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Section: Eyecatcher

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Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Seasons

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 18, 2013

Debuting at Thought Bubble! Mike Medaglia’s stunning Seasons underlines that 2013 was the year that Avery Hill Publishing came of age… A small boy pondering the apparently arbitrary rules of…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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Get Harry Ex

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • November 12, 2013

If you’re going to be referencing one of the all-time great revenge movies, you better make sure that your comic lives up to the reference and I can safely say…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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The Comix Reader #5

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 7, 2013

“Anything can happen in the next half hour!” – it’s the tagline, of course, of Gerry Anderson’s cult ‘60s Supermarionation series Stingray but it’s one that could also quite easily…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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Requiem for a Screaming Planet

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • November 5, 2013

Famed director and comics scribe Alexandro Jodorowsky steps up to the short story challenge with Screaming Planet featuring an all-star roster of artists like JH Williams III, Ladrönn, Adi Granov…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Happy Birthday ‘Small Pressganged’! Celebrating Two Years of Unearthing the Gems of the Small Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 1, 2013

Broken Frontier’s ‘Small Pressganged’ column – our regular spotlight on the worlds of small press, self-published and micropublished comics – will be two years old this weekend and, at the…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Fox #1

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • October 31, 2013

Haspiel and Waid usher in a light-hearted, action-packed new era for The Fox! Comics are a little more fun this week, thanks to the arrival of Red Circle Comics’ The…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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Elric Stormbringer Returns

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • October 29, 2013

Fantasy legend Elric of Melniboné is back in a European comic series endorsed by Michael Moorcock with the words ‘If I could go back, I would do it like this.’…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for October 30, 2013

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • October 28, 2013

It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Pretty Torn Up: Ales Kot and Comics Ink owner comment on the public destruction of Pretty Deadly #1

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • October 25, 2013

Yesterday, Zero and newly-vested Secret Avengers writer Ales Kot posed a question on his tumblr page. After hearing reports of a retailer at Comics Ink in Culver City, CA tearing…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Pretty Deadly #1

  • by Tom Murphy
  • October 24, 2013

Kelly Sue DeConnick, Emma Ríos and Jordie Bellaire start their eagerly awaited supernatural Western series with a slow sizzle rather than a big bang. Alongside Brubaker and Epting’s Velvet, the…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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From the Light into the Dark

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • October 22, 2013

From moody western horror in Promise by Lamy & Mikaël to the uproarious photo comics of Ype Driessen, Crossing Borders has it all. Promise vol. 1: The Book of Last…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Encyclopedia of Early Earth

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 21, 2013

A heady mix of the spellbinding, the poignant, the wacky and, at times, the heartbreaking, The Encyclopedia of Early Earth is a book worth both the wait and the hype…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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Penguins, Cowboys & Aliens

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • October 15, 2013

Trondheim tackles the wild west in Texas Cowboys and The Godfrrrsaken Island is Luc Cromheecke’s new all-ages gag comic where anything goes. Texas Cowboys by Trondheim & Bonhomme The always…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Afterlife with Archie #1

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 14, 2013

One careless moment, one dreadful accident, and one terrible, misguided decision. Dominoes begin to topple in a chain of cause and effect that will change the lives of the residents…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Black Project

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 10, 2013

Clandestine first love with a papier mache twist is the order of the day in this remarkable debut graphic novel from creator Gareth Brookes. No doubt all of us can…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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The Kid’s Alright

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • October 8, 2013

This one’s for the youngsters with all-ages European books aimed squarely at young readers: Kill Your Mothers 2 & The Adventures of Timo. Kill Your Mothers 2 (of 2) The…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Mother Russia: Jeff McComsey has yet another FUBAR Kickstarter hit on his hands

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • October 7, 2013

Most Kickstarter campaigners would happily donate their kidney to see that fundraising bar turn completely green. All green means their project has been 100% funded and that they can bring…

Eyecatcher · Features

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The Evolution of Molly Danger: Jamal Igle on Breathing Life into His New All-Ages Powerhouse

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • October 2, 2013

Over the past couple of years, more and more high profile creators have been flocking to the creator-owned market. In the last year alone, creators generally known for their mainstream…

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