Rendered in crisp black and white, and vibrant orange the book is intensely kinetic, moves at…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Frogcatchers – A Disconcerting Journey into One Man’s Psyche from Jeff Lemire

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 11, 2019

A young boy spending a hazy summer’s day collecting frogs in a tin sets the scene for Frogcatchers, Jeff Lemire’s new graphic novella from Simon and Schuster imprint Gallery 13….

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See Arts Foundation Futures Awards Finalists Esther McManus, Danny Noble, Zara Slattery and Jess Taylor in Conversation with Comics Laureate Hannah Berry at the Cartoon Museum on October 19th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 10, 2019

After the recent announcement of the shortlisted artists in the comics section of this year’s Arts Foundation Futures Awards there’s an opportunity to hear the final four creators in conversation…

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Garth Stein and Matthew Southworth Bring ‘The Cloven’ to Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 9, 2019

News today from Fantagraphics about their new graphic novel series The Cloven by Garth Stein and Matthew Southworth. The full press release is below. SEATTLE, WASH., OCTOBER 8, 2019—Fantagraphics is…

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Staff Picks for October 9, 2019 – The Tower in the Sea, Rain, These Savage Shores, The Book of Forks and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 9, 2019

It’s 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 storefront,…

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Dead Eyes #1 – Duggan and McCrea’s Crime Drama is a Strangely Pleasing Mix of the Grim, the Slapstick and the Poignant

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 8, 2019

Having ripped off the mob in the 1990s in one last big job, Martin (the former feared masked criminal Dead Eyes) has spent the intervening decades looking after his disabled…

Eyecatcher · Features

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In Conversation: James Lawrence – The Creator of ‘The Legend of La Mariposa’ on Inspirations, Themes and Crowdfunding a Collected Edition for His Plucky Rookie Luchadora

  • by Owen Michael Johnson
  • October 8, 2019

It’s been said that we’re currently living in a Golden Age of comics. While this is under debate, one look around the libraries, bookstores and artist alleys of the industry…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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The UK’s Autumn Festival Season Has Arrived – A Quick Look Back at the Weekend’s Leam Comic Con and Brighton Illustration Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 7, 2019

Autumn is festival time in the UK and, after last month’s fantastic inaugural Hackney Comic + Zine Fair, the Broken Frontier team were at two established events this past weekend….

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Paul Jon Milne’s ‘Grave Horticulture’ Comics Come to ComiXology Courtesy of Douglas Noble’s Strip for Me

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2019

Exciting news today via UK small press mainstay Douglas Noble that his Strip For Me imprint will be bringing the work of Paul Jon Milne, whose comics we’ve covered in…

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Heritage Comics Launches Starblazer Graphic Novel – Classic DC Thomson Sci-Fi Comic Returns in a New Reprint Collection with Work from Creators Including Grant Morrison and Mick McMahon

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2019

Those of you who follow my own rather self-indulgent social media streams as well as the official Broken Frontier one will be aware of my posts over the summer focusing…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Taxi!: Stories from the Back Seat – Aimée de Jongh’s Collection of Interweaving Encounters with Taxi Drivers Has a Quiet and Compelling Humanity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2019

Some of the most powerful slice-of-life work speaks to us so eloquently not through an overt attempt at ostentatious profoundness but rather because it reveals familiar truths with a quiet…

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The Tower in the Sea – The Third Volume of B. Mure’s ‘Ismyre’ Books Underlines that We Are Witnessing a Truly Classic Comics Series Emerging Here

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2019

It would be inappropriate to describe B. Mure’s Ismyre series of books as indie comics’ best kept secret. The first two volumes have been consistently critically acclaimed, after all, with…

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