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It’s Cold in the River at Night – The Existential Angst, Dry Humour and Psychological Drama of the Latest Alex Potts Offering from Avery Hill

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 16, 2018

BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST PUBLISHER WINNER! Existential angst, weary fatalism and a casual sense of nihilism… all qualities that have attracted me to the comics of Alex Potts over…

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Gamayun Tales Vol. 1: The King of Birds – Alexander Utkin’s Lavish and Rich Illustrative Style Brings Russian Folk Tales to Life in Nobrow’s First Book of 2018

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2018

The first in a (presumed) series of books, Alexander Utkin’s Gamayun Tales: The King of Birds (translated by Lada Morozova) is an all-ages offering from Nobrow Press based on original…

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Dad’s Weekend – Dysfunctional Families and Conspiracy Theories Collide in Pete Toms’ Unsettling Minicomic Tale

  • by Robin Enrico
  • January 15, 2018

The typical conspiracy theory is anchored in the idea that invisible agents in our midst control the world around us. That all power structures and figures of authority are a…

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Conan Returns to Marvel – Robert E. Howard’s Iconic Barbarian is Back at the House of Ideas from January 2019

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 12, 2018

The news was announced today that pulp-fiction (anti)-hero Conan the Barbarian – the iconic fantasy creation of writer Robert E. Howard – will be returning to his original home at…

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Katzine: The Guatemala Issue – Katriona Chapman’s Autobio Series Continues to Display an Understated Charm and Make a Profound Connection with Its Audience

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 11, 2018

BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST ONGOING SERIES WINNER! Over the last couple of years Katriona Chapman’s amiable and beautifully crafted autobiographical series Katzine has fast become one of the most respected…

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Nyx in the Overworld – RPG Influences Abound in Hari Conner’s Fast-Paced and Fun Fantasy Comic

  • by Holly Raidl
  • January 11, 2018

There is nothing quite like reading a webcomic you have been keeping up when it is published in its entirety. Hari Conner‘s Nyx in the Overworld is a fast-paced and fun fantasy…

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2018 – Spotlighting the Work of Andy Barron, Emily Gilbert, Jayde Perkin, Matthew Pettit, Shanti Rai and Cat Sims

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 10, 2018

Have we really reached the fourth intake of our annual ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ initiative here at Broken Frontier? It seems no time at all since we published…

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Staff Picks for January 10, 2018 – Mister Miracle, Satellite Falling, Paradiso, The Limbo Lounge and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 9, 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 events or digital…

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Ralphie and Jeanie Vol. 1 – The Appealing Misadventures of Alabaster Pizzo’s Loveable Losers Collected

  • by Robin Enrico
  • January 8, 2018

Ralphie and Jeanie Vol. 1 by Alabaster Pizzo is an interesting turn for an artist who has already honed her craft so well as a cartoonist. Unlike Pizzo’s long running…

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Little Heroes Comics Charity Anthology #1 – Support this Multi-Creator Effort and Help Provide Comic-Making Kits for Children in Hospital

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2018

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF every week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

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Grey Area: This Island Earth – One of the Best Series that 2000 AD Has Produced in the Last Decade is Collected by Rebellion this Month

  • by Tony Ingram
  • January 5, 2018

Dan Abnett has never met a pun he disliked, and the title of this series is one of his best. Grey Area is both a place where alien visitors to…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Anja Uhren

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2018

One of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, Anja Uhren’s work is notable for its sometimes dreamlike, sometimes haunting and almost lyrical quality. Having made a…

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Celebrating 2017: Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 4, 2018

Hot on the heels of this week’s Broken Frontier Awards announcements comes our sixth annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ round-up here in ‘Small Pressganged’. Despite this edition…

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Out of Nothing – Humankind’s “Dreaming Mind” Explored in Locke and Blandy’s Millennia-Spanning Graphic Journey from Nobrow Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 3, 2018

A graphic novel that – from the Big Bang to a far-flung future – is essentially a history of ideas, a chronicle of the birth of creativity and an exploration…

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Staff Picks for January 3, 2018 – I Am a Number, Nemo, Inside the Mind of Jamie Hewlett, The Snagglepuss Chronicles and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 3, 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 events or digital storefront,…

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Broken Frontier Awards 2017: Announcing the Winners – Social Commentary and Comics Activism Prevails, and Annie Koyama is Our First ‘Hall of Fame’ Inductee

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 2, 2018

Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 14th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you our readers and the BF team. I’m not sure if you can really do…

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Orbiting – Penina Gal’s Graphic Narrative Tugs at Universal Heartstrings with Evocative Abstract Storytelling

  • by Robin Enrico
  • January 1, 2018

Pushing the boundaries of what might be categorized as a comic, Penina Gal’s Orbiting combines words and imagery to tug at universal heartstrings while simultaneously digging into the specifically personal….

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Mine! – Looking Back at the Launch of the ComicMix Anthology in Aid of Planned Parenthood at Forbidden Planet New York

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • January 1, 2018

Mine!, the anthology benefiting Planned Parenthood and published by ComicM!x celebrated its launch at Forbidden Planet in New York City this past Saturday, December 30th. Funded through Kickstarter back in August (raising nearly $60k),…

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