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On Kickstarter Now for Filipino American History Month, Clover Press and Kwento Comics Launch ‘The Mask of Haliya: Heir to the Warrior Moon’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2023

With an all-female creative team and timed for Filipino American History Month, Clover Press and Kwento Comics’ The Mask of Haliya: Heir to the Warrior Moon is exactly the kind…

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“Magical, Transcendental, Visibly Muslim, But Also Ordinary and Mundane” – Sabba Khan Talks About Her Graphic Memoir ‘The Roles We Play’/’What is Home, Mum?’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2023

It’s been quite a while since I last chatted with Sabba Khan here at Broken Frontier and, in the intervening years, our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist has…

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Dark Horse Announce Kaplan and Ossio’s ‘Kill All Immortals’ for February 2024

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 11, 2023

Is it really already that point when we start looking forward to what is coming in 2024? With Autumn we always see an escalation of reports of intriguing new projects…

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Release – Olivia Sualdea Contributes a Haunting Tale of Letting Go of the Things We Love to ShortBox Comics Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 10, 2023

Olivia Sualdea’s propensity for communicating theme, emotional depth and character through wordless narrative is an essential part of her comics work that I have long admired. Sualdea was, of course,…

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Preview: Hip Hop Family Tree Omnibus – The Ultimate Edition of Ed Piskor’s Award-Winning Series Coming from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 10, 2023

Ed Piskor’s acclaimed series Hip Hop Family Tree gets a new collection from Fantagraphics. Details below. Celebrate 50 Years of Hip Hop with Ed Piskor’s HIP HOP FAMILY TREE: THE…

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New ‘Starblazer’ Reprints Volume Coming from Heritage Comics with More Early Grant Morrison Work

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 9, 2023

While their digital comics releases seemed to dry up a few months back DC Thomson ‘s Heritage Comics imprint have announced a new print collection of the classic Starblazer strips,…

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SLICE – St. Louis Independent Comics Expo Returns this Saturday October 14th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 9, 2023

Always great to see small press comics events back after the difficulties of the last few years. SLICE, the St. Louis Independent Comics Expo returns after a three-year hiatus this…

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BHP Comics Announce They Are Winding Down Operations – After Over a Decade of Publishing the Impacts of Brexit and the Pandemic Prove Significant

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 6, 2023

Some sad news hitting social media ahead of the weekend. Scottish publisher BHP Comics have announced they will be winding down operations after over a decade of eclectic output. Citing…

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Prism – Fatima Wajid’s Hypnotically Hallucinogenic Meditation on the Bonds of Friendship, from ShortBox Comics Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 6, 2023

The between-the- panels reading comprehension that comics requires in its readers, and its associated relationship with the passage of time, means that it’s a particularly communicative medium for depicting gradual…

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Preview: Smash! #1 – The Spider, Robot Archie, Jane Bond, Janus Stark and More Star in this New Rebellion Miniseries

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 5, 2023

Well this is certainly an exciting development! Thematically following on from their The Vigilant series from a few years back Rebellion will be bringing together a whole host of classic…

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Help Save Alex Norris’s ‘Webcomic Name’ – Next Funding Target Has a Deadline of October 9th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2023

We’ve posted about this in the past at Broken Frontier and it’s one of the saddest things we’ve covered over the last several years. Alex Norris has been entertaining us…

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Return to Sender – Violet Kitchen’s Oozing, Dribbling, Bubbling Approach to Body Horror is a ShortBox Comics Fair Must-Buy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2023

Strong curation is about showcasing both established, familiar practitioners and voices in the medium who are deserving of a far wider appreciation. Each year the ShortBox Comics Fair has introduced…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, October 5th for an Autumn-Themed Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 4, 2023

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, October 5th for an Autumn-themed. Not only do our online…

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Jack – Megan Llewellyn’s Atmospheric Horror Story is a Perfect Autumn Read Via the ShortBox Comics Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 3, 2023

With the beginning of October being notable for both the ShortBox Comics Fair and the lead-up to the Halloween season it seems appropriate that our first look at what the…

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Thought Bubble Announce Final Guests for 2023 – Mick McMahon, Becky Cloonan and Babs Tarr Join the Line-Up

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 3, 2023

With that time of year imminent the final guests for this year’s cracking Thought Bubble line-up have been announced! THOUGHT BUBBLE ANNOUNCE FINAL GUESTS FOR 2023 COMIC CONVENTION ACCLAIMED COMIC…

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Cuckoo – Joe Sparrow Presents a Cosmically-Charged Coming-of-Age Story, from Shortbox

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 2, 2023

Readers may see the major plot twist of Joe Sparrow’s Cuckoo coming well in advance and, indeed, it’s hardly disguising itself given that it’s there front and centre in the…

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Preview: Won’t Back Down – The Trina Robbins-Edited Anthology in Support of Planned Parenthood to Be Available at Thought Bubble

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 29, 2023

We are, of course, always eager to give a shout-out to socially relevant work here at Broken Frontier. Making its UK debut at Thought Bubble Won’t Back Down! is the…

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The Midnight Babies – Isabel Greenberg Mixes Children’s Illustration and Sequential Art in this Delightful Nocturnal Fantasy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 28, 2023

As a general rule we don’t encourage copying large swathes of text directly from the publicity of work we review at BF. But in the case of Isabel Greenberg’s The…

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