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Eyecatcher · Reviews

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I Feel Love – Romance Comics with the Bleakest of Twists in this New SelfMadeHero Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 8, 2021

A follow-up to 2018’s anthology I Feel Machine – an exploration of the darker implications in our relationship with technology – SelfMadeHero’s I Feel Love similarly brings us six unsettling…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“I’m Always Trying to Be a More Elastic Cartoonist, Especially with My Character Designs” – Michael DeForge on His New Book ‘Heaven No Hell’ from Drawn & Quarterly

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 6, 2021

Following on from his review of Michael DeForge‘s Heaven No Hell last week at Broken Frontier, Lindsay Pereira talks to DeForge about his art, being productive during a pandemic, and…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Colossive Cartographies #15-21 – Another Batch of Boundary-Pushing Colossive Press Zines from Miranda Smart, Joe Decie, Simon Russell, Patrick Wray and Co

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 5, 2021

As mentioned the last time I looked at the Colossive Cartographies from Colossive Press, this tactile series of one-shot art objects took its inspiration from Colossive co-publisher Tom Murphy’s toying…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Gamish: A Graphic History of Gaming – Edward Ross Explores the History of Videogames in His Signature Style

  • by Pete Redrup
  • April 2, 2021

A warm nostalgia for early experiences of video games is a common phenomenon, and Edward Ross’s begins in Gamish with his brother’s venerable Atari ST, 1985’s rival to the Commodore…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Two Lives of Penelope – Judith Vanistendael Continues to Bring a Powerful Voice to the Comic Scene in this Story of a Surgeon Haunted by Both Her Work and Gender Expectations

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • April 1, 2021

Judith Vanistendael’s The Two Lives of Penelope tells the story of a woman living two parallel lives – one as a mother, in a cosy home, with a loving husband…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Thud – Mikaël Ross Explores Themes of Developmental Disability, Community and Mortality in a Poignant Tale from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 30, 2021

Mikaël Ross’s The Thud takes its inspiration from the real life inclusive German village of Neuerkerode, a location largely populated and run by residents with learning disabilities. Ross spent two…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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A Pocket Chiller: I Woke Up Like This – Douglas Noble and Sean Azzopardi Bring Us Experimental Horror Comics with a Retro Branding

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 29, 2021

One can never second guess the exact details of the collaborative process between creators Douglas Noble and Sean Azzopardi. Behind the scenes they have worked in a number of fascinating…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Getting It Together – Sweet Slice-of-Life Relationship Stories for the Modern Era

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • March 26, 2021

The world is falling apart, and Jack is stuck in the middle. Well, at least the relationship between Jack’s best friend Sam and Jack’s sister (and roommate) Lauren is. The…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“This Series is All About Introducing Sexuality, Gender and Related Topics in an Engaging, Accessible and Somewhat Playful Way” – Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele on Their Icon Books ‘Graphic Guides’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 25, 2021

Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele‘s Graphic Guides from Icon Books have already been met with great critical acclaim for their concise and easily digestible account of the intricacies of the…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Death Machine & Gravy Train Stay Indoors – Josh Hicks Revisits His ‘Glorious Wrestling Alliance’ Cast in Lockdown

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 24, 2021

While diary comics and graphic medicine anthologies surrounding the events of the last year have been in plentiful supply fiction – particularly fiction focusing on established characters with a long-running…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Two Stones – Love Finds a Way in Mollie Ray’s Delicately Rendered Comics Short

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 23, 2021

“Two stones, but one shape.” One of the hardest feats in comics is to meaningfully tell a story in a short and succinct page count. There’s a need to hook…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Substrata – Olivia Sullivan and Sean Azzopardi’s Abstract Comic Looks “Beneath the Skin of Things”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 22, 2021

Substrata is a collaboration that sees two generations of UK indie comics coming together as stalwart of the British small press scene Sean Azzopardi teams up with Olivia Sullivan, undoubtedly…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Slightly Exaggerated #1 – A New Beautifully Rendered Fantasy from To Infinity Studios

  • by Jenny Robins
  • March 19, 2021

The sky is the limit, and also the sky is the sea. A new beautifully rendered fantasy. Slightly Exaggerated  is described as “a treasure hunt fantasy adventure where a dying…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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“Quindrie is Centred on the Idea of Helping Creators to Publish Passion Project Comics” – Quindrie Press Founder Eve Greenwood on Amplifying Emerging and Marginalised Voices

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 18, 2021

With four gorgeously illustrated comics currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, new small press publisher Quindrie Press have already made a huge impact before their first books have been published. Their stated…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Tōno Monogatari – Shigeru Mizuki Introduces New Readers to the Supernatural Wonder of this Japanese Classic

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 17, 2021

It’s interesting to consider that one of the most popular versions of Tōno Monogatari, Japan’s supernatural literary classic, was born because of one man’s desire to protect his country’s cultural…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Sunshine State – John Carvajal’s Slice-of-Life Explores the Tension Between Uncertainty and Self-Identity

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • March 16, 2021

In Sunshine State, John Carvajal takes us along for the ride as we follow Milo, stumbling through life, trying to find his feet. Carvajal’s watercolours are evocative of these youthful, washed…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Quark Soup – Introducing the Experimental Comics Practice of Mereida Fajardo

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 15, 2021

When it comes to small press coverage for Broken Frontier I am always on the lookout for work that experiments with the form – practice that interrogates its perceived boundaries…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Nocterra #1 – Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel Take Us into the Darkest Future Ever Conceived

  • by John Trigonis
  • March 12, 2021

Stay lit and sit––Scott Snyder & Tony S. Daniel’s Nocterra #1 from Image Comics and Best Jackett Press takes off on a Mad-Maxian roadshow into the darkest future ever conceived….

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