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Frontier #21: Derek Yu – A Meditation on the Creative Process Via Youth in Decline’s Showcase Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 5, 2020

A week or two back at Broken Frontier we began a game of catch-up by looking at some of the recent issues of publisher Youth in Decline’s acclaimed and award-recognised…

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Walking Distance – Lizzy Stewart’s Meditation on Perambulation Underlines the Remarkable Communicative Power of Her Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 4, 2020

To call Lizzy Stewart’s Walking Distance “a book about walking” seems both an elegantly succinct if obvious encapsulation of its contents and yet also a woefully inadequate summation of its…

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Staff Picks for February 5, 2020 – Glass Town, The Man Who F#&%ed Up Time, EC Archives: Psychoanalysis and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 4, 2020

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

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Americana (And the Art of Getting Over It.) – Nobrow Presents Luke Healy’s Passionate and Conflicted Ode to a Colossal Continent and a Convoluted Ideal

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • February 3, 2020

Americana is an undeniably passionate and sincere reflection on both the physical and metaphorical America – the country, the culture and the ideal. Luke Healy’s masterful graphic memoir tells the…

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Akissi: More Tales of Mischief – The West African School Girl Returns for More Misadventures in Abouet and Sapin’s Joyous All-Ages Masterpiece

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 31, 2020

Written by Marguerite Abouet and illustrated by Mathieu Sapin, the second volume of the popular French comics Akissi stories from Flying Eye Books is another delightful collection of short strips…

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Vanni: A Family’s Struggle Through the Sri Lankan Conflict – A Visible and Accessible Exploration of the Human Impact of the Sri Lankan Civil War

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 30, 2020

Depicting the devastating culmination of the long-running Sri Lankan Civil War between the government and the independent state-seeking Tamil Tigers (a clash with its origins firmly placed in the days…

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Silver Sprocket Announce Spring 2020 Publishing Schedule – Includes Books from Liz Suburbia, Archie Bongiovanni, Janelle Hessig, Hyena Hell and Many More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 29, 2020

In the last couple of years San Francisco-based small press publisher Silver Sprocket have emerged as one of the most vibrant, experimental and distinctive outfits in indie comics publishing. We…

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Video: Watch Nic Mac’s Film on Her Mental Health Awareness Zine ‘ØMIT’ – Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Creator Talks About the Behind-the-Scenes Genesis of the Project

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 28, 2020

Reading about the genesis of creative projects in the words of their creators always brings an extra level of insight into the themes and creative decisions behind their work. To…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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A Shining Beacon – James Albon’s Fatalistic Parable Captures the Zeitgeist with Disarming Insight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 27, 2020

When you live in a world beyond parody then satire is hard. James Albon’s A Shining Beacon, though, is less about exploring a dystopian future as much as extrapolating its…

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2020 – Comics Category Shortlisted Artists Esther McManus, Danny Noble, Zara Slattery and Jess Taylor Talk About Practice, Process and what Being Nominated Means to Them

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 24, 2020

  This coming Monday, January 27th, sees the announcement of the winners of the Arts Foundation’s Futures Awards at the ICA, with the five sections including Experimental Short Film, Social…

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Frontier #20: Anatola Howard – Anatola Howard Explores Aspects of Love in a Witty Entry in Youth in Decline’s Acclaimed Spotlight Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 23, 2020

Over the last few years Youth in Decline’s Frontier series has provided an acclaimed space for creators to spotlight their personal approaches to graphic narrative. Sometimes these self-contained one-shots showcase…

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Staff Picks for January 22, 2020 – Billy’s Boots, Folklords, X-Statix and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 22, 2020

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

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Internet Crusader – George Wylesol’s Innovative Story of Doomsday Cults and Satanic Computer Viruses Pushes, Probes, Tests and Even Breaks the Boundaries of What Comics Can Be

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 20, 2020

Arguments about what exactly constitutes comics as a form always seem something of an unnecessary distraction. The elasticity of that definition is surely one of the medium’s greatest strengths, allowing…

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2020 – Spotlighting the Work of Dominique Duong, Miranda Smart, Nic Mac, Pigeon, Shangomola Edunjobi and Tal Brosh

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 16, 2020

The most exciting time of the year here on the site is our announcement of the names of the artists selected for the year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators…

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The King – John Tucker’s Eccentrically Amiable Tale Combines the Downright Bizarre with Themes of Family and Responsibility

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2020

John Tucker’s The King is perhaps more illustrated story than pure comics but this eccentrically amiable tale has an idiosyncratic charm that makes it well worth picking up if you’re…

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Staff Picks for January 15, 2020 – Third World War, Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence, Second Coming and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 14, 2020

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

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The Lure of the Flesh – Beatrice Mossman’s Horror/Fairy Tale Hybrid Explores the Possibilities of the Page with Its Distinctive Tactile Presentation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2020

Beatrice Mossman’s The Lure of the Flesh brings together dark fantasy, allegorical storytelling and autobiographical elements in an enticingly unusual physical format. Freya is a young girl who has struggled…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Ken Reid’s World-Wide Weirdies – Another Macabre Collection from the Oddball Imagination of a True British Comics Genius, Courtesy of the Treasury of British Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 9, 2020

After years of a puzzling lack of Ken Reid reprint volumes we’ve been spoilt for collections over the last few years with the Treasury of British Comics giving us both…

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