Why You Should Be Reading: ‘They’re Not Like Us’
In They’re Not Like Us, a provocative contemporary take on the ‘teen mutants’ genre that seems to have flown under the radar, Eric Stephenson’s spiky script is brought to dazzling life by…
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Belgian Wunderkind Brecht Evens Transcends Himself with his Stunning and Complex OGN ‘Panther’
Brecht Evens makes iconoclastic graphic novels and is responsible for a whole new wave of alternative artists riding international success in his wake. His previous graphic novels The Wrong Place…
Flood – Environmental Disaster Strikes in Chris Kent’s Ambitious Graphic Narrative
Chris Kent is a creator who refuses to be tied down to just one medium. His comics practice is informed by his work in a number of other disciplines from…
Hard Times and Big Plans: An Interview with Eric Powell about the End of ‘The Goon’ and His New Series from Image Comics
For over 15 years Eric Powell’s name has been synonymous with The Goon. It’s the name of the character he created and whose adventures he’s been writing and drawing since the…
The Dead Moon: A British Folktale – The Stunningly Rendered Storybook Visuals of Emma Raby
Emma Raby is an illustrator I have been wanting to cover in more depth in this column for a long, long time. It was in the pages of the debut…
Small Press Round-Up, January 2015 – Simon Moreton’s ‘Smoo’ Returns, 2D Cloud’s 2015 Plans, Sequential City Exhibition, Rozi Hathaway’s Self-Publishing Journey & More
Simon Moreton, 2D Cloud, Rozi Hathaway, Impossible Books and more feature in January’s round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene are up to, both…
The Dying and the Dead #1 – A Intriguing Start to Hickman and Bodenheim’s Stylish Tale of Mystery and Mortality
In The Dying and the Dead, the Secret line-up of Jonathan Hickman, Ryan Bodenheim and Michael Garland reunites for a intriguing opener that rolls out its high-concept surprises with confidence and…
On the Edge with Robbi Rodriguez: An Interview with the Artist on Marvel’s New ‘Spider-Gwen’ Spin-Off
When Robbi Rodriguez first teamed up with writer Jason Latour to create Spider-Gwen (an alternate reality where Gwen Stacy becomes Spider-Woman), it was supposed to be a one-shot deal. They…
Baggywrinkles #1-5 – Lucy Bellwood’s Enthusiasm for the World of Tall Ships is Infectious in these Maritime-Themed Minicomics
I would like to pretend that I discovered Lucy Bellwood’s Baggywrinkles series at the UK’s Thought Bubble festival last November but the truth is that – despite being told by several…
Dirty Rotten Comics #3 – Eclectic Anthology Title Champions First Time Creators and Established Small Press Names Alike
It’s no great secret that in this age of more affordable quality printing and crowdfunding initiatives that self-publishing has become an increasingly viable model for producing and distributing comics work….
March: Book Two – John Lewis’s Journey Continues with an Expanded Focus and Higher Stakes
March: Book Two is a phenomenon powered by passion: the passion of one man who devoted himself steadfastly to a better world, and the passion of the team showing why…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for January 28, 2015: Casanova Acedia, Find, Saint Cole, Street Angel, Effigy & More
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…
Revenger #1 – Charles Forsman Steps Back to the 1980s for a Burst of Stripped-Down Retro Action
In a sharp change of direction from his usual insights into troubled youth, acclaimed cartoonist and publisher Charles Forsman joins the nostalgic trend for low-brow exploitation comics. I’m sure someone much…
Scout #1 – Patt Kelley’s Idiosyncratic Imagination Bursts onto the Pages of this Eerie Burton-esque Mystery
The last time I reviewed a Patt Kelley comic at Broken Frontier I was entranced by a distinctive mix of the everyday and the utterly bizarre within its pages. On…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
‘J.ROM: Force of Gold’ Breaks Out of Its Kids’ Comics Roots but Hits the Wall at Creativity
Updating children’s icons for either a new generation or a new (older) audience is a well-worn path in US superhero comics, with examples including the updating of CC Beck’s Captain Marvel by…
“We’ve Certainly All Had Moments Impact on Us Like That”: Writer Sam Read on the Universal Themes Behind ‘Find’
The new ComixTribe one-shot Find is the story of a young boy and the night that changes everything. With an emotional density that belies its page count, it’s easy to see why…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Dimension Parts I and II – Alice Urbino’s Fantasy/Graphic Medicine Hybrid is the Work of an Exciting New Talent in the Making
Back in November I alerted ‘Small Pressganged’ readers to artist Alice Urbino here, suggesting you check out her online work for its intriguing short form use of the medium to…
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Preview: Lost Property – Andy Poyiadgi’s Unmissable Debut Book Coming Soon from Nobrow Press
Writing a column with a stated mission of “unearthing the gems of the small press” for a few years here at Broken Frontier means I have had the pleasure of…
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