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Six New Titles from Myriad Editions Announced for 2017-18 – Including Projects from Gareth Brookes, Hannah Eaton, Darryl Cunningham, Kate Charlesworth and Aneurin Wright

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 24, 2016

With Will Volley’s The Opportunity out this month – plus the eagerly anticipated For the Love of God, Marie! by Jade Sarson and Henny Beaumont’s Hole in the Heart coming in…

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The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye – Sonny Liew’s Biography of an Artist and a Nation is a Comics Tour de Force

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 24, 2016

Sonny Liew’s presentation of the life and work of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, an overlooked (fictional) Singaporean cartoonist, is a stunning amalgamation of history, politics, character and art. The name Charlie…

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Exclusive Preview: Dirty Rotten Comics #7 – Sneak Peeks at Strips by Alex Potts, Jey Levang, Andrew Warwick, Lucie Ebrey and Julian Hanshaw

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 24, 2016

Hot on the heels of the announcement of their new publishing venture Throwaway Press, the Dirty Rotten Comics team are gearing up for the launch of the latest issue of…

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3 Reasons Why You Need to Read ‘The Pitiful Human Lizard’ by Jason Loo

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • March 23, 2016

Well, this has been a long time coming. A superhero comic by Canadians, for Canadians, that actually feels Canadian. And it almost slipped under my radar somehow. How typically Canadian….

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Staff Picks for March 23, 2016 – All My Ghosts, The Shadow Glass, Circuit-Breaker, Agony, 2000 AD and Klaus

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 22, 2016

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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Craig Thompson Interviewed by Paul Gravett at the British Library Tonight Monday March 21st – Tickets Still Available!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 21, 2016

A reminder that tonight at the British Library Paul Gravett – author/co-author of Broken Frontier Award-winning books Comics Art and Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK – will be in conversation with…

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High-Flying Fashion: An Interview with David Tischman about his Webcomic ‘Heroine Chic’

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • March 18, 2016

Not every superhero can sew their own costume, and with crime to fight, who has time to keep up with latest fashion trends or new developments in body armor? That’s…

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Goldtiger – Guy Adams and Jimmy Broxton Uncover High Adventure and Creative Lunacy in a Lost 1960s Classic

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 17, 2016

A chance encounter at the Malta Comic Con led artist Jimmy Broxton to the lost newspaper adventure strip Goldtiger – a classic document of 1960s comics. But that was only the…

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Small Press Inside Look – Katriona Chapman Explores the Autobiographical World of Her ‘Katzine’ Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 17, 2016

It was a pleasure to see Katriona Chapman’s profile rise as significantly and deservedly as it did in 2015. Her self-published autobiographical series Katzine gained widespread critical acclaim, and her…

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Turncoat #1 – Under New Management: Creator-Owned Sci-fi Thriller Reveals Humankind’s Next Chapter

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • March 16, 2016

This hard-boiled futuristic thriller from rising star creators Alex Paknadel and Artyom Trakhanov stands out from a recent glut of sci-fi epics thanks to a smart, original premise and fresh,…

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Staff Picks for March 16, 2016 – The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, Turncoat, Archer & Armstrong, The Nikopol Trilogy and Archie

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 15, 2016

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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Retrofit and Big Planet Return to Kickstarter for Another Eclectic Slate from Some of Comics’ Most Individual Voices

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 14, 2016

Here at Broken Frontier we’re long-time fans of Box Brown’s Retrofit Comics imprint, which has gone from strength to strength since joining forces with Big Planet Comics, a chain of comic…

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Introducing Throwaway Press – A New Publishing Venture from the Dirty Rotten Comics Team

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 14, 2016

The role of the micropublisher has become a vital one in recent years as a stepping stone for creators between the worlds of self-publishing and the bigger outfits in the industry….

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Dave McKean Pays Tribute to Surrealist War Artist with a New Graphic Novel and Performance Piece, ‘Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash’

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 11, 2016

From his sculptural covers for Hellblazer and Sandman to his more recent narrative gallery shows, Dave McKean has always been an artist who’s ready to move his comics work into…

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Patience – Daniel Clowes Returns in Triumph to the Mess of Human Relationships

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 10, 2016

One of the most eagerly awaited books of 2016, Daniel Clowes’ Patience is a velvet glove of a time-travel thriller cast in the iron of exquisitely depicted human turmoil. Daniel…

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Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2016 – The Nine Back-Up Creators Revealed!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 10, 2016

A few weeks ago at the special Broken Frontier edition of the London Laydeez do Comics meet-up we announced our very first Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook – a near 100-page…

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Small Press Inside Look – Elizabeth Querstret Discusses Her Diary Comics, ‘Walks with Lulu’ and ‘Zoological’, and Provides BF with an Exclusive Peek at Her New Project

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 9, 2016

Elizabeth Querstret’s approach to autobiographical comics ranges from work that positively embraces the ideals of DIY culture (like her regularly updated diary webcomics) to more sedately paced narratives in the…

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Staff picks for March 9, 2016 – Porcelain: Bone China, The Baker Street Peculiars, Goldtiger, Through the Habitrails, Paracuellos and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 8, 2016

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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