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Staff Picks for November 1, 2017 – Grandville: Force Majeure, The Gravediggers Union, Out of Nothing, Expansion and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 1, 2017

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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Mr. Higgins Comes Home – Warwick Johnson-Cadwell Brings Mike Mignola’s Hammer Horror Pastiche to the Creepiest Undead Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 31, 2017

FRONTIER FRIGHTS! Presented in a handsomely packaged, slim hardcover format, Mr. Higgins Comes Home is both a loving homage to a classic era of Hammer Horror films and a knowing pastiche of their…

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Scream! & Misty Halloween Special – Rebellion Revisit the Spookier Side of Classic British Weekly Comics in a Chilling New Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 31, 2017

FRONTIER FRIGHTS! Way back in 1984 a new British weekly comic hit the newsagent shelves that, despite lasting just fifteen issues, would go on to attain major cult status. While…

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The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #23 – A Solid if Undemanding Collection of Halloween Shorts from a Once Experimental Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 30, 2017

FRONTIER FRIGHTS! Just like its parent TV show counterpart in its heyday Bongo Comics’ annual The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror comic has often provided something of a venue over the…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Cindy and Biscuit: Sundays – Dan White’s Ever Experimental Approach to His Signature Characters Results in Another Winning One-Shot Issue

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 30, 2017

FRONTIER FRIGHTS! Without even a shadow of a doubt, one of the true annual treats of the small press year is new Cindy and Biscuit material from artist Dan White…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Dracula File – Rebellion Bring the 1980s ‘Scream!’ Weekly Classic Back to Print in the Treasury of British Comics Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 30, 2017

FRONTIER FRIGHTS! When coming up with concepts for strips in the fondly remembered 1980s British comic Scream! a Dracula-led serial may not have been the most original idea but it was one that…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Halloween Tales – Humanoids Present Three Haunting Stories of Childhood by Olivier Boiscommun and D-P Filippi

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 30, 2017

FRONTIER FRIGHTS! Collecting three haunting shorts that focus on childhood perceptions of the world Halloween Tales is a showcase compilation for the art of Olivier Boiscommun who illustrates all the…

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A View from the Frontier – Welcome to Frontier Frights!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 30, 2017

FRONTIER FRIGHTS! Halloween is coming and our spookily festive Frontier Frights two-day mini-event starts today with a look at some suitably supernatural comics offerings. To get us in the mood…

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The Unquotable Trump – Real Quotes from a Real Life Supervillain

  • by Joseph Marczynski
  • October 27, 2017

Petulant man-baby at his best and harbinger of nuclear apocalypse at his worst, sentient wotsit Donald Trump is certainly a ripe subject for parody. The absurdity of his pre and…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Crawl Space – Exploring Jesse Jacobs’ Polychromatic, Psychedelic World in a Standout Offering from Koyama Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 27, 2017

With its kaleidoscopic manipulation of colour and deft exploitation/juxtaposition of the free form and the symmetrical, Jesse Jacobs’ Crawl Space is a remarkable celebration of the unique storytelling properties of…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… Olivia Sullivan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 26, 2017

One of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, Olivia Sullivan (aka Zen Bucko)  first came to prominence on the UK  small press scene – as so…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Spy Seal #3 – Rich Tommaso’s All-Ages Espionage Thriller Continues with a Little Patrick McGoohan, a Lot of Hergé

  • by Tom Baker
  • October 26, 2017

The market for translated bande dessinée is no longer the sole preserve of Tintin and Asterix. We’re now lucky enough to have English-language editions of Corto Maltese, the works of…

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Scream! and Misty ‘Halloween Horrorshow’ – Simon Furman and Keith Richardson in Conversation with BF’s Andy Oliver at Orbital Comics on Saturday October 28th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 25, 2017

Halloween is nearly upon us and 2000 AD publishers Rebellion have a double dose of devilish delights on offer for the season. Fans of vintage UK horror comics will no doubt…

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Paul Gravett in Conversation with Graphic Novelists Yvan Alagbé and Ulli Lust at the House of Illustration on October 30th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 25, 2017

This coming Monday October 30th sees another top comics-related event at the always welcoming House of Illustration, near London’s King’s Cross. Comics commentator, curator and historian Paul Gravett – the…

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Staff Picks for October 25, 2017 – Black Crown Quarterly, Redneck, Baking with Kafka and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 24, 2017

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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Small Press Spotlight on… B. Mure

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 24, 2017

B. Mure is a creator who has maintained a steady presence on the UK small press circuit over the last few years with both their own self-published comics titles and…

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: KOOKIE Magazine – Original Rachael Smith Comic Strip to Debut in this Inspirational New Magazine for Pre-Teen Girls

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 23, 2017

With Rachael Smith’s successful Kickstarter for a deluxe version of her Wired Up Wrong having smashed its target not long after launching here’s another crowdfunding campaign that includes work by the…

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A View from the Frontier – Celebrating 15 Years of Broken Frontier!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 23, 2017

This coming Saturday October 28th marks the fifteenth anniversary of Broken Frontier – a decade and a half of exploring the comics universe, championing the ninth art, and doing our…

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