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She Makes Comics: Sequart Kickstarter Highlighting the All-Too Hidden Role of Women in Comics Needs You!

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 2, 2014

The Sequart Research & Literacy Organisation is still a few thousand dollars short from its Kickstarter campaign target with only five days to go. She Makes Comics will highlight “the…

The Absence (Martin Stiff; Titan Comics)

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The Absence – A Welcome Collection of Martin Stiff’s Dense, Evocative Mystery Story

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 28, 2014

The Absence, a collection of Martin Stiff’s six-issue post-war mystery story from Titan Comics, is a dense and atmospheric tale of how we can never truly leave the past behind,…

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Google Celebrates Franquin’s Gaston Lagaffe’s 57th Birthday

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • February 28, 2014

One of the most recognizable and alluring goofs of time immemorial, Gaston Lagaffe turns 57 today and Google joins the celebrations! In the English language market he is mostly known…

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Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #2 – A Wholly Believable Continuation of the 2005 Feature Film

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • February 27, 2014

Whedon’s characterizations and dialogue are spot-on, making this comic wholly believable as a continuation of events following the 2005 feature film. Where is the Firefly-class ship Serenity? In the capable…

Hacktivist #2 (BOOM! Studios; Alyssa Milano, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Marcus To, Ian Herring)

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Hacktivist #2 – Archaia’s Tale of Cyber-Politics Puts Characterisation Ahead of Technobabble

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 27, 2014

It’s got its glitches, but Hacktivist, published by Archaia, is a relevant and well-executed mini-series that’s well worth a look. At some time, even those of us whose IT skills…

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The Joyners in 3D

  • by Evan Henry
  • February 26, 2014

The Joyners brings us family drama, corporate intrigue, and fleshed-out characters in a gorgeous, if not quite groundbreaking, package. Engineer and tech mogul George Joyner, whose marriage to his wife…

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Rain on Glass – The Engaging Honesty of Sean Azzopardi’s Slice-of-Life Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2014

I’ve noticed a subtle shift in the tone of British small press creator Sean Azzopardi’s slice-of-life comics work over the last year or two. Gone are the thinly disguised avatars…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for February 26, 2014

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • February 25, 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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Wonder Woman #28 – The Best New 52 Reboot in the Entire DC Line-up

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • February 25, 2014

Witty, willful, wily, and wise, Wonder Woman is consistently the best New 52 reboot in the entire DC line-up—and you should be reading it. Too often writer/artist team-ups result in…

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Mengelmoes #1 – Willem Samuel’s South African Slice-of-Lifer with a Fantasy Twist

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 25, 2014

The juxtaposition of the commonplace and the everyday with the fantastic and the bizarre makes Mengelmoes an unpredictably intriguing read throughout. For those wondering, Mengelmoes means something akin to “mish-mash”…

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Pieter Rosseel is Just Stumbling through Life

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • February 25, 2014

Freshly graduated architect Pieter Rosseel turns comic book artist and produces a graphic explosive debut graphic novel published by Syndikaat called Stumbling. How’s that for irony? Deriving your identity from…

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Undertow #1 – Visually Arresting Art Can’t Solve Heavy Story-setting

  • by Joe Krawec
  • February 24, 2014

Image Comics describes Undertow as a ‘pulp monster’ series, promising readers a mythic creature-feature. Is its debut issue the oceanic epic we’re expecting? Undertow #1 is set in a prehistoric…

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Daredevil #36 – Mark Waid and Chris Samnee Make the Best Superhero Comics Around

  • by Levi Hunt
  • February 24, 2014

The best ongoing superhero series gets an ending, and  a new beginning It’s hard to argue with Saga, but I’ll try. In December we at Broken Frontier awarded Saga as our ongoing series…

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Show Me the Map to Your Heart & Other Stories – Great Beast Showcases John Cei Douglas

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 24, 2014

Show Me the Map to Your Heart & Other Stories… sees John Cei Douglas’s lingering and poignant comics collected into one mandatory package from British publisher Great Beast. It includes…

Qu33r (edited by Rob Kirby, Northwest Press)

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QU33R – A Dazzling Anthology from the Vibrant Alt-Queer Comics Scene

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 24, 2014

QU33R, edited by Rob Kirby and published by Northwest Press, is a diverse but consistently excellent collection that belongs on the shelf of any serious fan of the comics medium….

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Webcomics Round-Up, February 2014 – EdieOP, Rebecca Bagley, Elizabeth Querstret and Team Girl Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 21, 2014

Free comics! It’s hardly a difficult proposition is it? Today, in the spirit of pushing some of those artists whose work really should have a greater fanbase, I am going to…

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Richy K. Chandler Announces WASP 2014 – Webcomic Artist Swap Project Returns!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 21, 2014

Beginning on Monday 24th February the second edition of WASP – the Webcomic Artist Swap Project overseen by Lucy the Octopus creator Richy K. Chandler – will see another batch…

White Suits #1 by Frank J Barbiere & Toby Cypress (Dark Horse Comics)

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White Suits #1 – A Blistering Shot of Neo-Noir from Frank J. Barbiere and Toby Cypress

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 20, 2014

What’s black and white and red all over? How about White Suits #1 from Dark Horse, by Frank Barbiere and Toby Cypress – the perfect cure for those 100 Bullets…

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