Broken Frontier Staff Picks for September 18, 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…
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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for September 11, 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…
Dates for Your Diaries: Sophie’s World, the Cartoon Museum’s Age of Glamour and Comica Comiket
Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary is celebrated in Sophie’s World at Orbital, London’s Cartoon Museum invites us to the Age of Glamour and the autumn Comica Comiket date is announced. Details…
Process #6: Christian Ward Talks Infinite Vacation
In this month’s report from the Process group at London’s Gosh! Comics, Infinite Vacation’s Christian Ward talks about his career to date and the intricacies of his own creative process….
Forever Evil Has Arrived: Let’s Kill Nightwing!
Forever Evil is just around the corner, and with another new event comes new rumors of Nightwing’s death. What is Nightwing’s place in the DC Universe? Should he have been killed…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for September 4, 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…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for August 28, 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…
‘The Gigantic Beard that was Evil’ Wins 9th Art Award at Edinburgh International Book Festival
At the Edinburgh International Book Festival this afternoon the winner of Graphic Scotland’s inaugural 9th Art Award for the best full-length English language graphic novel of the last year was…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for August 21, 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…
Of Course Comics Are for Women!
Due to a computerless vacation (it was much needed and I had a wonderful time, thanks for asking), I missed the recent hubbub surrounding comments supposedly made by Mark Millar…
Process #5: On Small Press Publishing and Photocomics
In this month’s report from the Process group at London’s Gosh! Comics, small press outfit Avery Hill Publishing talk about their publishing philosophy and the group focus on the subject…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for August 14, 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…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for August 7, 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…
Batman and Robin Will Never Die: A Brief Look at Grant Morrison’s Batman
“Batman and Robin will never die!” That line from the beginning of “Batman R.I.P.” pretty much sums up the whole of Grant Morrison’s Batman run to me. The line in…
John Lewis’s ‘March: Book One’ Destined To Be Top Shelf’s Hit of the Year
It’s gotten starred reviews from outlets such as Booklist and Kirkus Reviews. It’s gained traction at major industry events like BookExpo America and San Diego Comic-Con. And it will be…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for July 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…
Etherington Brothers Announce Once-in-a-Lifetime Monkey Nuts Auction
We’ve always been big fans of the all-ages work of those fraternal fictioneers the Etherington Brothers here at Broken Frontier. If there’s such a thing as a national treasure in…
Amazing Art: The Increased Minimalism in Jae Lee’s Work
As we underscored in our review of the opening issue and this week’s Staff Picks, Greg Pak is nailing Superman and Batman, putting a long-wanted fresh spin on the way…
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