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Astrodog – Paul Harrison-Davies Takes Us Where No Pooch has Gone Before

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 4, 2014

First debuting online last year as a serialised webcomic, the adventures of canine space adventurer Astrodog come to us from the witty mind of British artist Paul Harrison-Davies. Behind that…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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Drunken Lips Sink Ships

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • February 4, 2014

Comedy from the lowlands, courtesy of Dutch publisher Syndikaat with the slice of life OGN Drunken Lips Sink Ships and the Treasure Island parody The Bologna Treasure. Born out of…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for February 5, 2014

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • February 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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Furious #1

  • by Evan Henry
  • February 3, 2014

Dark Horse’s Furious brings fresh material to familiar “antihero” territory, examining the intersection of fame and superheroics. The Beacon is a superheroine with some anger issues. While she means well,…

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The Walking Dead “All Out War” #115-120

  • by Levi Hunt
  • February 3, 2014

A beautifully drawn story that bares little resemblance to what this series once was. The Walking Dead #100 was promised as a game-changing issue for the months leading up to it….

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The Elder – A Dark and Layered Fairy Tale from Esther McManus

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 3, 2014

In the depths of a secluded forest, a wizened witch lives a solitary life isolated from the outside world. Her reality is about to be disrupted, though, when she discovers…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Dead Boy Detectives #2

  • by Levi Hunt
  • February 3, 2014

The longevity of the Sandman franchise is remarkable. Two and a half decades after Neil Gaiman introduced the world of The Endless to comic book readers, this franchise is still inspiring spin-offs. The…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Saga #18

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 29, 2014

Saga has been one of the most commercially and critically successful comics of recent years – but are the cracks beginning to show in Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples’…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for January 29, 2014

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • January 28, 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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Out of Hollow Water – A Haunting Collection from Anna Bongiovanni and 2D Cloud

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 28, 2014

Anna Bongiovanni’s Out of Hollow Water, published by U.S. micropublisher 2D Cloud, contains three thematically intertwined short stories that fuse the otherworldly and the ethereal with the most oppressive elements…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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What Challenge Awaits a Ghostly Heart?

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • January 28, 2014

We travel from the classical child drama of Michel from Zidrou & Roger to the crime ridden sewers of turn of the century Paris in The Fury of Fantomas by…

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So You Want to Kickstart Your Comic…

  • by Evan Henry
  • January 27, 2014

So you have an awesome idea for a comic, you’ve got a kick-butt creative team, and you’re just crazy enough to think it’s a good idea to take your comic…

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A Long Walk – A Victorian Murder Mystery Recreated by Abbey Massey

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 27, 2014

In December 1881 Georgina Moore disappeared from outside her school in London. Some hours later the child’s body would be discovered in a river near Yalding. Numerous eyewitnesses saw her…

The Unwritten: Apocalypse #1 (Vertigo) by Mike Carey and Peter Gross; cover by Yuko Shimizu

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The Unwritten: Apocalypse #1

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 24, 2014

The 12-issue finale of metafictional mystery series The Unwritten starts with a virtuoso performance by writer Mike Carey and artist Peter Gross that brings the series and its protagonist very…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Batman: The Real Deal – The Dark Knight, Superhero Comics, and the “Illusion of Change”

  • by Joe Krawec
  • January 23, 2014

Guest writer Joe Krawec analyses the thorny issue of “the illusion of change” in superhero comics with special reference to the Batman mythos and the unofficial Batman: The Deal webcomic…

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Space Circus

  • by Evan Henry
  • January 23, 2014

Viper’s Space Circus delivers zany, appropriately Pixar-esque antics in a formulaic (but fun) all-ages package. Guys, I have bad news. I won’t draw this out or try to sugarcoat it….

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Digital Comics vs. the Immortal LCS

  • by Evan Henry
  • January 22, 2014

A lot has changed for comics in the past decade or so, but the most significant change hasn’t been the boom in superhero movies, any major publisher relaunch, or even…

Deadly Class by Rick Remender, Wes Craig and Lee Loughridge (Image Comics)

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Deadly Class #1

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 22, 2014

With a powerful script from Rick Remender and a masterclass in stylish high-energy storytelling by Wes Craig and Lee Loughridge, Deadly Class is a comic that hits its target. As…

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