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GLEEM – D+Q Remind Us of Why Freddy Carrasco’s Work Deserves a Reappraisal

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 20, 2024

It has been four years since Dominican-born artist Freddy Carrasco took home the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Collection, as well as the Doug Wright Award for Best Small- or Micro-press…

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The Cartoon Museum Announces Major New Comics Exhibition ‘HEROES: The British Invasion of American Comics’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 20, 2024

The Cartoon Museum have announced a major new comics exhibition celebrating those trailblazing British creators who made such a major impact on the US publishing scene. Full details on HEROES:…

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The Comics Cultural Impact Collective Launches Their Report on the State of Comics in the UK

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 20, 2024

If you attended the Comics Cultural Impact Collective online meeting in January (and the turn-out was huge) you will already be aware of the multi-perspective conversations being had about the…

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Blobby Horror – The Polka-Dotted Hellspawn of Crinkley Bottom Remembered in this Creepy Anthology from Frisson Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! There have been a number of comics anthologies over the years that have focussed on fondly remembered pop cultural icons of yesteryear….

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Man’s Best #1 – Pornsak Pichetshote and Jesse Lonergan’s Animal-Centred Space Opera Opens with a Gripping First Chapter

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2024

A project that brings together one of the most exciting breakout comics writers of recent years with one of the most promising emerging artists was always going to going to…

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Colossive Cartographies #53 – Wallis Eates Reflects on Life as a Carer in ‘Budgie Steps’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 18, 2024

It has been a few years since we last reviewed comics work by Wallis Eates at Broken Frontier though, as can be seen by the list of tagged posts here,…

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“Criminalization of Marginalized Identity is Something We’ve Seen Grow… in Recent Years” – buttercup on Their Magical Girl Comic ‘UM’ and Portraying the Realities of Queer Black Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 18, 2024

With titles like Fizzle, Días De Consuelo and Spiny Orb Weaver, US comics micropublisher and distro Radiator Comics have already established themselves as champions of genuinely indie and socially relevant work….

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, March 21st for a ‘Monster Fun’-Themed Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 18, 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, March…

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Winnie-the-Pooh – Travis Dandro Reinvents a Classic with Charm, Poignancy, and a Great Deal of Love

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 15, 2024

Does a graphic adaptation of a literary classic deserve to exist? It’s the kind of question that lovers of music tend to obsess over whenever a remixed version of an…

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The Mysteries – Bill Watterson and John Kascht Raise Pertinent Questions About the State of Our World 

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 14, 2024

Around 70 pages and a little over 300 words: it’s amazing what these seemingly limiting numbers can yield in the hands of artists with a clear vision. The Mysteries has…

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A Haunted Girl – Issues of Mental Health Awareness Raised in this Supernatural Thriller from Ethan & Naomi Sacks and Marco Lorenzana

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 14, 2024

While the majority of the comics projects listed on our Broken Frontier Mental Health Awareness Resource List are autobiographical in nature it is important to remember that escapist fiction can…

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Girl Juice – Stay Hot and Simple Forever in Benji Nate’s Hilarious Slice-of-Lifer Celebrating Female Friendship, from D+Q

  • by Lydia Turner
  • March 13, 2024

I’ve always been a huge fan of Benji Nate’s graphic novels – from the hilariously deadpan Lorna, to sweet Catboy to the mysterious Hell Phone. So, when her latest project…

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So Long Sad Love – Aleshia Jensen Brings Mirion Malle’s Powerful Exploration of Heartbreak and Rebirth to a New Audience

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 12, 2024

In 2021, the English translation of French illustrator Mirion Malle’s This is How I Disappear taught us to question how we look at sexual assault and its devastating impact. It…

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The First Occultz: Oxford Comic, Cult and Zine Fair Makes Its Debut on May 4th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 12, 2024

It’s no secret that the pandemic year cost us a number of long-running and much loved comics fairs and festivals. Over the last few months though it’s been apparent that…

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Preview: A Quick & Easy Guide to Coming Out – The Next Edition of the Acclaimed Oni Press Series to Be Published in September

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 11, 2024

Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning publisher of landmark graphic novels including Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer: A Memoir and Sophie Campbell’s Wet Moon, is proud to announce the next segment in the…

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So Buttons #13 – Michael T. Gilbert, Tony Wolf, Whit Taylor, Maria & Peter Hoey and Co Join Jonathan Baylis for a ‘Film School’ Special

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 11, 2024

One of the additional intriguing elements of Jonathan Baylis’s autobiographical So Buttons anthology series is that not only does it also give a deserved spotlight to the many artists he…

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Fantagraphics to Publish New Edition of Joe Sacco’s ‘Palestine’, as Webcomic ‘The War on Gaza’ Launches on ‘The Comics Journal’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 11, 2024

As the genocide in Gaza rages on, Fantagraphics have announced both a new edition of Joe Sacco’s acclaimed Palestine and the launch of webcomic The War on Gaza. The press…

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The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Announces the ‘British Comics Now’ Initiative, Taking UK Talent to International Audiences

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 8, 2024

Announced this week, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival‘s new British Comics Now programme is set to give UK indie creators some amazing opportunities in the course of coming months….

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