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Rebellion Announces 2000 AD Graphic Novel Schedule for 2021 – Print and Digital Line-Up of 34 Titles Includes ‘Judge Dredd: Origins’, ‘Flesh’, ‘Durham Red’, ‘Brink’ and Many More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 18, 2021

Last month Rebellion announced their 2021 line-up of Treasury of British Comics collections. Today they have released details of this year’s 2000 AD volumes with a mix of classic and…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Avery Hill Publishing Announce 2021 Publishing List – Includes Books from Tillie Walden, Karen Shangguan, Lizzy Stewart & Molly Naylor, B. Mure, Lord Hurk and Clio Isadora

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 15, 2021

Avery Hill Publishing, Broken Frontier Best Publisher Award winners for 2020, have announced six books coming this year and it’s another cracking line-up of returning artists and new names. A…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Idiot Corpse – Aled Lies, Dylan Wyn Owen and Shehzad Ahmad Playfully Experiment with the Process of Comics Collaboration in this Bleakly Humorous Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 14, 2021

Riffing on the “Exquisite Corpse” storytelling set-up Idiot Corpse is an anthology exercise in narrative experimentation from Aled Lies, Dylan Wyn Owen and Shehzad Ahmad (with a striking cover by…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Other Side of the Border – This Bordertown Crime Story Fails to Differentiate Itself

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • January 12, 2021

Francois Combe is a mobile figure. A rich French-Belgian author of detective stories (nicknamed the “French Edgar Wallace”), Combe has transplanted himself to a ranch in Arizona, raising his son…

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Celebrating 2020 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 11, 2021

There wasn’t much to celebrate in 2020 but one thing we could take some joy in was that, despite everything, there was still plenty of amazing self-published comics work to…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to Host the 9th Annual Black Comic Book Festival January 13-16, 2021

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 8, 2021

Our first festival press release of 2021 has arrived with news of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture’s Black Comic Book Festival next week. Full details below including…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Winter Night: A Lost Kid’s Tale – Marta Selusi’s Whimsical Fantasy Comic Explores the Effects of Anxiety in a World Full of Monsters

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • January 6, 2021

Marta Selusi’s second graphic novel, Winter Night: A Lost Kid’s Tale tells the story of Shu, a young boy who wakes up one morning to find his mother gone and…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Broken Frontier Awards 2020: Announcing the Winners – A Huge Year for Zoe Thorogood, Shazleen Khan and Avery Hill Publishing, and Gosh! Comics Are this Year’s Hall of Fame Entrants!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 4, 2021

Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 17th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you our readers and the BF team. Last year in our BF Awards write-up…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Lost (Lives Unlived) – Anja Uhren’s Powerful Account of Pregnancy Loss and Grief is an Unforgettable Piece of Autobio Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 1, 2021

A personal reflection on my journey through pregnancy and pregnancy loss. Following the urge to acknowledge the existence of our lost babies – too precious to deny or forget. Talking…

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Minor Leagues #10 – Another Essential Autobiographical Collection of Simon Moreton’s Comics, Stories, Illustration and Writing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 30, 2020

It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year replete with diary-style comics documenting the strangest nine months of our lives. In time, of course, they will be an…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Malty Heave #2 – Phil Elliott and Robert Wells Return with a Second Horror-Themed Edition of the Parody Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 29, 2020

Fondly sending up a certain decades-old bastion of fantasy magazine publishing (the clue is in the anagrammatical title) Robert Wells and Phil Elliott’s Malty Heave makes a welcome end-of-year return…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Reckless – Brubaker and the Phillips Provide an Intriguing Character Study Wrapped in a Satisfying Pulp Paperback

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • December 28, 2020

Ethan Reckless, freelance enforcer, operates out of an abandoned cinema. Despite his current shortage of funds, he is not eager to rent it out. The El Ricardo is a temple,”…

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Happy Holidays from the Broken Frontier Team!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 24, 2020

We’ll be taking a few days off at Broken Frontier Towers from today to enjoy a festive break! But before we go we want to wish our extended BF family…

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Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2020 – In this Strangest of Years We Celebrate an Amazing Twelve Months of Emerging Talent!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 23, 2020

Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 17th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our team has selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…

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Liminal 11 Announce Spring 2021 Line-Up Including Books from Emma Burleigh, Fumio Obata, Sean Michael Wilson and John Cei Douglas

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 18, 2020

“Mind, body, spirit” publisher Liminal 11 have announced their Spring 2021 books and there’s a whole host of talent who will be familiar to Broken Frontier readers in the mix….

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Slaughterhouse-Five – Ryan North and Albert Monteys Continually Twist the Comic Form in this Undeniably Self-Aware Adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Masterpiece

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • December 17, 2020

Ryan North and Albert Monteys continually twist the comic form in this undeniably self-aware adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece Slaughterhouse-Five, for BOOM! Studios/Archaia. In Slaughterhouse-Five, Ryan North and Albert Monteys…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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She Would Feel the Same – Emma Hunsinger’s Beautiful and Thought-Provoking Exploration of Relationships and Break-Ups from Shortbox

  • by Holly Raidl
  • December 15, 2020

She Would Feel the Same is a beautifully made book creating a detailed depiction of a break-up. It gives a refreshing take on the idea with a less dramatic portrayal…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“I Want There to Be Many More Stories About and by These Kinds of Storytellers” – Zain Dada and Kumail Rizvi Talk About Khidr Comix Lab, a New Micropublisher Providing a Platform for Black, Brown and Muslim Creators

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 14, 2020

Launching today, Khidr Comix Lab is a new micropublishing venture seeking to provide a platform for Black, Brown and Muslim storytellers. Having had an advance look at some of the…

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