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Girl Juice – Stay Hot and Simple Forever in Benji Nate’s Hilarious Slice-of-Lifer Celebrating Female Friendship, from D+Q

  • by Lydia Turner
  • March 13, 2024

I’ve always been a huge fan of Benji Nate’s graphic novels – from the hilariously deadpan Lorna, to sweet Catboy to the mysterious Hell Phone. So, when her latest project…

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So Long Sad Love – Aleshia Jensen Brings Mirion Malle’s Powerful Exploration of Heartbreak and Rebirth to a New Audience

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 12, 2024

In 2021, the English translation of French illustrator Mirion Malle’s This is How I Disappear taught us to question how we look at sexual assault and its devastating impact. It…

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The First Occultz: Oxford Comic, Cult and Zine Fair Makes Its Debut on May 4th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 12, 2024

It’s no secret that the pandemic year cost us a number of long-running and much loved comics fairs and festivals. Over the last few months though it’s been apparent that…

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Preview: A Quick & Easy Guide to Coming Out – The Next Edition of the Acclaimed Oni Press Series to Be Published in September

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 11, 2024

Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning publisher of landmark graphic novels including Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer: A Memoir and Sophie Campbell’s Wet Moon, is proud to announce the next segment in the…

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So Buttons #13 – Michael T. Gilbert, Tony Wolf, Whit Taylor, Maria & Peter Hoey and Co Join Jonathan Baylis for a ‘Film School’ Special

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 11, 2024

One of the additional intriguing elements of Jonathan Baylis’s autobiographical So Buttons anthology series is that not only does it also give a deserved spotlight to the many artists he…

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Fantagraphics to Publish New Edition of Joe Sacco’s ‘Palestine’, as Webcomic ‘The War on Gaza’ Launches on ‘The Comics Journal’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 11, 2024

As the genocide in Gaza rages on, Fantagraphics have announced both a new edition of Joe Sacco’s acclaimed Palestine and the launch of webcomic The War on Gaza. The press…

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The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Announces the ‘British Comics Now’ Initiative, Taking UK Talent to International Audiences

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 8, 2024

Announced this week, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival‘s new British Comics Now programme is set to give UK indie creators some amazing opportunities in the course of coming months….

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Eric Drooker’s ‘Naked City’ Takes Us into the Mind of an Artist, from Dark Horse Comics

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 7, 2024

So here’s an upcoming project that will no doubt resonate with the comics practitioners in the Broken Frontier audience. Eric Drooker’s Naked City asks the question “Is it possible for…

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“The Story Evolved Simultaneously with the Format” – Mereida Fajardo Talks Pushing the Boundaries of Comics and the Challenges of Co-Organising the Zinezilla Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Since we announced Mereida Fajardo as one of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creators back in 2021 the Bristol-based comics artist…

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Masters of the Nefarious: Mollusk Rampage – The Absurdist Brilliance of Pierre La Police Finally Translated Into English Via New York Review Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2024

New York Review Comics’ output deserves significantly more acclaim given their capacity for bringing forgotten or unknown gems of comics publishing to new readerships. The splendidly titled Masters of the…

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Zinezilla: Megalazine – (Surely) the World’s First Megalodon-Themed Comics Anthology Debuts at Zinezilla in Bristol this Weekend

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 5, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! The third incarnation of Bristol’s Zinezilla fair, as co-organised by 2022 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Mereida Fajardo, is coming this…

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“I Wrote ‘The Marble Queen’ for the 13-Year-Old Me Who Just Realized She Was Queer” – Anna Kopp and Gabrielle Kari on Their Sapphic Political Romance from Dark Horse Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 5, 2024

Out this week from Dark Horse Comics, Anna Kopp and Gabrielle Kari’s “sapphic political romance” The Marble Queen is a YA graphic novel that deftly blends themes of fantasy, love…

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Club Microbe – Elise Gravel Continues to Help Young Readers Make Sense of Our World of Wonder, from Drawn & Quarterly

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 4, 2024

One of the things that teachers of young people believe in most is the importance of speaking to them at their level. This doesn’t mean talking down to them, nor…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, March 7th for a Beano-Themed Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 4, 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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Limit Break Comics Launches Kickstarter for Futuristic Fairy Tales Anthology ‘Wish Upon a Star’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 1, 2024

With a cracking creator line-up Limit Break Comics have a new crowdfunding campaign online today for their latest anthology book Wish Upon a Star. Take a look at the press…

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Candy, Andy & the Bearandas – Gerry Anderson, 1960s Photocomics and a Bizarre Cross-Species Blended Family Feature in this Forgotten Moment in British Comics History

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 1, 2024

The 1960s weekly Candy comic may have been a bizarre footnote in the history of both British comics and Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson’s Century 21 productions, but there’s something so…

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Preview: How Could You – Ren Strapp’s “Heartwarming, Queer Coming-of-Age Tale” to Be Published by Oni Press in December

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 1, 2024

It’s always neat to go into the weekend with a preview for you and this week we have a bumper selection of pages from Ren Strapp’s How Could You, due…

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Dear Mini Book One – Natalie Norris’s Story of “Adolescent Agency in the Face of Sexual Trauma” Marks the Emergence of a Remarkable New Voice in Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 29, 2024

Natalie Norris’s Dear Mini is described by publisher Fantagraphics as “a vivid depiction of adolescent agency in the face of sexual trauma” so this would be an appropriate moment to…

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