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“The Art You Spend Hours and Hours Labouring Over is Always the One that Bombs!” – Instagram Cartoonist ZeppelinMoon Talks Sloths, Manatees and Building that All-Important Social Media Audience

  • by Jenny Robins
  • December 5, 2019

ZeppelinMoon is part of a growing movement of irreverent Instagram cartoonists racking up serious numbers with content that is by turns relatable and ridiculous or often both. Our Jenny Robins…

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Hisashi – An Unsettlingly Vivid Bio-Horror Thriller from Stathis Tsemberlidis and Decadence

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 4, 2019

In a Stathis Tsemberlidis comic, narrative is almost secondary to the pure immersive visual experience the reader finds themselves engulfed by. Hisashi, his latest offering under the Decadence banner, is…

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Staff Picks for December 4, 2019 – Choke Gasp!: The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics, Wildest Dream, Thor: The Worthy and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 3, 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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Preview: A Journey to Motherhood – Camille Aubry’s Autobiographical Graphic Novel to Be Published Online by Graphic Medicine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 3, 2019

It’s been a few years now since I first met Camille Aubry as one of the artists I saw for portfolio reviews as part of ELCAF’s festival Springboard Meetings in…

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Exclusive Preview: The Misplaced Chapter 2 – The Journey to Uncover the Mystery of Eternity Continues in Chris Callahan’s Multiple Media Series from Source Point Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 2, 2019

Work that utilises a cross media approach always intrigues us here at Broken Frontier. Chris Callahan’s The Misplaced from Source Point Press combines photo collage, digital presentation, 3D modelling and…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Are You Listening? – Tillie Walden Takes Us on a Journey Where the Relationship Between Perception and Reality is Cloaked in Powerfully Resonant Metaphor

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 2, 2019

Tillie Walden’s ability to root the profoundly human in the dreamily fantastical and make it seem all the more recognisable and universal for those extravagant visual trappings has become one…

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Peony Gent Announced as House of Illustration’s 2019 ‘Illustrator in Residence’ – Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist To Be Featured in Solo Exhibition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 2, 2019

Exciting news indeed this week with the announcement that our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ artist Peony Gent is the new Illustrator in Residence at London’s…

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2000 AD Announces the Return of Its All-Ages ‘Regened’ Special Issues in 2020 Featuring Work by David Baillie, Rob Davis, Leah Moore, John Reppion and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 29, 2019

For a site that rarely puts up press releases we’ve put up an inordinate amount of Rebellion ones over the last few weeks. But with the 2000 AD publisher announcing…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Simon & Louise – Max de Radiguès Explores Teenage Love and Summer Separation in a Beautifully Understated Slice-of-Life Tale

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 28, 2019

One summer and two young lives, separated but inextricably linked. That’s the essential premise of Belgian artist Max de Radiguès’ Simon & Louise, the translated version of which comes to…

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Cult Classic: Creature Feature #1-2 – Rahal and Bivens Pay Homage to B-Movie Horror in a Fast-Paced, Gruesome Thriller from Vault Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 27, 2019

Not every comic we feature here at Broken Frontier has to experimental, alternative or boundary-pushing. After all, there are times when all of us will just want to pick up…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Olympia #1 – A Notably Different Meta Take on the World of Super-Heroes with a Very Human Heart

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 27, 2019

Olympia’s extra-sized opener marks the first chapter of a series that was conceived by comics writer Curt Pires and his father Tony during the latter’s cancer treatment. It’s a book…

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Staff Picks for November 27, 2019 – The House, Witchfinder: Reign of Darkness, John Constantine: Hellblazer, Second Coming and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 26, 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…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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My Husband is a Cultist – Mei Lian Hoe’s Supernatural Webcomic Comes to Print with Its Offbeat Romcom Approach

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 25, 2019

Collecting the first chapters of Mei Lian Hoe’s webcomic series in print, My Husband is a Cultist is an offbeat romantic comedy that combines the amiable antics of its often…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Things to Do Instead of Killing Yourself – Tara Booth and Jon-Michael Frank Channel Personal Experience in a Unique Graphic Narrative Approach to Themes of Depression and Anxiety

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 22, 2019

We’ve spoken at length in the past here at Broken Frontier about the particular communicative strengths of comics as a medium in regard to exploring mental health issues. Indeed we…

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Preview: Klaus and the Life and Times of Joe Christmas #1 – Grant Morrison and Dan Mora Reunite for a BOOM! Studios Festive Tradition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 22, 2019

While Christmas may still seem a long way off, the pre-holidays solicits are full of festive themed comics. BOOM! Studios have announced the latest entry in their own annual Yuletide…

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Don’t Miss the Catford Comic and Zine Fair on Sunday December 8th! – Details Here on Getting Your Comic on the Communal Table Run by Broken Frontier

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 22, 2019

As the comics events calendar winds to a close we’re preparing here at BF for our final tabling appearance of the year at the Catford Comic & Zine Fair at…

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For Real #1 – Graphic Medicine and Graphic Biography Merge in James Romberger’s Multi-Layered Exploration of Pivotal Moments in the Life of Jack Kirby

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 21, 2019

James Romberger’s For Real is a narrative of layers. Not just in the overlapping timeframes of its main comics story ‘The Oven’ but also in the supplementary essay that follows…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Folklords #1 – Matt Kindt, Matt Smith and Company’s Fantasy Series with a Twist Immediately Hooks Its Audience

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 20, 2019

The immediate thing the reader takes away from the first issue of Matt Kindt, Matt Smith and company’s Folklords is what a sublimely perfect issue it is in terms of…

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