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

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Staff Picks for October 3, 2018 – Kingdom, Hellstorm Omnibus, Bastard, The Umbrella Academy and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 2, 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 event or digital…

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Carlos Ezquerra: A Legend in His Own Lifetime – Celebrating the Work of the “Heart and Soul” of 2000 AD

  • by Tony Ingram
  • October 2, 2018

As far as comics go, Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (1947-2018) wasn’t one of the biggest names on the largely American-dominated world stage, but he should have been; certainly, the world of…

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Staff Picks for September 26, 2018 – Follow Me In, Friendo, Man-Eaters, On a Sunbeam, F*ck Off Squad and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 26, 2018

It’s 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 storefront,…

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Thought Bubble 2018 – A Broken Frontier Scrapbook Celebration of the UK’s Most Expansive Comics Festival

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 25, 2018

Tired but so, so inspired. Five words that sum up our post-Thought Bubble feelings here at Broken Frontier Towers. B-Fronts hit T-Bubs (did I really just type that?) in Leeds…

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Gosh! Comics Hosts the London Launch for Avery Hill’s ‘Follow Me In’ and ‘Retrograde Orbit’ – Meet Katriona Chapman and Kristyna Baczynski on Sept 28th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 24, 2018

If you were in Leeds for Thought Bubble this weekend then you may well have caught the first leg of the Avery Hill Follow Me In and Retrograde Orbit Launch…

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Thought Bubble Preview 2018: Jazz Creepers #1 – An Anthology of Florid Stories by Douglas Noble, Sarah Horrocks, Sarah Gordon and Company

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 21, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! That long-time favourite on the UK small press circuit Douglas Noble describes Jazz Creepers as “an anthology of florid stories, of disreputable comics, and of unruly…

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Thought Bubble 2018 Preview: Island – Laurel Pettitt’s Comics Memoir Takes a Charmingly Scrapbook Style Approach to the Graphic Travelogue

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 21, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Since I first met her at our Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw this year and reviewed her minicomic Quiet Moments Laurel Pettitt’s graphic travelogue…

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Thought Bubble 2018 Preview: Slang Pictorial – Nick Prolix Takes Us Back to North London in the Early 1960s in His ‘The Sheep and the Wolves’ Comedy-Drama

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 20, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Over the last few months Nick Prolix’s Bullpen Boot-Camp column here at Broken Frontier has become a very popular feature on the site. Nick’s illustrated fortnightly…

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Gosh! Comics Present a Post-Thought Bubble Triple Signing on Monday September 24th with Leslie Hung, Greg Rucka and Brian Stelfreeze

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 19, 2018

While we’re all gearing up in the UK for the juggernaut of comics festivals that is the all-encompassing Thought Bubble at the weekend our chums at Gosh! Comics in London…

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Staff Picks for September 19, 2018 – Petals, Olivia Twist, Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive, Be Your Own Backing Band and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 18, 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 event or digital…

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Thought Bubble 2018 Preview: Komisk – Fraser Geesin and Chums Debut Their IKEA-Inspired Anthology Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 18, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Fraser Geesin – he of the splendidly funny and self-deprecating autobio comic The Cleaner: Man of Destiny – has a new comic debuting at Thought Bubble. Komisk…

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Thought Bubble 2018 Preview: UGH! Zine – Immerse Yourself in the Wild Imagination of Korinna Mei

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! The Thought Bubble previews are coming in thick and fast and here’s another artist whose work we’ve covered before at Broken Frontier who you should be…

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Thought Bubble 2018 Preview: Kels Choo’s Zines and Comics – Take a Look at ‘The Coven of Wellington Woods’, ‘Happy Home’ and ‘Windows’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Another day and another piece of pre-Thought Bubble coverage here at Broken Frontier! This one’s extra exciting for us at BF as today’s subject Kels Choo…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back for a Thought Bubble Special on Thursday September 20th with Guest Artists Ben Sears and Kels Choo

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2018

We’re squeezing in a Thought Bubble Special Edition of our  Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw this week! And we have an ace double bill of TB talent on Thursday…

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Preview: A Lone Deer at the End of the World, The Complete Matinee Idol and Bottoms Up! – Catch Birdcage Bottom Books at SPX this Weekend!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 14, 2018

Birdcage Bottom Books are one of our favourite US small press publishers here at Broken Frontier with their output of genuinely indie, experimental and alt comics typifying the kind of…

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Thought Bubble 2018 Preview: Nexus Chapter 1 – C Vinter’s New Sci-Fi Series Debuts in Print in Leeds

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 13, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! While one of them tries to keep it all together, the other keeps tearing it down. Hyder is doing his best trying to provide for his…

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Comics Comics #1 – Patton Oswalt and Company Put the Comic in Comics in New Kickstarter Anthology

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • September 12, 2018

Every few weeks 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…

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Staff Picks for September 12, 2018 – Berlin, The Alcoholic, Archie 1941 and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 12, 2018

It’s 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 storefront,…

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