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Witchblade #171

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • December 30, 2013

A supernatural thriller, this is the Witchblade you’ve been waiting for. Writer Ron Marz understands Sara Pezzini the way Jeph Loeb understands Batman—inside and out with an emphasis on the…

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Team Girl Comic #9

  • by Conori Bell-Bhuiyan
  • December 30, 2013

A positive thinking and well-grounded small publishing collaborative of artists with no shortage of imagination. Team Girl Comic’s fun-loving casual collaborative ethos lends itself well to the anthology nature of…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Happy Holidays!

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • December 25, 2013

Merry Christmas and a wonderful Holiday Season for you and yours from all of us at Broken Frontier. We’re tremendously thankful for your continued support; we’d be nowhere without you,…

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Harley Quinn #1

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • December 24, 2013

A sociopath with humor and heart. Harley Quinn has a certain homicidal charm and can-do attitude that makes her the Ann Marie or Carrie Bradshaw of the DC Universe. Her…

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Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard Volume 2

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • December 24, 2013

Captivating. Clear your schedule when pick up Volume 2, you won’t be able to put it down. Petersen’s familiar world of the Guard Mice receives a welcome invasion from the…

Celebrated Summer by Charles Forsman (Fantagraphics Books)

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Celebrated Summer

  • by Tom Murphy
  • December 23, 2013

Charles Forsman rounds off a banner year with Celebrated Summer, an affecting trip through teenage ennui. The name Charles Forsman has been cropping up in a lot of end-of-year lists over…

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Invincible #107

  • by Levi Hunt
  • December 23, 2013

Invincible shakes off the rust and shows there’s still new roads take after all these years Invincible has been in an interesting place in the past year or so. Robert Kirkman…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Yule Log – A Dark Christmas Tale from Christopher Adams and 2D Cloud

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 22, 2013

The triumphant rise of both the micropublisher and the small press collective as viable models for distributing and nurturing new talent has been one of the most exciting developments in…

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Justice League 3000 #1

  • by Evan Henry
  • December 19, 2013

With Legion of Super-Heroes now a title of the past, DC Comics is looking to keep interest in the heroes of the 31st century alive. Unfortunately, Justice League 3000 isn’t…

From Smoo Comics by Simon Moreton

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Location, Location, Location: Simon Moreton

  • by Tom Murphy
  • December 18, 2013

‘Psychogeographical’ is one of the more tiresome and abused cultural buzzwords being chucked around at the moment, but it’s probably not a million miles away from describing the recent work…

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Broken Frontier Awards 2013: Vote Now!

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • December 17, 2013

Broken Frontier has unveiled the nominees for its tenth annual Broken Frontier Awards. Voting is now open and closes on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at midnight PT. The BF staff…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for December 18, 2013

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • December 17, 2013

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…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Tales from Scene City Christmas Special – Festive Fun from Rob Cureton’s Pop Parody Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 17, 2013

It’s something of a rarity for me to squeeze anything Christmas themed into ‘Small Pressganged’ but Scene City creator Rob Cureton has produced a delightfully cynical stocking stuffer featuring some…

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Bored in Beirut

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • December 17, 2013

Beirut 1990: Snapshots of a Civil War is a touching biographical travel diary of two brothers to a land of war where we meet the people behind the abstract facade…

Black is the Color by Julia Gfrörer (Fantagraphics Books)

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Black is the Color

  • by Tom Murphy
  • December 16, 2013

Julia Gfrörer’s tale of strangeness at sea is a rich and surprisingly touching mix of lyricism, doomed romance and humour. Welcome back to Broken Frontier – where it’s ALL MERMAIDS,…

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ink + PAPER #4 – UK Digest Anthology Showcases EdieOP, Sean Azzopardi, Katriona Chapman and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 16, 2013

It’s been a longer than usual gap between issues for David O’Connell’s chunky but digest-sized ink + PAPER – a publication that I’ve referred to here in the past as…

Portland Comics Heaven (Orbital Comics, London)

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Portland Comics Heaven at Orbital Comics, London

  • by Tom Murphy
  • December 12, 2013

I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting Portland, Oregon, but from everything I’ve picked up about the place, it seems to be something like an American version of Brighton here…

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The Multiple Men that are Jamie Madrox: An X-Factor Retrospective

  • by Levi Hunt
  • December 12, 2013

In many ways, Peter David’s X-Factor series was more about Jamie Madrox than it was about anyone else on the team. The series came about following the critical success of…

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