Numbercruncher #1
Another great British comic from Titan’s new line, full of ideas, a fascinating mismatch of characters and a corkscrew of a plot that twists its way through time, space and…
Book of Da
An original, well-made graphic novel that is mythological in both scope and concept, and nearly flawless in execution. Book of Da is a Kickstarter-funded graphic novel from the writer/artist team…
Jeremy Whitley: Breaking In and Breaking Out with the Creator of Action Lab’s ‘Princeless’
With a prestigious Glyph Award and multiple Eisner nominations already under his belt, Jeremy Whitley seems poised to take the comic book world by storm. His work on Princeless is…
Ghosted #1
Blockbuster heist movie meets a Halloween horror film. It’s a blast! Despite some clunky dialogue and odd character actions, Joshua Williamson’s Ghosted is a promising new series that is one…
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Crime, Elephants and Aliens
Mixing anthropomorphism with crime, classic newspaper comics and superheroes; Pierre Gabus and Romuald Reutimann have created a unique series in District 14 full of intrigue that oozes atmosphere by the…
Chris Smith and the Nazi Zombies from Hell #1
A future dystopia, a likeable loner who can talk to God, and the re-animated corpses of the Nazi undead all feature in the first offering from Dapper Chimp Press. There…
Did Image Expo 2013 Signal That Robert Kirkman’s Manifesto Is In Full Effect?
Five years ago, Robert Kirkman was named a partner at Image Comics. Around that same time he released a video that has come to be called ‘the Kirkman Manifesto’ on…
Mouse Guard: The Black Axe HC
A worthy addition to an already accomplished and critically lauded franchise. Mouse Guard: The Black Axe, from Archaia Studios Press, collects the six-part limited series of the same name written…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for July 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…
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Sky in Stereo #2
The North of England in the Nineties and teenage student Iris’s life is fast becoming defined by her experimentation with drugs in Mardou’s slice-of-lifer from Yam Books… Last year I…
Batman #22
An instant bat-classic without the bat, Zero Year brilliantly exploits the messy, mistake-riddled path to adulthood. And in Batman #22, young Bruce Wayne’s screw-ups are a runaway freight train about…
Harlan Ellison’s 7 Against Chaos
Over 20 years in the making, sci-fi legend Harlan Ellison and Paul Chadwick’s cosmic Magnificent Seven bends reality even as it seeks to expand your consciousness. There are few storytellers…
Ballistic #1
Ballistic is an explosive adventure from page one to the book’s end. Adam Egypt Mortimer and Darick Robertson’s Ballistic is my kind of book. Starting from the first panel of…
The Wild West of Webcomics: Dave Wachter and James Andrew Clark on ‘The Guns of Shadow Valley’ and its Kickstarter Campaign
In 2009, Dave Wachter and James Andrew Clark launched their webcomic, The Guns of Shadow Valley, a mystical western. In subsequent years, the series garnered both an Eisner and Harvey…
Deep in the Woods
Two young women, two quests, and two entrancingly menacing takes on the folk tale tradition make up Noah Van Sciver and Nic Breutzman’s double header Deep in the Woods from…
Superman Unchained #2
Unchained is the Superman book you’ve been waiting for. Pulse-pounding action, a Batman-worthy mystery, and impossibly beautiful art make this the must-read book of the summer. Storytelling in the…
Quantum and Woody #1
Rousing, rebellious, and rebooted for the digital age, cult favorites Quantum and Woody expand the Valiant Universe in a fun and unexpected new direction. The self-proclaimed “World’s Worst Superhero…
Broken Frontier Anthology
312 pages • 27 stories • 50 star creators
Limited copies available!Recommended Reads!
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