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Yetis, Mongolian Deathworms and the Loch Ness Monster Set to Star in Ahoy Comics’ New Anthology Series ‘Project: Cryptid’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 25, 2023

Announced via a press release that could only have come from Ahoy Comics, Project: Cryptid is a new anthology series featuring an all-star line-up. Check out some BF faves in…

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Tillie Walden is Vermont’s New Cartoonist Laureate

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 24, 2023

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…

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Before They Lay You Down – Georgia Holland’s Western One-Shot is Packed with Recognisable and Universal Themes

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 24, 2023

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…

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Z2 Comics to Pay Tribute to a Jazz Legend in ‘Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound’ this September

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 23, 2023

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…

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Viscera Cera – Claude T.C.’s Escapist Space Romp Pokes Fond Fun at Genre Comics Conventions

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 22, 2023

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…

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The Caliburn Prize Offers a £2,500 Grant to an Unpublished UK-Based Comics Creator – Deadline Now Extended Until June 7th, 2023

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 22, 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…

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20 km/h – Chinese Artist Woshibai Uses the Deceptively Simple to Create Something Profound in His Debut for D+Q

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • May 19, 2023

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…

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‘Killer Queens 2’ is Coming from Dark Horse Comics in August as the LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi Series Gets a Second Outing

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 18, 2023

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…

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Next Time Around – Life Re-Evaluated by Billy Mavreas in this ‘Conundrum 25’ Graphic Short

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 17, 2023

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…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, May 18th for a Quindrie Press Special

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 17, 2023

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…

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Trans Archie Comics Character Danni Malloy Teams Up with Jinx Holliday in the Upcoming ‘Chilling Adventures Presents… Strange Science’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 16, 2023

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…

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Preview: Cartoonshow – Derek M. Ballard’s “Satirical Reflection of Contemporary American Life” is Coming from Oni Press this August

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 16, 2023

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…

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Witching Hour – Beth Fuller’s Beautifully Illustrated Fantasy Tale Epitomises the Quality of Work Coming from the Direction of Quindrie Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 15, 2023

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,…

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Conundrum Press Are Crowdfunding a Box Set of the Works of the Late Henriette Valium, a Giant of Canadian Cartooning

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 15, 2023

“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.”…

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Preview: Dwellings – Jay Stephens’ Acclaimed Self-Published Series to Be Published by Oni Press this Summer

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 12, 2023

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…

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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

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 11, 2023

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…

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Dark Horse to Publish Alfonso Font’s ‘Shelter for Lost Dreams’ in December Exploring Themes of “Wealth, Environmentalism, Racism and Religion”

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 10, 2023

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…

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Downlands – Norm Konyu’s Bittersweet Supernatural Tale Combines Horror Fantasy with a Human Story of Loneliness and Grief

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 9, 2023

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…

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