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Thought Bubble 2024 – Full Programme of Events Over the Con Weekend Revealed

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 15, 2024

Thought Bubble Month starts next week at Broken Frontier so it’s an opportune moment to take a look what’s coming up in the recently announced programme for the weekend. Some…

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Customer Service Eternity – C A Strike Provides a Hilarious, Deadpan and Mischievous Offering at ShortBox Comics Fair

  • by Lydia Turner
  • October 14, 2024

I was already a fan of C A Strike’s work, having reviewed their lovely minicomic Meryl for Broken Frontier’s upcoming Thought Bubble coverage in November (stay tuned!), so was delighted…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, October 17th for a Manga Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 14, 2024

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, October 17th. This time we are basing themes on…

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Goodbye Apple Island – ShortBox Comics Fair Offers a Soft, Warm Nostalgia Trip from Artist C.R. Chua to its Readers

  • by Lydia Turner
  • October 11, 2024

One of the offerings from this year’s ShortBox Comics Fair that I was most excited about was Goodbye Apple Island, from artist C.R. Chua. I didn’t know a huge amount…

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NBM’s Publishing Schedule for Spring 2025 Revealed – Civil Rights, True Crime, Music Biographies and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 11, 2024

Is this the first Spring 2025 publishing round-up we’ve run this year at BF? Expect a flurry incoming weeks but today it’s NBM with their book line-up for the first…

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Support One of Comics’ Finest and Most Socially Conscious Publishers with the Silver Sprocket Fundraiser

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 11, 2024

We’re always happy to give a shout-out to anyone whose vision of comics and community so closely aligns with our own ethos so please give some support to our favourite…

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“Comics Are a Voice for the Voiceless” – Anna Readman Talks ‘Scream!’, ‘Fargo & McBane’, and Her Self-Published Work (Bonus Exclusive ‘Scream!’ Pages)

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 10, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! There are emerging artists I discover on my Broken Frontier travels who I know immediately have something extra special, next-level even, to…

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Rebellion Announce ‘The Art of Judge Dredd by Jock’ for 2025

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 10, 2024

Jock aficionados, your time has come! The Art of Judge Dredd by Jock is coming next year. One of the most sought-after and admired artists in the industry today, Jock is…

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Pagans Against AI Fight Back Against AI “Art” with a New Spell-Casting Zine

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 10, 2024

We have been very clear about our stance on generative AI “art” here at Broken Frontier Towers. It’s a “one strike and you’re out” policy if you use it in…

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Nightmare Factory – John Kenn Mortensen’s Melodic Wordplay is Just as Nuanced as His Illustrations in this New Picture Book from Fantagraphics

  • by Lydia Turner
  • October 9, 2024

A pale drummer boy mindlessly plays on as a candle drips wax over his head. A grimy man cocks his trumpet like a gun, the canister on his back ready…

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Final Cut – Charles Burns Gives Fabulous New Life to Old Preoccupations

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • October 8, 2024

Charles Burns offers his readers no clues. There is no subtitle hinting towards a plot, no description or biography, and nothing to give one an indication of what they are…

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Treasury of British Comics to Reprint the ’40 Years of Scream!’ Collection of the Cult 1980s Horror Weekly

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 7, 2024

Welcome news indeed from the direction of Rebellion today if you missed out on the 40 Years of Scream! collection of the cult ’80s horror comic earlier this year which…

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The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2024 – Looking Back on a Weekend of Shared Passion for the Form at LICAF

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2024

It’s important, I think, to firstly put my visit to last weekend’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival into some kind of personal context because when you haven’t been to a…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for October 2024 – The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic, Nightmare Factory, Jessica Farm and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 3, 2024

A few days later than normal but welcome to our BF Staff Picks for October! Before the pandemic BF’s Staff Picks feature had run for many years, with members of the…

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Mothballs – Sole Otero’s Vivid Family Saga Highlights the Impact of Generational Trauma

  • by Lydia Turner
  • October 2, 2024

Translated by the fantastic Andrea Rosenberg (of Ocultos and Totem acclaim), Mothballs from Sole Otero and Fantagraphics is set in Buenos Aires in the year 2001. The gorgeous Argentinian landscape…

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The ShortBox Comics Fair 2024 is Open – Browse a Treasure Trove of Digital Comics Again this October

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 1, 2024

You don’t need Broken Frontier to remind you that the ShortBox Comics Fair 2024 is now open for business but it would be remiss of us not to give it…

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Robot Archie and the Time Machine – The Cult British Comics Character Gets a Welcome Collection from the Treasury of British Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 30, 2024

One of the most recognisable of the 1960s line-up of IPC heroes – in part because of his memorable later appearances in Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s Zenith series –…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, October 3rd for an EC Comics Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 30, 2024

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, October 3rd. This time we are using the classic…

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