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The Silver Six

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • July 9, 2013

When their lives and families are tragically stolen, six special orphans use their wits and teamwork to avenge their loss in this fantastic all-ages OGN from Scholastic. Kids are smarter…

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Skyward #1

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • July 9, 2013

Although the story may seem a tad familiar, Jeremy Dale’s Skyward takes flight with lush artwork and high production values. Action Lab Entertainment’s latest all-ages fantasy epic Skyward by talented…

Blog

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for July 10, 2013

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • July 8, 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…

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Batman ’66 #1

  • by John Trigonis
  • July 8, 2013

Sock! Pow! Zok?! Well, that’s what I got out of the original 1960s Batman TV series when I used to watch the reruns every Saturday morning when I was a…

Features

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Welcome to Repo City State: Adam Egypt Mortimer on ‘Ballistic’

  • by Jason Clyma
  • July 8, 2013

This week’s release of Ballistic from writer Adam Egypt Mortimer and artist Darick Robertson (Transmetropolitan, The Boys, Happy!) will surely be explosive. Ballistic chronicles the life of air-conditioner repairman turned…

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Emerald City of Oz #1

  • by Jason Clyma
  • July 8, 2013

Eric Shanower and Skottie Young’s Emerald City of Oz is a gorgeous book to behold.  Across the first issue of this miniseries readers will be treated to a collection of…

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The Complete Rainbow Orchid

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 8, 2013

Well over a decade in the making, to call Garen Ewing’s The Rainbow Orchid a labour of love would be an understatement of the most epic proportions. It’s 1920s Britain…

Blog

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Process #4: S.J. Harris on Creating Eustace

  • by Steven Walsh
  • July 8, 2013

In this month’s report from the Process group at London’s Gosh! Comics, Eustace’s S.J. Harris gives some fascinating insights into his new book from Jonathan Cape. Process is a comics…

Eyecatcher · Features

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No Holds Barred: The Grit and Punk in Darick Robertson’s Career

  • by Levi Hunt
  • July 5, 2013

Next week, Black Mask Studios will release Ballistic, a psychedelic sci-fi adventure from Adam Mortimer and Darick Robertson. This series is a return to basics for Robertson as the artist…

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Eustace

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 5, 2013

With a deliciously morbid wit, debut graphic novelist S.J. Harris delivers a biting satire on the skewed mores of 1930s Britain in Eustace, his dark comedy of manners, published by…

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Superior Foes of Spider-Man #1

  • by Jason Clyma
  • July 4, 2013

The Sinister Six make their comedic return to the Marvel Universe. Humanizing dastardly villains is a difficult task to achieve without taking away the necessary evil of the character.  How…

Features

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Marvel’s Superheroines: A Hard Sell, And Why DC’s Are Doing Better

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • July 4, 2013

After examining Paul O’Brien’s analysis of Marvel’s sales, Graeme McMillan’s Newsarama blog posed an interesting question: why the low sales for Marvel’s female-led titles? McMillan’s question is likely to draw…

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The Private Eye #3

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • July 4, 2013

Where do you go when you dream? Welcome to the peep show of P.I.’s drug-induced dreams and a revealing look into his mind that lays bare (very bare) a private…

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The Grinning Man

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 4, 2013

Andrew Warwick’s The Grinning Man is a true embodiment of the traditions of the Victorian ghost story, but set firmly in a near contemporary Britain. In this grimly foreboding tale…

Features

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Farewell to ‘The Dandy’: UK Comics Anthology Ends Digitally As Well

  • by Tony Ingram
  • July 4, 2013

Yesterday, word got out that the long-running UK comics anothology The Dandy had halted its digital publication plans and that last week’s edition was the final one. It was only…

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Catalyst Comix #1

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • July 3, 2013

More Nineties properties get the comic book version of a reality TV makeover, courtesy of Joe Casey, et al. Billed as Comics’ Greatest World when it first appeared back in…

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Swear Down

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 3, 2013

Part walking diary, part social observation, part slice-of-life, and part love letter to landscape and architecture, Oliver East’s books have that rarest and most inspiring of all things in the…

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Satellite Sam #1

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • July 2, 2013

Steamy, sexy, and downright seductive, Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin’s murder mystery set against the Golden Age of Television raises the benchmark for modern crime noir comics. When two masters…

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