Small Press Spotlight on… Owen D. Pomery
Owen D. Pomery’s Between the Billboards is a remarkable debut comic with a stark and misanthropic central premise. It tells the tale of James Ebner, a recluse who has voluntarily…
Chin Music #1
Stunning artwork and a script that keeps you guessing anchor Image’s latest high-profile creative coup, in Niles and Harris’ occult investigation of Al Capone’s Chicago. There are very few comic…
X #1
Fast-paced, straight-ahead action and a new vulnerability herald the return of Dark Horse’s mysterious, ultra-violent vigilante. Formerly the product of Dark Horse’s ill-fated but critically acclaimed 1990s superhero initiative, Comics’…
Heads in the Clouds: Jeff Ellis and Bevan Thomas Dream Big as Members of Cloudscape Comics Society
Denny O’Neil, comics writer and editor extraordinaire and one of the smartest guys on the planet when it comes to funny books, once said: “There is seldom one absolute, unarguable,…
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Small Press Spotlight on… Alys Jones and Beyond the Wire
“Writer/artist Alys Jones’s graphic novelette is a multi-layered foray into the horror of the trenches of the First World War that constantly plays and tinkers with the readership’s perception of…
Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin Release The Private Eye #2
The second issue of Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin’s The Private Eye is now available on the comic’s website, Panel Syndicate. The series is available digital only for now,…
Experience the New Broken Frontier
Hello and welcome to Broken Frontier! Thanks for (once again) stopping by our modest digital endeavor. This page will fill you in on who we are, where we come from…
Spirou’s 75th Anniversary and the Tragedy of Siblings
Celebrating 75 years of Spirou and a review of the heartbreaking story of Lea by Zidrou and Springers. 75 Years Of Spirou The first character created explicitly to promote a…
Mind MGMT #10
The sordid history of The Futurist is revealed in this noir-esque episode of Mind MGMT. The Eraser is hot on the trail of Henry Lyme and his band of once…
Free Comic Book Day 2013: What To Get – Part 2
Here is my final examination of this year’s offerings for the awesomeness that is Free Comic Book Day (see Part 1 here). All-Ages Kaboom! Summer Blast. BOOM! Comics’ all-ages imprint has…
Free Comic Book Day 2013: What To Get – Part 1
Welcome to an introduction to one of the greatest comic loving days of the year. Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, an annual occurrence on the first Saturday in May….
Huck Finn’s Adventures in Underland
Nikola Jajic drops us down the rabbit hole into a bizarre realm of dark whimsy in his latest offering from Alterna. As the title suggests, Nikola Jajic’s latest limited series…
Princeless Vol. 2 #1
Whitley’s all-ages, Eisner-nominated series returns for more fantastic hijinks, as Adrienne and Sparky continue their quest to save her royal sisters. If you haven’t already heard, Princeless is a pretty…
Ten Grand #1
Joe’s Comics makes a welcome return with the grim tale of a faustian bargain turned on its ear. There are few people in the world who understand the art and…
Madame Pipi And The Excess Of Human Nature
A new creator rises from Belgium’s pool of talent with a misanthropic view on life plus free webcomics from Bastien Vivés. Delitoon Set up as the premiere web portal for…
Tony Stark vs. The Mandarin: Iron Man 3 Lives up to its Potential
Superhero sequels will always undergo scrutiny, and especially this franchise, after the rise of Robert Downey Jr, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, expectations were always going to be high. Thankfully,…
Trading Up: Modesty Blaise: The Girl in the Iron Mask
A true testament to Peter O’Donnell’s storytelling. For those unaware of classic British newspaper strip Modesty Blaise it was published for nearly forty remarkable years from the early 1960s in…
Broken Frontier Anthology
312 pages • 27 stories • 50 star creators
Limited copies available!Recommended Reads!
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