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“Single Issues Would Have Forced ‘Birdking’ into a Rhythm We Weren’t Interested in” – Daniel Freedman and CROM Give Us the Lowdown on Their Epic Dark Horse Fantasy Story

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 4, 2023

It’s been almost a year to the day since I reviewed the first volume of Daniel Freedman and CROM’s epic fantasy story Birdking, published by Dark Horse Comics. If you…

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Portrait of a Body – Julie Delporte Raises Intimate, Honest Questions About Feminine Identity and Sexuality, from Drawn & Quarterly

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • December 1, 2023

There’s a lot to unpack in Julie Delporte’s new book Portrait of a Body, not only because her brutal honesty may compel readers to address some thorny issues, but because…

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Entity Reunion 3 – Alexander Tucker Hints at Malign Entities at the Edge of Perception in His Latest Oblique Comics Narrative

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 30, 2023

Issues of Alexander Tucker’s Entity Reunion seem to come along on a three-year cycle but each standalone offering provides a hypnotic mix of the oblique, the weird, and the elusive….

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Dark Horse Bring ‘Hellboy’ and ‘Stranger Things’ to Free Comic Book Day 2024

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 29, 2023

While the rest of us are gearing up for Christmas, our favourite comics publishers are looking well ahead into 2024! Details on Dark Horse’s Free Comic Day plans below which…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, November 30th for a ‘Doctor Who 60th Anniversary’ Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 28, 2023

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, November 30th for a Doctor Who 60th anniversary special. Not…

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Not Another Haunting! – Thirteen Ghost Stories that Display Sammy Ward’s Consummate Command of the Short Comics Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 27, 2023

Sammy Ward is fast establishing herself as one of the UK indie scene’s finest purveyors of eerie supernatural comics fare. Previous forays into the genre have been notable for their…

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Vojtěch Mašek in Conversation at the Czech Centre Discussing His Graphic Novel ‘The Sisters Dietl’ on Tuesday, November 28th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 24, 2023

Earlier this year at Broken Frontier Jon Aye reviewed Vojtěch Mašek’s The Sisters Dietl (published by Centrala) and described it as “a dark, brooding and atmospheric story.” Next week fans of the…

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Legato Loss (Creative Chronicles Vol. 1) – Nancy ArtMusic Reminds Us that Sometimes It’s Okay to Let Go of Our Dreams

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 23, 2023

The annual Manga Jiman competition has provided us with a number of comics to review over the years thanks to entrants and winners going on to self-publish print editions of…

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A Guest in the House – Emily Carroll Plumbs New Depths of Domestic Horror Via First Second Books

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • November 22, 2023

It’s easy to think of Emily Carroll as an obsessive watcher of horror cinema. It’s there in those hints she offers, in the way she deploys colour like a master…

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HCF Goes LDN – Helsinki Comics Festival Brings Finnish and British Comics Creators Together in a One-Day Event at London’s Space Station Sixty-Five

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 21, 2023

This weekend sees something a little different on the London comics calendar as the Helsinki Comics Festival comes to Space Station Sixty-Five, mixing Finnish comics creators and their British counterparts…

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Golden Days – Revisit Those Halcyon Childhood Days with Tim Bird’s All Too Familiar Slice-of-Life Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 20, 2023

Ah those wistful childhood days when summers felt like a lifetime, the wider world was an adventure waiting to happen, and we felt forever safe in the welcoming cocoon of…

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Walkies! – A Delightfully Canine View of the World from David Ziggy Greene and Bog Eyed Books

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 17, 2023

While Walkies! is an illustrated children’s book rather than comics (though techinically it is sequential art and makes use of comics tools like speech balloons) its provenance makes it a…

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Beauty – Hubert and Kerascoët’s Classic is a Gorgeous, Subversive Fairytale Now Available in English, Thanks to NBM

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • November 16, 2023

Nothing is ever as it seems when Kerascoët — the French illustrators Marie Pommepuy and Sébastien Cosset — are tasked with bringing a story to life. One is led down…

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2000 AD’s Annual Bumper Christmas Issue to Feature the Debut of Comedian and Actor Rufus Hound on New ‘Strontium Dog’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 15, 2023

The holiday season must be around the corner because Rebellion have just announced their plans for 2023’s 2000 AD festive special. It includes comedian actor Rufus Hound (much admired around…

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The Fantagraphics Summer 2024 Releases Include Books from Charles Burns, Powerpaola, Tommi Musturi and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 15, 2023

We’re catching up again today post-Thought Bubble with the 2024 publisher line-up announcements. Below you can check out everything you can pick as part of Fantagraphics Summer 2024 releases. Fantagraphics…

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Salome’s Last Dance – Frisk Your Noodle and Head to a Higher Dimension in Daria’s Tessler’s New Graphic Novel from Fantagraphics

  • by Lydia Turner
  • November 14, 2023

Looking for a phantasmagoric, psychedelic trip into the id, ego, and all things in between? Perhaps Salome’s Last Dance, a new graphic novel from acclaimed artist and printmaker Daria Tessler…

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“The Sort of Events Depicted in this Book Now Seem Far Less Remote” – Chris Oliveros Brings a Lesser-Known Part of Montreal’s History to Life With ‘Are You Willing to Die for the Cause?’ from D+Q

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • November 14, 2023

History lessons aren’t always easy to stomach, which may explain why so many of us refuse to learn from them. Recent events only reinforce this, making the work of artists…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, November 16th for Our Sci-Fi and Fantasy Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 14, 2023

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, November 16th for a sci-fi and fantasy special. Not only…

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