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Exclusive Preview: Count Crowley: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter #4 – Check Out an Advance Look at the Finale to David Dastmalchian and Lukas Ketner’s Supernatural Miniseries from Dark Horse

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 25, 2022

As we approach Halloween what better seasonal treat than an advance look at one of Dark Horse‘s horror comics? Count Crowley: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter comes to a conclusion in November…

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“Comics Give the Reader Control and Agency that is Not Possible in Other Media” – Woodrow Phoenix on the Unique Language of the Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 25, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Championing the medium, exploring its full potential, and analysing its unique storytelling tools are all part and parcel of the Broken Frontier ethos. There’s no one…

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Super Late Bloomer – Julia Kaye Recounts Her Early Days in Transition in this Immediately Accessible Autobio Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 24, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! A couple of years back at Broken Frontier we made a team statement about how where possible we would be looking to prioritise work from or…

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Inside Look: Shame Pudding – Danny Noble Provides a Creator Commentary on Her Acclaimed Graphic Memoir of Jewish Family Life and Eccentric Grandmas

  • by Danny Noble
  • October 24, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! In 2015 cartoonist Danny Noble was among the number of our very first Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ programme; an initiative that, perhaps…

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“Introducing New Artists to the World Was the Most Rewarding Part of My Work” – Annie Koyama Looks Back on the Influential Koyama Press and Forward with Koyama Provides

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 24, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! I sometimes wonder if those people who have been such sources of inspiration to me are aware of how profoundly they have shaped my approach to…

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Broken Frontier at 20! – Introducing Two Weeks of Birthday Coverage as We Celebrate Two Decades of Exploring the Comics Universe

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 24, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Hold the birthday wishes until Friday when we will officially hit our big anniversary milestone but this week sees the beginning of our celebration of two…

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London’s Cartoon Museum Announces the Young Cartoonist of the Year Competition for 2022

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 21, 2022

The Cartoon Museum has announced return of the Young Cartoonist of the Year competition, now in its impressive 27th year. More details in the press release below and the accompanying flyer….

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The Bay Area Queer Zine Fest Returns this November Online and In-Person

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 21, 2022

We’re always keen to run announcements publicising events that promote and support marginalised voices in comics. Today we have information about the Bay Area Queer Zine Fest 2022 below. Don’t…

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Preview: ‘Baby Boom’ and ‘John’s Worth’ – Two Upcoming Breakdown Press Releases by Yokoyama Yuichi and Jonathan Chandler

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 21, 2022

The ever boundary-pushing Breakdown Press have news of two new releases currently available for pre-order. Check out an advance look at both Yokoyama Yuichi’s Baby Boom and Jonathan Chandler’s John’s…

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Exclusive Preview: Dead Mall #3 – A Sneak Peek at the Third Issue Cover of Adam Cesare and David Stoll’s Dark Horse Horror Series

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 21, 2022

Among all the US serial comics publishers Dark Horse have one of the finest lines when it comes to supernatural and horror comics. From the Hellboy universe and Harrow County,…

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Inversion – Lily and Generoso Fierro Push the Boundaries of Narrative and Form

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • October 20, 2022

We reviewed Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro’s intriguing debut Vessel earlier this year, and the thing that stood out almost immediately was their refusal to conform. That singularity of…

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Avery Hill Publishing’s Spring Line-Up Revealed – Includes ‘Pet Peeves’ by Nicole Goux, ‘Macbeth’ by K. Briggs, and ‘Big Ugly’ by Ellice Weaver

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 19, 2022

It’s that time of year when the schedules for the next calendar year start turning up in the BF inbox and first up this year is Avery Hill’s set of…

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Condo Lady – Elisabeth Belliveau Recounts “Two Quiet Years of Full Stress” in this Pandemic Comics Offering from Conundrum Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 18, 2022

Part of Conundrum Press’s anniversary ‘Conundrum 25’ series of pocket-sized comics offerings, Elisabeth Belliveau’s Condo Lady is yet another reminder of just how effective graphic narrative has been at communicating…

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Artist – Yeong-shin Ma Examines Fragile Male Bonding and Attitudes Towards Art in South Korea, from D+Q

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • October 17, 2022

There’s something about South Korea that doesn’t always make sense to an outsider. On the one hand, an increasing number of its cultural assets have become striking examples of soft…

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PUDICA33 – Chelsea Akpan Takes Us on an Alien Quest in Another Shortbox Comics Fair Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 14, 2022

Creating truly alien visual environments in comics does not necessarily require elaborate extremes of intricately designed and pseudo-realistic extraterrestrial landscapes, flora and fauna. In PUDICA33, another digital offering from this…

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The StarBrigade In: A Quest to Help a Friend – Yetunde Ekuntuyi’s Delightful All-Ages Story with a Worthy Message, Available Via the ShortBox Comics Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 13, 2022

Back in 2021 Yetunde Ekuntuyi was another artist we featured in a creator round-up on the site after she participated in our Broken Frontier Small Press Day one-tweet review event…

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Broken Frontier Needs You! – We Want to Hear about Inspiring Comics Creators You First Discovered Via BF for Our 20th Birthday Celebrations

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2022

At the end of October Broken Frontier celebrates an incredible 20 years of exploring the comics universe and we want to invite you to join in the celebrations! Whether you…

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The Man Who Walked Through Walls – Obom Adapts Marcel Aymé’s Urban Fantasy in this Witty ‘Conundrum 25’ Release

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2022

With a remit to bring together “past, present, and future” works for their 25th anniversary, Conundrum Press’s ‘Conundrum 25’ series is described as “a landmark series of gemlike volumes, presenting…

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