Dash #1 – An Engaging Blend of Noir and Queer in 1940 LA from Northwest Press
In Dash #1, writer Dave Ebersole and artist Delia Gable cook up an engaging and enjoyable tale of shadowy goings-on in the City of Angels. Having brushed off the stardust…
Alternative Press Announces October ‘Pop Up!’ Event in Greenwich – Exhibition, Small Press Comics, Zines, Workshops and More!
Earlier this year we previewed the Alternative Press Takeover here at Broken Frontier – a small press comics and zine fair that included a whole host of exhibitors familiar to…
Jaybird – A Short, Beautiful Yet Dark Work of Art by Jaako and Lauri Ahonen
If you are a human being of the more emotional disposition – or indeed a human being of any emotional capacity whatsoever – I would caution you to take care…
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“I Don’t Hate Your Guts” – 2D Cloud’s Collection of Noah Van Sciver’s Diary Comics Displays an Unlikely Charm Despite Itself
It’s been a while since I last covered the work of Noah Van Sciver in this column. On that occasion it was Deep in the Woods – also from the folk…
An Artist for All Seasons: Patrick Atangan Discusses the Design Process for ‘Invincible Days’, Furniture, and Why His Next Book Might Just Be His Last
The title for Patrick Atangan’s latest project, Invincible Days, comes from a quote from The Stranger, a novel by the great French author Albert Camus: “In the midst of winter, I…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for October 1: Shoplifter, Sugar Skull, Brides of Helheim, Men of Wrath, Loverboys & 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…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Deadline by Rossi and Bollée Is an Epic, Relentless and Atypical Western, Tackling Racial Tension, Homosexuality and Violence
Deadline hits you squarely in the head with a ruthless tale of revenge, while spotlighting a little-known aspect of the Civil War: the original “deadline”. A must-read for every Western fan…
BLOCKS Comics – A Looping Minicomic with an Irrepressibly Tactile Aesthetic from Ryan Cecil Smith
Ryan Cecil Smith’s BLOCKS minicomic began life as an explanatory design for the Loop de Loop Animation Challenge – the cyclical reading experience inherent in its distinctive physicality mimicking the creation…
London: October 2013 to May 2014 – Peter Lally’s Comics Remind Us of the Power of Self-Publishing to Challenge Authority and Provoke Debate
We are currently living in a Golden Age of comics self-publishing in the UK. Anybody active in any of those hubs of small press activity, in both our major cities…
A Hole in the Heart – Myriad First GN Competition Finalist Henny Beaumont Talks About Her Graphic Novel in Today’s Guardian
Henny Beaumont’s graphic novel-in-progress A Hole in the Heart was one of the six projects earlier this year to make it onto the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition’s prestigious shortlist….
Bumperhead – Gilbert Hernandez Goes Back to Oxnard for a Potent Tale of 1970s Adolescence
In Bumperhead, Gilbert Hernandez returns to his hometown of Oxnard for a bildungsroman of music and adolescence in the 1970s – given his own stylistic spin. It can be a tough gig being an…
Agents of Khaos – An Extensive Preview of ‘ABC Warriors: The Mek Files 02’ from 2000 AD
They’re resistant to atomic, bacterial and chemical warfare – but the ABC Warriors have to face much worse in the long-unavailable stories Khronicles of Khaos and Hellbringer! Having saved the…
Invincible Days – Patrick Atangan Returns with a Poignant, Bittersweet Rumination on Childhood, Family, and Loss
Don’t let the small furry animals fool you. In Invincible Days, Patrick Atangan’s elegantly simple, highly stylized visual storytelling draws the reader into the seasons of life with craft and guile. I’ll…
SPX 2014 – Another Look at the Panels, the Ignatz Awards and the Hot Books at the 20th Small Press Expo
The 20th edition of the Small Press Expo (SPX) was a huge show. Held as always in Bethesda, Maryland, it rounds up the most important publishers and cartoonists in the North American indie…
In His Cups: Collected Tales from Gimbley – Raise a Glass to Phil Elliott, One of the Godfathers of British Small Press Comics
This neat little collection offers a showcase of Phil Elliott’s Tales from Gimbley – the core work of one of British small press comics’ early giants. Phil Elliott plays such a…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for September 24: Doctors, Butterfly, C.O.W.L., Sally Heathcote: Suffragette, Roche Limit & 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…
Butterfly #1 – Family Values and Real-World Espionage Collide in this Gritty Exploration of the Spy Biz
Butterfly’s Rebecca Faulkner is a far cry from the hyper-sexualized femmes fatales of mainstream comics and film. Arash Amel, Marguerite Bennett, and Antonio Fuso create a wonderfully complex and grounded…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
It’s a 2000 AD Double Bill, With the Satirical Vampirism of Durham Red and the Zombie Samurai of Hondo City Justice
2000 AD has released two new graphic novels onto the US market. Durham Red introduces the US audience to this enigmatic vampire bounty hunter in the classic tale The Bitch,…
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