How to Capture a Ghost: Joshua Williamson Talks ‘Ghosted’
On sale next week from Image Comics is Ghosted, a five-issue miniseries about Jackson T. Winters, a criminal mastermind who’s locked away in jail for good, until some rich bloke…
Man of Steel
Selling Superman yet again to cinema goers was always going to be somewhat of a hard sell, especially since the misfire that was 2006’s Superman Returns. Screenwriter David S. Goyer…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for July 3, 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…
Nobrow 8: Hysteria
A perfect entry point to the Nobrow outlook and a reminder that it’s not hyperbolic to state that the publisher continues to produce some of the most beautiful examples of…
Wolverine #5
Can mutant healing prevent an untimely drowning? Paul Cornell’s Wolverine #5 is the definition of a fun book. Much like many other Marvel titles, Cornell structures his story with an…
Fatale #15
Fatale #15 is a modern noir knuckle sandwich with less Lovecraftian horror and more pulp in its fiction. After a revealing several-issue sojourn into Josephine’s past, Brubaker and Phillips return…
Beginner’s Luck
RJ Casey and David Alvarado’s Beginner’s Luck takes that old story of a small-time loser coming good only to squander his lucky break, and adds an ostentatiously surreal, aquatic twist to…
Batman/Superman #1
Batman/Superman is the Superman book many fans have been waiting for, and the inclusion of the Dark Knight is an obvious treat. It has almost been two years since the…
Uncanny #1
Andy Diggle and Aaron Campbell fuse hardboiled crime fiction with the unexplainable as they usher in a “Season of Hungry Ghosts” for fans starved for originality. Dynamite Entertainment’s efforts to…
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard Vol. 2 #1
The fantasy anthology series returns, allowing more artists to play in David Petersen’s world of noble mouse warriors. Characters sharing stories in a tavern is a format that has been…
Lazarus #1
Greg Rucka and Michael Lark rapid fire us a story as unstoppable as its heroine. In a world divided by financial boundaries, everyone is kept in check by various families,…
Robotnik
Douglas Noble’s Robotnik is a troubled little automaton. He has mechanical body issues. He’s waiting with some concern for the imminent robot revolution. Oh, and his infatuated pursuit of Gabriel…
Jupiter’s Legacy #2
Millar and Quitely’s legacy marred by a whole lot of nothing new under the sun. I can’t understate how much I’ve been craving a really good superhero book lately….
Extinction Parade #1
With the summer release of World War Z’s movie adaptation looming over his head, Max Brooks adds another zombie story to his catalogue, yet this time with a nod to…
Trading Up: Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness
When a standard survey mission to the world of Phaedus IV goes awry, the crew of the Enterprise find themselves embroiled in an ongoing conflict between the planet’s insectoid inhabitants….
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Picasso, Love and Mary Shelley
High art ahoy as both Picasso and Shelley received a multiple volume biography in comic form. Pablo 2: Apollinaire As told by Fernande Olivier, one of Picasso’s main models in…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for June 26, 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…
Ringo! Art: Celebrating Mike Wieringo at 50
Mike Wieringo would have celebrated his 50th birthday today. Almost 6 years ago in August 2007, he passed away from a heart attack at the way too young age of…
Broken Frontier Anthology
312 pages • 27 stories • 50 star creators
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