Fantagraphics to Publish ‘Keeping Two’ by Jordan Crane in March of 2022
News of a major new release from Fantagraphics coming in the first quarter of next year. The full press release with details of Keeping Two by Jordan Crane runs below….
“She is Beginning to Realize that She is Not so Young Anymore” – An Interview with Walter Scott, Creator of Wendy
It’s hard to explain why Wendy, the awkward, funny millennial created by artist Walter Scott not so long ago, continues to be so relatable. She has played a starring role…
Preview: Better Angels – Jeff Jensen and George Schall’s ‘Kate Warne Adventure’ Debuts this October from BOOM! Studios/Archaia
To take us into the weekend today at BF, an advance look at the BOOM! Studios/Archaia Better Angels graphic novel coming this October… BOOM! Studios today revealed a new look…
Night Bus – Artist Zuo Ma’s Debut for Drawn & Quarterly Uses Surrealism and Humour to Make Sense of a Fast-Changing China
The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was once asked a series of questions by other artists from around the world, one of which came from German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans: ‘In free…
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Quivertree – The Symbolic and the Actual Mirror Each Other in Distorted Reflection in More Boundary-Pushing Work from Mereida
In some ways I feel like a bit of a cheat when approaching a review of the deliberately enigmatic short comic Quivertree by our 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, August 26th for Our ‘Classic Covers’ Evening!
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, August 26th for another comics extravaganza with our first…
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A Pocket Chiller: Mutton Chops – Ovine Suspense from Olivia Sullivan in this Psychogeographical Thriller
Strip for Me’s A Pocket Chiller line promises “new nightmares and strange visions from a world next to yours”. Its line-up of UK indie and alt talent to date has…
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60 Percent Chance of Raining – Namsai Khaobor’s Atmospheric Tale of “Unrequited Love and Loneliness”
One of the most pleasing things about how our small press coverage has developed here at Broken Frontier over the years is the way that our reach has grown so…
How to Pick a Fight – Lara Kaminoff’s Likeable Coming-of-Age Story is a Quirky and Energetic Affair
Disillusioned with life in his cramped family house, and determined to achieve his dream of becoming a champion fighter, young Jimmy runs away from home seeking his fortune elsewhere. His…
Thought Bubble Launches the Comic Book Donation Drive – New Community Initiative Looks to Expand Readership of the Form
We love to shine a spotlight on a good comics community project here at Broken Frontier and Thought Bubble’s Comic Book Drive certainly fits that category. Details on a really…
It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be – Lizzy Stewart Shows Us in Her Gentle, Raw Way How Beautiful and Foolish We Look, Trying to Live Our Lives with Any Sort of Continuity in this World
In It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be, Lizzy Stewart shows us in her gentle, raw way, how beautiful and foolish we look, trying to live our lives with…
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Broken Frontier’s Andy Oliver Spotlights Six Projects from the #SPDBFREVIEW One-Tweet Reviews on Small Press Day 2021
With the UK and Ireland’s Small Press Day remaining an online event this year I took to Twitter again to write one-tweet reviews of your small press comics with the…
Preview: Lunar Room #1 – Vault Announce New Werewolf Series by Danny Lore and Gio Sposito for November 2021
Hitting shelves not long after Halloween this year, Lunar Room is a new Vault Comics werewolf series with a fantasy/crime twist. Check out the details and preview art in the…
Preview: Misty Presents the Jaume Rumeu Collection – Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics to Reprint Another Classic Collection of Supernatural Strips this Autumn
Another volume of reprints from classic UK weekly Misty is always welcome and this November sees yet another volume from the Treasury of British Comics. This one spotlights Spanish artist…
ShortBox Comics Fair 2021 – Exclusive Digital Releases from 48 Creators to Debut During October’s Month-Long Online Event
As comics festivals and fairs have continued to adapt and evolve online in response to the events of the last 18 months there’s been a growing move towards events that…
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mini kuš! #98: World Ceramic Fair – The Insidious Nature of Casual Racism Laid Bare by Jooyoung Kim
Finishing up our coverage of the Spring minicomics releases from Latvian publisher kuš! comics today at Broken Frontier we take a look at ‘World Ceramic Fair’ by Jooyoung Kim, #98…
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mini kuš! #97: BLINK – Peruvian Artist Martín López Lam Takes Us to a World of “Lazy and Libertine Monsters”
If you’ve been following this week’s coverage of some of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ mini kuš! series then you’ll be aware already of how eclectic a range it is. While…
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mini kuš! #96: Bridge – Matt Madden’s Reality-Warping Tale Plays with Comics’ Unique Relationship with the Passage of Time
Matt Madden’s recent mini kuš! offering ‘Bridge’ began life as a 24-hour comic, with an added requirement that a decade would pass between each page. In some ways it’s perhaps…
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