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Bite-sized chunks on what’s going on in the comics industry and beyond.

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Read the First Chapter of Laydeez do Comics Prize Winner Niki Bañados’ ‘Shivers in London’ Here Today at Broken Frontier!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 3, 2019

If you’ve been following our social media feeds over the last few days you will be aware that Broken Frontier were at the Laydeez do Comics Festival over the past…

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Staff Picks for April 3, 2019 – Gamayun Tales: Tyna of the Lake, Bronze Age Boogie, Ye and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 2, 2019

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 event or digital…

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2000 AD Takes a Swipe at Trump’s Wall with New Cover – Long- Running UK Weekly Continues Its Tradition of Political Satire and Social Commentary

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 1, 2019

Those of us who grew up on venerable British weekly comic 2000 AD in the late 1970s and early ’80s can attest to its importance in opening up our minds…

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Slang Pictorial #4 – Nick Prolix Returns to the Swinging Sixties in the Latest Instalment of His Retro Comedy-Drama ‘The Sheep and the Wolves’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 28, 2019

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

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Staff Picks for March 27, 2019 – Rad Erwank/Conspiracy Dog, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Femme Magnifique and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 26, 2019

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 event or digital…

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Lisa Y. Wu and Joe Illidge Join the Team at Indie Publishers A Wave Blue World

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 25, 2019

Like many of our talented team at Broken Frontier our Tyler Chin-Tanner is also a creative force in his own right, as co-publisher of indie comics outfit A Wave Blue…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Wednesday March 27th with Guest Artists Alexandra Cook, Iris Erlings, Kay Wilson and Aneurin Wright

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 25, 2019

The third Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2019 is nearly here! And we have yet another fabulous line-up of small press artists on Wednesday March 27th as more…

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Daniel Chabon Promoted to Senior Editor at Dark Horse Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 21, 2019

As we wind down here in the UK at Broken Frontier Towers this evening, there’s time for one quick late post of comics positivity. Dark Horse have announced that Daniel…

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Preview: Jesusfreak – Read Pages from Joe Casey and Benjamin Marra’s Controversial New Graphic Novel from Image Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 20, 2019

With its irreverent re-imagining of the life of Christ, Joe Casey and Benjamin Marra’s graphic novel Jesusfreak from Image Comics is sure to ruffle some feathers this month (especially after…

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Our Encounters with Evil – Dark Horse to Publish Sequel to Mike Mignola and Warwick Johnson-Cadwell’s Acclaimed Horror Graphic Novel ‘Mr. Higgins Comes Home’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2019

We were big fans here at Broken Frontier of Mike Mignola and Warwick Johnson-Cadwell’s graphic novella Mr. Higgins Comes Home back in 2017. Both a loving tribute and pastiche of…

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Staff Picks for March 20, 2019 – Blossoms in Autumn, Invisible Kingdom, Fran of the Floods and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 19, 2019

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 event or digital…

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Imagination Stations: Tommy Hoodless 1957-2018 – Celebrating the Life of a Local Comic Shop Owner

  • by Owen Michael Johnson
  • March 19, 2019

As part of our ongoing commitment at Broken Frontier to emphasising the vital importance of comics community we’re pleased today to be able to run this beautifully written and very…

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including Birdcage Bottom Books, Blop: Martian Explorer, Dunce and Future

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 15, 2019

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

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Matt Wagner’s Grendel Returns to Dark Horse Comics in ‘Grendel: Devil’s Odyssey’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 15, 2019

Debuting at Comico in the early ’80s before finding a home at Dark Horse Comics, Matt Wagner’s Grendel began as a cult noir-ish series in that decade’s great indie boom. In…

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Staff Picks for March 13, 2019 – Asleep in the Back, Assassin Nation, Calamity Kate and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 12, 2019

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 event or digital…

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Glorious Wrestling Alliance Premium Special – Josh Hicks Compiles Classic and All-New GWA Comics in One Essential Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 12, 2019

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

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3 Reasons Why You Need to Read ‘The Phoenix’ – UK Anthology Upholds the Great Tradition of Children’s Weekly Serial Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2019

‘3 Reasons Why You Need to Read…‘ is Broken Frontier’s semi-regular spotlight on a given serial comic that we think should be on your pull list. Whether it’s because of its…

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Farewell to Bristol Comic and Zine Fair – BCZF Bows Out After 8 Glorious Years

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2019

While I have been aware for some time that today’s announcement was coming in some form, the news that the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair is calling it a day…

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