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East London Comics and Arts Festival 2013: Looking back at Nobrow’s ELCAF

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 24, 2013

The second East London Comics and Arts Festival (ELCAF) hit the U.K.’s capital on Saturday boasting an amazing array of altcomics, indie publishers, micro and small pressers from across Europe,…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… Zarina Liew

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 21, 2013

Fashion illustrator and webcomics artist Zarina Liew is the creator behind manga-influenced webcomic Le Mime, the dreamy The Art of Sleep collection and her new fashion-based webcomic The Higgs. She…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Dave Gibbons’s War Machine: A Rogue Trooper Hit or Misfire?

  • by Tony Ingram
  • June 21, 2013

The War Machine, the first fourteen-part story to feature the rebooted version of 2000 AD’s Rogue Trooper by Dave Gibbons and Will Simpson, has just been released in collected form…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Age of Ultron #10

  • by Jason Clyma
  • June 20, 2013

The epic conclusion to Age of Ultron is anything but. Any reader that picked up last month’s release of Age of Ultron knows exactly how Brian Michael Bendis’ “epic” is…

Reviews

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Witchblade #167

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • June 19, 2013

The world of faerie and magic invade Chicago in the flesh (lots of flesh) in Witchblade’s new story arc. Given his background as an artist, Tim Seeley is the perfect…

Reviews

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Star Wars #6

  • by Jason Clyma
  • June 19, 2013

Another exciting chapter in Brian Wood’s expanded Star Wars Universe. In all honesty, I have not been able to catch every issue of Brian Wood’s Star Wars adventures, but Wood’s…

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Listen Again to Woodrow Phoenix Interviewing Jaime Hernandez at BD & Comics Passion

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 19, 2013

One of the absolute highlights of this year’s BD & Comics Passion festival at the Institut français in London was Woodrow Phoenix’s interview with the legendary Jaime Hernandez, brought to…

Reviews

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Domovoi

  • by Eric Lindberg
  • June 19, 2013

A modern fantasy drawing from Slavic mythology, Peter Bergting’s Domovoi is a journey through a world hidden just beyond our perception. Upon the death of her grandmother Vasilisa, free-spirited waitress…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Love Lost at Sea: Becky Cloonan Talks ‘Demeter’

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • June 18, 2013

June is a big month for Becky Cloonan. Not only is she drawing the spectacular The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, of which the first issue hit last week,…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for June 19, 2013

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • June 18, 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 · Small Pressganged

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kuš komiksi: š! #13

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 18, 2013

Founded in 2007, the aims of Latvian publisher kuš komiksi are twofold: to provide a showcase for the art form in a country with little tradition in comics, and also…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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The Isle of Amoras Now and Then

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • June 18, 2013

One of Belgium’s longest running kids adventure comic series Bob and Bobette gets a radical adult make over in Amoras 2047. Running since 1947 and still ongoing today, Bob and…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Dementia Dad

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 17, 2013

While Hannah Lee Miller’s Dementia Dad may concern itself with heartrending subject matter it’s a 15-page comic that is utterly uplifting in tone and presentation. An entry in the autobio…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… Gill Hatcher and Team Girl Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 13, 2013

With seven issues published since the group was founded in 2009, the Scottish all-woman collective behind anthology Team Girl Comic have become an established presence on the U.K. small press…

Reviews

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Peter Panzerfaust #11

  • by Jason Clyma
  • June 13, 2013

Peter and his band of friends return for the start of a new arc. It’s a great week for comics when we are treated to a new issue of Peter…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Superman Unchained #1

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • June 13, 2013

The dynamic duo of Scott Snyder and Jim Lee offer an irresistible Superman story that sets a new standard for sequential art storytelling. Not a panel is wasted as each…

Reviews

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Trading Up: The Victories

  • by Kris Bather
  • June 13, 2013

Mike Avon Oeming is the co-creator of two unique series in recent times (Powers and Mice Templar), and here he’s let loose with a story all his own. And what…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #1

  • by Jason Clyma
  • June 12, 2013

Gerard Way & Shaun Simon team-up with fellow fan-favorite artist Becky Cloonan for The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #1, a brand new series that clearly demonstrates Way’s affinity…

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