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The Making of Art Lady – Community and Inclusivity Are the Heart of Eve Turner-Lee’s Slice-of-Life Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 8, 2016

There’s something delightfully layered about using as inclusive a medium as comics to talk about the wider subject of inclusivity in the arts, as Eve Turner-Lee does in her self-published The…

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Small Press Day 2016 – How Your Local Comic Shop Can Get Involved on July 9th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 7, 2016

Small Press Day is coming this July 9th and with a whole host of shops involved including Gosh! Comics, Orbital Comics, Travelling Man, Raygun Comics, Forbidden Planet Éire, Sub City…

Reviews

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The Discipline #1 – Sexual Mythology 101: Milligan and Fernandez Give Readers a Crash Course in the Transformative Power of Sex

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • March 4, 2016

Provocative and disturbing, this stylish dark fantasy by Peter Milligan and Leandro Fernandez creates its own erotically charged mythology, scouring away the polished veneer of appropriate behaviour adorning intimate human…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… Austin English and ‘Gulag Casual’ from 2dcloud

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 4, 2016

  Austin English’s unique creative voice first came to prominence through acclaimed and influential micropublisher Sparkplug Books, in publications like Christina and Charles and Windy Corner Magazine. His comics adopt a style…

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Broken Frontier Anthology Release Party at Floating World Comics on March 23

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • March 3, 2016

The Broken Frontier anthology unites over 50 of the most innovative talents in contemporary comics to share new visions of breaking boundaries and exploring the great unknown. From multiple award…

Reddin (Dead Canary Comics)

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Reddin – A Legendary Friendship Turns Bloody in this Rip-Roaring Tribute to the Old West

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • March 3, 2016

More than just a simple genre mash-up fusing familiar horror and classic western conceits, the story of Reddin explores the archetypal frontier concept of the “pardner”, in the relationship of…

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The Cornwall Narwhal – A Folkloric Tale of Redemption and Sacrifice from Jake Dudas

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 2, 2016

The last time I reviewed a Jake Dudas comic here at Broken Frontier it was To the Waters and the Wild that caught my attention; a tale of a parent-child…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for March 2, 2016 – Patience, The Discipline, Lucky Penny, Black Widow, The Unmentionables and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 1, 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…

Reviews

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The Red Shoes and Other Tales – Metaphrog Re-Imagine Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tale to Eerie Effect

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 1, 2016

A striking showcase for the talents of the Metaphrog team this is an all-ages book that is, nonetheless, unafraid to confront some of the harsher realities of life with an…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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The Unmentionables – Meet the Latest Additions to the “Teagle-verse” Courtesy of Retrofit Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 29, 2016

I say this practically every time I review one of his comics but it always bears repeating. There are few reading experiences in contemporary comics quite as joyous as a…

Features

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Brave Enough to Dream – An Interview with Hungarian Artist Varga Tamás (Tomi) about His Journey into US comics

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • February 28, 2016


Having not had much luck in his home country, Hungarian artist Varga Tamás made the bold decision to cross the Atlantic in an attempt to enter the American comic market….

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Listening Post #1 – Stephen Goodall Moves His Mysterious Island Confidently from Webcomic to Print

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 26, 2016

In The Listening Post, Stephen Goodall expands the mysterious world of his Institute of Marine Research webcomics with an intriguing, atmospheric opening issue. As you might have gathered, we get a…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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2dcloud’s Winter Collection on Kickstarter Now – Back Work by Austin English, Andrew Burkholder, Sarah Ferrick and Many More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2016

Ground-breaking and boundary-pushing comics that explore, embrace and exploit every last vestige of the unique possibilities of this wonderful form are what we exist for here at Broken Frontier. The…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Mezolith – An Insightful Exploration of the Power of Stories against the Wonder of Britain’s Ancient Past

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • February 25, 2016

An enthralling journey to an epoch in which stories permeated every aspect of life, Ben Haggarty and Adam Brockbank’s epic tale of Poika of the Kansa tribe is modern myth-making…

Blog

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Satirical Strips and Alternate Realities – Revisiting the First Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2016

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 24, 2016

The first Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2016 took place last night with a bumper batch of guests at our Save Our Souls special. Co-hosted by…

Generous Bosom (Conor Stechschulte; Breakdown Press)

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“Most of My Favourite Art Has a Strong Sense of the Uncanny”: Conor Stechschulte Tells Us about His Comics Journey So Far

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 24, 2016

One of the things we enjoy most at Broken Frontier is following the development of exciting new talents. One such creator is Conor Stechschulte, who came to wider attention in…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for February 24, 2016 – The Complete Wimmen’s Comix, Bart Simpson, Haunted Love, Wynonna Earp, Mezolith and The Ark

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 23, 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…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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3 Reasons Why You Need To Read ‘The Goddamned’ by Jason Aaron & RM Guera

  • by Matthew Box
  • February 22, 2016

In the beginning (well…not that far back) God said let there be Comics. And there are, and they are good. An exceptionally good comic is Book-of-Genesis-inspired The Goddamned, the new Image series…

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