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Limit Break Comics Launches Kickstarter for Futuristic Fairy Tales Anthology ‘Wish Upon a Star’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 1, 2024

With a cracking creator line-up Limit Break Comics have a new crowdfunding campaign online today for their latest anthology book Wish Upon a Star. Take a look at the press…

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Candy, Andy & the Bearandas – Gerry Anderson, 1960s Photocomics and a Bizarre Cross-Species Blended Family Feature in this Forgotten Moment in British Comics History

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 1, 2024

The 1960s weekly Candy comic may have been a bizarre footnote in the history of both British comics and Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson’s Century 21 productions, but there’s something so…

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Preview: How Could You – Ren Strapp’s “Heartwarming, Queer Coming-of-Age Tale” to Be Published by Oni Press in December

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 1, 2024

It’s always neat to go into the weekend with a preview for you and this week we have a bumper selection of pages from Ren Strapp’s How Could You, due…

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Dear Mini Book One – Natalie Norris’s Story of “Adolescent Agency in the Face of Sexual Trauma” Marks the Emergence of a Remarkable New Voice in Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 29, 2024

Natalie Norris’s Dear Mini is described by publisher Fantagraphics as “a vivid depiction of adolescent agency in the face of sexual trauma” so this would be an appropriate moment to…

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Barking – Mental Health and Grief Explored in the Starkest Visual Metaphor in Lucy Sullivan’s Haunting Graphic Novel, Now Republished by Avery Hill

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 28, 2024

This isn’t something we normally do at Broken Frontier but on this occasion it would feel critically irresponsible not to re-run our review of Lucy Sullivan’s Barking, given the new…

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Jeremy Massie’s Celebration of Grunge and the ’90s is Coming this September as the ‘Holler’ Series is Collected by Dark Horse

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 28, 2024

We had good things to say about Jeremy Massie’s graphic novel All My Ghosts a few years back at BF. Massie’s series Holler is to be collected by Dark Horse…

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Peter Bagge’s Buddy Bradley Returns in ‘Hate Revisited!’ from Fantagraphics

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 27, 2024

New Buddy Bradley misadventures are coming via Peter Bagge and Fantagraphics with miniseries Hate Revisited!. Already a contender for most exciting press release received at Broken Frontier Towers in 2024….

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“Everybody Has a Tale to Tell…”: An Exploration of the Unfulfilled ‘Tales from the Quarantine’ Kickstarter, Part 3 – How the Comics Community Pulled Together in the Wake of TFTQ

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 27, 2024

In our (possibly!) final look at the saga of the still as yet unfulfilled Tales from the Quarantine Kickstarter we hear from those within the comics community about how they…

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PeePee-PooPoo #80085 – Proof Positive that Caroline Cash’s Autobio Series Deserves All the Acclaim it Continues to Garner

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2024

Those who scrutinised the results of the 2023 Broken Frontier Awards will remember that Caroline Cash’s PeePee-PooPoo won in the category of Best Periodical Series. And deservedly so. I have…

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Finding Papa – Angela Pham Krans and Thi Bui Provide a Child’s Eye View on the Refugee Experience

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 23, 2024

There’s an undoubtedly nebulous quality to defining what makes a comic a comic that can seem extremely arbitrary on occasion. Writer Angela Pham Krans and artist Thi Bui’s Finding Papa,…

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NBM’s Autumn 2024 Line-Up Revealed – Includes New Jeffrey Brown and a Graphic Biography on Audrey Hepburn

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 23, 2024

It may be a way off yet but the end-of-year publishing slate from NBM Publishing has been announced and it includes more from Jeffrey Brown and an Audrey Hepburn graphic…

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The Toxic Avenger Returns to Comics Courtesy of Matt Bors, Fred Harper and Ahoy Comics

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 22, 2024

A big week of announcements from Ahoy Comics continues with the news that they’re bringing the Toxic Avenger back to comics. THE TOXIC AVENGER Returns In an All-New Comic Book…

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Ugly Mug 7 – Another Bumper Collection of “Comics to Amuse and Confuse” from the House of Harley

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 22, 2024

When it comes to the House of Harley’s comics anthology Ugly Mug the tagline “comics to amuse and confuse” perfectly encapsulates the breadth of material between its covers. An underground-style,…

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Preview: The Second Safest Mountain – Otava Heikkilä’s Graphic Novel Coming to Kickstarter in March Via Quindrie Press

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 22, 2024

Scottish publisher Quindrie Press’s out put is always worth watching out for! Coming to Kickstarter in March Otava Heikkilä’s The Second Safest Mountain gets a preview today at BF. You…

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Guide to the Oblivion – Kry Garcia’s Webcomic Establishes Itself as a Witty and Inventive Piece of Fantasy Storytelling

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 21, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Kry Garcia’s Guide to the Oblivion may not have been reviewed as yet on Broken Frontier but it’s certainly made its mark…

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CoCo Comic Con 2024 Exhibitor List Revealed – Includes Beck Kubrick, J Webster Sharp, Tom Philipson and Many More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 21, 2024

CoCo Comic Con is back on April 6th with an amazing line-up of UK indie creators, including Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists Beck Kubrick, J Webster Sharp and Tom…

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Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows to Bring Sword and Sorcery Satire ‘Babs’ to Ahoy Comics

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 21, 2024

The ever reliable Ahoy Comics, aka “funny Vertigo”, have a new series announcement for us today. And it’s a big one! Details of the upcoming Babs by Garth Ennis and…

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Silver Sprocket to Publish Minicomics ‘Lucky Cap Scouts’ by O. Stevens and ‘Skin Deep’ by Flo Woolley in June

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 21, 2024

Back towards the end of 2023 radical publishers Silver Sprocket put out an open call for submissions for minicomics. An exciting initiative and a great opportunity for indie artists. The…

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