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    Section: Features

    Articles and interviews on all things comics-related.

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    “Thought Bubble 2019… I Think that Experience Changed My Life” – Tom Philipson Talks CoCo Comics, Autobio and Working on Image’s ‘Radiant Black’

    • by Andy Oliver
    • July 31, 2024

    10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Event organiser, collective member, writer and artist… Tom Philipson is a man of many roles within the UK indie comics world. He’s…

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    “Horror Comics in the UK Indie Scene Are Doing Some Amazing Things” – Artists Letty Wilson and Aly Fell Talk About Working on the 2024 ‘Misty Special’

    • by Andy Oliver
    • July 17, 2024

    Over the last several years Rebellion and the Treasury of British Comics have recognised the great fondness in which the short-lived late ’70s/early ’80s supernaturally themed girls comics Misty is…

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    “It’s… Not a Great Feeling When Reality Outpaces Satire” – Jim Festante and James Asmus on the Social Commentary of ‘Survival Street: The Radical Left’

    • by Andy Oliver
    • July 2, 2024

    Described as “an unrepentant action satire” the first Survival Street miniseries from Dark Horse Comics burst onto the scene in 2022 with a blistering mix of cutting social commentary, violent…

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    “The Whole Purpose is to Introduce Comics to People Who Don’t Know Them” – Checking out Graphic Novel Reading Room’s First London Pop-Up! 

    • by Lydia Turner
    • July 1, 2024

    On Thursday 27th June, I had the pleasure of attending London’s first-ever Graphic Novel Reading Room pop-up! Having heard about the event from collaborator SelfMadeHero, I was super excited that…

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    Inside Look: Eighty Days – A.C. Esguerra Provides an Exclusive Creator Commentary on Their Alternative History Queer Romance Graphic Novel

    • by A.C. Esguerra
    • June 26, 2024

    PRIDE MONTH 2024! 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…

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    Inside Look: Starlit Lovers – KitsuneArt Gives Us a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Her and Lor Phoenix’s Slice-of-Life Sapphic Romance Comic

    • by Kitsune Art
    • June 13, 2024

    PRIDE MONTH 2024! 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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    “This Will Be One of the Weirdest, Wildest Payoffs We’ve Seen in a Comic in a Generation” – Sean Von Gorman and Joey Esposito Talk ‘The Pedestrian’ from Magma Comix

    • by Ellie Egleton
    • June 13, 2024

    I’m currently spending far too much time on X and through my scrolling I am taking great joy in finding new comic books to review for readers of Broken Frontier….

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    “The Sea… Can Reflect Back an Infinite Number of Different Meanings” – Tim Bird Talks About Paying Tribute to His Late Mother in ‘Adrift on a Painted Sea’ from Avery Hill

    • by Katriona Chapman
    • June 6, 2024

    If you’ve been following the Avery Hill story since the very beginning you will be aware that artist Tim Bird has been part of their publishing output since the very…

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    “There’s a Lot of Love for Raccoons Out There!” – Chatting with Creator Michael Avon Oeming About the Wondrous ‘William of Newbury’

    • by Ellie Egleton
    • June 5, 2024

    Dark Horse Comics’ new title, William of Newbury, is Eisner Award-winning Michael Avon Oeming’s latest masterpiece. In this brand-new anthropomorphic supernatural series, our adorable raccoon is a neurotic monk, fearful…

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    “Comics in Libraries Just Makes Sense” – The British Comics Now Delegation Talks About Their TCAF Experience

    • by Andy Oliver
    • May 31, 2024

    BRITISH COMICS NOW! If you followed all our pre-TCAF coverage then you’ll know the drill by now but let’s recap on what the British Comics Now programme is all about…

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    Exclusive Preview! Stingray: Deadly Uprising – New Comics Collections Featuring the Classic Supermarionation Characters Coming Soon as Part of the Multi-Platform 60th Anniversary ‘Stingray’ Event

    • by Andy Oliver
    • May 29, 2024

    “Anything can happen in the next half hour!” Those scene-setting words are just one of the many fondly remembered elements associated with 1960s pop cultural phenomenon Stingray. First broadcast in…

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    “Comics Have Been a Part of My Life Since I Was Able to Read” – Jimmy Palmiotti Talks Connecting with Characters, Crowdfunding, and Lessons Learned Breaking into the Industry

    • by Ellie Egleton
    • May 16, 2024

    With an extensive comics back catalogue covering some of the most well-known IPs of the “Big Two”, major creator-owned success stories, and an impressive cross-media career to boot, it will…

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    “I Love to Walk on the Spectrum Between Explicitness and Obscurity” – Jason Chuang on the Visual Language of Comics and Abstract Takes on Autobio

    • by Andy Oliver
    • May 8, 2024

    BRITISH COMICS NOW! 10 YEARS OF THE BF 6 TO WATCH! As mentioned at Broken Frontier earlier this year six British/UK-based comic creators will be attending this year’s Toronto Comic…

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    “I Want to Figure Out How to Make Work that is Useful to Others” – B. Mure on ‘Ismyre’, Allegory and the Realities of World-Building in Fiction

    • by Andy Oliver
    • May 7, 2024

    BRITISH COMICS NOW! As mentioned at Broken Frontier earlier this year six British/UK-based comic creators will be attending this year’s Toronto Comic Art Festival (TCAF) as part of the British…

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    “If I Make a Comic, People Are More Able to Empathise With What I’m Trying to Communicate” – Bex Ollerton Talks Neurodivergence in Comics and Her Upcoming Projects

    • by Andy Oliver
    • May 7, 2024

    BRITISH COMICS NOW! As mentioned at Broken Frontier earlier this year six British/UK-based comic creators will be attending this year’s Toronto Comic Art Festival (TCAF) as part of the British…

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    “Norse Mythology… It’s Such a Wonderful and Incomplete Beast” – Martin Simpson on His Graphic Novel ‘NORD’ and His Love of Legend

    • by Andy Oliver
    • May 3, 2024

    BRITISH COMICS NOW! As mentioned at Broken Frontier earlier this year six British/UK-based comic creators will be attending this year’s Toronto Comic Art Festival (TCAF) as part of the British…

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    “I Like Reopening Certain Parts of My Life that Were Challenging” – Clio Isadora on Autobio Comics and Her Avery Hill Graphic Novel ‘Sour Pickles’

    • by Andy Oliver
    • May 2, 2024

    BRITISH COMICS NOW! As mentioned at Broken Frontier earlier this year six British/UK-based comic creators will be attending this year’s Toronto Comic Art Festival (TCAF) as part of the British…

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    “I Feel Like ‘The Jellyfish’ is the Most Personal Book I’ve Ever Made” — An Interview with Boum on Her Pow Pow Press Graphic Medicine Story

    • by François Vigneault
    • May 1, 2024

    The cartoonist Boum (AKA Samantha Leriche-Gionet) has been a key member of the vibrant Montreal comics scene for over a decade. Her slice-of-life webcomic Boumeries, which with great savvy she…

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