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New Perspectives Matter Most During A Crisis, So Thank God For Weng Pixin’s ‘Sweet Time’ and Rumi Hara’s ‘Nori’ from Drawn & Quarterly

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • May 18, 2020

One would assume that everything there is to know about relationships has been talked about or dissected by now. It takes an unprecedented turn of events, however, to show us…

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Follow Friday: Cat Sims – “Sims Tackles Contemporary Issues in Work that is as Much Comics Social Activism as it is Narrative”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 15, 2020

Continuing our new feature for Fridays today at Broken Frontier! At the end of each week in Follow Friday we run an extensive spotlight profile on an artist we believe…

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Retroflect: Weirdworld – Revisiting the 1970s and 1980s Fantasy Environs of Marvel’s Warriors of the Shadow Realm

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 14, 2020

Retroflect has a long history at Broken Frontier, having been both a series of blogs and an ongoing column here in the past. Today we return to this irregular feature…

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Follow Friday: Aleesha Nandhra – “Nandhra Has a Remarkable Ability to Bring the Reader Directly into Her Own Experiences, Not Just Inviting Us to Share Them But, Briefly, to Live Them as Well”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 8, 2020

Continuing our new feature for Fridays today at Broken Frontier! At the end of each week we run an extensive spotlight profile on an artist we believe deserves far more…

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Follow Friday: Tim Bird – “Bird Reminds Us of How Our Own Personal Stories Both Impact on Our Environments and Yet Simultaneously Are Swallowed Up By Them”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 1, 2020

Continuing our new feature for Fridays today at Broken Frontier! At the end of each week we run an extensive spotlight profile on an artist we believe deserves far more…

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Inside Look: The Screaming – Daniel Bristow-Bailey Guides Us through His Artistic Process on His Experimental Graphic Medicine One-Shot

  • by Daniel Bristow-Bailey
  • April 30, 2020

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 themes…

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Follow Friday: Olivia Sullivan – “Sullivan’s Importance as One of the Contemporary Pioneers of the UK Indie Comics Scene Should Not Go Unrecognised”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 24, 2020

A new feature for Fridays today at Broken Frontier! At the end of each week we will be running a spotlight profile on an artist we believe deserves far more…

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Inside Look: The Palace of Tears – Michael Lomon Talks About the Inspirations and Process Behind His Gorgeously Illustrated Fantasy Series

  • by Michael Lomon
  • April 10, 2020

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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Retroflect: The Golem – The Strange Tale of the Bronze Age Series that Spawned an Editorial Apology from Marvel

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 26, 2020

Retroflect has a long history at Broken Frontier, having been both a series of blogs and an ongoing column here in the past. Today we return to this irregular feature…

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“My Admiration for Scientists Comes Across in the Strips, Even the Ones Where I’m Teasing Them” – Tom Gauld Talks ‘Department of Mind-Blowing Theories’

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 25, 2020

In a world struggling not just with a pandemic but a general aversion towards the cultivation of a scientific temperament, the presence of a new book by Tom Gauld seems…

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“I Am a Quiet Man, Busy with My Thoughts” – Artist Aleksandar Zograf on Serbian Comics, Flea Markets and Why the Graphic Novel is Not His Medium of Choice

  • by Zoran Djukanovic
  • March 9, 2020

Aleksandar Zograf is an extremely distinctive figure in Serbian comics with a strong international reputation. Both poles of comic culture are combined within him – the alternative impulse and his…

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Inside Look: Future – A Creator Commentary from Writer Tom Woodman on His Graphic Novel Collaboration with Rupert Smissen and Aditya Bidikar, Crowdfunding Via Unbound Books

  • by Tom Woodman
  • February 12, 2020

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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“The Dedication Angoulême Has to the Art and Craft of Comics is Unrivalled in My Experience” – Joe Stone Looks Back on Angoulême 2020

  • by Joe Stone
  • February 10, 2020

With the Angoulême buzz still at the forefront of the comics world’s collective consciousness we welcome 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ artist and Hackney Comic +…

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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2020 – Comics Category Shortlisted Artists Esther McManus, Danny Noble, Zara Slattery and Jess Taylor Talk About Practice, Process and what Being Nominated Means to Them

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 24, 2020

  This coming Monday, January 27th, sees the announcement of the winners of the Arts Foundation’s Futures Awards at the ICA, with the five sections including Experimental Short Film, Social…

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What Comics Say About Modern Urban Life – An Interview With Professor Benjamin Fraser on His Book ‘Visible Cities, Global Comics: Urban Images and Spatial Form’

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • December 11, 2019

Benjamin Fraser, professor of Spanish and head of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona, recently published a monograph on how comics represent cities. His book,…

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“The Art You Spend Hours and Hours Labouring Over is Always the One that Bombs!” – Instagram Cartoonist ZeppelinMoon Talks Sloths, Manatees and Building that All-Important Social Media Audience

  • by Jenny Robins
  • December 5, 2019

ZeppelinMoon is part of a growing movement of irreverent Instagram cartoonists racking up serious numbers with content that is by turns relatable and ridiculous or often both. Our Jenny Robins…

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Retroflect: The Scarecrow – From the Dead of Night to Marvel Two-in-One, the Short-Lived 1970s Horror History of Marvel’s Straw Man

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 31, 2019

Retroflect has a long history at Broken Frontier, having been both a series of blogs and an ongoing column here in the past. Today we return to this irregular feature…

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Broken Frontier Meets PositiveNegatives – Real Stories, Drawn From Life 

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 30, 2019

The vitally important work of PositiveNegatives has been spotlighted before here at Broken Frontier but admittedly not nearly enough. Their growing online catalogue of comics and animation explores “contemporary social…

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