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Articles and interviews on all things comics-related.

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Beautiful Canvas – Ryan K Lindsay Talks About Going Gonzo with His Upcoming Miniseries for Black Mask Studios

  • by Matthew Box
  • April 19, 2017

Last year I had the good fortune to not only read the excellent three-issue series Chum, but also to interview its creators, writer Ryan K Lindsay and artist Sami Kivela….

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Bringing Back Newsprint – Alterna Publisher Peter Simeti Talks About Appealing to New Readers with Old School Production Values

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • April 18, 2017

Alterna Comics goes retro with their new line of comics by printing on newsprint, distributing to newsstands and rolling back cover prices to $1.50. These days there seems to be…

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“A Good Stick Has Many Possibilities” – Glamping Chat with the Decie Family on Joe Decie’s ‘Collecting Sticks’ from Jonathan Cape

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 13, 2017

Glamorous camping? Can there really be such a thing? Joe Decie’s new book Collecting Sticks from Jonathan Cape recounts the Decie family’s “glamping” holiday – camping from the “comfort” of…

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Time And Relative Dimensions In Strips – Looking Back on Over 50 Years of ‘Doctor Who’ in Comics

  • by Tony Ingram
  • April 12, 2017

With the tenth series of the relaunched Doctor Who debuting this Saturday on the BBC, Broken Frontier’s Tony Ingram looks back today on over 50 years of the good Doctor’s…

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“I’m Switching the Mute Button on Self-Doubt” – Jessica Martin on Crowdfunding Her Graphic Memoir ‘Life Drawing: A Life Under Lights’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 27, 2017

Jessica Martin is another of those now established rising stars of the UK indie comics scene who you first heard about here at Broken Frontier. She was a finalist in…

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“I’d Love to See Work that Creators Can’t Find a Label For” – Lizzie Kaye Talks Crowdfunding and Curating Unbound’s New Graphic Novels Line

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 8, 2017

With their unique crowdfunding approach to publishing, Unbound have already had a number of very notable success stories including Nikesh Shukla’s The Good Immigrant and the Booker Prize-nominated The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth. This…

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“There Really is No More Direct Route to the Heart” – Myfanwy Tristram Talks ‘Draw the Line’ and the Power of Comics to Effect Positive Change

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 1, 2017

“Over 100 artists present positive political actions that anyone can take.” That’s the soundbite that beautifully embodies the Draw the Line project – an idea dreamt up by UK small…

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The Happy Few – Broken Frontier Founder Frederik Hautain Introduces His Debut One-Shot Comic Project Launching on Kickstarter Today

  • by Matthew Box
  • February 28, 2017

Almost exactly a year ago this week, I published my first article here on Broken Frontier, fulfilling a long-held dream of becoming a writer in whatever capacity I could make…

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Happy Birthday 2000 AD! – Celebrating Four Decades of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic

  • by Tony Ingram
  • February 22, 2017

Forty years ago, in February 1977, a green-skinned alien from Betelgeuse who absolutely, quite categorically was not editor Kelvin Gosnell in a joke shop mask hurled Britain’s comics readers into…

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HOAX Our Right to Hope – Ravi Thornton Talks About Tackling Stigma Around Mental Health Issues Via the Cross-Media HOAX Project

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 8, 2017

In over ten years of writing for Broken Frontier, there have been few comics I have reviewed that have come close to matching Ravi Thornton’s HOAX Psychosis Blues in terms of…

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25 Years of Image Comics – A Multi-Creator ‘Image Day’ Interview with Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Joe Keatinge, Leila del Duca, Brandon Graham, Sloane Leong and Emi Lenox

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • February 6, 2017

Image Comics celebrated its 25th anniversary this past Wednesday with an event called “Image Day” that saw many of their creators head out to retailers across the globe to meet…

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Dead Inside: John Arcudi Talks About His New Prison-Based Crime Thriller from Dark Horse Comics

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • December 19, 2016

With plenty of experience dealing with the supernatural in the pages of Hellboy’s B.P.R.D. and Rumble, writer John Arcudi sets out to prove that true-to-life thrillers can be just as…

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Grave Lilies: Cullen Bunn’s New Creator-Owned Series from Z2 Comics Starts Off with a Bang

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • November 2, 2016

One-time BF columnist and fan-favourite creator of The Sixth Gun Cullen Bunn stole some time from his busy schedule to discuss his latest creator-owned work, his first from indie publisher…

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Hooked on Haspiel: The Rabidly Loyal Brooklynite Turns the Page on a New Chapter for his Beloved Borough

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • September 14, 2016

  Dean Haspiel (Beef with Tomato, The Fox) recently turned heads in the comics community with his keynote speech at this year’s Harvey Awards. In many ways, the acclaimed creator’s latest…

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She’s No Angel: Janet Harvey, Megan Levens and Nick Filardi Discuss Their New Noir Crime Series, ‘Angel City’

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • September 9, 2016

In the opening story arc of their new series, the creators of Angel City peel back the glamorous facade of 1930s Hollywood to expose the dark underworld beneath. It’s a…

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Reimagining the Old West: An Interview with Greg Pak about His New Fantasy Gunslinger Epic, ‘Kingsway West’

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • August 22, 2016

Veteran comic writer Greg Pak is no stranger to world-building; just take a look at what he did with Planet Hulk or even his indie series Code Monkey Save World….

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Going Medieval with Superheroes: Ted Naifeh Discusses His Latest Series, the Dark Fantasy Epic, ‘Night’s Dominion’

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • August 12, 2016

Ted Naifeh is no stranger to working across genres. He’s already made the shift from pirates to gothic teens to barbarians. But up until this point, most of his main…

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Life’s a Beach: Talking ‘Chum’ with Creators Ryan K Lindsay and Sami Kivela

  • by Matthew Box
  • July 13, 2016

Some of you will undoubtedly head to the beach this summer for a relaxing holiday of sunshine and surf. But, as members of the towel-wrapped, sunburned herd tracking sand and…

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