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My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book Two – Emil Ferris Combines Coming-of-Age Story, Murder Mystery and Sequential Experimentation in this Much Anticipated Follow-Up

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 28, 2025

When Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book One hit shelves back in 2017 it was, as we all know, an indie phenomenon. Ostensibly a murder mystery wrapped in…

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Laneha House #14 – The Latest Anthology of Experimental Strips from Laneha House Publishers Breena Nuñez and Lawrence Lindell 

  • by Gary Usher
  • February 27, 2025

Married Bay Area cartoonists Breena Nuñez and Lawrence Lindell recently released the latest installment of their two-person anthology Laneha House, which also happens to be the name of their publishing…

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Preview: Vanishing Point #1 – A New Sci-Fi Anthology Series is Coming from Mad Cave Studios and Mark Russell

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 26, 2025

The genre fiction anthology comic seems to be having something of a renaissance right now. Details on Mad Cave’s Vanishing Point below. Mad Cave Studios Brings a Six-Issue Sci-Fi Anthology Series Exploring…

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Span – Mike Armstrong’s Fantasy Story of Woodland Spirits Speaks of Familiar and Universal Truths

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2025

Last year here at BF we looked at Bigger, a previous minicomic from 2024 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Mike Armstrong, and one that in thematic terms used fantasy…

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“Everybody Has a Tale to Tell…”: The Coda – An Ignominious End to Frazer Brown’s Unfulfilled ‘Tales from the Quarantine’ Charity Anthology as Kickstarter Finally Intervenes

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2025

Kickstarter have finally intervened in the long-running saga of the unfulfilled Tales from the Quarantine “charity” comics anthology by suspending its editor and supposed publisher Frazer Brown’s account with the…

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Sagas of the Shield Maiden Book Four – Laura Helsby, Alice Leclert and Rachel Tubb Join Asa Wheatley in the Fourth Outing for the Viking Western Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 25, 2025

Writer and creator Asa Wheatley’s Sagas of the Shield Maiden anthology series has from the outset taken a very different approach to its historical tales. Rather than exploring a linear…

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My Taxidermy Angel – Rein Lee’s Tale of Queerness, Religious Trauma, Identity and Self-Acceptance is Incredibly Assured Early Work from a Newer Voice on the Indie Scene

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 25, 2025

When I am asked what I look for when selecting artists for our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Creators to Watch’ initiative the answers I could give would be multitudinous. But…

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New Series ‘Toxie Team-Up’ is Coming from Ahoy Comics and Will Include a Toxic Avenger/Jesus Christ Crossover

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 25, 2025

Well we can honestly say we never saw this one coming. News below about Ahoy Comics‘ new Toxie Team-Up series which includes a guest appearance by Jesus Christ… The Toxic…

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Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum – A Modernist Treat from Flying Eye with a Twist for Sherlock and Poirot Fans Alike!

  • by Lydia Turner
  • February 24, 2025

Barely having polishing off his morning pancakes, retired dog-detective Stanley is hoping for some much-needed peace and quiet, when he receives an intriguing offer he can’t refuse – not even…

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10 Years Ago this Week the First Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Line-Up Made Its Debut!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 24, 2025

We don’t post at the weekends so this is a day late but back on February 23rd, 2015 the very first Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ line-up…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online – Join Us Thurs, February 27th for a BF Six to Watch 2025 Special (NOW ON BLUESKY!)

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 24, 2025

Your favourite online comics social is back! But in a new location. With recent events on Twitter/X/Xitter seeing a mass exodus of comics folk from the platform we have made…

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Fizzle #4 and #5 – Catching Up With Whit Taylor’s Slice-of-Life Classic from Radiator Comics 

  • by Gary Usher
  • February 21, 2025

Andy Oliver reviewed Fizzle #1-3 on this site in the halcyon pre-pandemic days. Today we revisit the long-running Whit Taylor series with its latest issue being published earlier this year…

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Battle Action Force Treasury Edition Vol. 1 – The ’80s Cult Favourite Makes a Return Courtesy of Total Toy Books and the Treasury of British Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 20, 2025

The licensing complexities and how behind-the-scenes wranglings continued to affect the Action Force feature in weekly UK comic Battle Action Force make for as interesting a read as the strips…

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New Exhibition ‘Cats in Cartoons’ Opens at London’s Cartoon Museum this April

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 20, 2025

Details incoming from our friends at London’s Cartoon Museum about their upcoming exhibition. Cats in Cartoons opens on April 5th. Cats in Cartoons at The Cartoon Museum 5 April – September 2025 From Garfield…

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Dark & Golden Books to Publish Comics from Indie Legend Carol Swain as Part of Their ‘2x’ Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 20, 2025

Many years ago when I chaired my very first in-person panel event I was lucky enough to have UK indie legend Carol Swain (Invasion of the Mind sappers, Foodboy, Gast)…

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mini kuš! #129: Fire Rabbit – A Darkness Lurks Within the Childlike Innocence of Yuma Wang’s Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 19, 2025

The rather enticing thing about kuš! comics’ mini kuš! range is that their method of delivery – a batch of four releases every few months – means that in one…

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Preview: A Quick & Easy Guide to Healthy Relationships – Mariah-Rose Marie is the Creator Behind the Next Offering in the Acclaimed Oni Press Series

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 19, 2025

Another preview post today as we have pages from Oni Press’s A Quick & Easy Guide to Healthy Relationships by Mariah-Rose Marie to share with you. The latest in their…

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Preview: The 2000 AD Art of Sean Phillips – Rebellion to Publish Another Showcase Collection of Comics in October

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 19, 2025

As well as their collections of serialised stories and classic comics of yesteryear, Rebellion/2000 AD have been very good in recent years at publishing more creator-centric collections that act as…

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