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Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Jazz Creepers #1 – Douglas Noble’s Anthology Unearths Horrors of the Past by Comics Talent of Tomorrow

  • by Tom Baker
  • October 18, 2018

Any good M.R. James story — or more appropriately, what with this being a comics site and all, any good Hellboy short — will see an old, seemingly forgotten myth…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Ghost Comics Festival Debuts on October 27th – New Alternative Comics Show Aims to Promote Local Indie Talent in Glasgow

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 17, 2018

Considering the site’s ethos we’re obviously huge fans here at Broken Frontier of any projects that look to showcase the grassroots scene and boost alternative comic talent; especially those that…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for October 17, 2018 – Terrible Means, Gideon Falls, Simpsons Comics and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 16, 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…

Reviews

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The Chronicles of Fortune – Coco Picard’s Tale of Magic Realism and Super-Heroics is Deeply Affecting in Its Minimalism

  • by Robin Enrico
  • October 16, 2018

Much of the work of a cartoonist is simply that, cartooning. They exaggerate and amplify in the hopes of capturing that which is invisible or hard to define. Told primarily…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Hannah Berry Announced as New UK Comics Laureate – Broken Frontier Award-Winning Creator to Take Over Role in 2019

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 15, 2018

Over the weekend at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival the news broke that the third UK Comics Laureate will be Hannah Berry who takes over the role from Charlie Adlard…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Escape from Bitch Mountain – Greasy and Comic Book Slumber Party Return in Another Raucously Diverting Anthology Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2018

With a Jenn Woodall cover that evokes fond childhood memories of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books and the excitement that the illusion of narrative control had on our younger selves,…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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New York Comic Con 2018 – A Quick Creator-Focused Stop-Off at NYCC!

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • October 11, 2018

While NYCC is certainly one of the premier comic conventions held each year, it also comes at the end of a very long con season. I’d already exhibited at eight…

Features

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Doctor Who Magazine – 39 Years of Happy Times and Places!

  • by Tony Ingram
  • October 11, 2018

It was precisely 39 years ago that the first issue of Marvel UK’s Doctor Who Weekly went on sale, cover dated 17th October (the date it was due to go…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Petals – Borges and Peter’s All-Ages Story is Both a Poignant Tear-Jerker and a Delightful Celebration of Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 10, 2018

In the depths of the forest, a close-knit father and son family of foxes are attempting to get through a brutally cold winter. But when the elder fox falls ill…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for October 10, 2018 – All the Sad Songs, Fielder, Incognegro: Renaissance, Girl Town and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 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 event or digital…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Somnambulance – Koyama Press Collect the Historically Fascinating and Artistically Gripping Comics of Fiona Smyth

  • by Robin Enrico
  • October 8, 2018

Koyama Press’s release of Somnambulance by Fiona Smyth performs a tremendous service to comics readers by collecting a substantial volume of Smyth’s work within the medium. The book is valuable…

Blog

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Koyama Press Announces Spring 2019 Season! – New Books from Emily Carroll, Ben Sears, Chris Kuzma and Aaron Leighton

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 8, 2018

The ever excellent, innovative and boundary-pushing Koyama Press have announced their Spring 2019 line-up of books. There’s some cracking projects here, ready for us all to grab from the shelves…

Blog

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BCZF 2018 Preview: Dead Singers Society Volume 4 – Good Comics Say Farewell to Their Flagship Anthology with this Final Volume

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2018

EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Back in 2015 the first issue of Dead Singers Society was the launch publication for UK micropublishers Good Comics with a variety of UK small press and…

Bullpen Boot-Camp · Columns

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Bullpen Boot-Camp #8: Bill Watterson – “There’s No Magic for the Magician”

  • by Nick Prolix
  • October 5, 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…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Terrible Means – B. Mure Revisits the World of Ismyre in a Magical Fantasy with a Very Contemporary Twist

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2018

EXHIBITING AT BCZF! When I reviewed B. Mure’s Ismyre here at Broken Frontier last year I spoke about the sense of powerful world-building to the first instalment of their fantasy…

Blog

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BCZF 2018 Preview: Who Killed JoJo? Book 1 – Cathy Brett’s Laydeez do Comics Prize-Nominated Work Launches its First Chapter at the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2018

EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Earlier this year Cathy Brett was one of the shortlisted creators for the Laydeez do Comics Prize for her graphic-novel-in-progress, announced at the first LDC Festival back…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Minor Leagues #6 – Simon Moreton’s ‘Where?’ is an Immersive Multi-Media Essay on Place, Memory and Loss… and also the Zine Event of the Year

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2018

EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Simon Moreton’s autobio zine series Minor Leagues (twice Broken Frontier Awards-nominated to give you an idea of just how highly esteemed it is here at BF!) begins…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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My Other Mother, My Other Self – Laydeez do Comics Prize Winner Emma Burleigh’s Haunting Exploration of Identity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 3, 2018

EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Earlier this year Emma Burleigh was announced as the inaugural winner of the Laydeez do Comics Prize for her work-in-progress graphic novel My Other Mother, My Other…

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