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Limit Break Comics Return to Kickstarter with Science Fiction Anthology ‘Wish Upon a Star’ in September

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 15, 2024

If you listened to the Nth Panel Grid Podcast this week and heard Broken Frontier’s Andy Oliver chatting to host Paul Carroll about Small Press Day then you will be…

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Broken Frontier’s Andy Oliver Talks Small Press Day on the Nth Panel Grid Podcast

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 14, 2024

Unless you have been hiding in a long box for the last month you will already be well aware that it’s Small Press Day on Saturday. Our Andy Oliver, also…

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Preview: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve & Spire Greenwood’s Graphic Novel Launches on Kickstarter

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 14, 2024

Preview time today and a chance to acquaint yourselves with Eve and Spire Greenwood’s Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage… RUIN OF THE HOUSE OF THE DIVINE VISAGE…

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Star of Swan – Margot Ferrick Provides a Timely Reflection on Parasocial Connections

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 13, 2024

Margot Ferrick’s Star of Swan leans heavily into that unlikely truth in visual storytelling that anthropomorphised characters allow us important insights into the human condition by, ironically, the stripping of…

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My Mum is a Wolf – Shuning Ji Explores a Toxic Mother-Daughter Relationship in this Outstanding Piece of Visual Storytelling

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 12, 2024

You may already recognise Shuning Ji’s name from the Catalyst comics anthology published by SelfMadeHero a couple of years back. That book was the result of their Graphic Anthology Programme…

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SelfMadeHero Announce Autumn 2024 Line-Up – List Includes Graphic Biographies and the “Strangest Christmas Story You Will Ever Read”

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 9, 2024

SelfMadeHero have announced their latest batch of release for Autumn 2024 including They Shot the Piano Player, Madame Choi and the Monsters, Adieu Birkenau and Edifice. More details below. AUTUMN…

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“I’m Most Interested in Characters that Are Not So Easily Written Off as Only Good or Only Bad” – Beth Hetland Blurs the Lines in Body Horror in ‘Tender’ from Fantagraphics

  • by Lydia Turner
  • August 9, 2024

Shocking, thrilling and intriguing, Beth Hetland’s Tender, a psychological thriller from Fantagraphics, erupted onto the comics scene earlier this year, both startling and delighting horror lovers, and cementing Hetland as…

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Hate Revisited! #1-2 – Buddy Bradley and Company’s Return is a Bleakly Funny Triumph from Peter Bagge and Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 8, 2024

When Fantagraphics teased us with the unexpected return of Peter Bagge’s Hate series back in February for many it will have undoubtedly been one of the comics announcements of the…

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Absolute Simultaneity – Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro Tap into the Anxiety of our Zeitgeist

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • August 7, 2024

There’s something comforting about artists choosing to publish what they want, without worrying about whether established publishers will put their weight behind it. Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro’s latest…

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Everything Sucks and Everything Sucks: All Cats Go to Hell! – A Hilarious Low Stakes Alt Comic from Michael Sweater and Silver Sprocket

  • by Lydia Turner
  • August 6, 2024

I had no idea what to expect when I picked up the first two volumes of Everything Sucks from Michael Sweater and Silver Sprocket. Sure, the covers are pretty jazzy;…

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Won’t Back Down! – Comics Creators Speak Out for Women’s Reproductive Rights in the Trina Robbins-Edited Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 5, 2024

As something of a final gift to us from its editor and comics legend Trina Robbins, pro-choice anthology Won’t Back Down! is a fittingly defiant collection. It acts as a…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, August 8th for a Small Press Day Special

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 5, 2024

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, August 8th. And this time we’re theming our drawing…

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Epitaphs from the Abyss #1 – Oni Press’s Much Anticipated EC Comics Revival Arrives

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 2, 2024

There’s an obvious question to be asked when considering Epitaphs from the Abyss, Oni Press’s first foray into reviving the classic EC brand. EC Comics, the game-changing line of genre…

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Preview: Tall Tales & Short Stories – The New WIP Comics Anthology Project is on Kickstarter Now with Work by Alba Ceide, Joe Stone, Manon Wright, Ed Firth and Many More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 1, 2024

We’ve always been huge fans of the WIP Comics anthologies here at BF and this year’s offering is no exception. With another intriguing physical format and some of the most…

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More Thought Bubble 2024 Guests Announced Including Elsa Charretier, Jamie McKelvie, Shazleen Khan, Leo Fox and Lucy Sullivan

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 1, 2024

Time for an announcement of another batch of Thought Bubble 2024 guests including international names like Elsa Charretier and BF faves like Shazleen Khan and Lucy Sullivan. THOUGHT BUBBLE ANNOUNCE…

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Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the U.S. – An In-Depth, Intersectional History of Women’s Fight for the Vote from Caitlin Cass and Fantagraphics

  • by Lydia Turner
  • August 1, 2024

Perhaps now more than ever, the right to vote and have our voice heard is at the forefront of many people’s minds. It’s so important that we remember the drastic…

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Exclusive Preview: Deadweights #5 – Enjoy an Advance Look at the Latest Issue of Ahoy’s Henchmen Buddy Comedy by Tyrone Finch and Sebastián Píriz

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 31, 2024

It’s preview time at BF and this time around we have a neat sneak peek at next week’s issue of Deadweights #5 from the ever delightful Ahoy Comics below. Let’s…

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“Thought Bubble 2019… I Think that Experience Changed My Life” – Tom Philipson Talks CoCo Comics, Autobio and Working on Image’s ‘Radiant Black’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 31, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Event organiser, collective member, writer and artist… Tom Philipson is a man of many roles within the UK indie comics world. He’s…

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