Mike Kunkel’s Squiggle Project
When you stop and think about it, every art project begins with a single line. Where it goes from there unlocks personal creativity, and that’s what makes it art. Cartoonist…
Section: Blog
Bite-sized chunks on what’s going on in the comics industry and beyond.
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for January 15, 2014
It’s almost 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, BF…
Miracleman: Catching up with an Old Acquaintance
Marvel claims that Miracleman is “the lost Watchmen” – a series that “changed comics forever”. But more than 30 years after the work’s debut (as Marvelman) in UK anthology title Warrior, is it…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for January 8, 2014
It’s almost 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, BF…
BF Awards 2013 – Best Book on Comics: Comics Art
Just prior to the release of Comics Art from Tate Publishing I bumped into its author Paul Gravett at an unrelated launch at London’s Gosh! Comics. In the course of…
BF Awards 2013 – Best New Series: Lazarus
Greg Rucka and Michael Lark are a match made in comic book heaven, but heaven’s a place one can only wish for when you’ve stepped into their captivating dystopian world….
BF Awards 2013 – Best Publisher: Image Comics
There are countless comic book publishers that are releasing spectacular work and who were considered for our Best Publisher category. Ultimately though, there was never any question about which…
BF Awards 2013 – Best Ongoing Series: Saga
With a singular combination of originality, boldness, and flawlessness in execution, Saga fulfills the promise of its genre in more ways than one. Plenty of independent comics have come and…
BF Awards 2013 – Best Writer (Mainstream): Matt Fraction
(Im)perfectionist, we love Matt Fraction’s Hawkeye, warts and all Matt Fraction has been pushing the boundaries in mainstream comics for years. Even after the label became synonymous with Big Two…
BF Awards 2013 – Best Artist (Independent): Fiona Staples
“We are small, but the universe is not.” One look at the cover of the first issue and it was clear that Saga was unique. Melding fantasy and sci-fi would…
BF Awards 2013 – Best Writer (Independent): Brian K. Vaughan
With Saga not letting up in its second year and by adding The Private Eye to his repertoire, Brian K. Vaughan is showing the world he continues to be a…
BF Awards 2013 – Best Original Graphic Novel: The Black Project
In this year’s Broken Frontier Awards, British creator Gareth Brookes had the Best Original Graphic Novel category sewn up with The Black Project, his frank, funny and painstaking look at…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for December 31, 2013
It’s almost 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, BF…
BF Awards 2013 – Breakout Talent: Isabel Greenberg
To be slightly parochial for the moment – but appropriately so, I think, given the nominees in this category – it has been a truly remarkable year for emerging graphic…
BF Awards 2013 – Best Limited Series: Trillium
After a shaky start to 2013, the year ends in triumph for Vertigo Comics as Jeff Lemire’s epic sci-fi romance Trillium takes the Broken Frontier Award for Best Limited Series. For…
BF Awards 2013 – Best Artist (Mainstream): David Aja
David Aja is the industry’s modern Jim Steranko: an innovative artist who masterfully dissects storytelling like no other. His art is largely responsible for making Hawkeye the best Marvel comic…
Broken Frontier Awards 2013: The Winners, ‘Saga’ Snags Three
Broken Frontier proudly unveils the winners of its 10th annual Broken Frontier Awards. During the last weeks of 2013, the BF staff went through piles of comics and graphic novels…
Forbidden Planet International Blog: BF’s Managing Editor Andy Oliver’s Best of 2013
Throughout December the fine folk at the Forbidden Planet International blog ask the assembled masses of the comics world to look back on the previous twelve months and select their…
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