Tillie Walden is Vermont’s New Cartoonist Laureate
Can it really be over 8 years since we were the first site to preview Tillie Walden’s debut graphic novel The End of Summer? We are all aware of the…
Before They Lay You Down – Georgia Holland’s Western One-Shot is Packed with Recognisable and Universal Themes
Georgia Holland’s Before They Lay You Down is ostensibly a short story in the Western comics tradition. In reality, though, Holland’s minicomic is far more universal in its themes, exploring…
Z2 Comics to Pay Tribute to a Jazz Legend in ‘Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound’ this September
On the back of six Eisner nominations Z2 Comics have announced a new title in their music comics line-up. Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound will be published…
Viscera Cera – Claude T.C.’s Escapist Space Romp Pokes Fond Fun at Genre Comics Conventions
One of the less appealing aspects of “mainstream”/super-hero comics in the last decade and a half has been a propensity for confusing mocking the conventions of the form with self-referential…
The Caliburn Prize Offers a £2,500 Grant to an Unpublished UK-Based Comics Creator – Deadline Now Extended Until June 7th, 2023
While we only heard about this via social media today, the Caliburn Prize is an initiative that will no doubt be of great interest to the many aspiring creators on…
20 km/h – Chinese Artist Woshibai Uses the Deceptively Simple to Create Something Profound in His Debut for D+Q
The easiest way to describe a kōan — a Japanese reading of the Chinese gong’an — is to compare it to our version of a riddle, although Zen Buddhists probably…
‘Killer Queens 2’ is Coming from Dark Horse Comics in August as the LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi Series Gets a Second Outing
Today Dark Horse Comics announced Killer Queens 2: Kings, Not Wings, a follow-up to last year’s sci-fi miniseries. When we reviewed the trade paperback collection of that run here at Broken…
Next Time Around – Life Re-Evaluated by Billy Mavreas in this ‘Conundrum 25’ Graphic Short
Another of Canadian publisher Conundrum Press’s ‘Conundrum 25’ celebratory series of graphic shorts, Billy Mavreas’s Next Time Around sits somewhere on the border between graphic medicine and graphic poetry. We’ve…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, May 18th for a Quindrie Press Special
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, May 18th with a special Quindrie Press night pushing their…
Trans Archie Comics Character Danni Malloy Teams Up with Jinx Holliday in the Upcoming ‘Chilling Adventures Presents… Strange Science’
We all know that trans representation in comics is more important now than ever. So great news today from the direction of Archie Comics whose upcoming Archie Horror one-shot Chilling…
Preview: Cartoonshow – Derek M. Ballard’s “Satirical Reflection of Contemporary American Life” is Coming from Oni Press this August
Today at BF, courtesy of Oni Press, we have a preview of Derek M. Ballard’s graphic novel Cartoonshow which will be debuting this August. We’re rather taken with editor Zack Soto’s…
Witching Hour – Beth Fuller’s Beautifully Illustrated Fantasy Tale Epitomises the Quality of Work Coming from the Direction of Quindrie Press
Since they arrived on the UK indie comics circuit just over two years ago Quindrie Press have made a powerful mark on the scene. With a socially progressive publishing ethos,…
Conundrum Press Are Crowdfunding a Box Set of the Works of the Late Henriette Valium, a Giant of Canadian Cartooning
“Never in my life have I laughed more than a couple of hours I spent in an SPX hotel room with a half-dozen people listening to Henriette Valium say things.”…
Preview: Dwellings – Jay Stephens’ Acclaimed Self-Published Series to Be Published by Oni Press this Summer
Good news for those, especially like myself in the UK, who have struggled to get hold of every issue of Jay Stephens’ Dwellings. The self-published title will be re-presented three…
The EC Archives: Incredible Science Fiction – Dark Horse’s Collection of Classic End-of-an-Era EC Comics Arrives in a More Affordable Paperback Edition
Given that it bridges the 1950s both pre and post formation of the Comics Code Authority, in terms of its historical relevance The EC Archives: Incredible Science Fiction is a curious…
Dark Horse to Publish Alfonso Font’s ‘Shelter for Lost Dreams’ in December Exploring Themes of “Wealth, Environmentalism, Racism and Religion”
Coming from Dark Horse Comics just in time for Christmas, Alfonso Font’s middle grade graphic novella Shelter for Lost Dreams promises us a story exploring themes of “wealth, environmentalism, racism…
Downlands – Norm Konyu’s Bittersweet Supernatural Tale Combines Horror Fantasy with a Human Story of Loneliness and Grief
Back in 2020 I said of Norm Konyu’s first graphic novel The Junction “this is one of the most accomplished debut books I have ever reviewed for Broken Frontier.” My…
It May Never Happen… – Dark & Golden Books Introduce the Unsettling World of Kevin Woodcock to a Contemporary Audience
Back in the in the early 1990s, and riding the coat-tails of the success of the UK adult humour comic Viz, a slew of largely forgettable imitators suddenly burst onto…
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