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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Candles – Lyndon White’s Magical Fantasy from Unbound Books

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 26, 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 October 24, 2018 – Wolf, The Books of Magic, Dave McKean: Short Films, Lodger and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 23, 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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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Thursday October 25th with Guest Artists Dan White, Cathy Brett and James Albon

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 22, 2018

It’s nearly Halloween which means our penultimate Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2018 is here! And, as ever, we have a line-up of the most utterly splendid guest…

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New Exhibition of the Art of Gareth Brookes to Be Held at 155a Artists Space in November – Includes Work from ‘A Thousand Coloured Castles’ and His New Project ‘Threadbare’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 19, 2018

News of a new Gareth Brookes exhibition of embroideries, prints and drawings at London’s 155a Artists Space will no doubt be of huge interest to regular Broken Frontier readers given…

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Preview: Around the Block with Prolix #1 – Nick Prolix’s Latest Comic Launches at Nottingham Comic Con

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 19, 2018

Our Bullpen Boot-Camp columnist Nick Prolix has been building up an ever-growing audience of fans over the last few months for his fortnightly illustrated feature at Broken Frontier. The column…

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Ghost Comics Festival Debuts on October 27th – New Alternative Comics Show Aims to Promote Local Indie Talent in Glasgow

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 17, 2018

Considering the site’s ethos we’re obviously huge fans here at Broken Frontier of any projects that look to showcase the grassroots scene and boost alternative comic talent; especially those that…

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Staff Picks for October 17, 2018 – Terrible Means, Gideon Falls, Simpsons Comics and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 16, 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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Hannah Berry Announced as New UK Comics Laureate – Broken Frontier Award-Winning Creator to Take Over Role in 2019

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 15, 2018

Over the weekend at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival the news broke that the third UK Comics Laureate will be Hannah Berry who takes over the role from Charlie Adlard…

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New York Comic Con 2018 – A Quick Creator-Focused Stop-Off at NYCC!

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • October 11, 2018

While NYCC is certainly one of the premier comic conventions held each year, it also comes at the end of a very long con season. I’d already exhibited at eight…

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Staff Picks for October 10, 2018 – All the Sad Songs, Fielder, Incognegro: Renaissance, Girl Town and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 9, 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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Koyama Press Announces Spring 2019 Season! – New Books from Emily Carroll, Ben Sears, Chris Kuzma and Aaron Leighton

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 8, 2018

The ever excellent, innovative and boundary-pushing Koyama Press have announced their Spring 2019 line-up of books. There’s some cracking projects here, ready for us all to grab from the shelves…

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BCZF 2018 Preview: Dead Singers Society Volume 4 – Good Comics Say Farewell to Their Flagship Anthology with this Final Volume

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2018

EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Back in 2015 the first issue of Dead Singers Society was the launch publication for UK micropublishers Good Comics with a variety of UK small press and…

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BCZF 2018 Preview: Who Killed JoJo? Book 1 – Cathy Brett’s Laydeez do Comics Prize-Nominated Work Launches its First Chapter at the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 4, 2018

EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Earlier this year Cathy Brett was one of the shortlisted creators for the Laydeez do Comics Prize for her graphic-novel-in-progress, announced at the first LDC Festival back…

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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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