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Preview: Sherlock Holmes and The Empire Builders: The Gene Genie – Check Out Interior Pages from the First Comic in the Tripwire Presents Series

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 12, 2023

The first title in the new Tripwire Presents imprint, Sherlock Holmes and The Empire Builders: The Gene Genie was successfully funded on Zoop earlier this summer. Check out a four-page…

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Preview: Everything Sucks: Friends Forever – New Michael Sweater Work Coming from Silver Sprocket this November

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 11, 2023

There’s more Everything Sucks coming from Michael Sweater and Silver Sprocket this Autumn. Take a look at the preview below and then make sure it’s on your pull list! Everything Sucks:…

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Gory Rory Fangface Needs a Kiss – Ziggy Hanaor and Ollie Silvester Provide an Appealing Story for Kids with an Important Message

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 8, 2023

There has certainly been something of a noticeable uptick in children’s books being offered for review to us at Broken Frontier of late that combine narrated illustration and traditional comics….

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Top Cow Celebrate 20 Years of ‘The Walking Dead’ in October with Special Variant Covers

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 7, 2023

Can it really be 20 years since The Walking Dead first hit the pop cultural consciousness? Apparently so, and Top Cow have plans to celebrate that anniversary with a series…

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Why Don’t You Love Me? – Paul B. Rainey’s Twisting Tale from Drawn & Quarterly Finds the Humanity in the Gloom

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 7, 2023

Many people who have been around the UK small press scene for decades rather than years have a version of the same anecdote; of how when they first discovered small…

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PeePee-PooPoo #420 – Caroline Cash Gives Us a Fresh Take on the Underground Comics Vibe in this Ignatz Award-Winning Title

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 6, 2023

After an Ignatz win in 2022 for Outstanding Minicomic and a 2023 nomination for Outstanding Artist, there’s far, far more than just a growing buzz around Caroline Cash’s PeePee-PooPoo anthology…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, September 7th for an Ignatz-Themed Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 6, 2023

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, September 7th for an Ignatz-themed Special. Not only do our…

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The Gull Yettin – Joe Kessler’s Freeform, Expressionistic Graphic Novel from NYRC is a Masterclass in the Possibilities of the Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 5, 2023

Joe Kessler’s singular vision has been one of UK indie comics’ greatest gifts to us over the last decade. Not solely because of his astonishingly intuitive understanding of the form,…

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Eve Greenwood’s Award-Nominated ‘Inhibit’ Book Two is Currently on Kickstarter from Quindrie Press

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 4, 2023

Shout-outs for crowdfunding campaigns are something we haven’t been so good at over this very busy Summer period. Here’s one from the direction of the ever excellent Quindrie Press who…

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Darlin’ and Her Other Names Part 1: Marta – Olivia Stephens Blends Genres in this “Werewolf-Western-Horror-Romance” Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 4, 2023

A recent Ignatz nominee in the Best Artist category, Darlin’ and Her Other Names Part 1: Marta is described as a werewolf-western-horror-romance comic. If that blending of genres doesn’t immediately…

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Michael Lomon’s ‘The Palace of Tears’ Currently Crowdfunding on Kickstarter

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 1, 2023

After recently winning the first Caliburn Prize Michael Lomon’s The Palace of Tears is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter. More details in the press release below and you can read a…

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Down a (Welsh) Rabbit Hole – A Work-in-Progress Look at ‘The Noisy Valley’ by Myfanwy Tristram

  • by Simon Russell
  • September 1, 2023

Simon Russell begins a series of articles today looking at upcoming projects that are still in progress and speaking to the voices behind them. He starts today with a focus…

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The Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro Award 2023 Winners Announced by the Cartoon Museum

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 31, 2023

The jury has returned and the results are in for the Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro Award 2023, the award that honours Alison Brown, our much-missed friend and an integral…

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When I Came Briefly Back – Jessika Green Says Goodbye to London in this Graphic Poetry Zine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 30, 2023

I have bemoaned the marginalisation of old school DIY culture on multiple occasions here at Broken Frontier; that ethos that declares self-publishing comics and zines gives a voice to everyone…

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Cover Reveal: Rogue Trooper – ‘Blighty Valley’ by Ennis and Goddard to Be Collected in 2024

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 29, 2023

Garth Ennis’s recent return to the worlds of 2000 AD and Rebellion has seen him tackle projects ranging from obscure cult favourites to big-name properties. Next year sees the collection…

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The Naked Tree – Keum Suk Gendry-Kim Continues Her Exploration of the Horrors of War With this Adaptation from D+Q

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • August 29, 2023

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s third novel, translated by Janet Hong, is her first adaptation, but does not seem particularly out of step with her oeuvre. The Naked Tree was writer Park…

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Top Cow’s ‘Antarctica’ Becomes an Ongoing Series

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 29, 2023

Full details in the press release below from Top Cow on the new ongoing status for the Antarctica series by Simon Birks, Willi Roberts and long-time Broken Frontier favourite Lyndon…

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2000 AD Prog 2346 – The ‘Regened’ Special Returns Including the Stunning Art of Anna Readman on ‘Renk’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 28, 2023

As something of a lapsed reader of 2000 AD as a weekly phenomenon, who these days dips into trade collections rather than following short serialised strips, I find the comic’s…

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