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Staff Picks for February 14, 2018 – Bingo Love, Total Jazz, kuš! comics, Kick-Ass and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 13, 2018

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital…

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Persephone – Shanti Rai’s Mythological Vignette is an Affecting Study of Fate’s Inescapable Clutches

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 8, 2018

The myth of Persephone and her abduction by Hades, the God of the Netherworld is an allegorical tale with a familiarity that extends far beyond the focused interests of the…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Sabba Khan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 31, 2018

Describing her work as examining “first world city life as a second generation Pakistani Muslim migrant” Sabba Khan is the last of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators…

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2018 – Spotlighting the Work of Andy Barron, Emily Gilbert, Jayde Perkin, Matthew Pettit, Shanti Rai and Cat Sims

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 10, 2018

Have we really reached the fourth intake of our annual ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ initiative here at Broken Frontier? It seems no time at all since we published…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Anja Uhren

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2018

One of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, Anja Uhren’s work is notable for its sometimes dreamlike, sometimes haunting and almost lyrical quality. Having made a…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Kate-mia White

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2017

One of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, Kate-mia White has been working steadily on the dark fantasy series A Dark Forest for the last couple…

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Small Press Spotlight on… Olivia Sullivan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 26, 2017

One of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, Olivia Sullivan (aka Zen Bucko)  first came to prominence on the UK  small press scene – as so…

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Bristol Comic and Zine Fair 2017 – One of the UK’s Friendliest and Most Welcoming Shows Returns to The Station this Saturday October 7th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2017

Wedged as it is this year between Thought Bubble and the Lakes we probably haven’t given the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair anything like the attention it deserves here at…

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SID – A Sprawling, Psychological Journey through a Fractured Mindscape from the Remarkable Olivia Sullivan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 20, 2017

DEBUTING AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Artist Olivia Sullivan is one of two of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ whose exposure on the site so far this…

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New York (A Holiday to Remember) – Elizabeth Querstret’s Travelogue Zine is as Full of Heart as Its Creator

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 15, 2017

DEBUTING AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Ever since we were the first site to cover the comics of Elizabeth Querstret – one of the most endearing characters on the UK small press…

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A Star is Drawn – Jessica Martin’s Star-Studded Catalogue of Cinematic Greats Debuts this Weekend at ICE

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 7, 2017

If there’s been one obvious throughline to the work of creator Jessica Martin since she burst onto the comics scene a few, short years back it’s been her love of…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“I Count My Lucky Stars Every Day for Having Been Teamed Up with Jey” – Clay McLeod Chapman and Jey Levang Talk About the Infectious Horror of ‘Lazaretto’ from BOOM! Studios

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 5, 2017

This week sees the release of the Lazaretto miniseries from BOOM! Studios, a book that we’ve been eagerly anticipating here at Broken Frontier for some time given that it represents…

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including Griff Gristle, PersonaЖ, Comicker Press: Season 2 and Sam Glanzman’s Combat Dunkirk

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 1, 2017

Every fortnight-(ish) we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF every week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental and…

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Tempo Lush Treats – A Welcome Trip Down Memory Lane in this Collection of Rare Richy K. Chandler Material

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 18, 2017

I’ve said this before in this column but Richy K. Chandler is one of the great facilitators of the UK small press scene – a creator who, through his various…

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A Cup of Tea Will Sort You Out – Andy Poyiadgi’s Brew-Based Humorous Zine is a Perfect Escapist Teatime Treat

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 13, 2017

If you weren’t aware of UK comics creator Andy Poyiadgi’s love of the humble brew it wouldn’t take too much research into his previous work for you to quickly come…

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including Ocular Anecdotes, The Strumpet, Short Order Crooks and Illustrated Classics

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 19, 2017

Every fortnight-(ish) we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF every week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental and…

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The Inking Woman: Paula Knight – Showcasing the Artists of the Latest Exhibition at London’s Cartoon Museum

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 12, 2017

“To be included in this amazing collection of inking women, alongside talented contemporaries and those I’ve admired for years, does indeed mean a great deal to me in my tenth…

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The Inking Woman: Elizabeth Querstret – Showcasing the Artists of the Latest Exhibition at London’s Cartoon Museum

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 9, 2017

“The Inking Woman is an excellent celebration of a diverse mix of talent. The comics world can often (perhaps not intentionally) sideline the female creatives. I feel it is important…

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