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Invasion 1984! – Extraterrestrial Terror Invades the Pages of War Comic ‘Battle’ in Another Classic Collection from the Treasury of British Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 9, 2019

Seeming rather incongruous in the pages of Battle in the mid-1980s, Invasion 1984! was a perhaps a somewhat unlikely science fiction offering from the long-running weekly war comic anthology. It…

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Space Bandits #1 – A Wild Ride of Revenge-Fuelled Space Opera from Mark Millar, Matteo Scalera and Company

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 8, 2019

Cody Blue and Thena Khole. Two of the most notorious criminals in the universe, each with their own distinctive modus operandi and long list of criminal activities. Cody is a…

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Shout Out – Queer YA Comics Anthology Tells the Stories Its Creators Would Have Loved to Read Growing Up

  • by Holly Raidl
  • July 5, 2019

Shout Out is an anthology edited by Andrew Wheeler (assistant editors Joamette Gil and BC Holmes) from TO Comix Press which contains eighteen shorts spanning numerous genres, made by creators…

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The Legend of the Wizards of Little Humdrum – Dom McKenzie’s Irreverent Fantasy Will Be a Hit with Younger and Older Readers Alike

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 4, 2019

Sitting between illustrated children’s storytelling and pure comics, The Legend of the Wizards of Little Humdrum purports to be a tale discovered by artist Dom McKenzie (whose Tales of the…

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Staff Picks for July 3, 2019 – Skip, kuš! comics, Sea of Stars, The Walking Dead, Silver Surfer: Parable and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 3, 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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Class of 1922 – This Study of Tragedy and the Passage of Time is Prime Douglas Noble at His Disconcerting Best

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 2, 2019

With a Douglas Noble comic what goes unsaid – or equally what is left to our imaginations – is often as important as what is articulated on the page. Noble’s…

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Marilyn Manor #1 – Defiantly Ostentatious Oddness and ’80s Nostalgia in Visaggio and Zarcone’s IDW Blast from an Alternative Past

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 1, 2019

First issues are all about the set-up; about hooking the reader, investing them in the protagonist and cast, and establishing the thematic core of the narrative as quickly as possible…

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Seven Stories #3 – Third Issue of O Panda Gordo’s Anthology Series Features Glasgow-Based Artists Including João Sobral, Jules Scheele, Suds McKenna and Jessica Taylor

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 28, 2019

We’re playing catch-up a little at the moment with anthology series Seven Stories – artist João Sobral’s pet project through his O Panda Gordo micropress – given that two issues…

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Desolation Wilderness – Claire Scully Asks Questions on How the Echoes of Remembrance Shape Our Perceptions in a Unique Graphic Travelogue

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 27, 2019

Approaching that well-worn term “psychogeography” from an alternative perspective, Claire Scully’s Desolation Wilderness from Avery Hill Publishing is a follow-up to her 2016 offering Internal Wilderness. Scully’s silent landscape comics…

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Staff Picks for June 26, 2019 – Lettuce Bee, Marble Cake, Tammy & Jinty Special 2019, Marilyn Manor and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 26, 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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Celebrating Four Years of the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 25, 2019

It seems hard to believe that it’s a whole four years ago to the very day that the first Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw debuted at the…

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“We’ve Created the Special with Two Audiences in Mind” – Lizzie Boyle on Rebellion’s Latest Revival One-Shot, the ‘Tammy & Jinty Special 2019’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 24, 2019

Rebellion continue to bring classic comics characters of yesteryear to new audiences not just via their handsomely presented Treasury of British Comics editions but also through their semi-regular Specials like…

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The Day of Dredd is Coming on September 7th, 2019!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 21, 2019

The Day of Dredd is coming this September, giving fans, retailers and libraries an opportunity to celebrate the future lawman and share their own personal memories of encountering his world…

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“If You Cannot See Yourself in the World Around You, then How Do You Know You Truly Exist?” – Andrew Kiwanuka on Celebrating Black Culture in His Zine ‘We Exist!’

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • June 21, 2019

Edinburgh-based Andrew Kiwanuka is a multi-disciplinary creative, who applies his DIY ethos and yearning for greater cultural diversity in the UK to creating a number of thought-provoking, mixed media projects….

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Wednesday June 26th with Guest Artists Karrie Fransman, Ram V and David Biskup

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 21, 2019

Can it really be four years? Our next Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw! marks the fourth anniversary of London’s favourite comics social. As ever, we have a…

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Penny Nichols – Reed, Means and Wiegle’s Top Shelf Graphic Novel Brings Us Together to Laugh in the Face of Horrors Both Real and Imagined

  • by Robin Enrico
  • June 20, 2019

There can be such a joy in making a thing that what you are creating becomes secondary to the act of making it. In the case of Penny Nichols by…

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Preview: Lettuce Bee – Simon Moreton and Ali Bamford’s New Zine Anthology Features John Porcellino, Jayde Perkin, Peony Gent, Sabba Khan, Joff Winterhart and Many More!

  • by Simon Moreton
  • June 19, 2019

Edited by Simon Moreton (Minor Leagues) and Ali Bamford, Lettuce Bee is a new zine-style anthology that brings together a whole host of international creators in what looks to be…

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“If BHP Ended Tomorrow, I’d Be Very Happy with its Legacy” – BHP Comics’ Sha Nazir on the Scottish Publisher’s Origins, Nurturing Emerging BAME Talent and Working with Comics Legends

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 19, 2019

For the best part of a decade, Scotland’s BHP Comics have been growing from a small self-publishing concern to the eclectic and socially conscious outfit they are today. With a…

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