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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for June 18, 2014: The Wicked and the Divine, Iron Man, Escapo, Thomas Alsop & More

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • June 17, 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…

Ulysses "Seen" by Rob Berry (adapted from James Joyce)

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“Important Literary Folk Are Becoming Very Interested in Comics”: An Interview with Ulysses “Seen” Creator Rob Berry (Part Two)

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 17, 2014

In the first part of our interview, published yesterday to coincide with Bloomsday, Rob Berry, the artist behind the Ulysses “Seen” graphic novel adaptation of James Joyce’s colossal novel, told us about…

Gauguin (Maximilien Le Roy and Christophe Gaultier)

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Maximilien Le Roy’s Biography of Paul Gauguin Is a Refreshing and Controversial Look at a Passionate Artist in His Final Days

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • June 17, 2014

Sick and tired of the European art world’s conservative outlook on his paintings, Paul Gauguin moved to French Polynesia in the late 1800s in search of a second lease of…

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That’s Because You’re a Robot – An Enjoyably Dizzy Journey through an Unlikely Existential Crisis

  • by Reid Vanier
  • June 16, 2014

David Quantick and Shaky Kane’s one-shot collaboration is a veritable maelstrom of cop-film clichés, eye-straining artwork, and unrestrained imagination. It is an undeniably fun – if not wildly confusing – piece of…

Ulysses "Seen" by Rob Berry (Adapted from James Joyce)

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“Comics Become the Purest Language for Recounting Memory”: We Celebrate Bloomsday with Ulysses “Seen” Creator Rob Berry

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 16, 2014

Few novels have as daunting a reputation as James Joyce’s Ulysses. An evocation of a single day in the life of Dublin (16th June 1904), focusing on the personal odysseys…

Wildfire #1 by Matt Hawkins and Linda Sejic (Image Comics)

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Wildfire #1 – Hawkins and Sejic Serve Up a Stodgy Portion of Debate on GM Food

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 13, 2014

Something is certainly growing out of control in the first issue of Wildfire, by Matt Hawkins and Linda Sejic. But I’m not sure it’s just genetically modified dandelions… Wildfire, written…

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Single Black Glove – Kate Hazell’s Imaginatively Witty Minicomic is an ELCAF Must-Buy!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 12, 2014

A solitary discarded glove is a melancholy sight as it poignantly lies forever separated from the defining duality of its functional life partner. But that same sense of sadness we…

The Empty Man #1 by Cullen Bunn and Vanesa R. Del Rey

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for June 11, 2014: Steve Ditko’s Strange Suspense, The Empty Man, Liquid City & More

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • June 11, 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…

Everywhere Antennas (Julie Delporte; Drawn & Quarterly)

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Everywhere Antennas – Julie Delporte’s Troubling Tale of a Quarter-Life Crisis is an Evocative Visual Treat

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 11, 2014

Moving on from diary comics to fiction, Julie Delporte uses her dazzling, spontaneous art to take us inside the head of a troubled young woman. French-born, Montreal-based artist Julie Delporte…

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The Tomorrow People: Renae de Liz

  • by Evan Henry
  • June 11, 2014

From an obscure horror webcomic, to a massively successful crowdfunding campaign, to a forthcoming graphic novel starring one of the most beloved children’s characters of all time – in the…

Armor Hunters #1 (Robert Vendetti & Doug Braithwaite; Valiant)

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Armor Hunters #1 – Valiant’s Summer Crossover Explodes Out of the Gate

  • by Reid Vanier
  • June 11, 2014

Prince Aric faces his biggest threat to date when the Hunters arrive on Earth to destroy the X-O Manowar armour. But despite their violent and destructive approach, Robert Venditti’s script begs…

Judge Dredd Complete Case Files #7

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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…

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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…

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