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Section: Eyecatcher

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Retrograde Orbit – Kristyna Baczynski Explores Themes of Identity, Family, Belonging and Home in Her Unforgettable Debut Graphic Novel

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! At its heart the very best science fiction isn’t about alien civilisations, space exploration or future tech, it’s work that on a very personal level speaks…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Finding Home Vol. 1: The Traveller – Hari Conner’s Fantasy Romance is a Thought Bubble Top Pick

  • by Holly Raidl
  • September 14, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Making its convention debut at Thought Bubble, Hari Conner’s fantasy graphic novel Finding Home Volume 1: The Traveller combines rich landscapes with delightful storytelling. Based on the journey…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Faith Says You #1: It’s Dark Outside – Kate Brown’s Self-Published Comic is a Beautiful Pebble of Angst, Love and All the Questions We’re Afraid to Ask Ourselves

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 13, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Faith Says You #1: It’s Dark Outside, self-published by Kate Brown, premieres at Thought Bubble and is a beautiful 128-page pebble of angst, love and all the…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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L1MA – A Stunningly Illustrated Peruvian Sci-Fi Saga with an Urban Edge from Gustaffo Vargas

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 12, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! The most effective science fiction frames itself in terms of reference that we can, on some level, relate to. That may be through parallels to our…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for September 12, 2018 – Berlin, The Alcoholic, Archie 1941 and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 12, 2018

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,…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Communist Manifesto – Marx and Engels’ Seminal Text Brought to the Comics Page by Martin Rowson and SelfMadeHero

  • by Tom Baker
  • September 11, 2018

Communism is back baby. It’s good again. Awoouu (wolf howl). It may still be a dirty word to those on the right and centre, but a century after the October…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Follow Me In – Katriona Chapman’s Mexican Graphic Travelogue is a Beautiful, Devastating and Hauntingly Fragile Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 10, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE!  No doubt Katriona Chapman’s Follow Me In from Avery Hill Publishing will be broadly classified as a graphic travelogue, part of that burgeoning strand of graphic…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Spinning – Tillie Walden’s Eisner Award-Winning Graphic Memoir is a Masterpiece of Comics Narrative

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 7, 2018

From The End of Summer to I Love this Part through to A City Inside, a rich seam of autobiography runs through Tillie Walden’s comics, manifesting itself in everything from…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Full Colour: A Graphic Anthology – Young Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Artists Spotlighted in BHP’s New Collection of Comics Shorts

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 6, 2018

The end result of the Full Colour Project, an initiative to promote diversity in Scottish comics and provide mentorship to young Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic artists, BHP Comics’ Full Colour anthology features the work of…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Lumen #1 – Tony McMillen Takes Us on a Trip to a World of “Shadows, Monsters, Magic and Mechazoids”

  • by Tom Baker
  • September 5, 2018

Tony McMillen’s elevator pitch for his one-man, small-press miniseries Lumen name checks Michel Fiffe’s Copra. Not only does the first issue follow Fiffe’s lead in being written, drawn, lettered, inked…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for September 5, 2018 – Prism Stalker, War Bears, Mortals & Immortals of Greek Mythology and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 4, 2018

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 events or digital…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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One Dirty Tree – Noah Van Sciver’s Family Saga Cements His Status as One of the Foremost Cartoonists Working Today

  • by Robin Enrico
  • September 3, 2018

The nature of autobiographical comics forces the cartoonist to examine their past and try to assemble meaning from it. Noah Van Sciver in his book One Dirty Tree from Uncivilized…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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The Little Bookshop Between – Luke Finch’s Charming but Dark Tale of the Joy of Literature and the Horrors of Corporate Greed

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 3, 2018

We’ve given significant coverage this summer to the projects of Baguette Trousers – the small creative collective who are made up of artists Chloe Elise Dennis, Sinae Carrotate Park and…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Bully Wars #1 – Skottie Young and Aaron Conley Provide Appealing Escapist Fun in this Slapstick School Days Comedy from Image

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 30, 2018

Here in the UK the tradition of comic strips revolving around the conflicts between childhood adversaries has given us some of our most fondly remembered characters. From the British Dennis…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Friendo #1 – Alex Paknadel and Martin Simmonds Take Us to an Interactive Future that is Both Unrecognisable and Yet Chillingly Familiar

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 29, 2018

Wannabe actor Leo Joof’s life is a mess. Living off his partner Rachael in a near future LA, and reduced to ambush marketing stunts for recognition, even the entertainment news…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for August 29, 2018 – Coyote Doggirl, House Amok, Porky Pig/Lex Luthor Special and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 28, 2018

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 events or digital…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Permanent Press – Luke Healy’s Meta Essay on Awards Recognition Explores the Communicative Power of the Form Via Avery Hill Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 27, 2018

There’s a slight sense of caution when approaching Luke Healy’s Permanent Press for review. Healy’s second graphic novel, published this year by Avery Hill Publishing, ostensibly explores a central theme…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Mean Girls Club: Pink Dawn – Ryan Heshka’s Girl Gang Return in Another Riotously Raucous 1950s Pastiche from Nobrow Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 24, 2018

Spinning out of the Mean Girls Club one-shot that was published as part of Nobrow Press’s 17 x 23 series a few years back, Mean Girls Club: Pink Dawn reunites…

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