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Exclusive Preview! Stingray: Deadly Uprising – New Comics Collections Featuring the Classic Supermarionation Characters Coming Soon as Part of the Multi-Platform 60th Anniversary ‘Stingray’ Event

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 29, 2024

“Anything can happen in the next half hour!” Those scene-setting words are just one of the many fondly remembered elements associated with 1960s pop cultural phenomenon Stingray. First broadcast in…

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Vera Bushwack – Sig Burwash Raises Powerful Questions About Toxic Masculinity and Entrenched Gender Roles

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • May 28, 2024

What do cowboys look like? Can nonbinary people survive on their own in the woods? How are gender roles assigned? These are some of the questions that popped into my…

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The Battle of Wonk 2024 – Exploring ArtHole’s Small Press and Illustration Fair!

  • by Lydia Turner
  • May 27, 2024

Haven’t heard of the Battle of Wonk before? Where have you been hiding! Based on the VERY famous, and COMPLETELY true historical event, ArtHole (a small comic book and illustration…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, May 30th for a Bronze Age Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 27, 2024

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, May 30th. And after a Golden Age and Silver…

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Hexagon Bridge – Richard Burke’s Sci-Fi Masterpiece of Imagination and Artistry

  • by Ellie Egleton
  • May 24, 2024

Released by Image Comics just last week, Hexagon Bridge is a new trade paperback collecting Richard Burke’s captivating five-issue miniseries. In this celebration of science fiction, Burke is both writer…

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‘Battle Action’ is Back from Rebellion this Year with Garth Ennis Joined by Brian K Vaughan

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 23, 2024

One of the most successful of Rebellion’s numerous relaunches/re-imaginings of classic British comics properties Battle Action is returning this year with some big name support for series “showrunner” Garth Ennis,…

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New Digital Comics App Fable Promises to Champion British Comics and Its Creators

  • by Ellie Egleton
  • May 23, 2024

This weekend is London’s MCM Comic Convention and one booth looks to soft launch a new digital comic book app created by Envision Entertainment which aims to showcase UK talent…

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including the Debut Graphic Novels of Emily Brooks Millar and Ollerton and Bass’s ‘Nyaegling’

  • by Ellie Egleton
  • May 23, 2024

Courtesy of our Ellie Egleton we return to an old Broken Frontier feature on the site today. Back before the pandemic we would sift through all the many crowdfunding coverage…

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Sunflowers – Keezy Young’s Remarkable and Powerful Account of Living with Bipolar Disorder from Silver Sprocket

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 22, 2024

There’s an immediacy to comics that makes them a particularly powerful medium when it comes to communicating themes of mental health awareness. Not that any Broken Frontier readers would be…

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LDComics to Celebrate Their 15th Birthday with an Online Comics Fair in 2025

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 22, 2024

We’ve had a longstanding relationship with comics community group LDComics for many years now with our own Andy Oliver having spoken at their events on multiple occasions and the first…

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Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier Bring Us ‘Groo: Minstrel Melodies’ from Dark Horse Comics in September

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 22, 2024

The consistent delight that is Groo the Wanderer is returning for yet another miniseries from Dark Horse Comics. Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier’s hapless barbarian return in September in Groo:…

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2000 AD’s All-Ages ‘Regened’ Material to Find a New Home in ‘Judge Dredd Megazine’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 21, 2024

Big news today for those who have been following 2000 AD’s all-ages Regened material with an important announcement about the future of that strand of Rebellion’s publishing output. Thrills For…

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The Butcher’s Boy #1 – Don’t Read Dark Horse Comics’ New Horror Book Before Bedtime!

  • by Ellie Egleton
  • May 21, 2024

My dad loves horror. So does my sister. I, on the other hand, usually do not. However, as my four-month-old slept, The Butcher’s Boy #1 suddenly made its way to…

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Bad Medicine – Christopher Twin’s Conundrum Press Horror Anthology Takes Inspiration from Cree Folklore

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 20, 2024

Canadian publisher Conundrum Press’s commitment to giving a voice to Indigenous creators has been notable in recent years. You can read more about Conundrum publisher Andy Brown’s feelings about that…

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Self-Esteem and the End of the World – Luke Healy Turns His Critical Eye on Himself

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • May 20, 2024

There are two predominant explanations of what a metanarrative is, when one engages in literary criticism. One refers to the idea of experimentation, where an author wilfully chooses to break…

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The Lady of the Lake – Read the Eisner Award-Nominated Short Comic Here Today at Broken Frontier

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 20, 2024

It’s Eisner Awards nominations time and we have a related treat for you today. Below you can read ‘The Lady of the Lake’, a nominee in the ‘Best Short Story’…

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Gunhild Vol. 1 – Fred Tornager’s Endearingly Witty Manga Fantasy Series Blends Humour and Norse Mythology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 17, 2024

Saturday AM brands itself as providing “the world’s most diverse manga-inspired comics.” A quick perusal of its publishing line-up underlines the strength of that claim with a plethora of titles…

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“Comics Have Been a Part of My Life Since I Was Able to Read” – Jimmy Palmiotti Talks Connecting with Characters, Crowdfunding, and Lessons Learned Breaking into the Industry

  • by Ellie Egleton
  • May 16, 2024

With an extensive comics back catalogue covering some of the most well-known IPs of the “Big Two”, major creator-owned success stories, and an impressive cross-media career to boot, it will…

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