Five Reasons Why TCAF 2019 Was a Great Way to Spend Last Weekend in Toronto
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) has been held since 2003. That piece of information came to us not from Wikipedia, but from legendary artist Seth, who had stopped by…
Cannabis: An American History – Graphic Journalism at Its Most Piercing and Commanding from Box Brown
Part biography, part social commentary, and part scathing skewering of fearmongering and dubious science, Box Brown’s Cannabis: An American History (published in the UK by SelfMadeHero and in the US…
The Horror of Collier County – 20th Anniversary Edition of Rich Tommaso’s Classic is Still Surprisingly Pertinent
It is important to keep in mind, whenever one picks up a book by Rich Tommaso, that he began his career a quarter of a century ago with the 3-issue…
Inside Look: Biscuits (assorted) – Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition Winner Jenny Robins Talks About Her Debut GN and Previous Minicomics Practice in this Exclusive Creator Commentary
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, process and…
When I Arrived at the Castle – Emily Carroll’s Intense Character Study from Koyama Press is as Hypnotic as it is Terrifying
True narrative horror is as much about what isn’t said – what is left to the readers’ interpretation and imagination – as it is about the genre’s more overt and…
US Publishers Lion Forge and Oni Press Announce Merger
In breaking news today – and indicative perhaps of the ever changing landscape of US comics publishing – the merger of Oni Press and Lion Forge has just been announced….
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Babyface – Alice Urbino’s Signature Line in Body Horror Poignantly Touches on Familiar Themes of Identity and Acceptance
Hot on the heels of her recent minicomic Blindenhund comes Babyface, another enticingly macabre graphic medicine/body horror hybrid comic from the distinctive vision of original Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press…
Hackney Comic + Zine Fair Debuts at London Fields Arches this September
With a number of respected London small press and indie fairs like CECAF, SLCZF and Safari Festival either on hiatus for the moment or having drawn to a close over…
Staff Picks for May 8, 2019 – Eve Stranger, Blackbird, Samurai Jack: Lost Worlds and More!
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…
Little Girls – Aflleje and DeLaine’s Supernatural Chiller is also a Touching Celebration of the Bonds of Friendship
Harar, Ethiopia, the early 2000s, and Sam is struggling to fit in at her new school. Constantly uprooted due to her father’s work, she makes a new friend in local…
Giant Days #50 – Cricketing Fun and Games Abound as the Long-Running BOOM! Series Approaches Its Conclusion
Starting with a joke about the annoyance of teaching parents technology, the main story in the latest issue of Giant Days is centred around a cricket match, in which Graham…
Here’s Why More Lovers of Graphic Novels Should Check Out Edward Gorey
Nonsense is an underrated tradition in literature, now relegated to dusty shelves alongside the verse of Edward Lear and lesser-known works by Lewis Carroll. Almost two decades after he passed…
Lulu the Sensational …and the Family Secret – Cruelty, Courage, Creativity and Family Secrets that Need Some Unpacking in Helen Blejerman’s Faceless Silent Movie of a Graphic Novel
“May God watch over you, and protect you and keep you safe.” Lulu’s mother “enjoyed watching Gene Kelly dance and sniffing round an old poetry book. She abandoned her acting…
Radiator Comics to Publish Whit Taylor’s Minicomic Series ‘Fizzle’
We have news today at BF from Radiator Comics who have announced they’ll be publishing Whit Taylor‘s Fizzle minicomics beginning with editions of the first two issues at CAKE in…
Gogor #1 – Ken Garing’s Image Fantasy Series May Just Be the Serial Comics Sleeper Hit of the Year
Ken Garing’s new fantasy series Gogor, published by Image Comics, immediately grabs the reader’s attention with a tumultuously paced opening chase scene. It’s so immersive an experience that it leaves…
Staff Picks for May 1, 2019 – Beasts of Burden, oh no, 2000 AD Villains Takeover Special, Gogor and More!
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…
Memoirs of a Book Thief – The Pretensions of 1950s Parisian Literary Society Are Skewered in Tota and Van Hove’s SelfMadeHero Offering
Daniel Brodin is a man of many facets, few of them admirable. He considers himself a bibliophile but his love of prose is enabled by his practice of pilfering from…
New UK Government and Parliament Petition Asks for Comics to Be Given the Same Arts Funding as Opera
Initiated by comics creator Sean Michael Wilson (writer of the upcoming The Many Not the Few from New Internationalist, illustrated by Robert Brown) a new petition on the UK Government…
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