Showing the value of small press subscription services, cartoonist and fine artist Gus Hughes provides an unnerving collection of short stories that seem to daub the subconscious straight onto the…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
John Riordan and Dan Cox’s animated music industry parody Hitsville UK was one of the very earliest self-published comics to be featured in this column, and one I described at…
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, BF…
George Perez’s Sirens sees the legendary creator return in fine form to chronicle the tales of a new and exciting cosmic mythology. I’ve been a George Perez fan literally for…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Writer and artist Andrew Rae crafts a parable about growing pains using the teen comedy template, while injecting a dash of absurdity into this ever-popular storytelling arrangement. Life is a peach…
Of all the variations on autobiographical comics – one of the enduring thematic mainstays of comics self-publishing going all the way back to the early days of photocopied and stapled…
I was rather taken with Adam Vian’s first issue of Long Lost Lempi when I reviewed it here at Broken Frontier last year. Delightfully whimsical, the series follows the adventures…
The early 1990s were, um, interesting times in British comics. And one of the most legendary tales was that of Tundra UK, a company set up by Kevin Eastman on the…
Chris Kent is a man of many artistic talents, working not just in comics but also in a number of disciplines in the world of fine art. To date he…
One thing that always make the output of Latvian publisher kuš a welcome read is that, whether it’s in their digest-sized anthology š! or the mini kuš series of minicomics,…
Portland takes center stage and serves as a strong argument for the use of setting as character in Greg Rucka’s newest ongoing series from Oni Press. Greg Rucka’s Stumptown first…
With a solid foundation in myth and legend, this rousing romp through the Dark Ages celebrates the singular Scottish spirit without taking itself too seriously. There are a number of…
In the depression-era prequel to Alan’s War, cartoonist Emmanuel Guibert deftly creates a touching family memoir, an engaging piece of social history and a fitting tribute to a deep friendship….
It’s important to mention from the outset that today’s ‘Small Pressganged’ choice – The Man Called Uncle Tim #1 – is not so much a comic book as a zine that employs…
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, BF…
In the real world of international espionage, there’s no such thing as a Widow’s Sting or a one-eyed, cigar-chomping “man on the wall” looking out for the rest of us….
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
On June 28th 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was murdered. It was the spark that sets the world on fire. Artist and writer Henrik Rehr has burrowed into the life of the Archduke’s…
Over a Safari Festival weekend in which desirable comics treasures were in abundant supply, and attendees could be forgiven for lapsing into sequential art sensory overload, there were nonetheless a…
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