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Section: Features

Articles and interviews on all things comics-related.

Undertow by Steve Orlando and Artyam Trakhanov (Image Comics)

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“Sometimes Hero Astronauts Die in Car Crashes” – An Interview with Undertow Writer Steve Orlando (Part Two)

  • by Joe Krawec
  • April 29, 2014

After yesterday’s chat about the themes and politics of his hot new series, Undertow writer Steve Orlando tells us about the unpredictability of life, the influence of Russian literature, his…

Steve Orlando

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“Exploding Crab Scenes Need To Have a Soul” – An Interview with Undertow Writer Steve Orlando (Part One)

  • by Joe Krawec
  • April 28, 2014

As the third issue of Undertow hits the stands from Image Comics, Broken Frontier talks to its writer – Steve Orlando. In the first half of a two-part interview, we…

Shutter Keatinge del Duca Space

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Coming Into Focus: An Interview with Shutter Creators Joe Keatinge and Leila del Duca

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • April 9, 2014

Shutter is the new urban fantasy/adventure series from Image Comics, brought to you by the creative talents of Joe Keatinge and Leila del Duca, who first met and bonded at…

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Comic Books Reign at Emerald City Comicon 2014

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • April 2, 2014

What stood out the most about this year’s Emerald City Comicon was that it truly was a celebration of comic books. Despite the continual growth of the show (over 70,000…

The Standard (John Lees & Jonathan Spector)

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Why You Should Be Reading: The Standard

  • by Evan Henry
  • March 27, 2014

Every once in a while, somewhere between the barrage of monthly Big Two titles that dominate the comics industry’s headlines and the periphery of the indie scene that often eschews…

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The Making of a Schmuck: Photographer Seth Kushner Converts his Growing Pains into Autobio Graphic Novel

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • March 24, 2014

Award-winning photographer Seth Kushner turns the lens on his own past in order to create Schmuck, the graphic novel based on his exploits after getting dumped by the woman he…

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Inside Look: Scum of the Earth – Rob Croonenborghs Takes You from Sketches to Finished Page

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 22, 2014

by Rob Croonenborghs Welcome to another inside look into the creation of Scum of the Earth, published by Action Lab‘s mature imprint, Danger Zone. Here we get to see the whole…

American Vampire (Scott Snyder & Rafael Albuquerque; Vertigo Comics)

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A History of Sex and Violence: The Bloody Best of American Vampire – So Far

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 18, 2014

Once again we will be in the company of Pearl Jones, Skinner Sweet, The Vassals of the Morning Star and some new characters when the long-awaited Second Cycle of American…

Frank Quitely in What Do Artists Do All Day (BBC)

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Shooting Frank Quitely – An Interview with Documentary Maker Joseph Briffa

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 18, 2014

In an exclusive interview, we chat to comics fan and film-maker Joseph Briffa, director of the BBC’s What Do Artists Do All Day? documentary on superstar artist Frank Quitely. Comics…

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That Boy’s a Wonder! Richard Grayson’s Lessons on Childhood During the 1940s and 1950s

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 7, 2014

As the heartbeat of the adult Richard Grayson fades away in Forever Evil #6, our resident researcher in the Golden Age and Silver Age of comics – Joe Krawec –…

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Modesty Comics – Championing Sequential Art from the Former Yugoslavia

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 6, 2014

Modesty Comics is a father-daughter operation with a declared intent to promote comics work from the former Yugoslavia to an expanded audience but also with a wider remit to discuss…

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Batman: The Real Deal – The Dark Knight, Superhero Comics, and the “Illusion of Change”

  • by Joe Krawec
  • January 23, 2014

Guest writer Joe Krawec analyses the thorny issue of “the illusion of change” in superhero comics with special reference to the Batman mythos and the unofficial Batman: The Deal webcomic…

We Will Remain by Andrew White (Retrofit Comics)

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The Tomorrow People: Andrew White

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 9, 2014

Since joining ‘comics battle’ site EnterVOID as a teenager, Rhode Island-based writer/artist Andrew White has been creating and publishing comics prolifically. Still only 23, the work he’s producing at the…

Retrofit Comics banner

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Why You Should Be Reading: Retrofit Comics

  • by Tom Murphy
  • December 6, 2013

One of the things that’s pleased me most about comics this year has been the discovery of small press subscription services. While the Internet makes it easy(-ish) to keep tabs…

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Inside Look: Scum of the Earth #1 – Southern Fried Sci-Fi by Mark Bertolini and Rob Croonenborghs

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • November 21, 2013

Mark Bertolini and Rob Croonenborghs have created a brand new genre in comics with the release of Scum of the Earth – Southern Fried Sci-Fi! Bring your eyeballs and your…

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The Tomorrow People: Mark Bertolini

  • by Evan Henry
  • November 8, 2013

Breaking into the comics industry is, as anyone who’s tried it knows, a very hard thing to do. But one of those who have managed it in the past few…

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Why You Should Be Reading: Kinski

  • by Levi Hunt
  • November 6, 2013

The fine folks at Monkeybrain should be commended for a number of the great titles they have given a platform to. Award-winning comics like Bandette and Masks and Mobsters go to show what can…

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Pretty Torn Up: Ales Kot and Comics Ink owner comment on the public destruction of Pretty Deadly #1

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • October 25, 2013

Yesterday, Zero and newly-vested Secret Avengers writer Ales Kot posed a question on his tumblr page. After hearing reports of a retailer at Comics Ink in Culver City, CA tearing…

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