TEOTFW
Originally published via his minicomics imprint Oily Comics, Charles Forsman’s The End of the Fucking World was recently collected by Fantagraphics Books. Now, for a committed champion of SP books…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for August 28, 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 · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Planes, Aircraft Carriers and Bearteeth
Done in the tradition of aviation comics and mixed with political intrigue, Yann and Henriet produce an intriguing adventure comic about friendship, betrayals and the choices we make when we…
Superman Unchained #3
The must-read comic of the summer delivers again. Superman Unchained #3 is a punch in the face that you saw coming but couldn’t prevent. Courtesy of an ass-whipping that is…
Daredevil #30
Attention angst fans, stay away from Daredevil #30! This issue is all about the joy, and you really should give it to the non-comics readers in your life. Think of…
Sacrifice
Sacrifice is a quirky, acid-tinged expedition to pre-Columbian Central America, brimming with action, intrigue, and psychedelic encounters with rock stars and ancient gods. The time is the sixteenth century; the…
Long Lost Lempi
Adam Vian’s Long Lost Lempi is a whimsical piece of stylised fantasy that has most obviously been constructed as a true labour of love by its creator. When we join…
‘The Gigantic Beard that was Evil’ Wins 9th Art Award at Edinburgh International Book Festival
At the Edinburgh International Book Festival this afternoon the winner of Graphic Scotland’s inaugural 9th Art Award for the best full-length English language graphic novel of the last year was…
Batman ’66 #2
Batman ‘66 is one of the best books DC publishes, digital-first or not. Jeff Parker channels the tone of the original Batman TV series into a book that emphasizes fun…
Waterlogged: Tales from the Seventh Sea
Vancouver’s Cloudscape Comics Society debuts a treasury of tales inspired by the briny deep in its latest top-notch showcase of local talent. Waterlogged overflows with accomplished graphic storytelling from…
Revival #13
This is a perfect jumping on issue for new readers. Characters are re-established, and the mythology is really just now starting. When Revival started over one year ago, it started…
Batman and Nightwing #23
Batman and Nightwing #23 is the single best issue of Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason’s run on the Batman and Robin series. Issue #23 is the emotional capstone of not…
Fish Head Steve!
Ferocious slapstick, scatological silliness and surreal visual gags with a mischievous appeal for its young target audience. Welcome to Spumville, a small town where something rather curious has just occurred….
The Grinning Mask #1-3
Ryan Taylor’s The Grinning Mask is an intriguing fusion of (initially) the sensibilities of a past age of UK weekly comics with the more creepy overtones of the best of…
I Am Fire
Rachael Smith’s I Am Fire is a witty little sitcom of a comic combining disaffected, angsty teenagers, health and safety politics, and bitter rivalries in that ever cut-throat and competitive…
Fagin the Jew
Comics legend Will Eisner’s insightful treatment of Dickensian tropes sheds light on dark issues of prejudice and bigotry. Dark Horse Comics presents a new printing of Will Eisner’s graphic novel…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Small Press Spotlight on… Rebecca Bagley
Rebecca Bagley is a name that will be familiar to long-term readers of ‘Small Pressganged’. She’s the creator behind the contemporary fable Tick, much championed in this column here and…
Man of Steel: The Superman Book that Never Got a Fair Chance
With Jon Bogdanove’s Strongman Kickstarter campaign unlikely to reach its too lofty funding goal, BF looks back at the artist’s defining run on Superman: Man of Steel, the ‘fourth’ Superman…
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