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Judge Dredd Complete Case Files #7

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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Judge Dredd Hits the US Where it Hurts in Case Files #7, Featuring Dinosaurs, Fatties, Snorks and Werewolves

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • June 10, 2014

In the ongoing epic of the life of Dredd, Case Files #7 is a quiet but remarkably solid collection that switches from straight action to smart satire at the snap of…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… Modern Times

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 9, 2014

Billing itself as the UK’s “first graphic newspaper since the Titanic sank” Modern Times is an intriguing new project overseen by a three-woman team of Royal College of Art students….

Tetsunori Tawaraya (Under Dark Weird Fantasy Grounds)

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Under Dark Weird Fantasy Grounds #1 – An International Horror Anthology that Takes Readers to the Heart of Darkness

  • by Gabriele Di Fazio
  • June 6, 2014

It comes from Italy, but the new biannual anthology Under Dark Weird Fantasy Grounds (edited by Michele Nitri) could come from hell or from the centre of the earth, as the comics by…

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Batman ’66 Meets the Green Hornet #1 – An Accomplished, Fun, and Loving Beginning to an Important Piece of Nostalgia

  • by Reid Vanier
  • June 5, 2014

The success of Batman ’66 continues to build as Bruce Wayne once again shares the stage with Britt Reid, in Kevin Smith, Ralph Garman and Ty Templeton’s joyful tribute to one…

Trees (Warren Ellis & Jason Howard; Image Comics)

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Trees #1 – Warren Ellis and Jason Howard Produce a Low-Key but Intriguing Sci-Fi Opener

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 4, 2014

What Trees #1 lacks in high-octane ‘alien invasion’ action, it more than makes up for in global perspective and the promise of thematic depth. As I’ve written before, I’ve been an…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“Finding Beauty in the Dark” – Ravi Thornton Talks HOAX Psychosis Blues, Cross-Media Storytelling and ‘Brin & Bent’ Two Years On

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 4, 2014

In 2012 cross-media creator Ravi Thornton made an immediate impact on the world of comics with the dark and layered fantasy The Tale of Brin & Bent and Minno Marylebone,…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for June 4, 2014: HOAX Psychosis Blues, Princess Ugg, Everywhere Antennas, Batman ’66 Meets the Green Hornet & More

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • June 3, 2014

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…

Dustship Glory by Elaine M Will (Cuckoo's Nest Press)

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Dustship Glory #1 – Elaine M Will Brings a Little-Known Piece of Canadian History to Life

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 3, 2014

Dustship Glory, set in the Canadian dustbowl of the 1930s, might lack the narrative pyrotechnics of Look Straight Ahead, but it’s a compelling character study delivered by a supremely confident storyteller….

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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French Comics Genius Baru Delivers a Stunningly Violent and Amoral Adaptation of Canicule, Vautrin’s Crime Novel

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • June 3, 2014

Acclaimed for his focus on the working classes, comic creator Baru has created such blue-collar masterpieces as L’autoroute du soleil and Bonne Année. However, he remains criminally below the radar in the Anglophone…

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2000 AD Sci-Fi Special – If These Are the Faces of the Future, Then the Future Looks Pretty Bleak

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • June 2, 2014

Maybe the first Sci-Fi Special in 18 years was meant to act as a gateway drug to 2000 AD (and the Megazine) but unfortunately for The Mighty Tharg, it seems that this time around the…

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The F Word Project : Five Feminist Fables for the Twenty-First Century – Maureen Burdock’s ‘Mumbi & the Long Run’ on Show at London’s Space Station Sixty-Five

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 2, 2014

Tackling the subject of Female Genital Mutilation through the medium of comics, San Francisco-based artist Maureen Burdock’s Mumbi & the Long Run is the fourth story in her series The…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… ‘And then Emily Was Gone’ with John Lees and Iain Laurie

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 2, 2014

Self-publishing as a potential route to both greater recognition and professional exposure is something I have firmly advocated in this column over the last few years. John Lees and Iain…

Towerkind by Katherine Verhoeven

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Towerkind #1-13 – Katherine Verhoeven Packs the End of the World into an Intense Mini-Comic Series

  • by Tom Murphy
  • May 30, 2014

With a strong sense of design and a bold cartooning style, Katherine Verhoeven’s apocalyptic tale of kids with supernatural abilities dodges the obvious at every turn. A few years ago I…

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Big Mother #4 – The Intricate Work of Dutch Artist Raymond Lemstra Goes International

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 29, 2014

As regular readers of Crossing Borders know, I have been reading European comics since long before I rudely mastered the English language and could read their US and UK counterparts. That’s why…

Harbinger 23 (Joshua Dysart, Clayton Henry; Valiant Entertainment)

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Harbinger #23 – Dysart and Henry Leave Little Time to Grieve After the Death of a Renegade

  • by Reid Vanier
  • May 29, 2014

The momentum of Joshua Dysart’s action-packed story refuses to let up, denying Renegade and reader alike the opportunity to mourn the death of a hero. It is a powerfully effective – if…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Maleficium – Exclusive Preview Pages as EdieOP Talks About Her New Project from Avery Hill Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 29, 2014

The philosophy behind ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier has always been not just to provide an outlet for small press coverage in a comics media dominated by “mainstream” stories but…

Tuki by Jeff Smith

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The New Epic – Tüki Creator Jeff Smith Discusses His Unique Brand of Storytelling

  • by Reid Vanier
  • May 28, 2014

If there’s one word to describe the work of comic creator Jeff Smith, it is epic. The multiple award-winning author has become synonymous with stories that are expansive in scope; Bone…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Webcomics Round-Up, May 2014 – Mike Medaglia’s ‘Last Days of Nobodies’ Launches, plus Katriona Chapman and Francesca Cassavetti

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 28, 2014

Free comics! It’s hardly a difficult proposition is it? Here’s our monthly spotlight on accessible online work covering creators who have appeared in ‘Small Pressganged’ in the past at Broken…

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