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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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24 Panels – Over 50 Creators Come Together in a Truly Powerful Benefit Anthology for the Survivors of the Grenfell Tower Fire

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 28, 2018

Whenever approaching a review of a project like 24 Panels there’s an understandable temptation to suspend a critical eye; to focus on promotion and publicity first and foremost. In short,…

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Staff Picks for November 28, 2018 – Ken Reid’s Creepy Creations, Eternity Girl, These Savage Shores and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 27, 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…

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Avery Hill Publishing Announce New Releases for 2019 – Including Books from Claire Scully, Scott Jason Smith, George Wylesol and Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Creator Shanti Rai

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 26, 2018

As end-of-year lists and awards nomination begin to materialise across the internet it’s easy at this point in the calendar to be looking back fondly at the twelve months that…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Weegee: Serial Photographer – Max de Radiguès and Wauter Mannaert Take Us to 1930s New York in Conundrum Press’s Fascinating Graphic Biography

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 23, 2018

“Tragedy comes to New Yorkers so naturally…” So says Arthur Fellig, aka Weegee, a renowned figure on the 1930s-40s New York press beat in one key sequence in the pages…

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Cover Reveal: De Walvis – Broken Frontier Founder Frederik Hautain’s Debut Graphic Novel in Collaboration with Hanne Dewachter Debuts in February

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 22, 2018

It’s always a treat to see members of the wide Broken Frontier family fulfilling their dreams and going on to ever greater achievements. Whether that be our talented team of…

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