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Calamity Kate #1 – Visaggio and Howell’s Monster-Hunting Tale is a Witty Synthesis of Suburban Drama and Otherworldly Menace

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 14, 2019

As methods of delivery in comics publishing continue to evolve to reflect wider shifts in how we consume narrative media so too do the challenges for serialised storytelling in immediately…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Assassin Nation #1 – Pure Escapist Fun with a Darkly Comedic Undercurrent from Kyle Starks and Erica Henderson

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 13, 2019

The very first thing that strikes the reader about Assassin Nation #1 is the daunting roll call of hitman characters in its opening pages and the question of just how…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for March 13, 2019 – Asleep in the Back, Assassin Nation, Calamity Kate and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 12, 2019

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…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Glorious Wrestling Alliance Premium Special – Josh Hicks Compiles Classic and All-New GWA Comics in One Essential Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 12, 2019

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Meet the Skrulls #1 – A Compelling Twist on Marvel’s Alien Invaders in an Intense, Bleak Drama with an Ironically Human Heart

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 11, 2019

For decades the Marvel Universe’s success as a storytelling environment lay in its grounding of the fantastic in the recognisable. The otherworldly explorers whose reality centred on the familiar concept…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Komisk – Fraser Geesin and Company’s IKEA-Themed Parody Comic is a Wickedly Funny Delight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 8, 2019

Spawned from the darkly mischievous mindscape of Fraser Geesin – comics creator (The Cleaner), comics podcaster (SILENCE!) and stand-up comedian – Komisk sees the Brighton-based artist joined by a small…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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F*ck Off Squad – Nicole Goux and Dave Baker Exploit the Full Potential of the Form in this Recognisable Tale of Teenage Tribulations from Silver Sprocket

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 7, 2019

Nicole Goux and Dave Baker’s F*ck Off Squad (or more accurately Fuck Off Squad as it’s referred to everywhere else outside the cover) follows the lives of three teenaged friends…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Coin-Op #7: The Doppler Issue – Peter and Maria Hoey Provide the Ultimate Testament to the Sophistication and Articulacy of the Language of Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2019

Last year Top Shelf released a collection celebrating two decades of brother and sister creative team Peter and Maria Hoey’s Coin-Op Comics Anthology, a book that we included as part…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for March 6, 2019 – Guantánamo Kid, Hicotea, Promethea, Ronin Island and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 5, 2019

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…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Area 07 – The Future of British Comics Has Arrived and Her Name is Anna Readman

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 4, 2019

If you’re following her social media accounts then you will be well aware that the gradual reveals of new work-in-progress from our 2019 ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ artist…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Vagabond Valise – Siris Brings the Harsh Realities of the Foster Family System of ’60s/’70s Quebec to Grim Life in an Unforgettable Piece of Autobio Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 1, 2019

Combining the starkest humour, a line in energetic yet bleak slapstick, and the rawest autobiography, The Vagabond Valise by Siris (published by Conundrum Press) traces the artist’s story from the…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Hobo Mom – Charles Forsman and Max de Radiguès Cast the Audience in the Role of Pure Observers in a Poignant Tale of Independence and Fractured Relationships

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 28, 2019

Hobo Mom is not the first comics link between The End of the Fucking World‘s Charles Forsman and Belgian creator Max de Radiguès (Weegee: Serial Photographer). If you were a subscriber…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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On a Sunbeam – Tillie Walden’s Award-Winning Space Opera is a Book of Resonant Echoes

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 27, 2019

“Sci-fi is way not my usual thing. But look, honestly I just wanted to draw lots of stars. Space is a great excuse to draw stars. And I feel like…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for February 27, 2019 – kuš! comics, Egg Cream, Punks Not Dead: London Calling and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 26, 2019

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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Mum’s Jumper – Jayde Perkin and Book Island Provide an Accessible and Beautifully Illustrated Book for Children Coping with Loss

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 25, 2019

Just a couple of months back Jayde Perkin was voted ‘Breakout Talent’ Award winner in our 2018 Broken Frontier Awards and, as 2019 progresses, the Bristol-based creator is going to…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Minor Leagues #7 – In His Multi-Faceted Memoir ‘Where?’, Simon Moreton Takes His Work to an Ambitious New Level

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 22, 2019

Although Simon Moreton’s artistic style has changed dramatically over the ten years or so he has been creating comics and zines, the importance of our environment and the emotional bonds…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Body Magik – Scott Roberts Explores Questions of Identity and Self-Perception in a Metaphysical and Socially Relevant Comics Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 21, 2019

A look at the comics of Scott Roberts has been long overdue here in ‘Small Pressganged’. Roberts is an artist whose practice both experiments with and interrogates the possibilities of…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Hicotea: A Nightlights Story – Nobrow Press Return to Lorena Alvarez’s Enchantingly Fantastical Childhood World

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 20, 2019

While Luke Pearson’s Netflix success Hilda series may be getting all the immediate (and much deserved) crossover attention in the wider media at the moment there’s another Nobrow all-ages album series…

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