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Time And Relative Dimensions In Strips – Looking Back on Over 50 Years of ‘Doctor Who’ in Comics

  • by Tony Ingram
  • April 12, 2017

With the tenth series of the relaunched Doctor Who debuting this Saturday on the BBC, Broken Frontier’s Tony Ingram looks back today on over 50 years of the good Doctor’s…

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Reads Vol.2, #4 – From Alfred Hitchcock to Ice Cream Horror, Avery Hill Publishing’s Anthology Series Concludes in Style

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 11, 2017

When you get as many small press books submitted for review as I do then it’s inevitable that sometimes more than the odd title will slip through the cracks, only…

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Staff Picks for April 12, 2017 – Collecting Sticks, Helena Crash, Babybel Wax Bodysuit, Godshaper and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 11, 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…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Collecting Sticks – Go Glamping with the Decies in this Autobio/Fantasy Hybrid from Jonathan Cape

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 10, 2017

Collecting Sticks is the perfect showcase offering for the singular talents of this most distinctive practitioners of autobio comics. I will confess to never having heard the term “glamping” before…

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A View from the Frontier – The British Comics Industry Never Died… It Simply Regenerated into a New Incarnation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 10, 2017

Those who follow my personal social media feeds, rather than the Broken Frontier ones, will be well aware that I like to share images of my current comics reading matter on…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Elbows & Breath #1 – Ben Sharpe Provides a Quietly Despairing Visual Soliloquy on the Daily Commute to Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 7, 2017

A seat for him and a seat for his bag. People watching films on their tablets at full volume with no headphones on. The person sitting opposite who never once…

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Primahood: Magenta – Slice-of-Life Storytelling with a Surreal Sideline in Tyler Cohen’s Warm Exploration of Modern Parenting

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 6, 2017

In Primahood: Magenta Tyler Cohen juxtaposes slice-of-life storytelling with visual metaphor in two inter-related strands of storytelling that ostensibly sit side-by-side yet occasionally seep into each other’s narratives. On the…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Katzine: The Factory Issue – Katriona Chapman’s Beautiful Reminder of How Diversity in the Workplace Enriches Us All

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 5, 2017

Katzine: The Factory Issue marks something of a departure for Katriona Chapman’s popular semi-regular autobio collection of comics, articles and illustrations. For the first time in the publication’s 7-issue history…

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Covers Album: Ricky Miller – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Simon Bisley, Jaime Hernandez and Alan Davis

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 5, 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 April 5, 2017 – 50, Black Cloud, Kim Reaper, Kill Shakespeare, Pantheon and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 4, 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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In-Between Days – Teva Harrison Reveals the Truth of Living, With or Without Cancer

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • April 4, 2017

Emotionally raw and at times brutally honest, Teva Harrison’s memoir chronicling her life as a metastatic cancer patient is graphic medicine at its finest. A few years ago, my grandfather…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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‘Medieval Comics’ Exhibition at Orbital – Karrie Fransman’s Collaboration with King’s College London Results in a Fascinating Series of Historical Literary Re-Creations

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 3, 2017

The gallery space in London’s Eisner Award-winning Orbital Comics has hosted a number of must-see exhibitions over the last few years. Some of them have been topical and covered more recognisable,…

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A View from the Frontier – Four Top Reasons to Be Eagerly Anticipating Small Press Day 2017!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 3, 2017

In just over three months, on Saturday July 8th, Small Press Day will return to the UK and Ireland with another celebration of self-publishing, micropublishing and DIY culture. Last year’s event was…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Totally Tubular #1 – Ed Syder Returns with a Tale of Slackers, Skateboarders and Surfers in Late ’80s California

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 31, 2017

A few years back at Broken Frontier I reviewed Ed Syder’s My Skateboard Life (published by Blank Slate Books) – a coming-of-age piece of autobio that, despite its particular focus…

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Dirty Rotten Comics #9 – Slice-of-Life, Horror, Comedy, Visual Poetry and More in Another Top Edition of the Throwaway Press Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 30, 2017

We all know by now that if you want an all-encompassing sampler of the breadth and diversity of the ever vibrant small press publishing scene in the UK (and beyond!)…

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Covers Album: Matthew Pettit – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Liam Cobb, Chris Ware and Patrick McEown

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 29, 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…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Day 2017 Announced for Saturday July 8th – Celebrate Comics and Self-Publishing at Shops and Events Across the UK and Ireland!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 29, 2017

It’s back! After a hugely successful first day in 2016, Small Press Day returns on Saturday July 8th. The SPD team of Amneet Johal of the Alternative Press, David Ziggy…

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Staff Picks for March 29, 2017 – Afar, Hillbilly, Lobster Johnson: The Pirate’s Ghost and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 28, 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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