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Best of 2000 AD #1 – A Perfectly Curated Gateway into the Worlds of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic for New Readers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 27, 2022

Two and a half years ago at Broken Frontier we advance-reviewed the first issue of Best of 2000 AD, an upcoming anthology maxiseries designed as a gateway publication into the…

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My Perfect Life – Lynda Barry Continues to Shine a Light On Her Iconic World of Ernie Pook for D+Q

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • July 26, 2022

Nostalgia is a tricky thing, painting the past to be a lot rosier than it often is. That overriding scepticism comes to the fore whenever the great Lynda Barry approves…

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“Being Compared to Harvey Pekar is an Honor” – Chad Bilyeu Talks ‘Chad in Amsterdam’, Working with Juliette De Wit, and His New Comic ‘The Re-Up’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 25, 2022

Chad Bilyeu has been diligently producing his Chad in Amsterdam comics – collections of narrative vignettes of his experiences as an American living in Amsterdam – since 2018. Working in…

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Devil Hotline – Religion and Youthful Subversion in a New Comic Strip from Tony Wolf and SirGryphon

  • by Tony Wolf
  • July 22, 2022

Time for more comics from two of our creative faves, writer/artist Tony Wolf and colourist SirGryphon! Devil Hotline is another autobio strip via the duo that combines nostalgic remembrance with…

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The Work of Richard Corben to Be Collected in New Volumes by Dark Horse and Fantagor Press

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 21, 2022

News already out of SDCC for fans of the work of that pivotal artist in the history of US comics, Richard Corben. Full details in the press release below. Books…

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Fantagraphics Celebrates 40 Years of ‘Love and Rockets’ by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 20, 2022

With Love and Rockets – the seminal series by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez – reaching its landmark 40th anniversary this year there’s lots planned in celebration. With a special 40th…

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Komi Can’t Communicate – Tomohito Oda’s Story About Rejecting the Stigmatization of Disability and Embracing One’s Talent Instead

  • by Anson Leung
  • July 20, 2022

Tomohito Oda’s Komi Can’t Communicate focusses on a boy helping a girl navigate through high school life. It is a friendship story that has the distinct twist of the girl,…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, July 21st for a Manga Jiman Special with Guest Artist Chloe Starling

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 19, 2022

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, July 21st with a special night celebrating the Manga Jiman…

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Dark Horse to Publish ‘Hellboy in Love’ in Time for Halloween this October

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 18, 2022

Difficult to be thinking about Halloween as we endure the hottest July on record in the UK. But a number of books debuting around the spooky season with a supernatural…

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Exclusive Preview: Pearl III #6 – An Advance Look at the Cover Art of the Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos Dark Horse Comics Series, Including Andrew Lima Araujo’s Variant

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 18, 2022

A special sneak peek today, exclusive to Broken Frontier, of the cover art for the upcoming Pearl III #6. Check out both covers for the finale of the third storyline…

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Sick Chip – Ria Grix Introduces Us to the Adventures of the Anomalous Viola Holm

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 18, 2022

Comics that defy easy categorisation are, unsurprisingly, among my very favourite forms of sequential art. Case in point: I don’t know where to begin in that regard when trying to…

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Exclusive Preview: The Bend of Luck – Check Out Pages from Peter and Maria Hoey’s New Graphic Novel from Top Shelf

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 15, 2022

The work of Peter and Maria Hoey under Coin-Op banner has had extensive coverage here at Broken Frontier in recent years. The sibling partnership are having something of a high…

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6,000 Miles to Freedom: Two Boys and Their Flight from the Taliban – A Timely Reminder of the Realities of the Refugee Crisis from Graphic Mundi

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 14, 2022

With Refugee Week not long behind us, and with the UK’s morally abhorrent decision to send asylum seekers to Rwanda sadly an actuality rather than a work of dystopian fiction,…

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The Black Man’s Guide to Getting Pulled Over – Johnny Parker II and Felipe Horas Make a Call for Positive Change

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 13, 2022

Comics as a medium has historically been frequently targeted by the forces of censorship. One of the reasons often posited as to why this is the case is that comics…

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Ashes – Gareth Brookes Asks Us to Wallow in a Mire of Nihilism in Another Essential Experimental Comics Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 12, 2022

One of the most fascinating aspects of comics as a medium is the way in which that very special form of interaction between reader and page can lend itself to…

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Lifeline Comics Opens Submissions for ‘Hairology: A Hair Anthology’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 12, 2022

Anthology comics are often an excellent platform for promoting new creative voices in the medium alongside more established talents, so we’re always happy to give a boost to relevant projects…

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Temple – Jack T. Cole’s Fantasy Tale of Discovery and Rebirth from Shortbox

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 11, 2022

I have spoken a lot at Broken Frontier recently about the particular skills needed to communicate a wordless narrative in comics. What I probably haven’t discussed in quite so much…

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‘Marghera Blues’ and ‘Forehead Blues’ – Alba Ceide’s ‘Earth Blues Series’ Touches on Themes of Environmentalism, Social Inequality and the Pandemic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 8, 2022

SLCZF WEEK! One of our 2022 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists, Alba Ceide has been working behind the scenes for some time now on a world-building, shared universe project…

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