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Kid Lobotomy #1 – IDW’s New Black Crown Line is off to a Splendidly Weird Start with Milligan and Fowler’s Off-Centre Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 20, 2017

There’s always been something indefinably “other” about much of Peter Milligan’s comics output. Sometimes his work can be disquieting in a vaguely unsettling way – an unease that subtly wheedles…

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The Realm #1-2 – Fantasy and Urban Realism Combine in Peck and Haun’s Gritty Post-Civilisation Epic from Image Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 19, 2017

Set some years after the Earth was overrun by creatures of legend and the subsequent collapse of civilisation, The Realm is a comic that fuses its magical elements with the grittiest…

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Loogabarooga Comics Fair – New UK Small Press Event with a Self-Publishing Focus Debuts this Saturday October 21st

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 18, 2017

This weekend sees a new small press event on the comics calendar as the Loogabarooga Comic Festival, held in association with Loogabarooga Book Festival and Loughborough Comic Con, debuts on Saturday October…

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Staff Picks for October 18, 2017 – Graphic Science: Seven Journeys of Discovery, The Dracula File, Maestros, Now and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 17, 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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KO – Love, Family and Sacrifice Explored in Shanti Rai’s Poignant Fable

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 16, 2017

From the delicate symbolism and familial metaphor of its opening sequence Shanti Rai’s KO establishes its overarching themes of kinship and the bonds that connect us from the outset. A…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Scales & Scoundrels #1-2 – Girner and Galaad’s Accessible Fantasy Romp Proves to Be Sheer Escapist Fun

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 13, 2017

Scales & Scoundrels is a comic that wears its fantasy influences on its sleeves with the most ostentatious of flourishes. But while its tale of loveable rogues, adventurous camaraderie and…

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Here Comes Cat Stevens! – Marc Jackson’s All-Ages Comic Fun Combines Pizza, Monsters and Slapstick Humour

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 13, 2017

A contributor to such esteemed comics for kids as The Beano and Moose Kid Comics, Marc Jackson is also the man behind the Macc-Pow! comic festival. One of his most…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Tuesday October 24th with Guest Artists Peony Gent, Wallis Eates and Chloe Elise Dennis

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2017

We’re at that point in the month again when we look forward to another guest-artist filled D&D and this one has a particularly BF flavour with three artists who have…

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Staff Picks for October 11, 2017 – Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Atomahawk, Dan Dare, Ismyre and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 11, 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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Former Gosh! Comics Favourite Steve Walsh Joins Avery Hill Publishing as Head of Sales

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 10, 2017

It was just a couple of short weeks back that we were bidding farewell on Twitter to Gosh! Comics’ Steve Walsh (right) as he rang up his final BF-bound sale…

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A View From the Frontier – Chatting with John Stokes at the Gosh! ‘Marney the Fox’ Launch and Another Top Year at Bristol Comic and Zine Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 9, 2017

It was a busy weekend indeed for the Broken Frontier team! While our Tyler Chin-Tanner was representing the site at this year’s New York Comic Con I was busy hosting…

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Godhead Revisited – Shaky Kane Returns to Orbital Comics with an Expanded Exhibition and a Shaky-Themed Party this Saturday October 7th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 6, 2017

The Shaky Kane Renaissance continues apace this weekend after the recent exhibition of his work returned to Orbital Comics in a new expanded incarnation! Saturday sees a special Shaky-themed party…

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Bristol Comic and Zine Fair 2017 – One of the UK’s Friendliest and Most Welcoming Shows Returns to The Station this Saturday October 7th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2017

Wedged as it is this year between Thought Bubble and the Lakes we probably haven’t given the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair anything like the attention it deserves here at…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Marney the Fox – The Stunning Scott Goodall and John Stokes 1970s Wildlife Epic Collected in Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2017

One of the most exciting news stories of 2016 for British comics fans was the announcement that 2000 AD publisher Rebellion had landed the rights to a huge portfolio of…

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Covers Album: Jenny Robins – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers by David Mack, Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá and Mike Kaluta

  • by Jenny Robins
  • October 4, 2017

In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…

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Staff Picks for October 4, 2017 – Marney the Fox, Breaks, Eugenic, Geis and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 3, 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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Ismyre – B. Mure’s Very Human Fantasy Mystery from Avery Hill Publishing Speaks to the Reader on Multiple Levels

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 3, 2017

Whether they’re bringing the first major work from new voices to an anticipative audience or taking mainstays of the small press scene to a broader readership, somewhere in the process…

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Wired Up Wrong Deluxe Version – Rachael Smith Returns to Her Accessible and Touching Comics Exploration of Depression and Anxiety

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 2, 2017

Creator Rachael Smith (Doctor Who, Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure) has been a long-term fixture here at Broken Frontier over the last few years. We’ve followed her work from…

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