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Preview: Sláine: The Horned God – Pat Mills and Simon Bisley’s 2000 AD Classic Returns in a New Collectors’ Edition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 9, 2020

Pat Mills and Simon Bisley’s classic 2000 AD strip Sláine: The Horned God returns in a special Collectors’ Edition this May. We have a preview below to intrigue the uninitiated and evoke…

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Preview: Folklords #5 – Take a Look at the Finale of the Critically Acclaimed BOOM! Studios Series from Matt Kindt, Matt Smith and Company Here

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2020

Courtesy of BOOM! Studios, we have a preview of the finale of the Broken Frontier Award-nominated Folklords series. If you’re already reading the book we don’t need to tell you…

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Billionaire Island #1 – Mark Russell, Steve Pugh and Company’s Satirical Series Provides Social Commentary with a Caustic Wit

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 5, 2020

With critical hits like Prez, The Flintstones, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles and Second Coming, Mark Russell has proved himself to be the master of serial comics satire of…

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Faithless Vol. 1 – Azzarello and Llovet’s Curious Mix of Urban Drama and Demonic Manipulation Collected by BOOM! Studios

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 4, 2020

Faith’s playful interest in magic is considered a harmless quirk among her social set but when a seeming chance coffee shop encounter with the mysterious Poppy leads to a passionate…

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Rebellion Announce the Final Chapter in the Story of ‘The Vigilant’ in ‘Judge Dredd Megazine’ in June

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 3, 2020

Of all Rebellion’s recent forays into the history of classic British weekly comics characters The Vigilant was perhaps the most enticing nostalgia-fest for long-time readers. Bringing favourite names back with…

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Staff Picks for March 4, 2020 – Familiar Face, 100%, Billionaire Island, Gamayun Tales and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 3, 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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The Black Cloud – Dominique Duong’s Powerfully Expressive and Symbolic Depiction of Depression

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 3, 2020

Visual interpretations of depression and anxiety understandably tend to use similar metaphorical standards to express the experience of living with those conditions. That however is never a weakness underlining, as…

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Preview: Bear – Ben Queen and Joe Todd-Stanton Bring a Touching Tale of Canine Devotion to Archaia this Summer

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 3, 2020

We’ve been huge fans of Joe Todd-Stanton’s Brownstone’s Mythical Collection series from Flying Eye Books (you can read reviews of the first three books here at Broken Frontier). So we’re…

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Preview: Origins – Life After Humans Explored in a New Graphic Novel Coming from BOOM! Studios Later this Year

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 3, 2020

It’s a few months away yet but when we see art as breathtaking as the following preview from BOOM! Studios we feel duty bound to share it. Origins hits store…

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Coin-Op: Karl Marx Bolan (Spaceball Ricochet alt.take) – Peter and Maria Hoey Present an Unlikely Musically Inspired Alternate History

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 2, 2020

Sibling creative duo Peter and Maria Hoey’s Coin-Op anthologies have had some significant coverage here at Broken Frontier over the last couple of years We’ve reviewed the most recent issues…

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Gamayun Tales I – Nobrow Collect Alexander Utkin’s Modern Russian Folk Tales in One Accessibly Priced Paperback Compilation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 2, 2020

Nominated in the 2018 Broken Frontier Awards in the Best Artist category, Alexander Utkin’s Gamayun Tales series (translated by Lada Morozova) has so far run to three books of what…

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Preview: Billionaire Island #1 – Mark Russell and Steve Pugh’s New Satirical Miniseries from Ahoy Comics Hits Shelves this Week

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 28, 2020

Billionaire Island is written by Broken Frontier Award-winning (Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles) and BF Award-nominated (Second Coming) scribe Mark Rusell with art by co-creator Steve Pugh, colours by…

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Blood – Centrala’s Anthology of Polish Women Creators Explores the Theme of Blood from Cultural, Historical, Biological and Symbolic Perspectives

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 28, 2020

Centrala are perhaps the UK’s most overlooked indie comics publisher, bringing international work to English-speaking audiences, but notably showcasing experimental and alt graphic narratives from less familiar European traditions of…

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Japan According to Awesome & Possum – Takayo Akiyama Provides a Lively, Energetic and Fun Travel Guide for Visiting Japan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 27, 2020

London-based Japanese illustrator Takayo Akiyama is one of those mainstays of the UK small press scene who we really should have featured far more on Broken Frontier over the years….

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Alas – Hervé Bourhis and Rudy Spiessert Dismantle Anthropocentrism in this Fascinating Graphic Novel from Europe Comics

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • February 26, 2020

Hervé Bourhis turns the tables in this cleverly devised plot in which we are kept on our toes until the very end. Alas paints an alternative reality surrounding the Great…

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So I Guess My Body Pretty Much Hates Me Now – John Miers Explores the Narrative Tools of Comics in His Autobio Account of Living with Multiple Sclerosis

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2020

A few years ago at Broken Frontier I reviewed Score and Script, the John Miers-led exercise in practical comics scholarship. That publication saw a veritable who’s who of early 2010s…

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A Puff of Smoke – Sarah Lippett’s Touching Memoir of Childhood Illness is a Tribute to Family and Resilience

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 25, 2020

I’m sure it’s in the post, as they say, but I’ve always been uncommonly jammy with my health. Having lumbered around the earth for half a century now, I’ve never…

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Staff Picks for February 26, 2020 – Tomorrow, Protector, Amethyst and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 25, 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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