Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2016 – Pre-Orders Now Open!
100 pages. 18 creators. Boundless talent. Unless you boarded, bagged and packed yourself away in a longbox at the end of last year then you’ll be aware that the debut…
Through the Magnavox Looking Glass: We Enter the Weird World of ‘Limbo’ with Writer Dan Watters
What would happen if William Burroughs, Raymond Chandler, Terry Gilliam, and David Lynch all got together, dropped some acid, went to Mardi Gras, and made a comic book? I have…
House of Penance #1 – Tomasi and Bertram Turn Back the Clock on a Fascinating Piece of American Folklore
House of Penance, Peter J. Tomasi’s harrowing return to creator-owned comics is a tour de force of atmospheric supernatural horror, thanks in no small part to the gritty art of collaborator…
Canadian Indie Powerhouse Koyama Press Announces Another Eye-Catching Slate for Late 2016
Remember when you were a fresh-faced nipper and you just couldn’t wait for your birthday or Christmas or the Blood Feast of Xantabula? “Don’t be so quick to wish your…
Broken Frontier Anthology and Small Press Yearbook 2016 – Multi-Creator Launch Party Announced at London’s Gosh! Comics on Friday April 29th
Clear your social calendars, save up your pennies, and get ready to celebrate two of the most eagerly anticipated anthology releases of 2016! On Friday April 29th, at London’s acclaimed…
Ken Marcus Is Recruiting You for Super Human Resources II
About 7 years ago, APE Entertainment released a fun three-issue miniseries about a little nerdy youngster named Tim and his adventures at his first job: accountant at the offices of SHR,…
Staff Picks for April 13, 2016 – Kramers Ergot, House of Penance, Moon Knight, Heartthrob and Jackpot!
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…
5,000 km Per Second – Manuele Fior’s Angoulême Winner Lifts the Lid on Time, Distance and Relationships
5,000 km Per Second, Manuele Fior’s delicate Angoulême-winning graphic novel, is a beautifully executed look at what time does to our hopes and our relationships. Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson, who died in…
Comic Invention – Glasgow’s Hunterian Art Gallery Delves into the Origins of the Ninth Art
If you’re interested in the history of comics and you’re anywhere near Glasgow between now and mid-July, you could probably do a lot worse than head for the Hunterian Art…
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Back Rozi Hathaway’s New Comic ‘Njálla’ on Kickstarter – Broken Frontier ‘Small Press Creator to Watch’ Launches Her First Crowdfunding Campaign
Rozi Hathaway, Broken Frontier 2015 ‘UK Small Press Creator to Watch’, and contributor to our very first Small Press Yearbook, is kickstarting her new comic Njálla here this week. It’s a…
Prince Charmless, Pachyderms and Embarrassing Illnesses – Revisiting the Second Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2016
It was all about the awards when it came to our fantastic foursome of celebrated guest artists at last night’s Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw… To start with,…
Staff Picks for April 6, 2016 – Black Panther, Minor Leagues, 5,000 km Per Second, Empress, Dirty Rotten Comics and More
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…
Europe Comics Hit London in April for a Series of Creator Events
Europe Comics emerged at the end of 2015 as a 13-strong alliance of publishers and agents, with the welcome aim of bringing a wide range of European comics work to a…
Irmina – Barbara Yelin’s Compelling Study of a “Normal German” Asks Painful Questions about Choices and Complicity
Irmina, Barbara Yelin’s award-winning graphic novel, is a paradoxically beautiful and unsettling piece of work that avoids all the obvious choices to ponder how an independently minded young woman can…
Dog Walk – Childhood Candidly Revisited in Lizzy Stewart’s Acutely Observed Character Study
Revisiting the heady days of childhood – and that abundant sense of awe and wonder as we discovered the world around us – is, of course, a rich and fertile…
3 Reasons Why You Need to Read ‘Kings and Canvas’ by Kleid, Allen and Reynoso
In the world of Monkeybrain Comics’ Kings and Canvas, boxing is no mere pastime; it’s more a way of life. The sweet science informs and impacts virtually every facet of…
Fedor – Patt Kelley’s Fictionalised History of Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy is His Most Accomplished Comics Work to Date
Fedor Jeftichew, otherwise known as Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy, is one of the more recognisable symbols of that era when unusual medical conditions were paraded as “freakshow” entertainment for the masses….
Robert M. Ball and Warwick Johnson-Cadwell on ‘Dangeritis’, ‘Winter’s Knight’, ‘Tank Girl’, ‘Gungle’ and More – Chatting with the Gosh/BF Drink and Draw Dynamic Duo
The next Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is coming on Monday April 4th (full details here) and, once again, we have another fantastic line-up of artists involved….
Broken Frontier Anthology
312 pages • 27 stories • 50 star creators
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