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“It’s Important to Do Stuff that You Want to Do – That’s What Will Become the Best and Truest Work You’ll Create” – Luke Pearson, Philippa Rice and Jon McNaught on Their Comics Careers to Date

  • by P.M. Buchan
  • January 30, 2017

Jon McNaught, Luke Pearson and Philippa Rice (above). Three artists whose diverse and distinctive approaches to comics have had remarkable success in proving the potential crossover appeal of the form over the…

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Staff Picks for January 25, 2017 – Comic Book Slumber Party’s Deep Space Canine, Kamandi Challenge, The Dregs and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 24, 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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Chernobyl: The Zone – Francisco Sánchez and Natacha Busto Give Heartbreaking Insights into a Pivotal Moment in History

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 18, 2017

Centrala have put out some excellent work over the last couple of years but Chernobyl – The Zone is undoubtedly the most accomplished book in their catalogue to date. On…

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Staff Picks for January 18, 2017 – Zonzo, Curse Words, Motor Girl and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 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 or digital storefront, the…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Seagram – David Biskup’s Pure Visual Storytelling Powerfully Communicates the Experience of Living with PTSD

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 16, 2017

Graphic medicine with a most distinctive approach to its subject matter, David Biskup’s Seagram interweaves the artist Mark Rothko, and the later vandalism of his Seagram murals, with a tale…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Profiling Rozi Hathaway – From Original ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ Artist to Broken Frontier Breakout Talent Award Winner!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 12, 2017

The Broken Frontier Breakout Talent Award is always the most fiercely contested category in BF’s annual list of accolades. As a site that actively champions new creative voices, of course, that…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for January 11, 2017 – House of Penance, The Deep, The Phoenix and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 10, 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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Nightlights – Lorena Alvarez Brings Us a Magical Tale of Childhood Imagination from Nobrow Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 9, 2017

A beautifully presented metaphor for the triumph of creativity and imagination overcoming darkness and despair. Published in the similar hardcover album format that has proven so successful on Luke Pearson’s…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Broken Frontier Awards 2016: Announcing the Winners – Tillie Walden and Tom King Dominate as Indie, Small Press and the Big Three All Converge

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2017

Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 13th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you our readers and the BF team. From the big players in the monthly serial…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2017 – Spotlighting the Work of Peony Gent, Josh Hicks, Sabba Khan, Olivia Sullivan, Anja Uhren and Kate-mia White

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 3, 2017

Two years ago at Broken Frontier we announced our first set of ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ – half a dozen self-published comics and zine artists whose craft was…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Celebrating 2016: Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 2, 2017

Welcome to the fifth annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ round-up here in ‘Small Pressganged’! This celebration of the self and micropublishing world has become something of a…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Untitled Ape’s Epic Adventure – Years in the Making, Steven Tillotson’s Melancholy Fable is One of 2016’s Key Small Press Books

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 31, 2016

I will come back to this point towards the end of this review but for all its bizarre situations, colourful characters and surreal sequences of events there’s something very human…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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A Year in Reviews – Looking Back on Broken Frontier’s 2016 UK Small Press Coverage in ‘Small Pressganged’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 30, 2016

As we approach 2017 it seems only fitting to look back on the UK self-publishing world in 2016 through a ‘Small Pressganged’ lens. This was the year that this column…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Fred the Clown: The Iron Duchess – Roger Langridge’s Homage to the Films of Buster Keaton is a Fast-Paced Slapstick Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 29, 2016

It’s been around a decade since we saw the last original Fred the Clown work from the always fertile imagination of Roger Langridge – comics that were collected by Fantagraphics…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Grey Area: Our Town – Place, Time and Memories Converge in Tim Bird’s Latest Offering from Avery Hill

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 28, 2016

The intersection between place, time and memory has been an integral part of Tim Bird’s Grey Area series from Avery Hill Publishing over the last few years. In Grey Area:…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Happy Holidays to All Our Readers from the Broken Frontier Team!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 24, 2016

As Christmas beckons the Broken Frontier team will be taking a few days of well-deserved time off to recharge our batteries before we come into the New Year. There’s lots…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for December 21, 2016 – Hook Jaw, Klaus and the Witch of Winter, Dead Inside, Black Hammer and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 20, 2016

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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From Hand-Stapled Zines to Franchise Blockbusters: Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2016

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 13, 2016

Broken Frontier proudly presents the nominees for our 13th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our staff have selected five nominees for each of the 12 categories that comprise the BF Awards,…

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