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Preview: Wait It Gets Worse… If We Only Knew – Gideon Kendall and Doug Latino’s Alternative Comics to Be Collected by Cosmic Lion

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 22, 2024

From Cosmic Lion, the publisher of Broken Frontier contributor and cartoonist Tony Wolf’s Tales From The Wolf, comes a new collection of Gideon Kendall and Doug Latino’s self-published alt comics…

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“Art Can Serve as a Form of Resistance Long After Its Creators Have Perished” – Dave Maass on Taking the Concentration Camp-Written Opera ‘Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis’ to the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 19, 2024

Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis is one of the most remarkable projects to come out of the Berger Books line at Dark Horse Comics to date. This graphic novel is…

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The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Announces the Comics Rights Market for 2024

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 19, 2024

Creating opportunities for creators and for the form in the UK is a hot talking point at the moment. The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has its own contribution to…

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Pine & Merrimac #1 – Kyle Starks and Fran Galán Deliver a Must-Read for Mystery Fans

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • January 19, 2024

An enchanting thriller-in-the-making, Pine & Merrimac #1 delivers your new favorite dynamic duo. A delightful couple of characters who also happen to be a delightful married couple, the Kents are…

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Aya: Claws Come Out – Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie Bring Their Feisty Ivorian Aya Back to Life

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • January 18, 2024

New stories about Aya, Bintou, Adjoua, and their families: if that’s not a great start to a new year, what is? Any happiness associated with this news will be undeniably…

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The Flying Ship Vol. 1 – Dark Horse and Tapas Bring Jem Milton’s Queer Fantasy Adventure Series to Print

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 17, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Part of the new collaboration between Dark Horse Comics and Tapas, Jem Milton’s The Flying Ship Vol. 1 brings the artist’s webcomic…

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BUG+ – Jof!’s Tale of Robotic Insects Asks Us to Consider How We Comprehend the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 16, 2024

The story behind Jonathan Traynor’s first self-published comic BUG+ is a fascinating sidebar in itself. Originally presented online during the pandemic, the comic’s first iteration consisted of 31 panels published…

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Bar Delicious – Blaise Moritz Examines the Oppressive Hold of Late Stage Capitalism in this Conundrum Press Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2024

Conundrum Press’s ‘Conundrum 25’ series spotlighting “masters of the graphic short story form” continues to celebrate the publisher’s silver jubilee with thought-provoking and medium-embracing comics practice. Blaise Moritz’s Bar Delicious,…

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2024 – Spotlighting the Work of Dominica Claribelle, Mike Armstrong, Tinglin Liu, Tom Philipson, Zhenyi Zheng and Zoè Delautre Corral

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Yes, it’s time again for our Broken Frontier Six to Watch announcement! Undoubtedly one of our most eagerly anticipated posts of the…

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Dark Horse and Yoe Books to Collect a 1950s Oddity with ‘Space Western Comics: Cowboys vs. Aliens, Commies, Dinosaurs, and Nazis!’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 12, 2024

With a title like Space Western Comics: Cowboys vs. Aliens, Commies, Dinosaurs, and Nazis! how could we not give a spotlight to a new collection of vintage Charlton comics coming…

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Colossive Cartographies #51 – Ed Pinsent Fondly Parodies the Batman Mythos in this Fun, Foldout Comics Zine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 12, 2024

It was another year of outstanding DIY culture output from micropublisher Colossive Press. One where comics became a more fixed part of their publishing plan with new material from A…

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Comics Conference ‘Origin Stories’ Celebrates the Influence and Impact Comics Have on Wider Culture

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 12, 2024

Details below of ‘Origin Stories’, a comics conference coming to us in February, courtesy of the Art & Design department at Sheffield Hallam University. Origin Stories is a one day…

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Yurayura #1 – François Giro and emino’s Flipbook Gives Two Fascinating Perspectives on the Same Events

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 11, 2024

François Giro and emino’s Yurayura is fascinating in that it’s a collaborative zine wherein the two creators concerned don’t actually, strictly speaking, collaborate. Rather it uses a flipbook format to…

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Broken Frontier Awards 2023: Announcing the Winners – A Glorious Year for Indie and Small Press Picks, and Thought Bubble and TCAF Enter the BF Hall of Fame

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 11, 2024

Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 20th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you, our readers, and the BF team. It may not have been a vintage…

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Radiator Comics to Publish Vol. 1 of Cosmic Fantasy ‘UM’ by buttercup

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 10, 2024

While we gear up for tomorrow’s big Broken Frontier Awards announcement here’s a press release today from the ever excellent Radiator Comics, who will be bringing UM by buttercup to…

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Adherent – Chris W. Kim Takes Us on a Quest for Knowledge in this Key Conundrum Press Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 9, 2024

There are books that ask us to find our own truths within their pages; to not simply solicit responses in their audience but to provoke them as well. Chris W….

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, January 11th with a New Year Special Celebrating the BF Awards Winners

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 9, 2024

Your favourite online comics social is back as we celebrate the first D and D of 2024! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday,…

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Boxes #1 – ThirdBear Press’s Carefully Curated New Anthology Series Provides a Vital Platform for Emerging Indie Comics Talents

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 8, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! If there’s been one thing we have been sorely lacking on the UK small press scene in recent years it’s the plethora…

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