This year’s shortlist for the British Comic Awards has just been released providing a telling reflection of the robust creative health and rich diversity of the art form on these…
A Handful of Groats
It may have a middle ages setting but all that’s missing from Rob Jackson’s A Handful of Groats to fully underline its Western genre influences is an Ennio Morricone soundtrack….
Special Language #1
Emma Mould and Andrew Godfrey’s Special Language #1 is an uncompromising account of the two and a half months Mould spent in a psychiatric facility in Bath in the summer…
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Rork Returns
One of Europe’s greatest artists and virtually unknown across the ocean, the German writer and artist Andreas, is back with a reprint of his most famous creation Rork. Rork Volume…
Batman #23.1
Awful. The best thing about Batman #23.1 is this review. Imagine yourself late into the Saturday night of a con weekend. You’re in the swanky hotel’s lobby surrounded by a…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Small Press Spotlight on… Richy K. Chandler
Richy K. Chandler is a comics creator whose work embraces both the tactile and the digital through his Tempo Lush publishing brand. The cartoonist behind the popular Lucy the Octopus…
Superior Spider-Man #18
Superior Spider-Man #18 was just okay. I’ve been loving Dan Slott’s take on the Superior Spider-Man. While I love Peter Parker with all my heart, I thought that this drastic…
Kiss Me, Satan #1
Kiss Me, Satan packs a creative punch, but starts off with more potential than substance. The werewolf mafia runs the organized crime community in New Orleans. Witches regularly find themselves…
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And then Emily Was Gone #1
Greg Hellinger, a former policeman who is now haunted by visions of monsters wherever he goes, is a troubled man. His world is about to get a lot more complicated,…
Infinity #3
A spectacularly breath-taking issue that only disappoints if you have you haven’t done your homework. We are now halfway through Jonathan Hickman’s event, Infinity, and I am still in awe over the…
The Megatherium Club Volume 1: The Great Ape
Named after an extinct giant sloth, the Megatherium Club were a group of largely amateur scientists who operated in Washington in the late 1850s to the early 1860s, enticed there…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for September 18, 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…
Mars Attacks Judge Dredd #1
IDW’s latest Mars Attacks crossover brings the dome-heads face-to-face with none other than Judge Dredd, in glorious camp style. Trouble, as it often is, is brewing in Mega-City One. For…
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Cross Continental Heroes
On one side we have Judge Dredd: an American anti hero written by the finest UK creators. On the other side we have Blueberry: the stereotypical western hero created by…
Sidekick #2
Like it or loathe it, JMS’ latest tale of superhero debauchery and narrative deconstruction leaves no room for ambivalence. Flyboy is in bad shape. Doing his best to cope with…
Locke & Key: Alpha #1
Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez tear it all down in this penultimate issue of the critically acclaimed series Locke & Key. Trust me when I say that the story is…
Broken Frontier Anthology
312 pages • 27 stories • 50 star creators
Limited copies available!Recommended Reads!
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