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Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Collected Neil the Horse – Katherine Collins Still Makes Canadian Readers Smile With the World’s Only Musical Comic

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • January 25, 2022

It’s called a musical comic because the eponymous horse is part of a song-and-dance act. This may sound like an anomaly today, but Neil the Horse made perfect sense in…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Prismatik Man #2 – Biological Horror and Technological Unreality Meet in the Second Issue of Stathis Tsemberlidis’s Decadence Comics Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 24, 2022

It’s been a little while since we reviewed the first chapter of Prismatik Man at Broken Frontier. The eagerly anticipated second issue of Stathis Tsemberlidis’s Decadence Comics series made its…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“Hanging Out with a Young Witch and Her Rat Friend Was Indeed Quite the Tonic” – Benjamin Dickson and Rachael Smith Talk ‘The Queen’s Favorite Witch’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 21, 2022

At the end of last year the first book of The Queen’s Favorite Witch, a new series of graphic novels from Papercutz, debuted with the first volume The Wheel of…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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The Snoop – A Tale of Childhood Intrigue and Atari Games from Tony Wolf and SirGryphon

  • by Tony Wolf
  • January 19, 2022

Christmas 2021 may have come and gone, but here’s a new tale of childhood snooping for holiday presents from Tony Wolf & SirGryphon! ‘The Snoop’ is another delightful piece of nostalgic…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Pulp & Circumstance – A New Original Comic Strip by Rachelle Meyer on Her Earliest Experiences of the World of Comics

  • by Rachelle Meyer
  • January 17, 2022

We are delighted to run another new original comic strip today at Broken Frontier, this time by Texas Tracts creator Rachelle Meyer. In Pulp & Circumstance Rachelle explores her earliest…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Welcoming Steve Walsh into the Broken Frontier Hall of Fame and Celebrating His Incredible Work in Building Comics Community in the UK in the Last Decade

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 14, 2022

As promised when we announced the 2021 Broken Frontier Awards results last week at BF today we’re celebrating the comics activism of the latest inductee into our Hall of Fame…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Dredd @ 45 – London’s Cartoon Museum Unveils Exhibition to Celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Judge Dredd and ‘2000 AD’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 13, 2022

Publishers Rebellion and London’s Cartoon Museum have teamed up for a special exhibition launching soon that will celebrate the 45th anniversary of 2000 AD‘s iconic lawman Judge Dredd. Read more…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Silver Sprocket Announces Spring 2022 Publishing Schedule – Includes Books from Alec Robbins, Benji Nate and Grace Gogarty

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 11, 2022

It’s that time of year when purveyors of fine sequential art start sending us their schedules for 2022 and today we have the details of what you can expect from…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Spit Dog – Jamie Kinroy Takes Us to Middle Ages Germany in a Promising Fantasy Tale

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 10, 2022

It may be set mostly in the environs of a middle ages kitchen in late fifteenth century Germany but it could be argued that Jamie KInroy’s Spit Dog has social…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Weeding – Montréal Artist Geneviève Lebleu Uses Body Horror to Powerful Effect in Her Stunning Debut

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • January 7, 2022

There are several things going on in Geneviève Lebleu’s debut Weeding that don’t register with one’s first reading. The body horror, unsurprisingly, becomes the most engrossing thing about the book…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Garth Ennis Spearheads New ‘Battle Action Special’ for 2022 – Includes a ‘Kids Rule OK’ Story with Kevin O’Neill

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 6, 2022

Rebellion’s line of Specials based on the classic properties that make up their Treasury of British Comics imprint has proven to be a publishing highlight for both long-term UK comics…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Broken Frontier Awards 2021: Announcing the Winners – Socially Relevant Work is at the Forefront and Steve Walsh is this Year’s Hall of Fame Entrant!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 4, 2022

Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 18th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you our readers and the BF team. Twelve months ago when I wrote the…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Shiatsung Project – Brigitte Archambault Raises Interesting Questions About Humanity and Technology with Her Debut Book

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • January 3, 2022

We are plunged into the world of Brigitte Archambault’s unnamed protagonist in The Shiatsung Project without a preamble. We aren’t given any information about who she is, why she lives…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Complete Johnny Future – A Rare 1960s British Foray into Super-Hero Territory Collected by the Treasury of British Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 30, 2021

Not all archival comics collections need to be showcases for the best of what the medium can offer in terms of originality and technique. Some can exist solely for nostalgic…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Celebrating 2021 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 28, 2021

It seems hardly possible that this is the tenth annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ yearly round-up at Broken Frontier. Way back in 2012 I was…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Happy Holidays to Our Broken Frontier Community from the BF Team!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 24, 2021

Our final pre-Christmas post this year as, however and whichever way you celebrate, we want to wish our Broken Frontier community the happiest of holidays. This, has, obviously been a…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2021 – Celebrating Twelve Months of Inspiring Comics Practice in a Year of Adversity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 23, 2021

Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 18th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our team has selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Inside Look: I Am a Leader of My House – PositiveNegatives’ New Webcomic with The New Humanitarian and Fahmida Azim Tells the Stories of Two Rohingya Women in Their Fight for Equality

  • by PositiveNegatives and Fahmida Azim
  • December 21, 2021

“I am a leader of my house” — PositiveNegatives’ new webcomic with The New Humanitarian and Fahmida Azim — tells the stories of two Rohingya women in their fight for…

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