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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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The Cartoon Museum Takes an Environmental Stance with New Exhibition ‘Norman Thelwell Saves the Planet’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 20, 2023

With Earth Day not that far away London’s Cartoon Museum has the climate crisis in mind with its new Norman Thelwell exhibition. Full details in the press release below. Norman…

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Sugar & Other Stories – Joy San’s Silver Sprocket Horror Collection Combines the Experimental with the Unsettling

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 17, 2023

Joy San’s Sugar & Other Stories is a collection of short horror stories presented in a variety of narrative styles and visual techniques. If you’re expecting conventional twist-in-the-tale comics horror…

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Special Half Price Tickets Offer for Broken Frontier Readers for the Lucie Arnoux and Lucy Sullivan Comica Festival Event on Thursday March 23rd

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 17, 2023

With the Comica Festival 20th anniversary celebrations continuing apace this month we have a very special opportunity for Broken Frontier readers! This Thursday March 23rd sees another of the Comica…

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A Day on the River (& Other Stories) – Giorgio Pandiani Tackles Climate Change, Pandemic Denial and Environmental Collapse in this Collection of Allegorical Shorts

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 16, 2023

Compiling four short stories all, to some degree, with environmental themes at their heart Giorgio Pandiani’s A Day on the River (& Other Stories) is an anthology offering that is…

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From Queer Coats-of-Arms to Feminist Commemorative Platters – Zine-Maker, Comics Creator and Small Press Activist Rachael House is Artist-in-Residence at the Feminist Library

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 15, 2023

Rachael House, one of our favourite voices on the DIY culture and zine scene, is the current Artist-in-Residence at the Feminist Library in London. The library was set up in…

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Harvey Knight’s Odyssey – Nick Maandag’s New Collection Effortlessly Blends Absurdity with Profundity, Published by D+Q

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 15, 2023

The nicest thing about picking up a book by Canadian artist Nick Maandag is not knowing what the next page will bring. Will there be hilarity? There almost always is….

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“Quite Simply, We’re Here to Hook Up Good People with Good Comics” – Celebrating 20 Years of a Leeds Comics Shop Institution with Jared of OK Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 14, 2023

OK Comics reaches an important milestone this month as the shop celebrates two decades of bringing comics goodness to the people of Leeds and beyond. At a time when the…

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