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My Brother’s Husband – Looking Back at Gengoroh Tagame’s Acclaimed Tale of Homophobia, Culture, Identity and Family

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 22, 2022

Celebrating Pride Month! Given that we have been running a number of reviews this month for Pride 2022 it feels appropriate to also give some space to relevant work that…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, June 23rd with Guest Creators Scarlett & Sophie Rickard

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 21, 2022

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, June 23rd as Scarlett and Sophie Rickard, who recently adapted…

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The Comics Time Capsule – Creating Comics UK and LDComics’ Much Anticipated UK Indie Comics Documentary Series Debuts on YouTube

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 20, 2022

The Comics Time Capsule, an eagerly anticipated documentary project from Creating Comics UK and LDComics, has debuted on YouTube. With interview contributions from 31 movers and shakers in the UK…

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Black Heroes of the Wild West – James Otis Smith Introduces Some Fascinating Characters from History to a Younger Target Audience

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 20, 2022

Last week at Broken Frontier we looked at Tales of the Talented Tenth, another comics biographical publication that put a spotlight on notable Black figures of the past largely forgotten…

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Marvel to Publish ‘Planet of the Apes’ Comics for the First Time Since the 1970s

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 17, 2022

Interesting developments today as Marvel have revealed that they have regained the license to the Planet of the Apes comics for the first time since the 1970s. Part of the…

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Tamlin – Aven Wildsmith Reimagines Scottish Folk Song as Queer Fairy Tale in this Eerily Beautiful Graphic Narrative

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 17, 2022

Celebrating Pride Month! Taking a Scottish folk ballad dating back to the sixteenth century as its starting point Aven Wildsmith’s Tamlin, from Knight Errant Press, brings queer romance, mythology and…

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Vault Comics and Gatecrashers Announce Charity Auction in Aid of the William Way LGBTQ Center

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 16, 2022

Celebrating Pride Month! Vault Comics have certainly taken the initiative this year for Pride Month with their Unbanned initiative featured here recently at Broken Frontier. This week they have announced…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Tales of the Talented Tenth #3: Robert Smalls – Joel Christian Gill Brings the Story of Another Remarkable Black Figure from History to New Audiences

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 15, 2022

Projects like Joel Christian Gill’s Tales of the Talented Tenth may be celebratory in intent, but they are also a vital reminder of how much work there is still to…

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Heartstopper Vol. 1-4 – Alice Oseman’s “Boy Meets Boy” Story Lives Up to the Hype

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 13, 2022

Celebrating Pride Month! Sometimes in comics commentary you can be very aware of work that can only be described as a true publishing phenomenon without having directly experienced it yourself….

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I Think Our Son is Gay Vol. 1 & 2 – Okura’s Coming-of-Age Manga is a Funny Yet Touching Tale of the Anxiety of Coming Out

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 10, 2022

Celebrating Pride Month! Despite social awkwardness being at the heart of each instalment, Okura’s I Think Our Son is Gay is a truly delightful collection of short strips that sits…

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New Comics Exhibition ‘The Graphic Novels of Mary Talbot’ Opens at London’s Bookery Gallerie this Weekend

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 10, 2022

Opening tomorrow at the Bookery Gallerie in London ‘The Graphic Novels of Mary Talbot’ is a new exhibition of original art by Bryan Talbot, Kate Charlesworth and Alwyn Talbot from…

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The Girl from the Sea – Molly Knox Ostertag’s YA Queer Romance is a Character-Led Delight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 9, 2022

Celebrating Pride Month! As we move ever onwards into this year’s Pride Month it’s important to remember that, while graphic memoirs and graphic biographies exploring the prejudice and challenges faced…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Archie & Friends: Summer Lovin’ #1 – New Pansexual Character Eliza Han Debuts as the Riverdale Gang Take a Trip to the Funfair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 8, 2022

Celebrating Pride Month! Arguably no publisher has done as much as Arche Comics in the last several years in terms of both taking decades-old iconic characters in radical new directions…

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The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights – Archie Bongiovanni and A. Andrews Take Younger Readers Back to a Pivotal Point in History

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 7, 2022

Celebrating Pride Month! Part of First Second’s History Comics series spotlighting pivotal points in history for younger readers, The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights is an obviously…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, June 9th with Guest Artist Norm Konyu

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 7, 2022

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, June 9th as Norm Konyu joins us as guest artist….

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Lure – Lane Milburn Explores Climate Change, Privilege and the Commodification of Art in His Socially Relevant Sci-Fi Story from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 6, 2022

It hardly needs saying that science fiction has always been a powerful medium for allegorical explorations of contemporary socio-political issues. Lane Milburn’s graphic novel Lure, from Fantagraphics, is an excellent…

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Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’-Watch for June 2022 – Catching Up with the Latest Work from Creators in Our BF Mentoring Initiative Including Alxndra Cook, Norm Konyu, Shanti Rai, Ellice Weaver and Sabba Khan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 6, 2022

With 8 years of creators featured in our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ initiative it seems long overdue that we start giving some regular reports on…

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Vault Comics to Make Free Queer Comics Available as Part of Their ‘Unbanned’ Pride Month Initiative

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 6, 2022

Celebrating Pride Month! With Pride Month well and truly with us now US publisher Vault Comics have announced an initiative for free queer comics that we can really get behind…

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