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BF Awards 2015 – Best Colourist: Jordie Bellaire

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 22, 2016

With a dazzling portfolio ranging from licensed properties to edgy creator-owned projects, the work of Jordie Bellaire epitomises the vital contribution colourists can make to a comic. You probably don’t…

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BF Awards 2015 – Best Graphic Novel: Death of the Artist

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 22, 2016

Karrie Fransman is something of a regular fixture when it comes to the annual Broken Frontier Awards. Her debut full-length work The House that Groaned was nominated in our 2012…

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BF Awards 2015 – Best Publisher: Image Comics

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • January 20, 2016

  After another breathless year of new titles and ongoing smash hits, Image Comics has cemented its place as the hottest publishing game in town. Image Comics continues to set the…

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Staff Picks for January 20, 2016 – Nowhere Men, American Monster, Pencil Head, Silver Surfer, Carver: A Paris Story and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 19, 2016

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 or digital storefront, the…

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BF Awards 2015 – Best Artist: JH Williams III

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 18, 2016

As The Sandman: Overture finally reached completion in 2015, artist JH Williams III demonstrated the full, staggering range of his imagination and technique. Let’s just admit it: it’s something we’ve all…

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BF Awards 2015 – Best Limited Series: Lady Killer

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • January 15, 2016

In the five-part Lady Killer, Joëlle Jones and her collaborators delivered an explosive and stylish midcentury tale that put traditional gender roles in the crosshairs. And there’s more to come! Lady Killer marks…

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BF Awards 2015 – Breakout Talent: Tillie Walden

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2016

Of all our awards categories this year the one that garnered the most interest – to the tune of twice as many public votes as many of the others –…

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BF Awards 2015 – Best Writer: Jeff Lemire

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • January 14, 2016

In many ways, the work of critically acclaimed Canadian writer/artist Jeff Lemire embodies Broken Frontier’s own creative mandate. Just as comfortable plumbing the depths of the human condition as he…

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BF Awards 2015 – Best Ongoing Series: Saga

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • January 13, 2016

Saga is a graceful union of story and art that consistently embodies the very highest level of storytelling possible in the comics medium. For the second time in three years,…

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BF Awards 2015 – Best Book on Comics: Drawn and Quarterly – 25 Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics and Graphic Novels

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 13, 2016

With hundreds of pages of new and classic comics and an abundance of fascinating interviews and profiles, this splendid book pays tribute to Drawn and Quarterly, from its origin as a floppy…

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BF Awards 2015 – Best New Series: Midnighter

  • by Paul Mirek
  • January 12, 2016

You won’t find many superheroes punching their way around Broken Frontier, but in Midnighter, writer Steve Orlando and his collaborators have nailed readers with a potent mix of emotional conflict and hardcore action….

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BF Awards 2015 – Best One-Shot: Lost Property

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 12, 2016

Here at BF we’ve been following the career of our Broken Frontier Best One-Shot Award winner – Lost Property creator Andy Poyiadgi – from way back in those halcyon small press days when he…

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Broken Frontier Awards 2015: Announcing the Winners from Our Most Diverse Year of Nominations to Date

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 11, 2016

Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 12th annual BF Awards. Our 2015 awards saw a record-breaking number of votes come in from our readers, and unprecedented interest in…

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Welcome Back to the Frontier – Exploring the Comics Universe at BF in 2016!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 11, 2016

We’re back! Did you miss us…? Firstly, an apology from all of us at Broken Frontier for our downtime over the Christmas period and into the New Year. We won’t…

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Forbidden Planet International Blog – BF’s Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver’s ‘Best of 2015’ Comics Revealed!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 10, 2015

It’s the end of the year again and that means it’s time for our respected colleagues at the Forbidden Planet International blog to ask the assembled masses of the comics world to…

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Laydeez Do Comics Announce Special Broken Frontier Edition at Gosh! in January – Rozi Hathaway, Danny Noble and BF’s Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver Lined Up as Speakers

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 9, 2015

Creator Rozi Hathaway has announced on her website today that the first meeting of the London chapter of the popular Laydeez do Comics group (hosted by Wallis Eates and Keara Stewart)…

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Staff Picks for December 9, 2015 – Snow Blind, New Romancer, Alabaster Shadows, Yellow, Scarlet Witch and Walt Disney’s Mickey and Donald Christmas Parade

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 8, 2015

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 or digital storefront, the…

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Jamie Smart and Company Release Special Christmas Issue of ‘Moose Kid Comics’ to Raise Funds to Distribute Comics to Children’s Hospitals

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 2, 2015

Last year Jamie Smart and a team of 40 talented artists created the madcap, meta children’s anthology Moose Kid Comics as a response to the demise of the venerable British…

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