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Staff Picks for June 7, 2017 – Bulletproof Coffin: The 1000 Yard Stare, The Flintstones, Magnus and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 6, 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 or digital storefront, the…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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A View from the Frontier – First Cover Reveal for the Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2017 and Interior Preview Pages

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 5, 2017

I can be short and sweet in this week’s ‘A View from the Frontier’ because the visual eloquence of what is to come below will speak to you all on…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including A Dark Forest, Bi the Way, As the Crow Flies and Kilgore Books

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 2, 2017

Every fortnight-(ish) we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF every week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental and…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“I Have to Entertain Both Myself and My Readers and I Like to Twist and Play with the Truth to Do That” – Owen Michael Johnson on Bringing ‘Reel Love’ to Unbound

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 1, 2017

Last week I had the pleasure of chairing a panel discussion at London’s Gosh! Comics focusing on the new graphic novel line from Unbound Books. It was an opportunity to…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Watch the Stars… it’s Starlord (But Probably Not the One You Were Expecting) – Looking Back on 2000 AD’s Short-Lived 1978 Sister Comic

  • by Tony Ingram
  • May 31, 2017

  “Watch the stars!” screamed the cover of issue #1, cover dated 13th May 1978, and for the next six months readers did just that, courtesy of IPC’s classic science…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for May 31, 2017 – Ghosts, Etc., Saga, Aliens: Dead Orbit, Canopy and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 30, 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 or digital storefront, the…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Beast Wagon Finale – All the World’s a Cage: ‘Beast Wagon’ and the Exploration of the Human Animal

  • by Matthew Box
  • May 25, 2017

Confession: I’ve been struggling to write this article about Beast Wagon for a REALLY long time. I’ve emptied the crumpled paper balls of draft after draft from my wastebasket more…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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The Inking Woman: Danny Noble – Showcasing the Artists of the Latest Exhibition at London’s Cartoon Museum

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 24, 2017

“I’m always a bit suspicious when people say they are humbled to be part of something. It’s such a funny little onion of a word and such a grand sentiment. But…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for May 24, 2017 – Livestock, On the Camino, The Normals, Your Black Friend and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 23, 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 or digital storefront, the…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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LDN 2050 – Korinna Mei and Alfie Garland’s Fast-Paced Futuristic Drama Brings Us an Unlikely Rebellious Duo

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 22, 2017

Shoreditch, London 2050, and CCTV operator Ted Fairfield’s job as part of the agency that monitors the city is far from rewarding. His slapdash attitude to his employment is hardly…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including Ocular Anecdotes, The Strumpet, Short Order Crooks and Illustrated Classics

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 19, 2017

Every fortnight-(ish) we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF every week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental and…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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A Castle in England – The National Trust and Nobrow Press Team Up in a Trip through the History of Kent’s Scotney Castle

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 18, 2017

This is a book that has clearly been designed for a crossover audience and a project that recognises the value of comics as a communication tool that is succinct in presentation but…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for May 17, 2017 – Dirty Rotten Comics, 4 Kids Walk into a Bank, Outburst, Sunburning and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 16, 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 or digital storefront, the…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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A Treasury of 20th Century Murder Compendium I – Rick Geary’s True Crime Series is a Classic Example of Great Comic Book Reportage

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • May 15, 2017

Crisp, clear, and decidedly addictive, this handsome compendium edition features three of Geary’s best true crime sagas. As one of the most respected cartoonists in the biz, Rick Geary’s work…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Fleeting Faces – More Meditative Zine Reflections on the Lives that Touch Our Own from Wallis Eates

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 12, 2017

“Liz was one of the neighbours in our block of flats. She lived on the other side of the fifth floor. She had one eye. My mum somehow got the…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Exclusive Preview: Dirty Rotten Comics #10 – An Unmissable Colour Extravaganza Featuring Lucie Ebrey, Jey Levang, Emily Rose Lambert, Peony Gent, Olivia Sullivan and Danny Noble

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 11, 2017

The upcoming tenth issue of Dirty Rotten Comics – one of Broken Frontier’s favourite small press offerings – promises to be something extra special as publishers Throwaway Press put together a…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Goatherded – A Bizarre Journey of Discovery Begins in Charlo Frade’s Debut from Avery Hill Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 10, 2017

When I selected Charlo Frade’s Goatherded as one of our weekly Staff Picks here at Broken Frontier this week I remarked that if there was one thing of which you could…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for May 10, 2017 – Fante Bukowski Two, Goatherded, Face, Teeter Topple and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 9, 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 or digital storefront, the…

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