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Columns · Small Pressganged

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A Day with Querstret – Hanging Out with One of UK Small Press Comics’ Most Endearingly Eccentric On-Page Personalities

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 28, 2015

Elizabeth Querstret is something of a phenomenon on the UK small press circuit. A prolific graphic diarist with a larger than life personality – both on and off the comics…

Carla Berrocal cover image

Eyecatcher · Features

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Broken Frontier Anthology: “Can We Change Our End?” – Carla Berrocal Pushes Herself (and Readers) to Ask the Tough Questions

  • by Paul Mirek
  • April 27, 2015

If you picked up a copy of Vertigo’s CMYK: Magenta anthology last year, you’ve already had the pleasure of seeing Carla Berrocal’s stunning Technicolor pulp art in action. We talk…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Was it… Too Much for You? – Danny Noble’s Wickedly Witty Misadventures of Alan and Ollie Are a Glorious Comics Comedy Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 27, 2015

In 1969 Mr. Oliver Reed met Mr. Alan Bates in the film Women in Love. When they wrestled naked in front of a roaring fire the frisson was so great that…

Lone and Level Sands (A David Lewis, mpMann, Jennifer Rodgers)

Eyecatcher · Features

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Broken Frontier Anthology: A. David Lewis Rediscovers a Lost Golden Age Muslim Superhero – Kismet: Man of Fate!

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • April 26, 2015

As an lecturer and editor as well as the writer of works such as The Lone and Level Sands, A. David Lewis is an erudite and insightful presence in the comics world….

David Hine

Eyecatcher · Features

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Broken Frontier Anthology: “It’s Important to Confront My Fears and Phobias on the Page” – Why David Hine Takes His Readers to the Dark Side

  • by Tom Murphy
  • April 25, 2015

Writer (and sometime artist) David Hine has been treating readers to his intense and intelligent chills for years. We talk to him about his career so far, the power of…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Broken Frontier Anthology: “You Can’t Phone in Cultural Change” – Marguerite Bennett Discusses Gender Roles and Comics

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • April 24, 2015

When reading Marguerite Bennett’s work, you’re immediately struck by the depth of characterization and the masterful pacing of her stories, and that’s quickly made her a force to be reckoned…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Symposium at the Gosh! Comics Process Group, May 6th – A Panel Event with Steve Walsh, Danny Noble, David White, Shibby from Backwards Burd, and BF’s Andy Oliver

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 24, 2015

If you’re an aspiring self-publisher or just interested by the inner workings of the small press scene then the next Gosh! Comics Process Group evening represents a not to be…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Diamond Defenders – Another Action-Packed Heroic Romp from Jack Teagle and Eerieeeeee

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 24, 2015

In one of those galaxies that are, no doubt, far, far away, the evil Reptoids – lizard-like space plunderers – invade a world of rock and mineral beings. There they…

Ballistic cover image

Features

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Broken Frontier Anthology: “There is Something That Drives Me Insane-in-a-Good-Way About Comics” – Writer Adam Egypt Mortimer Goes ‘Ballistic’

  • by Paul Mirek
  • April 23, 2015

Adam Egypt Mortimer burst onto the comic scene, quite literally, with a punch to the face in the pages of Ballistic, his hyperactive sci-fi collaboration with Darick Robertson (available now in…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Blacky: Four of Us – Centrala Present Polish Creator Mateusz Skutnik’s Meandering Meditations on the Minutiae of Existence

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 23, 2015

https://vimeo.com/98798114 Polish creator’s Mateusz Skutnik’s Blacky: Four of Us may feature a central character with an eerily supernatural-looking visual aesthetic – part Uncle Fester from The Addams Family and part…

Steve Orlando

Features

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Broken Frontier Anthology: “We Can Make Kick-Ass Stories for EVERYONE!” – Steve Orlando on Pushing the Boundaries

  • by Tom Murphy
  • April 22, 2015

Steve Orlando stands as a young, provocative and inventive voice in comics, and 2015 looks like his biggest year so far. We spoke to him about his inclusive, taboo-busting work…

Broken Frontier Anthology: Kickstarter staff pick

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Join the Kickstarter for our Broken Frontier Anthology: A Massive Creator-Owned Adventure

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • April 22, 2015

The entire Broken Frontier team is incredibly proud to launch the Kickstarter campaign for our Broken Frontier Anthology. Here’s a word by our Editor in Chief Frederik Hautain introducing the…

Spirou & Fantasio by Franquin

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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Spirou to the Third Degree: From the Latest Interpretation by Tehem and Makyo to the New Regular Album by Yoann and Vehlmann to a Luxury Reprint from Franquin

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • April 22, 2015

Despite the lack of a solid presence in the US and UK (although the publisher Cinebook has published seven books from Franquin’s original series), Spirou remains as popular as ever…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Hepatic Portal – The Mesmerisingly Mindbending Comics of Emix Regulus

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 22, 2015

Hepatic Portal collects seven short stories by Emix Regulus, a creator whose work you may be familiar with from anthologies like the free street press paper Off Life or acclaimed…

Blog

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for April 22, 2015: Kaptara, Empire: Uprising, Convergence: Swamp Thing, Haunter & More

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • April 21, 2015

It’s almost 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…

Features

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Linework NW 2015: In Its Second Year, Linework Doubles Down on Its Bid to Become Portland’s Premier Comics Fest

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • April 21, 2015

Linework NW followed up the success of its inaugural show last year by pulling off the impressive trick of nearly doubling its number of exhibitors without expanding its show floor or losing any…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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RAV 1st Collection – Youth in Decline Collects Mickey Zacchilli’s Hypnotically Entrancing “Romance Adventure Variety” Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 21, 2015

RAV 1st Collection compiles the first five issues of Mickey Zacchilli’s previously self-published minicomic series, and comes to us via San Francisco-based micropublisher Youth in Decline, whose books I’ve been…

Lulu Anew (Étienne Davodeau, NBM Publishing)

Reviews

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Lulu Anew – Étienne Davodeau Measures the Power of Story in this Thoughtful, Ultimately Hope-Filled Tale of Self-Discovery

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • April 20, 2015

A work of exquisite restraint and complex emotion, Étienne Davodeau’s lush illustration and precise sense of pacing enchant the reader with sublime storytelling craft, in this beautiful English translation from…

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