Small Press Spotlight on… Mickey Lam
A creator unafraid to cross both genres and demographic appeal through his Illustrator: Lam imprint, Mickey Lam is a regular face at London’s small press comics fairs. His work ranges…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for August 27: POP, Jaegir, White Death, Kill My Mother, Wayward & 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, BF…
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Spirou Faces the Leopard Woman in a Fantastic Interpretation of a Comic Icon by Schwartz and Yann
Though the regular Spirou series is still going strong with their all-ages action-adventure approach, for older readers the real fun lies in Spirou by… , a new creator-driven series. Each album…
Babak Ganjei’s Roadhouse – Notorious 1980s Patrick Swayze Film Philosophically Re-Imagined for the Comics Page
Deconstructing an ‘80s Patrick Swayze movie in graphic novel form is an exercise in comics making that sounds so obscure that it couldn’t even aspire to reaching a niche audience….
15 Seconds of Fame: An Interview with Curt Pires About His New Series, ‘Pop’
Andy Warhol said, “In the future, people will be famous for fifteen minutes.” In the opening page of Pop #1, that duration is amended to fifteen seconds. That’s because in…
Operation Paperclip – ‘The Inbetweeners’ Meets ‘The Boys from Brazil’ in Patrick Goddard’s Sinister Yet Strangely Droll Graphic Novel
How would you react if you discovered that everything you thought you knew about yourself was a lie? That you owed your entire existence to history’s greatest monster? And that…
The Fade Out #1 – It’s Business as Usual as Brubaker and Phillips Delve into the Dark Side of Hollywood
Stepping back from the supernatural shenanigans of Fatale, The Fade Out marks a return to prime noir territory for Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips – one of the most durable and reliable creative teams…
David Robertson’s Dump #2 – An Anthology Celebration of Grassroots Publishing from Fred Egg Comics
David Robertson’s Dump anthology is one of those refreshingly old school small press publications that embody the DIY culture of self-publishing with an unashamedly eclectic collection of shorts. Published under…
Fixed Up #1-3 – A Compelling Catalogue of Romantic Mishaps from South African Creator Ian Norris
“The story of one man’s journey from a geeky, awkward, Jewish, shy teenager in Cape Town to a geeky, awkward, Jewish, shy adult in Oxford” is how Ian Norris’s autobiographical comic Fixed…
“How Can We Know if We’re Sane?”: Tim Seeley on ‘Sundowners’, a Superhero/Horror Story with a Retro Twist
A superhero support group run by a narcissistic therapist battles interdimensional invaders. Or do they? Are they heroes or a collection of crackpots? Writer Tim Seeley and artist Jim…
The Hyphen-Tanner Comics Podcast: The Way of the Savage Dragon
Over at the website of A Wave Blue World, my self-publishing endeavor, I’m running a podcast series with my friend, Ryan Alexander-Tanner. I’m delighted to share new episodes here with…
Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present – Dan Mazur and Alexander Danner Deliver an Ambitious but Flawed Survey of the Ninth Art
As nicely presented as it is, Dan Mazur and Alexander Danner’s ambitious chronicle of modern comics history doesn’t quite live up to its billing. 1968: now THAT was a momentous year….
Living in a Divided World: Writer Jeremy Whitley on Immigration, Identity, and ‘Illegal’, His New Series
I first became a champion of Jeremy Whitley’s comic-book writing in 2011, when he contacted me about reviewing a little book called Princeless. At the time, the future Eisner-nominated series had…
Omnipathy #3 – Joe Sparrow’s Sci-Fi/Fantasy Anthology Comic Employs a Stunning Use of Colour to Further Narrative Intent
Reading the entire run of Joe Sparrow’s Omnipathy – a series of minicomics offering self-contained stories in genres that have so far included science fiction, horror and fantasy – in…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for August 20: The Fade Out, The Multiversity, Dark Horse Presents, Zaya, The Delinquents & 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, BF…
Dark Horse Presents Vol. 3 #1 – The Perennial Eisner-Winning Anthology Returns in a New Streamlined Format
Tried, tested, and always new thanks to injections of fresh talent, this survey of the unabashedly cool in the world of comics brings veterans and newcomers together easily. Featuring a typically…
The People Inside – Ray Fawkes’s Latest OGN from Oni Press Explores Romantic Love, Inside and Out
Tracing the relationships connecting 24 people with a balance of bittersweet insight and technical virtuosity, Fawkes’s spiritual sequel to One Soul challenges its audience with brutal honesty and lyrical narration. When…
House Party – Dark Comedy Meets Poignant Coming of Age Story in Rachael Smith’s First Full-Length Graphic Novel from Great Beast
For Michelle, Siobhan and Neil – three aimless recently graduated housemates – life has not lived up to expectations since they left university. Would-be writer Michelle is trapped in a…
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