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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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Hocus Pocus #5: Levitation – The Finale to Worth and Collver’s Paranormal Investigation Series Proves Its Eisner-Nominated Credentials

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 2, 2022

One of the great delights of this year’s Eisner nominations was the inclusion of small press comic Hocus Pocus on the ballot. An investigative series focussing on the history and…

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Preview: Doughnuts and Doom – Balazs Lorinczi’s LGBTQ+ Teen Romance from Top Shelf Hits Shelves Next Week

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 2, 2022

A struggling witch, a failed musician and “a fantastical love story” are the key elements of Balazs Lorinczi’s Doughnuts and Doom, a new graphic novel debuting next week from Top…

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Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator – Darryl Cunningham’s Latest Graphic Journalism Charts Vladimir Putin’s Chilling Ascent to Power

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 1, 2022

It would perhaps be of some tiny comfort if we could say that when Darryl Cunningham’s Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator was published by Myriad Editions in the…

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Puke Banter – A Classic Animated Fave Gets a Vomit-Splattered Makeover Courtesy of James the Stanton and Silver Sprocket

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 31, 2022

There’s something undeniably appealing about pop cultural parodies when their targets are not the obvious easy objects of biting ridicule but, rather, the cooler and more assured characters of our…

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Georgia O’Keeffe – Maria Herreros’ Graphic Biography Gets to the Wild, Brave Heart of this Legendary Painter

  • by Jenny Robins
  • August 31, 2022

The newest edition to SelfMadeHero’s Art Masters series, Georgia O’Keeffe is a graphic biography written and illustrated by Maria Herreros and translated from the Spanish edition from Astiberri Ediciones. The…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, September 1st for a ‘Salamanca Blues’ Special with Guest Artist Alba Ceide

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 30, 2022

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, September 1 stwith a Salamanca Blues Special with guest artist…

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Preview: Book of Slaughter #1 – The Next Chapter in the World of ‘Something is Killing the Children’ is Coming from BOOM! Studios in December

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 29, 2022

BOOM! Studios have announced the next project for the rapidly expanding ‘Slaughterverse’. Book of Slaughter hits shelves in December. BOOK OF SLAUGHTER Opens a New Chapter in the Slaughterverse Discover the…

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Death Threat – Vivek Shraya and Ness Lee Tackle the Subject of Transphobic Abuse with “a Compelling Act of Resistance”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 29, 2022

One of our stated commitments to our Broken Frontier readership is the creation of resource lists for work covering socially relevant subject matter or championing marginalised voices. One of those…

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