Broken Frontier Awards 2013: The Winners, ‘Saga’ Snags Three
Broken Frontier proudly unveils the winners of its 10th annual Broken Frontier Awards. During the last weeks of 2013, the BF staff went through piles of comics and graphic novels…
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Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and a wonderful Holiday Season for you and yours from all of us at Broken Frontier. We’re tremendously thankful for your continued support; we’d be nowhere without you,…
Broken Frontier Awards 2013: Vote Now!
Broken Frontier has unveiled the nominees for its tenth annual Broken Frontier Awards. Voting is now open and closes on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at midnight PT. The BF staff…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Bored in Beirut
Beirut 1990: Snapshots of a Civil War is a touching biographical travel diary of two brothers to a land of war where we meet the people behind the abstract facade…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
ink + PAPER #4 – UK Digest Anthology Showcases EdieOP, Sean Azzopardi, Katriona Chapman and More!
It’s been a longer than usual gap between issues for David O’Connell’s chunky but digest-sized ink + PAPER – a publication that I’ve referred to here in the past as…
Portland Comics Heaven at Orbital Comics, London
I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting Portland, Oregon, but from everything I’ve picked up about the place, it seems to be something like an American version of Brighton here…
Location, Location, Location: Oliver East
Striding out from his home in Manchester, the critically acclaimed artist Oliver East has blazed the trail for ‘landscape comics’ in the UK. As in most narrative media, the vast…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Lost in Life
A new emerging talent in the Belgian alt scene, Shamisa Debroey immediately goes for the throat with a stunningly rendered tale of parental loss. Brecht Evens and Randall C are…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Faction #2 – Kiwi Comic Anthology Showcases Best of New Zealand Sequential Art
Science fiction anthology Faction represents something of a ‘Small Pressganged’ first. While the Australasian continent has not been unrepresented in this column in the past, with work from Paul Bedford,…
Why You Should Be Reading: Retrofit Comics
One of the things that’s pleased me most about comics this year has been the discovery of small press subscription services. While the Internet makes it easy(-ish) to keep tabs…
Letter 44 #2
Nothing is quite what it seems on Earth or in space. Letter 44 messes with your mind, and you won’t mind at all. While newly elected President Blades is being…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
You Smell of Crime and I’m the Deodorant
Al Ewing & Henry Flint’s hilarious and rather outrageous undead crime-fighter is back. THIS IS COMICS: weaponized zombies, mega-brained pop music moguls, male stripper minds in butt transplants, gung-ho military…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Hatchlings – Manga Jiman Winners Come Together in the First Cross#atch Anthology
Cross#atch are a small collective of five manga creators from a variety of cultures who all share the experience of success in the UK Manga Jiman short story competition. Their…
The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story
Tiwary and Robinson exquisitely meld history and fiction in this fully painted graphic biography of the legendary Beatles manager. By the time Brian Epstein met the Beatles in 1961, they…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
John Tiffany on the Run
A lackluster bounty-hunter-on-the-run plot is turned into a spectacular action movie by the stunning visuals of the brand new & re-invented nineties artist Dan Panosian. Starting out as a Rob…
Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore
Lance Parkin’s biography provides a revealing examination of the life and work of one of comics’ most influential and divisive figures. Like a lot of comics readers of a certain…
Inside Look: Scum of the Earth #1 – Southern Fried Sci-Fi by Mark Bertolini and Rob Croonenborghs
Mark Bertolini and Rob Croonenborghs have created a brand new genre in comics with the release of Scum of the Earth – Southern Fried Sci-Fi! Bring your eyeballs and your…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Vikings: The New Bwahaha
Crossing Borders is just one big barrel of laughs with vikings on the run from a vulcano (?) confusing Scotland with Walhalla and 5 easy steps on how to turn…
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