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Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Creator Alxndra Cook Launches Her First Long-Form Comic ‘Momotekku’ with Koguchi Press on Kickstarter

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 16, 2022

We’re on a roll right now with Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists and crowdfunding campaigns! The latest comes from one of our 2021 creators Alxndra Cook, whose Momotekku will…

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World Record Holders – Guy Delisle Gives Us Glimpses of an Artist Coming Into His Own, from D+Q

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • September 16, 2022

There’s a reason established musicians sometimes put out collections of early demos, late into their careers. There’s a hint of vanity, of course, underpinning the assumption that someone wants to…

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Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre – Alverne Ball and Stacey Robinson Provide a Powerful and Educational Account

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 15, 2022

While work exploring socially relevant subject matter has been a growing area of comics publishing over the last decade a relatively newer phenomenon has been the surge of graphic biographies…

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It’s So Magic – Growing Up Isn’t Always Great, But Lynda Barry Shows What Makes It Special

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • September 14, 2022

The period between childhood and adulthood has confounded, engaged, and frustrated the world’s most amazing minds. To write about this transition is to account not just for physical or intellectual…

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Sergio Aragonés Much-Loved Barbarian Returns in ‘Groo: Gods Against Groo’ from Dark Horse this December

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 14, 2022

While the world around us continues to collapse into chaos there’s some good news incoming about an old comics fave at least. Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier are back chronicling…

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Sennen – Shanti Rai’s Debut Graphic Novel is a Sensitive and Beautiful Coming-of-Age Story with Some Unexpected Twists

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 13, 2022

Shanti Rai’s Sennen is a project that I have admittedly been anticipating eagerly given that Rai was one of my choices for our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators…

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Thought Bubble Announce Final Guests for this Year’s Convention Including Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Tula Lotay, Sabba Khan, B. Mure and Rachael Smith

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 13, 2022

The final guests for this year’s Thought Bubble have been announced today featuring some long-time BF favourites, including our own ‘Six to Watch’ artist Sabba Khan. Full details in the…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, September 15th for Another ‘Classic Covers’ Night

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 13, 2022

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, September 15th with another of our popular ‘Classic Covers’ nights….

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The Brexit Effect: Part 1 – Comics Self-Publishers on the Significant Impact on Income After the UK’s Departure from the EU

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 12, 2022

Over the summer Broken Frontier has been talking to creators, publishers and commentators from across every aspect of the UK comics scene about the negative consequences they have experienced since…

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Forever Forward #1 – A Moody Page-Turner Offers an Enjoyable Darker Take on Time Travel

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • September 12, 2022

A fresh but darker take on time travel, Forever Forward #1 is the latest sci-fi thriller from writer Zack Kaplan (Eclipse, Port of Earth). Dr. Lewis Moody has finally cracked…

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Preview: Lurker #1 – New Horror Series from Wild River Comics to Feature the Art of Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Anna Readman

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 9, 2022

Launched earlier this week on Kickstarter, new horror series Lurker is notable for us at Broken Frontier for featuring interior art by our 2019 ‘Six to Watch’ artist Anna Readman…

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“The Lack of Appropriate Response from Governments to Tackle the Climate Crisis Triggered My Thoughts” – Alba Ceide on Her Ecologically-Focussed ‘Earth Blues’ Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 8, 2022

In the first of our series of interviews with Broken Frontier’s 2022 ‘Six to Watch‘ artists I chat today with Spanish artist Alba Ceide, whose ‘Earth Blues’ series of ecologically-focussed…

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Stan Sakai’s Dogu Publishing Imprint Announced as ‘Usagi Yojimbo’ Returns to Dark Horse Comics

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 8, 2022

Important news for Stan Sakai fans this week with the announcement of the new Dogu Publishing imprint at Dark Horse. Full details below. STAN SAKAI BRINGING NEW IMPRINT TO DARK HORSE…

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Jinx Freeze – Hurk’s First Full-Colour Graphic Novel is a Madcap Foray into a Meandering Mindscape of Outlandish Oddballs

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 7, 2022

One of comics’ hidden geniuses UK artist Hurk (often Lord Hurk though he now appears to have embraced the zeitgeist and renounced his peerage for his latest book) has long…

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BF ‘Six to Watch’ 2022 Artist Sammy Ward Launches ‘All Ghosts’ on Kickstarter

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 7, 2022

This week saw the Kickstarter campaign launch for All Ghosts, Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Sammy Ward’s collection of her spooky illustrations from the 2022 #AuGhost drawing challenge on…

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July Underwater – Zoe Maeve’s Perceptive and Meta Coming-of-Age Story Gets a Wider Audience Via Conundrum Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 6, 2022

At the end of last year at Broken Frontier I covered Zoe Maeve’s first published work The Gift, a supernaturally charged journey into pseudo-history and the life of Anastasia Romanova….

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Bad Island – Stanley Donwood’s Silent Ecological Narrative Parallels Our Own Descent into Environmental Catastrophe

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 5, 2022

These are important times to be amplifying work in graphic narrative that explores the topical, the socially conscious, and the immediately relevant. Practice in these areas continues to grow, allowing…

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Vote for Broken Frontier in the 2022 Tripwire Awards!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 5, 2022

Broken Frontier celebrates its 20th anniversary later in 2022 so it’s very pleasing to see our work in comics commentary and comics community recognised in this year’s Tripwire Awards with…

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