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Section: Eyecatcher

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Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Kid Lobotomy #1 – IDW’s New Black Crown Line is off to a Splendidly Weird Start with Milligan and Fowler’s Off-Centre Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 20, 2017

There’s always been something indefinably “other” about much of Peter Milligan’s comics output. Sometimes his work can be disquieting in a vaguely unsettling way – an unease that subtly wheedles…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Realm #1-2 – Fantasy and Urban Realism Combine in Peck and Haun’s Gritty Post-Civilisation Epic from Image Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 19, 2017

Set some years after the Earth was overrun by creatures of legend and the subsequent collapse of civilisation, The Realm is a comic that fuses its magical elements with the grittiest…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for October 18, 2017 – Graphic Science: Seven Journeys of Discovery, The Dracula File, Maestros, Now and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 17, 2017

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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KO – Love, Family and Sacrifice Explored in Shanti Rai’s Poignant Fable

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 16, 2017

From the delicate symbolism and familial metaphor of its opening sequence Shanti Rai’s KO establishes its overarching themes of kinship and the bonds that connect us from the outset. A…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Scales & Scoundrels #1-2 – Girner and Galaad’s Accessible Fantasy Romp Proves to Be Sheer Escapist Fun

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 13, 2017

Scales & Scoundrels is a comic that wears its fantasy influences on its sleeves with the most ostentatious of flourishes. But while its tale of loveable rogues, adventurous camaraderie and…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for October 11, 2017 – Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Atomahawk, Dan Dare, Ismyre and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 11, 2017

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 events or digital storefront,…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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A View From the Frontier – Chatting with John Stokes at the Gosh! ‘Marney the Fox’ Launch and Another Top Year at Bristol Comic and Zine Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 9, 2017

It was a busy weekend indeed for the Broken Frontier team! While our Tyler Chin-Tanner was representing the site at this year’s New York Comic Con I was busy hosting…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Marney the Fox – The Stunning Scott Goodall and John Stokes 1970s Wildlife Epic Collected in Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2017

One of the most exciting news stories of 2016 for British comics fans was the announcement that 2000 AD publisher Rebellion had landed the rights to a huge portfolio of…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for October 4, 2017 – Marney the Fox, Breaks, Eugenic, Geis and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 3, 2017

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…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Wired Up Wrong Deluxe Version – Rachael Smith Returns to Her Accessible and Touching Comics Exploration of Depression and Anxiety

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 2, 2017

Creator Rachael Smith (Doctor Who, Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure) has been a long-term fixture here at Broken Frontier over the last few years. We’ve followed her work from…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Like an Orange – Wallis Eates Introduces Her New Collaborative Comics Work Focusing on Brain Injury Survivors and Their Artistic Practice

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 28, 2017

My admiration for the work of Wallis Eates began back in 2014 when I was a judge for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition. Eates was shortlisted for her graphic memoir…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for September 27, 2017 – Talking to Gina, Katzine, Bottoms Up!: True Tales of Hitting Rock Bottom and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 27, 2017

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 events or digital storefront,…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Ladies’ Night Presents Sisters – New Anthology Explores “the Many Ways that One Can Be a Sister”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 26, 2017

Every so often we like to break out of the normal format of our ongoing semi-regular ‘Crowdfunding Corner‘ feature on the site and give some time to a deserving project…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Angelic #1 – A Candy Coloured Anthro-Cyber-Post-Apocalyptic Fun Fest with Obligatory Sinister Undertones

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 22, 2017

Angelic – a candy coloured anthro-cyber-post-apocalyptic fun fest with obligatory sinister undertones. Pretty impossible to dislike, unless you don’t like the idea of verbose flying dolphins and winged monkeys dressed…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Thought Bubble 2017 Preview: Dirty Rotten Comics #11 – Throwaway Press’s Flagship Anthology Returns with Work by Josh Hicks, Becky Howard, Jenny Robins and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 21, 2017

It’s nearly Thought Bubble and one particular treat this year is that the eleventh issue of the influential small press anthology Dirty Rotten Comics from Throwaway Press debuts on the festival weekend. Mixing…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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SID – A Sprawling, Psychological Journey through a Fractured Mindscape from the Remarkable Olivia Sullivan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 20, 2017

DEBUTING AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Artist Olivia Sullivan is one of two of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ whose exposure on the site so far this…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for September 20, 2017 – Thought Bubble Anthology 2017, Gasolina, Angelic and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 19, 2017

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…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Portuguese Creators Hit Thought Bubble 2017! – Discover the Work of André Pereira, Mosi, Daniela Viçoso, Zé Burnay and Many More in Leeds this Weekend

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 18, 2017

In the run-up to Thought Bubble we’ve been concentrating on previewing and reviewing a large number of new material from British artists. That’s hardly surprising – such is the festival’s…

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