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The Legendary Lunacy of Leo Baxendale – A Tribute to One of the All-Time Greats of British Comics

  • by Tony Ingram
  • May 2, 2017

Leo Baxendale passed away in April, aged 86. Not a bad innings by anyone’s standards. Many comics readesr these days won’t be aware of that, or even aware of Leo,…

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Staff Picks for May 3, 2017 – A Castle in England, Amazing Age, Tilly and the Time Machine and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 2, 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 or digital storefront, the…

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A View from the Frontier – The Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook at the Cartoon Museum’s ‘The Inking Woman’ Exhibition Plus the BF Panel at ELCAF Announced!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 1, 2017

Given the frenetic pace (14 articles and around 15,000 words!) of our Myriad Week last week, spotlighting the creators and graphics list of the Brighton-based publisher, you could be forgiven for thinking…

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Myriad Week Postscript – Myriad Editions Announce Merger with Independent Non-Profit Media Co-Operative New Internationalist

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 1, 2017

It was Myriad Week here at Broken Frontier last week – a celebration of Myriad Editions, one of our favourite publisher’s diverse and eclectic back catalogue of graphic fiction, memoir,…

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The Opportunity – Will Volley’s Brooding Tale of Ambition, Treachery and Betrayal in the World of Door-to-Door Salespeople

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 28, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! Atmospheric and frighteningly entrancing, The Opportunity is a contemporary urban fable that presents a world that is both familiar and yet totally detached from our experiences Written from…

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Myriad Spotlights – ‘Supercrash’ and ‘Science Tales’ by Darryl Cunningham and ‘Rumble Strip’ by Woodrow Phoenix

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 28, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! We’re championing the output of Myriad Editions this week at Broken Frontier with a series of reviews, interviews and features on the publisher’s recent and upcoming projects. This wouldn’t…

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A Thousand Coloured Castles – Graphic Medicine Meets Twee Middle Class Suburbia in Gareth Brookes’s Darkly Comedic Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 28, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! This re-imagining of twee middle class suburbia, as seen through the fractured lens of a distinctively Brookesian eyeglass, is a visual triumph. There are things we have come…

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“I Felt that Comics Could Play Various Roles Within the Theatre of Healthcare” – Ian Williams on Comics as Social Activism and the Birth of Graphic Medicine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 28, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! He’s the gent who gave us the term ‘graphic medicine’ and the original driving force behind the respected website of the same name. He’s also a comics self-publisher…

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The Facts of Life – Childlessness and Definitions of Family Examined in Paula Knight’s Myriad Graphic Memoir

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 27, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! This is graphic memoir that doesn’t just communicate the issues involved and question the assumptions surrounding them, but crucially also acts as an accessible repository of shared experience…

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Myriad Spotlights – ‘Billy, Me & You’ by Nicola Streeten and ‘Becoming Unbecoming’ by Una

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 27, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! We’re championing the output of Myriad Editions this week at Broken Frontier with a series of reviews, interviews and features on the publisher’s recent and upcoming projects. This wouldn’t…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“It’s True that I Despise All Humanity but People as Individuals Are Always Beautiful to a Degree” – Gareth Brookes on Experimentation, the Zine Scene and ‘A Thousand Coloured Castles’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 26, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! The winner of the very first Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition for his debut book The Black Project, Gareth Brookes is an artist whose reach straddles both the…

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Covers Album: Katriona Chapman – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers by Matthew Forsythe, Adrian Tomine and Peter Bagge

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 26, 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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Myriad Spotlights – ‘The Bad Doctor’ by Ian Williams and ‘Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park’ by Aneurin Wright

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 26, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! We’re championing the output of Myriad Editions this week at Broken Frontier with a series of reviews, interviews and features on the publisher’s recent and upcoming projects. This wouldn’t…

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Staff Picks for April 26, 2017 – A Thousand Coloured Castles, Roughneck, An Exorcism, Aliens: Dead Orbit and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 25, 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 or digital storefront, the…

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“Comics Have Their Own Unique Flow… It’s Really the Only Medium for Me” – Jade Sarson Chats About Life After Winning the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 25, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! Way back in 2012 in my ‘Small Pressganged’ column at Broken Frontier I first alerted our readership to a promising new talent I had come across in the…

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Myriad Week Spotlights – ‘The Black Project’ by Gareth Brookes and ‘Naming Monsters’ by Hannah Eaton

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 25, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! We’re championing the output of Myriad Editions this week at Broken Frontier with a series of reviews, interviews and features on the publisher’s recent and upcoming projects. This wouldn’t…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Hole in the Heart: Bringing Up Beth – Henny Beaumont’s Uncompromising Graphic Memoir on Raising a Daughter with Down’s Syndrome

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 25, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! The pure humanity of Hole in the Heart so ably emphasises the inherent joy of the mother-daughter bond. As with yesterday’s first Myriad Week review, Henny Beaumont’s Hole in…

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For the Love of God, Marie! – Jade Sarson’s Stunning Debut Book Underlines the Vital Importance of the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 24, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! A truly joyous graphic novel from one of the UK’s fastest rising indie comics stars. There’s a little backstory to this review so bear with me… Back in…

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