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Section: Features

Articles and interviews on all things comics-related.

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“We’ve Created the Special with Two Audiences in Mind” – Lizzie Boyle on Rebellion’s Latest Revival One-Shot, the ‘Tammy & Jinty Special 2019’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 24, 2019

Rebellion continue to bring classic comics characters of yesteryear to new audiences not just via their handsomely presented Treasury of British Comics editions but also through their semi-regular Specials like…

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“If You Cannot See Yourself in the World Around You, then How Do You Know You Truly Exist?” – Andrew Kiwanuka on Celebrating Black Culture in His Zine ‘We Exist!’

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • June 21, 2019

Edinburgh-based Andrew Kiwanuka is a multi-disciplinary creative, who applies his DIY ethos and yearning for greater cultural diversity in the UK to creating a number of thought-provoking, mixed media projects….

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“If BHP Ended Tomorrow, I’d Be Very Happy with its Legacy” – BHP Comics’ Sha Nazir on the Scottish Publisher’s Origins, Nurturing Emerging BAME Talent and Working with Comics Legends

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 19, 2019

For the best part of a decade, Scotland’s BHP Comics have been growing from a small self-publishing concern to the eclectic and socially conscious outfit they are today. With a…

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“My Big Theme is Ambiguity” – Ahead of Her ELCAF Appearance South Korean Artist Leebinsoyeon Talks about Her Comics and Illustration Practice

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • June 6, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Based in Seoul, illustrator and cartoonist Leebinsoyeon may just be one of South Korea’s most prolific artists. Her stunning work spans a range of formats, techniques and themes,…

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“My Aesthetic Can Be Described as a Mixture of the Things I Love” – Taiwanese Illustrator An Chen on Her Creative Process and Inspirations

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • June 4, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Ahead of ELCAF, we caught up with Taiwanese illustrator An Chen, whose unique, vector-based work has appeared in a number of publications in Taiwan and the UK. Currently…

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“I’m Always Aiming to Create Work from a Place of Honesty and Tenderness” – Karen Shangguan on Her Inspirations and Creative Process Ahead of this Weekend’s ELCAF

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • June 3, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Ahead of ELCAF, we caught up with Vancouver-based illustrator Karen Shangguan, whose subtle drawings fuse ideas of warmth, vulnerability and the natural world in a palette of earthy…

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ELCAF Spotlight: Jon McNaught – Looking Back on the Comics Practice of this Year’s ELCAF Artist-in-Residence

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 27, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Even if you’re not a regular ELCAF-goer it’s unlikely – given its ubiquity on social media over the last few months – that you’ll have missed Jon McNaught’s…

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Inside Look: Marble Cake – Scott Jason Smith Provides an Exclusive Creator Commentary on His Upcoming Avery Hill Publishing Graphic Novel

  • by Scott Jason Smith
  • May 27, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis,…

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Inside Look: Biscuits (assorted) – Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition Winner Jenny Robins Talks About Her Debut GN and Previous Minicomics Practice in this Exclusive Creator Commentary

  • by Jenny Robins
  • May 9, 2019

Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis, process and…

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Here’s Why More Lovers of Graphic Novels Should Check Out Edward Gorey

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • May 3, 2019

Nonsense is an underrated tradition in literature, now relegated to dusty shelves alongside the verse of Edward Lear and lesser-known works by Lewis Carroll. Almost two decades after he passed…

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Retroflect: Skull the Slayer – Looking Back on the Short-Lived 1970s Series that Brought Dinosaurs, Time Warps and the Bermuda Triangle to the Marvel Universe

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 19, 2019

Retroflect has a long history at Broken Frontier, having been both a series of blogs and an ongoing column in the site’s long history. Today it returns to BF as…

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Inside Look: Follow Me In – Katriona Chapman Provides an Exclusive Creator Commentary on Her Award-Winning Mexican Graphic Travelogue Published by Avery Hill

  • by Katriona Chapman
  • March 7, 2019

Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis, process and…

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“Deep Down, I Always Wanted to Create Stories” – Frederik Hautain on His Debut Graphic Novel ‘The Whale’, Collaborating with Hanne Dewachter and Leaping into the Comics World

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 30, 2019

Two years to the day that he left the site to pursue his own storytelling dreams it seems very fitting today to be talking to Broken Frontier founder Frederik Hautain…

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Charmingly Creepy Overlapping Worlds Slip Off Rachael Ball’s Pencil into Your Hands in the Form of Childhood Grief Fable ‘Wolf’ – We Talk to Her about Her New Graphic Novel from SelfMadeHero

  • by Jenny Robins
  • October 30, 2018

Remembering childhood is not unlike remembering a dream, or a story you heard a long time ago, for Rachael Ball it’s all three at once: “When things are mixed up…

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“Slowly but Surely We Found Ourselves Diving Deeper and Deeper into the African Comic Book Community” – Ziki Nelson Talks about the Origins and Work of Kugali Comics

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • October 24, 2018

Kugali comics first came to my attention at CECAF earlier this year, where I had the pleasure of meeting Ziki Nelson. The founder of Kugali – a new comics anthology bringing together creators from all…

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Doctor Who Magazine – 39 Years of Happy Times and Places!

  • by Tony Ingram
  • October 11, 2018

It was precisely 39 years ago that the first issue of Marvel UK’s Doctor Who Weekly went on sale, cover dated 17th October (the date it was due to go…

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Small Press Expo 2018 – Looking Back at a Weekend of True Comics Community at this Year’s SPX

  • by Robin Enrico
  • September 27, 2018

SPX‘s importance as a small press comics convention in North America cannot be overstated. The reasons have less to do with business and more to do with its consistent geographic…

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Decadence Comics – Decaying Forms and Abstract Comics

  • by Tom Baker
  • June 22, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! A drawing of a person is not a person. It might be recognisable as a representation of a person, but the complex systems of tissue and bone and…

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