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ELCAF Spotlight: Jon McNaught – Looking Back on the Comics Practice of this Year’s ELCAF Artist-in-Residence

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 27, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Even if you’re not a regular ELCAF-goer it’s unlikely – given its ubiquity on social media over the last few months – that you’ll have missed Jon McNaught’s…

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Love is Temporary – Holly St Clair’s Zine Provides Relatable Symbolism on the Subject of Love

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 27, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! There’s an obvious immediacy to illustrated zine delivery that allows artists to make an instant impact on their audience in a relatively short presentational space. Holly St Clair’s…

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Inside Look: Marble Cake – Scott Jason Smith Provides an Exclusive Creator Commentary on His Upcoming Avery Hill Publishing Graphic Novel

  • by Scott Jason Smith
  • May 27, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis,…

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Stagdale – Frances Castle’s 1970s Summer Mystery is a Sumptuous Celebration of the Craft of Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 27, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! There’s something about Frances Castle’s Stagdale that is very reminiscent of classic children’s British TV serials of the Seventies; which is rather fitting given its 1975 setting. To…

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ELCAF Fortnight 2019 Begins Today at Broken Frontier!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 27, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Today at Broken Frontier we’re delighted to launch our annual coverage of the East London Comics and Arts Festival (ELCAF) with two weeks of reviews, interviews, features and…

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vol. 1: High School is Hell – The Scooby Gang Get the Reboot Treatment in this New BOOM! Studios Take on the Buffy Mythos

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 24, 2019

Bringing successful television franchises into the comics medium is always a difficult path to navigate. By definition major character development is near impossible and every story borders on the realms…

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Buuza!! Vol. 1: Good Morning Salwa – Rising Star Shazleen Khan’s Acclaimed Webcomic Comes to Print

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 24, 2019

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Wednesday May 29th for an ELCAF Extravaganza with Aleesha Nandhra, Holly St Clair and Olivia Sualdea

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 23, 2019

ELCAF is coming and we’ll be celebrating this year’s East London Comics and Arts Festival in style at our next Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw! And, as…

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Full Court Crush – Hannah Blumenreich’s Tale of Love and Basketball is an Utter Joy to Read

  • by Holly Raidl
  • May 23, 2019

Pink, black and white are the colours chosen by Hannah Blumenreich for Full Court Crush; pink fitting the theme of budding romance within the comics narrative. Despite consisting of twelve…

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Preview: Lorna – New Benji Nate Work Hits Stores from Silver Sprocket

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 22, 2019

New and out now from Silver Sprocket, those ever reliable purveyors of indie excellence, Lorna is the latest comics offering from Benji Nate whose Catboy got such a glowing review…

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Staff Picks for May 22, 2019 – The Book of Sarah, Road of Bones, Drawing Blood Spilled Ink and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 22, 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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Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn Speaks About the Power of Graphic Novels to Change Lives – ‘The Many Not the Few’ Launches at the House of Commons

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 21, 2019

In my capacity representing Broken Frontier I’ve attended many book launches over the years in venues including shops, museums, bars, galleries and at festivals. But last night was something of…

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Red Ultramarine – The Symbolism of Manuele Fior’s Graphic Novel Leaves Its Mark on the Reader

  • by Robin Enrico
  • May 21, 2019

One of the greatest strengths of comics is that in being a purely visual medium, they can use evocative cartooning to charge even the most threadbare of plots with meaning….

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“I’ve Been Attending TCAF Since 2011… Coz I Bloody Love It” – Graphic Novelist Joe Decie Looks Back on the 2019 Toronto Comic Arts Festival

  • by Joe Decie
  • May 20, 2019

Today at Broken Frontier we’re delighted to present a very distinctive report from the Toronto Comic Arts Festival by graphic novelist Joe Decie. Joe is a stalwart of UK self-publishing…

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The Labyrinth – Here’s Why Saul Steinberg’s Work, First Published in 1960, Still Inspires

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • May 17, 2019

Holding the hardcover edition of The Labyrinth in 2019 is a special feeling for a number of reasons. For a start, it shouldn’t even be here, given that it will…

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including 2dcloud Spring 2019, Finding Home, The Life and Times of Butch Dykes and Griff Gristle: The Endless Voyage

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 17, 2019

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

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Malty Heave #1 – Phil Elliott and Robert Wells Re-Imagine ‘Heavy Metal’ with a Satirical Edge

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 16, 2019

Walking a fine line between cutting satire and fond parody, Malty Heave is a one-shot, tongue-in-cheek, sci-fi special collaboration between Robert Wells (Back, Sack & Crack (& Brain)) and Phil Elliott;…

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Gender Queer: A Memoir – Maia Kobabe Explains What it Means to Be Non-Binary and Asexual in Eir Vitally Important Graphic Memoir from Lion Forge

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 15, 2019

“I don’t want to be a girl. I don’t want to be a boy either. I just want to be myself.” By the very nature of the form – that…

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