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Patreon Push: Gareth Brookes – Help ‘The Black Project’ Creator Bring New Self-Published Comics to Life in 2018

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 24, 2017

Pushing individual Patreon accounts here at BF is something that we rarely do simply because there are so many talented folk out there and time is limited. But we’re going…

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David Hine and Shaky Kane in Conversation with Sharks’ Steve Parsons at Troubador on November 29th as Part of ‘Trebuchet Talks’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 23, 2017

As the year begins to come to a close so do too the London comics events slowly begin to wind down but there are a few last hurrahs for 2017…

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Staff Picks for November 22, 2017 – Giant Days 2017 Holiday Special, Winnebago Graveyard, Forlorn Funnies and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 22, 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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Laydeez do Comics Announces First UK Women’s Prize for Unpublished Graphic Novel Work-in-Progress

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 21, 2017

Hot on the heels of the announcement of this year’s Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition comes news of a new women-only prize for unpublished graphic novel works-in-progress, courtesy of our…

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The Knight – Not All is as it Seems in Shane Melisse’s Supernatural Fantasy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 20, 2017

A member of the long-running small press collective Backwards Burd, Shane Melisse is a regular face on the London small press circuit. His projects have included Joel and his contributions…

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A View from the Frontier – Join the Broken Frontier Team: We’re Looking for New Contributors!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 20, 2017

The end of the year means we start thinking about two of the pivotal points of our annual calendar here at Broken Frontier – the Broken Frontier Awards and our…

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Caption 2017 – UK’s Longest-Running Small Press Festival Returns after a Two-Year Hiatus this December

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 17, 2017

Alex Fitch of Panel Borders has been in touch to let BF know that Caption – the UK’s longest-running small press festival which originally took place between 1992 and 2013…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Tuesday November 21st with Guest Artists Shane Melisse, Matthew Pettit and Lucia Soto

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 16, 2017

It’s time for our last Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of the year on Tuesday November 21st as we’re joined for the final festivities of the year by Shane Melisse,…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Doctor Who: The Lost Dimension Omega – Titan’s Multi-Doctor Crossover Proves to Be a Time-Twisting Self-Referential Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 15, 2017

Titan’s latest Doctor Who crossover comes to a dramatic end in this concluding special as the Doctors’ individual timestreams converge and the mystery of the universal threat of the Void,…

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Staff Picks for November 15, 2017 – It’s Cold in the River at Night, The Wicked + The Divine, Misty, Bolivar, Evolution and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 14, 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…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Tenements, Towers & Trash – Talking Gentrification, Urban Exploration and Fart Jokes with Julia Wertz

  • by Tom Baker
  • November 14, 2017

A city is constantly evolving. Walk through any in the UK and you’re basically walking through its history, the new is built on top of the old, with Sixties brutalist…

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Preview: The Smell of Starving Boys – Loo Hui Phang and Frederik Peeters’ Tale of Post-Civil War Texas Rounds Out SelfMadeHero’s 10th Anniversary

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2017

What a year it’s been for SelfMadeHero! During their tenth anniversary they’ve put out another eclectic and enthralling list of original graphic novels, translated material, graphic biographies, literary adaptations, mindfulness…

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The Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition Returns – Your Chance to Follow in the Footsteps of Gareth Brookes and Jade Sarson as a Published Graphic Novelist

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2017

Myriad Editions announce the return of their First Graphic Novel Competition providing aspiring new graphic novelists with a unique opportunity to be published. Around four years ago I had the honour of being…

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A View from the Frontier – The Boundless Energy of Baudoin at the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2017

Time has been at something of a premium this last week in the BF Bullpen as we start gearing up for our slightly revamped Broken Frontier Awards (look for an…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Paradiso #1 – Ram V and Devmalya Pramanik Take Us on a Tour of a Dystopian Future with a Difference Courtesy of Image Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2017

The indie comics rise of writer Ram V over the last couple of years has been a remarkable one to behold. From his early days in Indian comics to his…

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New Exhibition of the Work of Darren Cullen Runs at WAR Gallery from November 9th to December 2nd

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2017

Few would argue that artist and activist Darren Cullen’s work is frequently challenging and often provocative. But in our current political climate these are qualities that need to be embraced and…

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‘Money Worries #1’ and ‘Spare Me’ – Adventures in Capitalism and an Escape in Nature with Two Minicomics from O Panda Gordo

  • by Tom Baker
  • November 9, 2017

Have you ever actually sat down and tried to read Das Kapital? Boy, that thing is a slog. Just real dry, full of numbers, just not fun like those socialist…

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Dalí – Baudoin Perfectly Captures the Essence of the Great Surrealist Painter in SelfMadeHero’s Art Masters Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2017

Published as part of SelfMadeHero’s Art Masters series, Dalí recounts the life and work of the Spanish surrealist painter as brought to the comics page by Edmond Baudoin, the legendary…

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