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Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2018 – Celebrating Another Year of Indie, Alt and Small Press Coverage at BF!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 18, 2018

Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 15th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our team has selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Snowbird – Erin K Wilson Adds a Meta Touch to Their Distinctive Self-Analytical Autobio from Silver Sprocket

  • by Robin Enrico
  • December 17, 2018

As they get older everyone has to reconcile who they once were with who they have become. For the autobiographical cartoonist this is even more complicated as they also have…

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Turning Dreams Into Reality: An Inside Look at the Making of the ‘All We Ever Wanted’ Anthology

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • December 14, 2018

All We Ever Wanted is a new anthology that presents a positive vision of the future. Steering clear of the “doom and gloom” the 24 stories are meant to inspire…

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Preview: Rad Erwank and Conspiracy Dog – Alternative Comics Double Feature from Lukasz Kowalczuk, Kek-W and Jack Teagle Debuts in February

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 13, 2018

While we’re all largely concentrating on Christmas at the moment and the end of 2018, it’s worth noting that some top 2019 releases are currently being solicited. Today at BF…

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Preview: Hellboy Winter Special 2018 – Mike Mignola and Company Provide a Spooky Seasonal Spectacular from Dark Horse Comics

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 12, 2018

In our continuing run of pre-Christmas festive blogging – and as the comic shop shelves begin to fill with seasonal specials – we have some preview pages of today’s Hellboy Winter…

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Pack the Sack – ‘American Elf’ Creator James Kochalka Gets into the Christmas Spirit with a New Festive Ditty

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 12, 2018

We’re feeling suitably festive here at BF at the moment so expect to see some Christmassy-themed short blogs over the course of the next week or so. It’s been a…

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Staff Picks for December 12, 2018 – 2000 AD, Animal Man, Goddess Mode and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 11, 2018

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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Thee Collected Cyanide Milkshake – Examining the Hilarious Yet Sincere Minicomics of Liz Suburbia

  • by Robin Enrico
  • December 10, 2018

Powerful as any given issue of a minicomic can be there is a certain weight to having a larger collection of an artist’s work. With the thicker spine comes not…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Muscle Memory – Olivia Sullivan Continues Her Questing Explorations of the Full Potential of the Comics Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 7, 2018

In the few short years since we first covered Olivia Sullivan’s sequential art we’ve witnessed her practice evolve from her first tentative short stories in the pages of anthology Dirty Rotten…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Earthbound – Blonk’s Undead Slice-of-Life Tale Makes Us Feel a Part of Its Characters’ World

  • by Robin Enrico
  • December 6, 2018

Earthbound by Jean-Claude Aumais (aka Blonk) is the kind of comic that ends up being more than the sum of its parts. Blonk takes the Twilight Zone-esque premise of a…

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Don’t Miss the Catford Comic and Zine Fair this Sunday December 9th!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 6, 2018

It’s the Catford Comic and Zine Fair this Sunday December 9th at the Blythe Hill Tavern, brought to us by that fine father and son small press duo Henry and…

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Staff Picks for December 5, 2018 – Paradiso, Wizard Beach, Laguardia and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 5, 2018

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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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: The Good Fight – Comics Creators Unite in a Stand Against Hatred, Bigotry and Racism

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • December 5, 2018

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…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Motherhood – Sabba Khan Explores Identity, Belonging and the Mother-Daughter Relationship in a Beautifully Structured Graphic Poem

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 4, 2018

It’s been a year of major and much deserved achievement for 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Sabba Khan. An artist whose work I’ve described as combining “moments of…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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‘The Prince’ and ‘The Inspector’ – Providing Chills, Laughs and Social Comment, Two Very Different Comics Highlight the Distinctive Talent of Liam Cobb

  • by Tom Murphy
  • December 3, 2018

Reading a review of The Prince on a reputable US comics site, I was surprised to read that Liam Cobb might be best known in that part of the world…

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including Visual Thoughts IV, Vicious Creatures, the Laydeez do Comics Award and Triskelion

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 30, 2018

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…

Bullpen Boot-Camp · Columns

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #12: Jackie Ormes – “First You Laugh, Then You Get Angry”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • November 30, 2018

Lessons from classic comic creators for making it as an indie! It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and…

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Laydeez do Comics Award 2019 – Submissions Are Open for the Second Laydeez Prize!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 29, 2018

A reminder that submissions for the second Laydeez do Comics Award are now open for this year’s prize for a graphic-novel-in-progress by a female-identifying creator. Long-term BF readers may remember…

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