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Dementia 21 – Shintaro Kago’s Eerie Adventures in Caregiving Combine Bleak Comedy and Social Commentary

  • by Robin Enrico
  • February 18, 2019

Shintaro Kago’s Dementia 21 is a surprising graphic novel in that it takes his well-known ability to render characters in grotesque situations and uses it as a way to tackle…

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Fantagraphics to Bring Classic Tomi Ungerer Books Back to Print Including ‘The Underground Sketchbook’, ‘The Party’, ‘Babylon’, and ‘Adam and Eve’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 15, 2019

Just days after Gary Groth’s extensive interview with Tomi Ungerer in the relaunched print version of The Comics Journal came the news that the veteran artist had passed away at the…

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10th International Graphic Medicine Conference Returns to Brighton in July – This Year’s Theme Challenges Traditional Ways of Thinking about Gender, Identity and Healthcare

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 15, 2019

Now in its tenth year the International Graphic Medicine Conference returns to Brighton from July 11th-13th. Graphic medicine has arguably been one of the most influential strands of comics over…

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Reign of Crumbs – Glynnis Fawkes Brings a Gently Witty Flourish to Her Carefully Observed Tales of Family Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 14, 2019

Slice-of-life comics that document the everyday moments of family life resonate, of course, because they connect with their audience on the most fundamentally human level. We empathise, we recognise and…

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Rebellion Announce Seven New All-New Holiday Specials for 2019 -2000 AD, Tammy and Jinty, Roy of the Rovers and Others to Return to Newsagent Shelves this Year

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 13, 2019

Hot on the heels of January’s announcement of a new Cor!! and Buster Special from Rebellion this Easter the publisher has announced plans for no less than seven all-new specials…

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Rebels and Other Stories – Jey Levang’s Twisting Short Tales Collected by Throwaway Press in a Very Special Showcase Compilation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 13, 2019

It’s always an absolute privilege to be asked to write the introduction to the published work of a creator we have championed here at Broken Frontier. In the case of…

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Staff Picks for February 13, 2019 – Mister Miracle, Savage Sword of Conan, Ms. Marvel and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 12, 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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Laydeez do Comics Announce the Longlist for Their 2019 Award for a Graphic Novel in Progress by a Female Identifying UK-Based Creator

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 11, 2019

Our friends at Laydeez do Comics, the women-led organisation championing the works of female-identifying graphic novelists, have announced the longlist for their second prize for a graphic-novel-in-progress. It includes 17 names we’re…

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Strangers in Everyland – Emerging Talent Anna Readman Brings the World of Cormac McCarthy’s Novel ‘Suttree’ to Brooding, Atmospheric Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 11, 2019

Over the course of the last few days on Twitter you may well have seen an explosion of interest in the comics of Anna Readman. Attention that only goes to…

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including The Marriage of Njord and Skadi, Cosmic Love, Chicken Soup & Goji Berries, and Wash Day Candles

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 8, 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…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Girl in the Bay #1 – DeMatteis, Howell, Devlin and Robins Are a Creative Team in Perfect Synch in the Dark Horse/Berger Books Supernatural Thriller

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 7, 2019

There’s a text piece by writer J.M. DeMatteis at the end of the first issue of The Girl in the Bay – the latest book from the acclaimed Dark Horse Comics/Berger…

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Island – Laurel Pettitt’s Icelandic Travelogue is an Endearing Scrapbook-Style Delight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 7, 2019

When I reviewed Laurel Pettitt’s Quiet Moments last year at Broken Frontier here I argued that it was a minicomic that was “proof positive that truly exciting new work doesn’t have…

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“I Was Keen to Use it as a Platform to Help People Really Get Their Work Out There and in Front of an Audience” – Joe Stone on Supporting Emerging Talent with the Work in Progress Comics Group

  • by Joe Stone
  • February 6, 2019

We’re always very keen to promote initiatives that spearhead a sense of comics community here at Broken Frontier. So we’re very pleased today to welcome artist Joe Stone to the…

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Cardiff Comics Carnival Debuts this March 24th – A New Date on the 2019 Comics Calendar from Small Pressers Josh Hicks and Ioan Morris

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 6, 2019

It’s always heartening to see debut comics fairs and festivals popping up in new venues so we’re delighted to hear that small press stars Ioan Morris and 2017 Broken Frontier…

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Staff Picks for February 6, 2019 – The Girl in the Bay, Gunhawks, Female Furies and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 5, 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…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Lucy the Octopus – Richy K. Chandler’s Cephalopod Heroine Shines in the Complete Collection of the Anti-Bullying Webcomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 4, 2019

Collecting the long-running webcomic (previously presented in a number of self-published print issues over the years), Jessica Kingsley Publishing’s Lucy the Octopus brings together all of the adventures of Richy…

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Now #5 – Fantagraphics’ Anthology Series Returns to Remind Us All of the Uniquely Sophisticated Language of Sequential Art

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 1, 2019

When we last reviewed an issue of Fantagraphics’ bumper-sized anthology series Now at Broken Frontier we described it as “a vitally important piece of comics curation that deserves to be…

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‘The 12 Labours of Windy’ and ‘Drake Goes into the Underworld’ – New Adventures for Two of Small Press Godfather Ed Pinsent’s Familiar Faces

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 1, 2019

If Pete Frame did one of his “rock family trees” for the UK small press comics scene, a lot of the current activity could probably trace its roots back to…

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