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Daughters of Snow and Cinders – Eco-Feminism is at Its Very Best in a Stunning Hardback from Núria Tamarit and Fantagraphics

  • by Lydia Turner
  • May 13, 2024

Vivid in glossy hardback, my first thought when looking at the cover of Daughters of Snow and Cinders was awe. The cover is an absolute work of art. A traveller…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, May 16th for a Silver Age Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 13, 2024

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, May 16th. This time we will be basing themes…

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Silver Sprocket Reveal Their Autumn 2024 Publishing Line-Up

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 10, 2024

An announcement of upcoming releases from Silver Sprocket is always to be eagerly anticipated and their list for the second half of the year has some real gems on it….

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An Alien Who is Also a Mum – Philippa Rice Celebrates the Unique and Beautiful Aspects of Motherhood

  • by Ellie Egleton
  • May 10, 2024

An Alien Who is Also a Mum is a whimsical 16-page comic book created and published by Philippa Rice. Through beautifully painted illustrations, Rice explores the universal theme of motherhood,…

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Watch the British Comics Now Video Celebrating the Work of the First TCAF Delegation!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 10, 2024

BRITISH COMICS NOW! As you no doubt know by now after our interview coverage and, as mentioned at Broken Frontier earlier this year, six British/UK-based comic creators will be attending…

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Young Hag – Discover the Magic Within in Isabel Greenberg’s Arthurian Retelling from Jonathan Cape

  • by Lydia Turner
  • May 9, 2024

‘Once there was magic in Britain. There were dragons and wizards and green knights and kings who pulled swords out of stones. But now, the doors to the Otherworld have…

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“I Love to Walk on the Spectrum Between Explicitness and Obscurity” – Jason Chuang on the Visual Language of Comics and Abstract Takes on Autobio

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 8, 2024

BRITISH COMICS NOW! 10 YEARS OF THE BF 6 TO WATCH! As mentioned at Broken Frontier earlier this year six British/UK-based comic creators will be attending this year’s Toronto Comic…

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“I Want to Figure Out How to Make Work that is Useful to Others” – B. Mure on ‘Ismyre’, Allegory and the Realities of World-Building in Fiction

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 7, 2024

BRITISH COMICS NOW! As mentioned at Broken Frontier earlier this year six British/UK-based comic creators will be attending this year’s Toronto Comic Art Festival (TCAF) as part of the British…

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“If I Make a Comic, People Are More Able to Empathise With What I’m Trying to Communicate” – Bex Ollerton Talks Neurodivergence in Comics and Her Upcoming Projects

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 7, 2024

BRITISH COMICS NOW! As mentioned at Broken Frontier earlier this year six British/UK-based comic creators will be attending this year’s Toronto Comic Art Festival (TCAF) as part of the British…

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Preview: Over-Inkers #2 – R. E. Burke Curates a Second Volume of the Mental Health-Themed Anthology, Now on Kickstarter

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 7, 2024

After the success of last year’s Over-Inkers anthology editor R. E. Burke has put together a second volume of the mental health awareness comics collection this year. This time the…

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The Space Between the Trees – Norm Konyu’s Latest Supernatural Story is a Taut, Twisting, Turning Thriller

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 6, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Norm Konyu comics are designed to unsettle. Not in an outrageously over-the-top or gratuitous way. More in the manner of a narrative…

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The Mirage – Owen Michael Johnson’s Crime Heist Pastiche Reveals Hidden Layers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 3, 2024

It’s been a while since we last had the opportunity to review a comic from the genre-hopping mind of Owen Michael Johnson (Beast Wagon, Reel Love). Over the years Johnson’s…

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“Norse Mythology… It’s Such a Wonderful and Incomplete Beast” – Martin Simpson on His Graphic Novel ‘NORD’ and His Love of Legend

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 3, 2024

BRITISH COMICS NOW! As mentioned at Broken Frontier earlier this year six British/UK-based comic creators will be attending this year’s Toronto Comic Art Festival (TCAF) as part of the British…

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“I Like Reopening Certain Parts of My Life that Were Challenging” – Clio Isadora on Autobio Comics and Her Avery Hill Graphic Novel ‘Sour Pickles’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 2, 2024

BRITISH COMICS NOW! As mentioned at Broken Frontier earlier this year six British/UK-based comic creators will be attending this year’s Toronto Comic Art Festival (TCAF) as part of the British…

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“I Feel Like ‘The Jellyfish’ is the Most Personal Book I’ve Ever Made” — An Interview with Boum on Her Pow Pow Press Graphic Medicine Story

  • by François Vigneault
  • May 1, 2024

The cartoonist Boum (AKA Samantha Leriche-Gionet) has been a key member of the vibrant Montreal comics scene for over a decade. Her slice-of-life webcomic Boumeries, which with great savvy she…

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What It Is – Lynda Barry’s Eisner Award-Winning Book is Now in Paperback, Still Impossible to Describe, But Incredibly Vital

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 30, 2024

What It Is is one of those books that either grabs you by the collar and doesn’t let go, or seeps slowly into your consciousness and shifts how you look…

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Freedman and CROM’s ‘Birdking’ Volume 3 Coming from Dark Horse Later This Year

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 30, 2024

Lovers of fantasy comics will no doubt be delighted to hear that Daniel Freedman and CROM’s acclaimed series is back with Birdking Volume 3 this November. A Broken Frontier Award-nominated…

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Rebellion to Re-Imagine Romance Comic ‘Roxy’ in a New One-Shot Special – Contributors Include Alex de Campi, Erica Henderson, Sarah Gordon and Nadia Shammas

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 29, 2024

Last year’s A Very British Affair: The Best of Classic Romance Comics from the Treasury of British Comics was not so much a critically acclaimed compilation as a critically adored…

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