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Staff Picks for February 8, 2017 – Black History in Its Own Words, Pretending is Lying, Moby Dick, Kingpin and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 7, 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…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Static – The Power of Peony Gent’s Visual Poetry Revealed

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 7, 2017

Peony Gent’s distinctive form of visual poetry has been one of the true highlights of anthology comic Dirty Rotten Comics over the last year or so. It was on the…

Eyecatcher · Features

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25 Years of Image Comics – A Multi-Creator ‘Image Day’ Interview with Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Joe Keatinge, Leila del Duca, Brandon Graham, Sloane Leong and Emi Lenox

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • February 6, 2017

Image Comics celebrated its 25th anniversary this past Wednesday with an event called “Image Day” that saw many of their creators head out to retailers across the globe to meet…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Inside Look: Metroland – Ricky Miller Talks About Avery Hill’s Time-Travelling Music Epic and His Collaboration with Julia Scheele

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 6, 2017

Metroland has a very special place in Avery Hill Publishing history. It’s a link back to the South London outfit’s early days when the now Ignatz-winning and Eisner-nominated publisher were…

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A View from the Frontier – Some Words of Appreciation for Our Broken Frontier Collective of Committed Comics Commentators

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 6, 2017

The last seven days since the announcement of the changing of the guard at Broken Frontier have, in turn, been exciting, frantic, intense and utterly terrifying! But I’d like to…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Frontier #14: Rebecca Sugar – A Deeply Personal Yet Richly Inviting Scrapbook Narrative from the Steven Universe Creator

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 3, 2017

With its distinctive dual nature, as both an ongoing series and also as a collection of one-shot publications, micropublisher Youth in Decline’s flagship title Frontier has twice been nominated in…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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3 Reasons Why You Need to Read ‘Namesake’ by Steve Orlando and Jakub Rebelka

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • February 3, 2017

Otherworldy, action-packed, and almost painfully vivid, Steve Orlando and Jakub Rebelka’s Namesake is one of the can’t-miss series of the past year. Next week, the fourth and final issue of…

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Meet the Broken Frontier Team: Paul Mirek – “I Believe the Language of Comics Has Few Direct Parallels”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 2, 2017

It’s a new era at Broken Frontier and to usher in the next stage in BF’s evolution we’ve been building an expanded writing team to broaden our scope and approach…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Dead Singers Society Volume 3 – Another Top Good Comics Collection of Comics Tributes from Wallis Eates, Sammy Borras, Tim Bird and Company

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 2, 2017

They may be one of the newest micropublishing crews in town but Good Comics are quickly building up a reputation as a publishing platform for some of the best up-and-coming talents on…

Columns · Crossing Borders

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How Jodorowsky and Ladrönn’s Comics Sequel to Cult Movie ‘El Topo’ Further Broadens the Mind

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • February 2, 2017

Dwarfs, slaves, superstitious gospel-mongering priests, maimed circus freaks and extremely violent gunslingers are sprinkled with a touch of Zen buddhism, Christian mythology, black magic and Eastern philosophies. The movie El…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Encounters – A Mixed Media Masterpiece from Artist Anja Uhren

  • by EdieOP
  • February 1, 2017

Anja Uhren’s beautifully presented Encounters follows an assortment of whimsical characters across a year and their encounters with each other. The simple yet engaging story guides you through the year…

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Covers Album: Andy Oliver – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Andy Poyiadgi, Rebecca Bagley and Gil Kane & Frank Giacoia

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 1, 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 · Small Pressganged

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Meet the Artist (#MeettheArtist) – The Popular Social Media Meme as Interpreted by Some of Our Broken Frontier ‘Small Pressganged’ Favourites!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 1, 2017

#MeettheArtist – it’s been a popular meme over January on social media and we thought it might be fun to compile a handful of these visual resumes in one place here…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for February 1, 2017 – Seekers into the Mystery, Blood Blister, Farmer Ned’s Comics Barn and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 31, 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…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Inside Look – British Comic Award-Winning Creator Tim Bird Guides Us through the Psychogeography of ‘Grey Area’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 31, 2017

After Tim Bird’s much deserved 2015 British Comic Award win for Grey Area: From the City to the Sea, anticipation was high for this fourth issue of his psychogeographical musings. Bird’s work…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Comic Book Slumber Party’s Deep Space Canine – CBSP and Avery Hill Bring Us New Astral Adventures for Greasy and Friends

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 30, 2017

If Comic Book Slumber Party’s Deep Space Canine had been a 1970s Marvel comic it would have had the words “Because you demanded it!” slapped all across its cover. As…

Reviews

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Six Days in Cincinnati – Mẽndez Moore’s Graphic Novel is a Raw and Timely Tale of American Protest

  • by Paul Mirek
  • January 30, 2017

At a time when millions worldwide are taking to the streets in protest of systemic racism, the stripping of women’s rights, and the division between people and their elected officials,…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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“It’s Important to Do Stuff that You Want to Do – That’s What Will Become the Best and Truest Work You’ll Create” – Luke Pearson, Philippa Rice and Jon McNaught on Their Comics Careers to Date

  • by P.M. Buchan
  • January 30, 2017

Jon McNaught, Luke Pearson and Philippa Rice (above). Three artists whose diverse and distinctive approaches to comics have had remarkable success in proving the potential crossover appeal of the form over the…

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