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Section: Eyecatcher

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Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Irmina – Barbara Yelin’s Compelling Study of a “Normal German” Asks Painful Questions about Choices and Complicity

  • by Tom Murphy
  • April 1, 2016

Irmina, Barbara Yelin’s award-winning graphic novel, is a paradoxically beautiful and unsettling piece of work that avoids all the obvious choices to ponder how an independently minded young woman can…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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3 Reasons Why You Need to Read ‘Kings and Canvas’ by Kleid, Allen and Reynoso

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • March 31, 2016

In the world of Monkeybrain Comics’ Kings and Canvas, boxing is no mere pastime; it’s more a way of life. The sweet science informs and impacts virtually every facet of…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Robert M. Ball and Warwick Johnson-Cadwell on ‘Dangeritis’, ‘Winter’s Knight’, ‘Tank Girl’, ‘Gungle’ and More – Chatting with the Gosh/BF Drink and Draw Dynamic Duo

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 30, 2016

The next Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is coming on Monday April 4th (full details here) and, once again, we have another fantastic line-up of artists involved….

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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All My Ghosts – Jeremy Massie Paints a Bittersweet Portrait of a Small Town in Decline

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • March 30, 2016

Well-crafted and emotionally stirring, All My Ghosts, Jeremy Massie’s fictional account of a town and a protagonist left behind by the rest of the world, is a work of rare…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for March 30, 2016 – The Opportunity, Golem, Godzilla: Oblivion, Take Me Back to Manchester, Power Lines and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 29, 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…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Una the Blade – Steve LeCouilliard Recasts the Classic Barbarian Heroine as the Ultimate Working Mom

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • March 28, 2016

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye – Sonny Liew’s Biography of an Artist and a Nation is a Comics Tour de Force

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 24, 2016

Sonny Liew’s presentation of the life and work of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, an overlooked (fictional) Singaporean cartoonist, is a stunning amalgamation of history, politics, character and art. The name Charlie…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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3 Reasons Why You Need to Read ‘The Pitiful Human Lizard’ by Jason Loo

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • March 23, 2016

Well, this has been a long time coming. A superhero comic by Canadians, for Canadians, that actually feels Canadian. And it almost slipped under my radar somehow. How typically Canadian….

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for March 23, 2016 – All My Ghosts, The Shadow Glass, Circuit-Breaker, Agony, 2000 AD and Klaus

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 22, 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…

Eyecatcher · Features

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High-Flying Fashion: An Interview with David Tischman about his Webcomic ‘Heroine Chic’

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • March 18, 2016

Not every superhero can sew their own costume, and with crime to fight, who has time to keep up with latest fashion trends or new developments in body armor? That’s…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Goldtiger – Guy Adams and Jimmy Broxton Uncover High Adventure and Creative Lunacy in a Lost 1960s Classic

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 17, 2016

A chance encounter at the Malta Comic Con led artist Jimmy Broxton to the lost newspaper adventure strip Goldtiger – a classic document of 1960s comics. But that was only the…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Turncoat #1 – Under New Management: Creator-Owned Sci-fi Thriller Reveals Humankind’s Next Chapter

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • March 16, 2016

This hard-boiled futuristic thriller from rising star creators Alex Paknadel and Artyom Trakhanov stands out from a recent glut of sci-fi epics thanks to a smart, original premise and fresh,…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for March 16, 2016 – The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, Turncoat, Archer & Armstrong, The Nikopol Trilogy and Archie

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 15, 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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Retrofit and Big Planet Return to Kickstarter for Another Eclectic Slate from Some of Comics’ Most Individual Voices

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 14, 2016

Here at Broken Frontier we’re long-time fans of Box Brown’s Retrofit Comics imprint, which has gone from strength to strength since joining forces with Big Planet Comics, a chain of comic…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Dave McKean Pays Tribute to Surrealist War Artist with a New Graphic Novel and Performance Piece, ‘Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash’

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 11, 2016

From his sculptural covers for Hellblazer and Sandman to his more recent narrative gallery shows, Dave McKean has always been an artist who’s ready to move his comics work into…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Patience – Daniel Clowes Returns in Triumph to the Mess of Human Relationships

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 10, 2016

One of the most eagerly awaited books of 2016, Daniel Clowes’ Patience is a velvet glove of a time-travel thriller cast in the iron of exquisitely depicted human turmoil. Daniel…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2016 – The Nine Back-Up Creators Revealed!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 10, 2016

A few weeks ago at the special Broken Frontier edition of the London Laydeez do Comics meet-up we announced our very first Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook – a near 100-page…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Inside Look – Elizabeth Querstret Discusses Her Diary Comics, ‘Walks with Lulu’ and ‘Zoological’, and Provides BF with an Exclusive Peek at Her New Project

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 9, 2016

Elizabeth Querstret’s approach to autobiographical comics ranges from work that positively embraces the ideals of DIY culture (like her regularly updated diary webcomics) to more sedately paced narratives in the…

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