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Seven Point Two Nine – Ria Grix’s Viola Holm Makes a Welcome Return with Another Offering of Absurdist Humour

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 3, 2023

When I reviewed Sick Chip last year, the first of Ria Grix’s ‘From the Adventures of the Anomalous Viola Holm’ series, I described it as “weird, offbeat, rambling and ignores…

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Policing the City: An Ethno-Graphic – Intensely Relevant Graphic Journalism that Demands We Re-Evaluate the Way We Think about the Role of the Police in Society

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 3, 2023

The role of policing in modern society has never been under such a level of scrutiny as it is today; be it the police brutality in the States and the…

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The Cartoon Museum Announces the Second Annual ‘Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro Award’ in Memory of a Much Missed Part of our London Comics Community

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 3, 2023

Can it really be two years since we lost Alison Brown? For many years the first welcoming face you would see at London’s Cartoon Museum, Alison was also an embedded…

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First Year Out: A Transition Story – Sabrina Symington’s Graphic Novel Account Blends Raw Candour and Uplifting Positivity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 31, 2023

As it’s International Trans Day of Remembrance it seems more than appropriate today to be giving some space to the stories of trans creators, especially given the current atmosphere of…

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Shuk & Doode – Forgotten Comic Art from Simon Harrison Brought Back to Demonic Life by Dark & Golden

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 30, 2023

Douglas Noble and Tom Oldham’s Dark & Golden publishing imprint is owed more attention than we have given it to date. Shining a light in the largely forgotten or obscure…

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Explosive Sweet Freezer Razors – Gareth A Hopkins’ Collection of Abstract Comics Transcends the Border Between the Experimental and the Visionary

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 29, 2023

Repetition mode engaged. As I have said on numerous occasions previously at Broken Frontier (probably to the point of tedium), Gareth A Hopkins is one of a small group of…

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First Guests for Thought Bubble 2023 Announced Including Jeff Lemire, ND Stevenson, Molly Knox Ostertag and Zoe Thorogood

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 29, 2023

When festival promotion includes images of one of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators like Shane Melisse (below) it gets extra priority on the posting list. The first guests…

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The Lonesome Hunters Vol. 1 – Tyler Crook’s Monster-Hunting Series Collected by Dark Horse Comics

  • by John Trigonis
  • March 29, 2023

Despite the writer/artist’s fantastical illustrations, Volume One of Tyler Crook’s The Lonesome Hunters from Dark Horse Comics soars too close to the sun and drowns in its own story. First,…

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Mr. Fibby: The Prime Minister Who Couldn’t Stop Lying – Partygate, the Brexit Disaster, and the Mendacity of Boris Johnson Skewered in this Biting ‘Mr. Men’ Parody

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 28, 2023

“Mr. Fibby said, “I never lie. I am the Prime Minister and I am going to save the National Health Service £350 million a second by taking the power back…

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A Very British Affair: The Best of Classic Romance Comics – David Roach Curates a Glorious Collection of Forgotten Gems Via the Treasury of British Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 27, 2023

To describe the Treasury of British Comics’ A Very British Affair: The Best of Classic Romance Comics as a labour of love seems like an understatement that borders on gross…

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All About the Ink! – A New Exhibition of Contemporary Cartooning at London’s Bookery Gallerie Featuring Mark Stafford, Shaky Kane, Sarah Gordon, Jenny Robins and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 27, 2023

Featuring a veritable who’s who of Broken Frontier-featured artists (including our own Jenny Robins!) All About the Ink! is a new exhibition of “contemporary cartoonists and comics art” at the…

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Save the Date! – Small Press Day Returns for 2023 on August 5th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 24, 2023

A quick note for your comics-related diaries! Small Press Day – the UK and Ireland’s annual celebration of the self-publishing comic scene – will be returning this year on Saturday,…

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LGBTQ+ Horror Series ‘The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos’ Comes to Print Via Dark Horse in June

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 24, 2023

Another Dark Horse announcement to go into the weekend with and the news that The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos, previously available only on Substack, is coming to print….

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Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis – Dark Horse and Berger Books’ Upcoming Graphic Novel Based on a Suppressed Opera by Two Concentration Camp Prisoners

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 23, 2023

It’s a sad reality that some artistic endeavours are as relevant today as they were when they were created decades ago, however much we’d prefer that not to be the…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, March 23rd with Guest Artist Ed Firth

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 22, 2023

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, March 23rd with guest artist Ed Firth, of our 2023…

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Now #12 – The Latest Edition of the Medium-Championing Anthology Features Work from J Webster Sharp, Bhanu Pratap, Cynthia Alfonso and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 21, 2023

Comics anthologies that give space to emerging voices alongside established and renowned creative forces on the indie scene are always to be admired. It’s been a little while since we…

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Matthias Lehmann’s Acclaimed Historical LGBTQ+ Graphic Novel ‘Parallel’ to Be Released by Oni Press in June

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 21, 2023

Pride Month is not that far off now (and yes we will be following up with some themed coverage in June!) so here’s news of a new release from Oni…

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Horny & High Vol. 2 – Ed Firth Continues His Character Study Set in the World of Gay Chemsex Culture

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 20, 2023

When I interviewed Ed Firth last year about his queer comics series Horny & High he gave me an editor’s dream pull quote for the article title: “One friend said…

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