In Memoriam: Marleen Starksfield Lowe – 1979-2020
The comics medium has lost a rare talent with the passing of Marleen Starksfield Lowe on the evening of 7th November 2020, after a long battle with Leukemia which she…
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The Dog and the Cat – Dominique Duong’s Queer Asian Romance Effortlessly Blends Mythology and Slice-of-Life Drama
I have expressed sentiments like this before on many occasions at Broken Frontier but I never tire of repeating them. One of the greatest joys of our championing emerging creative…
Preview: Happy Hour #2 – Milligan and Montenat Return to a World Where Unhappiness is Illegal Via Ahoy Comics
Hitting stores next week from Ahoy Comics, Peter Milligan and Michael Montenat’s Happy Hour (with colouring from Felipe Sobreiro and lettering by Rob Steen). Set in a world where unhappiness…
Inspiration: A Comics School Anthology – New Community Comics Project Showcases the Work of Emerging Creative Voices in a Digital Short Story Collection
Community-based projects will always be at the heart of what we do at Broken Frontier and Inspiration, the first of three digital anthologies from the Comics School project certainly fits…
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Affordable Amazement #2 – The European Comics Anthology Returns with More Outlandish Offerings from Lord Hurk, Paul Ashley Brown, Tobias Tak and More
I would argue that Lord Hurk and, in turn Fancy Butcher Press the small press imprint he runs with Kevin Ward, have been criminally overlooked on the UK small press…
Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir – Bishakh Som’s Exploration of Identity is a Remarkably Layered Graphic Memoir with More than a Hint of the Meta to Its Pages
Bishakh Som’s Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir may be an intricately layered piece of storytelling but such is the elegance of its narrative structure that the reader only comes to that…
The Curious Case of Leonardo’s Bicycle – Brick Builds a Dense and Entertaining Investigation of an Apparent Artistic Hoax
“Is it about a bicycle?” he asked. As a lover of tall tales, the first thing that bounced into my noddle when I picked up The Curious Case of Leonardo’s…
Blue in Green – A Spectacular Riff on a Familiar Tune from Ram V, Anand RK and Company
Erik Dieter always felt on the outside of things. He could never get close to his mother Alana, and when he returns home for her funeral in Blue in Green,…
Paul at Home – Michel Rabagliati Creates the Perfect Parable for Our Time
On the surface of it, this book has nothing to do with the virus that has changed life as we know it. A tale about a middle-aged cartoonist coming to…
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There’s Only One Place This Road Ever Ends Up – David Biskup Presents “a True Story About Chronic Illness, Disability and Love” in this Exemplary Use of Graphic Medicine
At the East London Comics and Arts Festival in 2019 David Biskup’s There’s Only One Place This Road Ever Ends Up won the ELCAF x WeTransfer Award. The prize gives…
Resident Alien: Your Ride’s Here #1 – Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse Pose the Ultimate Question: Will Harry Vanderspeigle Finally Be Going Home?
Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse return to Patience with Resident Alien: Your Ride’s Here from Dark Horse Comics, which poses the ultimate question: will Harry Vanderspeigle finally be going home?…
“It’s Ultimately About Courage and Hope and Love and Friendship” – Jenny Robins Talks About the Characters and Themes of Her Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition-Winning ‘Biscuits (assorted)’, Published Today
Today marks the publication of Biscuits (assorted), the debut graphic novel of Broken Frontier’s very own Jenny Robins, published by Myriad Editions. The winner of the Myriad First Graphic Novel…
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Breakwater – Katriona Chapman Presents a Poignantly Observed Exploration of Friendship and Its Boundaries
Given how beautifully rendered her pencilled pages are it’s easy to overlook one of the subtler aspects of Katriona Chapman’s storytelling. It’s something that is undoubtedly one of her greatest…
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Journey to the Surface of the Earth #2 – In 2020 the Unrepentant, Escapist Silliness of Fraser Geesin is More Welcome than Ever
Following up on last year’s collection of Geesin goodies, Journey to the Surface of the Earth #2 is another compilation of vastly different comics strips and styles. Its mix of…
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Neurotic Fiction #1 – Joe Stone’s Interconnected Tales of Human-Robot Love Employ a Perfect Blend of Humour and Pathos
A tragicomic tale of relationships, interpersonal connections, and loneliness, Joe Stone’s new comic Neurotic Fiction is an expert blend of explicit gags, snappy dialogue and very human fragility. It follows…
Giga #1 – Alex Paknadel and John Lê Put a New Spin on Giant Robots in this Perfectly Structured Opening Issue
The first issue of Giga from Vault Comics is, quite simply, an object lesson in how to write an opening chapter of a monthly comic. That’s an art that has been…
Happy Hour #1 – Milligan and Montenat Find Plenty to Smile About in the Pursuit of Unhappiness
Sometimes it’s okay to be unhappy, see. Sometimes being miserable is a sane reaction to shitty circumstances. At the time of writing, Agent Mann, a leading player in this opening…
2000 AD Prog 2206 – Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Anna Readman Shines in Her 2000 AD Regened Debut
Part of the 2000 AD ‘Regened’ initiative that provides accessible, all-ages, one-shot issues with complete-in-one stories every few months, Prog #2206 of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic is a heady mix…
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