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Firebugs – Nino Bulling’s Unflinching yet Meditative Look at How Individual Identity and the Politics of Gender Collide

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • February 20, 2024

“I look at the body as a place that is traversed and shaped by affects.” German writer and artist Nino Bulling said that to journalist Lars von Törne in Der…

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“Everybody Has a Tale to Tell…”: An Exploration of the Unfulfilled ‘Tales from the Quarantine’ Kickstarter, Part 2 – TFTQ’s Effect on Confidence in Crowdfunding Analysed

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 20, 2024

Embracing that Stan Lee ethos of every issue is someone’s first we have elected in this, our second entry in our examination of the as yet unfulfilled Tales from the…

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Oni Press to Bring Back the EC Comics Line in Summer 2024 with New Comics ‘Epitaphs from the Abyss’ and ‘Cruel Universe’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 19, 2024

While it perhaps feels more accurate to say Oni Press are bringing back the ethos of the EC Comics line rather than the line itself (which was so rooted in…

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Grand Slam Romance Book 1 – Emma Oosterhous and Ollie Hicks Combine Queer Fantasy and Sports in an Energetically Paced First Volume

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 19, 2024

Starting life as a short self-published black and white comic Emma Oosterhous and Ollie Hicks’ Grand Slam Romance has evolved into something far more expansive. Now a three-book series of…

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Ed Firth’s ‘Horny & High’ Comes to North America Via Northwest Press’s Crowdfunding Campaign

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 19, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! In the UK we are, of course, already aware of the growing profile of 2023 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Ed…

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Preview: The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic – Alan Moore and Steve Moore’s Celebration of Magic Coming from Top Shelf/Knockabout

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 19, 2024

Check out some preview pages from the highly anticipated The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic below… Legendary Magician/Author Alan Moore Joins Steve Moore and Five Artists to Present…

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Face to Face: Creative Portraits – A New Collection of Photographic Studies of Comics Greats Launches on Kickstarter from Joel Meadows and Tripwire

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 19, 2024

Just before Christmas we took a look at Tripwire Magazine’s Sherlock Holmes project in our interview with writer Joel Meadows here. Barely two months later and there’s a new book…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, February 22nd for a Small Press Comics Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 19, 2024

Your favourite online comics social is back as we return to our guest artist format! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, February…

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“We Want to Keep Giving Opportunities for Young People to Learn and Develop Skills” – mayamada’s Nigel Twumasi on Comics Community and New Manga ‘Against All Odds’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 16, 2024

There’s nobody out there in UK comics quite like mayamada. The architects of the manga mayamada universe don’t just publish excellent comics they also work tirelessly in the community providing…

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NP – Ed Firth’s New Comics Zine Expands on the Themes of His ‘Horny & High’ Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 15, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Making its festival debut at the ever excellent Silver Sprocket’s Pride in Panels event in San Francisco this Sunday, Ed Firth’s new…

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mini kuš! #121 – Gary Colin’s Immersive ‘Link’ Experiments with Pacing, Movement and Environment

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 15, 2024

Far more appreciation needs to be shown for  kuš! comics’ mini  kuš! series given the incredible platform it has provided for experimental and alternative comics practitioners for 122 issues now….

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Class: A Graphic Guide – Laura Harvey, Sarah Leaney and Danny Noble Analyse the Realities of Social Inequality and Class Structures

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 14, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Icon’s series of graphic guides have, for some years, provided readers with an accessible and easily digestible entry point to subjects that…

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Chandra Free’s ‘The God Machine’ to Return Via GlobalComix

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 14, 2024

  With Chandra Free’s The God Machine returning with Vol. 2 via GlobalComix we have a reminder of Vol. 1 today at BF with some spotlight pages. More news of…

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Broken Frontier 2024 ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Tom Philipson Announced as Contributing Back-Up Stories to Image’s ‘Radiant Black’ Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 13, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF 6 TO WATCH! At the beginning of 2024 we announced that as this was our tenth year of our Broken Frontier ‘Six Creators to Watch‘…

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“Everybody Has a Tale to Tell…”: An Exploration of the Unfulfilled ‘Tales from the Quarantine’ Kickstarter, Part 1 – Contributors Talk About the Impact on Them

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 13, 2024

It’s one of the most notorious as yet unfulfilled crowdfunding campaigns in comics history and yet the saga of Tales from the Quarantine drags on and on. Conceived by organiser Frazer…

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Curses – This Reprint from Drawn & Quarterly Serves as a Reminder That Kevin Huizenga Has Always Made Great Comics

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • February 13, 2024

In 2006, American cartoonist Kevin Huizenga’s Curses was included on Time Magazine’s list of the Top Ten comics of the year. He was 29 at the time and, although he…

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Preview: Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze – Mellow Brown, Tom Mandrake and Justin Prokowich’s “Psychedelic Space Odyssey” Coming from Titan in July

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 12, 2024

A chance to get a first look at some gorgeous art from Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze today at BF in the preview below! FIRST LOOK AT JIMI HENDRIX: PURPLE HAZE GRAPHIC…

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The Masque of the Red Death – Tinglin Liu’s Adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Story is an Outstandingly Confident Debut Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 12, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Sometimes when drawing up the list of names for our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ programme artists are selected for the…

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