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Plant Daddy – Plants, Gardening and Mental Health Come Together in Neil Watson-Slorance’s Touching Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 27, 2024

Comics that deal with grief – especially the kind that comes from losing a close loved one – have long been providing creators with an outlet to process their feelings….

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Preparing for Pride Month at Broken Frontier – Creator Commentary Opportunities for Your Queer Comics in June!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 26, 2024

Pride Month is a big deal every year here at Broken Frontier. Last year at BF we managed to get a review, interview, feature or creator commentary up every single…

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Hawk the Slayer: Watch for Me in the Night – Garth Ennis and Henry Flint Breathe New Comics Life into a Cult Film Favourite

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 26, 2024

Hawk the Slayer was not a very good film. One of a short burst of fantasy-style movies of the late ‘70s-early ‘80s, the only thing about it more limited than…

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Denison Avenue – Christina Wong and Daniel Innes Shine a Light on the Loneliness of Little Lives in Big Cities, from ECW Press

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 25, 2024

There’s an interesting comment in illustrator Daniel Innes’ biographical note on the back cover of Denison Avenue: ‘Watching the neighbourhood change over the years has ended his love affair with…

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Titan Comics to Publish ‘Killtopia: The Complete Collection’ in 2024

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 25, 2024

So this is pleasing news indeed. Formerly published in a 5-volume run by BHP Comics, sci-fi saga Killtopia is getting a complete collection from Titan later this year. Dave Cook…

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Coin-Op #9 – Maria and Peter Hoey Fill Up Another Treasure Chest of Short Comics Gems

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 22, 2024

Every issue of sibling creative team Maria and Peter Hoey’s Coin Op anthology series is a testament to the potential of comics as a storytelling form. From one perspective they…

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Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey – From His Early Experiences as a Cuban Refugee to Confronting the Neo-Fascism of the Trump Administration, Edel Rodriguez’s Outstanding Graphic Memoir is a Compelling Read

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 21, 2024

In recent years the unforgettable artwork of Cuban American illustrator Edel Rodriguez has adorned the covers of magazines like Time and Der Spiegel, skewering the unceasing excesses of the Trump…

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GLEEM – D+Q Remind Us of Why Freddy Carrasco’s Work Deserves a Reappraisal

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 20, 2024

It has been four years since Dominican-born artist Freddy Carrasco took home the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Collection, as well as the Doug Wright Award for Best Small- or Micro-press…

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The Cartoon Museum Announces Major New Comics Exhibition ‘HEROES: The British Invasion of American Comics’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 20, 2024

The Cartoon Museum have announced a major new comics exhibition celebrating those trailblazing British creators who made such a major impact on the US publishing scene. Full details on HEROES:…

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The Comics Cultural Impact Collective Launches Their Report on the State of Comics in the UK

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 20, 2024

If you attended the Comics Cultural Impact Collective online meeting in January (and the turn-out was huge) you will already be aware of the multi-perspective conversations being had about the…

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Blobby Horror – The Polka-Dotted Hellspawn of Crinkley Bottom Remembered in this Creepy Anthology from Frisson Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! There have been a number of comics anthologies over the years that have focussed on fondly remembered pop cultural icons of yesteryear….

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Man’s Best #1 – Pornsak Pichetshote and Jesse Lonergan’s Animal-Centred Space Opera Opens with a Gripping First Chapter

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2024

A project that brings together one of the most exciting breakout comics writers of recent years with one of the most promising emerging artists was always going to going to…

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Colossive Cartographies #53 – Wallis Eates Reflects on Life as a Carer in ‘Budgie Steps’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 18, 2024

It has been a few years since we last reviewed comics work by Wallis Eates at Broken Frontier though, as can be seen by the list of tagged posts here,…

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“Criminalization of Marginalized Identity is Something We’ve Seen Grow… in Recent Years” – buttercup on Their Magical Girl Comic ‘UM’ and Portraying the Realities of Queer Black Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 18, 2024

With titles like Fizzle, Días De Consuelo and Spiny Orb Weaver, US comics micropublisher and distro Radiator Comics have already established themselves as champions of genuinely indie and socially relevant work….

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, March 21st for a ‘Monster Fun’-Themed Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 18, 2024

Your favourite online comics social is back as we return to our guest artist format! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, March…

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Winnie-the-Pooh – Travis Dandro Reinvents a Classic with Charm, Poignancy, and a Great Deal of Love

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 15, 2024

Does a graphic adaptation of a literary classic deserve to exist? It’s the kind of question that lovers of music tend to obsess over whenever a remixed version of an…

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The Mysteries – Bill Watterson and John Kascht Raise Pertinent Questions About the State of Our World 

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 14, 2024

Around 70 pages and a little over 300 words: it’s amazing what these seemingly limiting numbers can yield in the hands of artists with a clear vision. The Mysteries has…

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A Haunted Girl – Issues of Mental Health Awareness Raised in this Supernatural Thriller from Ethan & Naomi Sacks and Marco Lorenzana

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 14, 2024

While the majority of the comics projects listed on our Broken Frontier Mental Health Awareness Resource List are autobiographical in nature it is important to remember that escapist fiction can…

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