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Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund – Celebrating the Life and Legacy of One of America’s First Female Cartoonists

  • by Lydia Turner
  • March 6, 2025

One thing you should know about me is I can never resist a beautifully illustrated coffee table book. So, when a stunning new collection was released from Fantagraphics late last…

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Limit Break Comics to Launch Two New Horror Comics – Watch Out for ‘The Dark House’ and ‘The Ties That Bind’ at Dublin Comic Con

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 6, 2025

Horror fans, take note! The Ties That Bind and The Dark House are arriving imminently from Limit Break Comics… Limit Break Comics to Launch Two Horror Comics at Dublin Comic Con Irish…

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New Graphic Novels Coming in 2025 from Southeast Asian Creators Via Publisher Difference Engine

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 6, 2025

The line-up of comics-related books coming in 2025 from Singapore-based publisher Difference Engine has been announced. Check them out below. Difference Engine Announces 2025 Graphic Novels! Singapore-based independent comics publisher…

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High Vis Comic Con Announces More Guests for Its Inaugural Event in June

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 5, 2025

Another new event to add to the comics calendar! More on High Vis Comic Con below… Even More Comic Book Creators Added To High Vis Comic Con – An All-New…

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War on Gaza – Joe Sacco’s Commentary on Events in Gaza Demands We Do Not Look the Other Way and Instead Confront the Horrors that Surround Us

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 5, 2025

As the cartoonist behind Palestine, unquestionably a seminal piece of graphic journalism, and its follow-up Footnotes in Gaza, Joe Sacco’s commentary on the genocide in Gaza over the last year…

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Exclusive Preview: Babs #6 – Check Out the Final Issue of Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows and Ahoy Comics’ Satirical Sword and Sorcery Series with this Huge Sneak Peek

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 5, 2025

Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows’ Babs 6-issue series from Ahoy Comics has received hugely positive reviews over the last few months for its blend of piercing satire and sword and…

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Milk White Steed – Michael D. Kennedy’s Drawn & Quarterly Collection is a Bittersweet Exploration of the Meaning of Home that Rewards Patient Reading

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 4, 2025

Milk White Steed introduced this reviewer to the existence of the Ligahoo. Also known as Lagahoo or Lugarhou, the mythical shapeshifting monster comes from the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago,…

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Sequential Scotland’s Featured Guest Line-Up for August Announced

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 4, 2025

Sequential Scotland is “a brand new comic convention coming to Glasgow on Saturday 2nd of August 2025, featuring an incredible guest line up showcasing some of the most talented creators…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for March 2025 – Assorted Crisis Events #1, Absolute Martian Manhunter #1, The Confessional, Bitter Root: The Next Movement #1 and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 3, 2025

Before the pandemic BF’s Staff Picks feature had run for many years, with members of the team giving a weekly overview of recommended new releases. Now, retooled and reimagined to fit…

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Pleasure Beach #1 – Josh Pettinger’s Dark Tale of Returning to Your Childhood Home Has a Bleakly Alluring Quality

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 3, 2025

Josh Pettinger describes the first issue of his Pleasure Beach series simply as “a PTSD fever dream about going home.” That though, and the apparent subtitle of ‘Hot Summer Megadepression’,…

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My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book Two – Emil Ferris Combines Coming-of-Age Story, Murder Mystery and Sequential Experimentation in this Much Anticipated Follow-Up

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 28, 2025

When Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book One hit shelves back in 2017 it was, as we all know, an indie phenomenon. Ostensibly a murder mystery wrapped in…

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Laneha House #14 – The Latest Anthology of Experimental Strips from Laneha House Publishers Breena Nuñez and Lawrence Lindell 

  • by Gary Usher
  • February 27, 2025

Married Bay Area cartoonists Breena Nuñez and Lawrence Lindell recently released the latest installment of their two-person anthology Laneha House, which also happens to be the name of their publishing…

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Preview: Vanishing Point #1 – A New Sci-Fi Anthology Series is Coming from Mad Cave Studios and Mark Russell

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 26, 2025

The genre fiction anthology comic seems to be having something of a renaissance right now. Details on Mad Cave’s Vanishing Point below. Mad Cave Studios Brings a Six-Issue Sci-Fi Anthology Series Exploring…

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Span – Mike Armstrong’s Fantasy Story of Woodland Spirits Speaks of Familiar and Universal Truths

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2025

Last year here at BF we looked at Bigger, a previous minicomic from 2024 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Mike Armstrong, and one that in thematic terms used fantasy…

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“Everybody Has a Tale to Tell…”: The Coda – An Ignominious End to Frazer Brown’s Unfulfilled ‘Tales from the Quarantine’ Charity Anthology as Kickstarter Finally Intervenes

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2025

Kickstarter have finally intervened in the long-running saga of the unfulfilled Tales from the Quarantine “charity” comics anthology by suspending its editor and supposed publisher Frazer Brown’s account with the…

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Sagas of the Shield Maiden Book Four – Laura Helsby, Alice Leclert and Rachel Tubb Join Asa Wheatley in the Fourth Outing for the Viking Western Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 25, 2025

Writer and creator Asa Wheatley’s Sagas of the Shield Maiden anthology series has from the outset taken a very different approach to its historical tales. Rather than exploring a linear…

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My Taxidermy Angel – Rein Lee’s Tale of Queerness, Religious Trauma, Identity and Self-Acceptance is Incredibly Assured Early Work from a Newer Voice on the Indie Scene

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 25, 2025

When I am asked what I look for when selecting artists for our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Creators to Watch’ initiative the answers I could give would be multitudinous. But…

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New Series ‘Toxie Team-Up’ is Coming from Ahoy Comics and Will Include a Toxic Avenger/Jesus Christ Crossover

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 25, 2025

Well we can honestly say we never saw this one coming. News below about Ahoy Comics‘ new Toxie Team-Up series which includes a guest appearance by Jesus Christ… The Toxic…

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