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Staff Picks for August 26, 2015 – 24 by 7, Stringers, Chicago, Gigant, Invisible Republic and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 25, 2015

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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Looking Back at Safari Festival 2015 – Curation Reflects Philosophy as East London Plays Host to an Outstanding Array of Comics Practice

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 25, 2015

It can barely have escaped the notice of even the most casual Broken Frontier reader that August saw significant coverage for UK publisher Breakdown Press’s Safari Festival on this site. Over…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Sneaky Business – Rozi Hathaway’s Short-Form Humorous Comics Zine Embraces Old School Self-Publishing Values with True Heart

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 24, 2015

Rozi Hathaway’s Sneaky Business could best be described as a mini-anthology of work; one that embraces a refreshingly old school philosophy of self-publishing. I doubt I need to mention it…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Locust Moon Press Dreams Big with Ambitious New Projects Following their Double Eisner Winning ‘Little Nemo’ Anthology

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • August 24, 2015

Last year, Locust Moon Press made a big splash with its mega-sized anthology, Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream. Filled with beautiful illustrations by some of the industries top talent (Craig…

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Leamington Comic Con Returns this October with Guests Including David Lloyd, Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 24, 2015

Leamington Comic Con debuted in 2014 after a successful crowdfunding campaign and returns this October on Saturday 17th, providing an alternative for those not making it to LICAF this year….

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Not a New Wave – Julia Scheele, Jess Milton and Rachael Smith Are the Star Turns in this Sleater-Kinney Tribute from One Beat Zines

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 21, 2015

A SAFARI FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Sarah Broadhurst and Julia Scheele’s zine-making collective/distro One Beat Zines burst onto the small press scene at the end of last year with their well-received multi-creator…

Reviews

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Safari Showcase: Breakdown Press Launch ‘Another Blue World’ and Bring Back DeForge and Cossé Comics

  • by Tom Murphy
  • August 21, 2015

  A SAFARI FESTIVAL TIE-IN! With less than 24 hours to go until the second staging of the Safari Festival, it’s time to go back to where we started with…

Robert Johnson by Mezzo & Dupont

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Love in Vain – French Creators Mezzo and Dupont Paint a Powerful and Moving Tribute to Blues Legend Robert Johnson

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • August 21, 2015

Ranked fifth in Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, Robert Johnson’s life is cloaked within the mists of time and myth. This legendary guitarist of…

Features

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“This Book Has Been a Terrific Challenge”: Doug Wheatley Returns to Earth from a Galaxy Far, Far Away to Take the (King) Tiger by the Tail

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • August 20, 2015

Fan-favorite artist and illustrator Doug Wheatley is perhaps best known for his contributions to Dark Horse Comics’ licensed properties such as Star Wars and Aliens. His trademark attention to detail…

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Safari Showcase: Retrofit Comics Brings Some of the World’s Best Alt-Cartooning to London

  • by Tom Murphy
  • August 20, 2015

A SAFARI FESTIVAL TIE-IN Here at Broken Frontier we’re long-time fans of Retrofit Comics, a boutique publisher established by prolific cartoonist Box Brown via a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2011….

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Safari Showcase: Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives – The Powerful Social Commentary and Bitingly Incisive Satire of Artist Darren Cullen

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 20, 2015

A SAFARI FESTIVAL TIE-IN! “Keep an eye out for Darren Cullen because whether it’s via the comics page or another artistic medium I suspect you will be hearing a lot…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Parsley Girl – Pure Escapist Fantasy Fun from the Ever Imaginative Cartooning Mind of Matthew Swan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 19, 2015

A SAFARI FESTIVAL TIE-IN! In terms of whimsical UK small press fantasy, Matthew Swan’s Parsley Girl loosely sits somewhere between Colin Bell and Neil Slorance’s Dungeon Fun and Adam Vian’s Long Lost…

Young Terrorists #1

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Young Terrorists #1 – Polarizing and Explosive, Pizzolo and Nahuelpan’s Dystopian Fringe Anthem is a Provocative Call to Creative Arms

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • August 19, 2015

Black Mask founder Matt Pizzolo taps into our morbid fascination with shadow governments, conspiracy theories, and social revolution, in his self-described “revenge story” targeting a system built on hypocrisy, greed,…

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Small Press Inside Look – A Creators’ Commentary on Avery Hill’s Acclaimed Anthology ‘Reads’ by Ricky Miller, EdieOP, Eleni Kalorkoti, Tim Bird, Owen D. Pomery and Luke Halsall

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 19, 2015

One of acclaimed micropublisher (and Broken Frontier 2014 Award nominees in the Best Publisher category) Avery Hill’s most overlooked projects, the anthology Reads is a wonderfully eclectic collection of complete stories and serials…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Safari Showcase: Will Sweeney Takes Us on a Flourescent Journey to Greenfuzz – and Beyond

  • by Tom Murphy
  • August 19, 2015

A SAFARI FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Multi-talented illustrator, designer, animator, musician and DJ Will Sweeney is probably best known to comics fans for his series Tales From Greenfuzz. And this Saturday the…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for August 19, 2015 – š!, Young Terrorists, Welcome Back, Mox Nox, Nanjing: The Burning City and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 18, 2015

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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Itinerary April 2015 Japan #1 – An Infectiously Enthusiastic Travelogue Comic from Wai Wai Pang

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 18, 2015

A SAFARI FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Wai Wai Pang’s rather straightforwardly titled Itinerary April 2015 is her travelogue comics account of a trip to Japan she took in the Spring of this year, with…

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Safari Showcase: In ‘Silica Burn’, Liam Cobb, Tom Kemp and Will Tempest Use the Comics Form to Explore Issues of Technology and Identity

  • by Tom Murphy
  • August 18, 2015

A SAFARI FESTIVAL TIE-IN! As mentioned in their interview with Broken Frontier last week, UK artists Liam Cobb, Tom Kemp and Will Tempest have collaborated to produce an anthology comic,…

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