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Precious Rubbish – Kayla E.’s Remarkable Graphic Memoir of Childhood Trauma Subverts and Repurposes the Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 24, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Reading a book as raw and candid as Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish the reader can’t help but ask themself the question of whether this truly singular approach…

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The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children, Comic Edition – Rachel Branham Brings Gloria Ladson-Billings’ Key Educational Text to the Comics Page in an Accessible and Thoughtful Adaptation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 21, 2026

Gloria Ladson-Billings’ The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children was first published in the ‘90s. Its analysis of how the culturally relevant practice of eight teachers achieved outstanding results…

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Heaven – Katie Skelly Wraps Mystery and Horror Up in a Stylish Coming-of-Age Story of Female Camaraderie

  • by Lydia Turner
  • August 21, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! If you’re not familiar with the wonder that is Katie Skelly, let me take you back to 2020. Yes, there was COVID. But there was also a…

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Donald Duck #3/#391 – Why Does Donald Wear a Sailor Suit? This Issue Has the Answer…

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 20, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Such are the quirks and whims of serial comics publishing that Fantagraphics’ recent issue #3 of Donald Duck is also #391 in legacy terms. Much like IDW’s…

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Love and Desire in the Promised Land: The Private Lives of Israelis and Palestinians – Salomé Parent-Rachdi and Deloupy’s Deeply Human Account of Relationships in a Region Torn Apart by Conflict

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 19, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! In retrospect there’s an added layer of poignancy to writer Salomé Parent-Rachdi and artist Deloupy’s Love and Desire in the Promised Land: The Private Lives of Israelis…

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Nothing Can Stop… the Ape! – Sniegoski, Acheson and Rousseau Provide a High-Octane, Page-Turning Fantasy Romp

  • by Edward Picot
  • August 19, 2026

“In the earliest days of the Earth, before recorded history, two powerful gods laid claim to the world… Ghraagg’Endah, the bestial avatar of Chaos…[and] Thuuna, goddess of creation and control”….

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Charlie: Charles Chaplin, The Funniest Man in the World – Steven Brower and Seymour Chwast Give Us a Spotlight Tour of the Little Tramp’s Life and Times

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 18, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! From the Fantagraphics Underground line, Charlie: Charles Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World may be unwieldy in title but it’s breezily charming in delivery. At 32…

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Chin Music – R.T. Short Observes the Eccentricities of Cricket, that Most British of Sports, Via Breakdown Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 18, 2026

Sports comics. Once a great genre staple of the British comic industry but now something of a publishing footnote. They’re not entirely unknown in indie and alt circles either –…

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Tiodora’s Letters: An Enslaved Woman’s Fight for Family and Freedom – Marcelo D’Salete’s Powerful Account of a Dark Period in Brazil’s History

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 17, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Blending documented fact and speculative fiction Marcelo D’Salete’s Tiodora’s Letters: An Enslaved Woman’s Fight for Family and Freedom is a meticulously researched re-creation of the story of…

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Comet Club – Teenage U.F.O. Hunters Tackle Reality and Life’s Expectations in Yi Yang’s Fantagraphics Debut

  • by Gary Usher
  • August 13, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Yi Yang was born in northeastern China, and moved to Bologna, Italy to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in 2013. She published two books there…

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The Outsider – Joe D’Esposito’s Graphic Biography of EC Artist Bernie Krigstein Tackles Themes that Are as Relevant Today as They Were in the Artist’s Lifetime

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 12, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Working conditions and fair recompense for comics creators is a subject that feels, unfortunately, eternally relevant and never-changing (in anything but a superficial degree.) Joe D’Esposito’s The…

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On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides Vol. 1 – Marina Lisa Komiya Explores Love and Identity in Post-War Japan 

  • by Swati Nair
  • August 10, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! The mention of WW II most often summons up images of the Holocaust. It’s easy to find narratives, both fiction and non-fiction, centreed around US experiences of…

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Wish We Weren’t Here: Postcards from the Apocalypse – Peter Kuper’s Pulitzer Prize Finalist Book Reminds Us of How the World is Burning Around Us

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 6, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Earlier this year at Broken Frontier we reported that cartoonist Peter Kuper (Ruins, Spy Vs. Spy, World War III Illustrated) had been announced as a 2026 Pulitzer…

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The Pass – The Hustle and Bustle of Restaurant Life Sits at the Centre of Katriona Chapman’s Rich Character Study from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 5, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! There’s something about Katriona Chapman’s The Pass that reminds the reader of the structure of a stage play. It’s a nuanced character study to start with. But…

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Shock Treatment – EC Comics’ Precursor to Modern Graphic Medicine Collected by Fantagraphics

  • by Gary Usher
  • August 5, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Graphic Medicine as a genre did not exist in 1955 when Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein cast their editorial net wide after their EC horror comics were…

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Lovers of the Empire Vol. 1 – Yudori Draws a Tender Portrait of Romance in Colonial Korea

  • by Swati Nair
  • August 3, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! The 1920s in occupied Korea saw the beginning of Japan’s bunka seiji, or cultural policy. Behind a veneer of modern progress, Koreans were allowed more freedom of…

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Laika – Nessie Mooo Retells the Story of the Doomed Space Dog with an Anthropomorphic Twist

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 31, 2026

Back in June for our Pride Month coverage at Broken Frontier I interviewed a number of creators for the very first time. One of those subjects was Nessie Mooo whose…

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True Story – Kate Hazell’s Collection of Autobiographical Strips is Witty, Touching and Highly Recommended

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 28, 2026

It’s been an astonishing twelve years since the last time I reviewed a comic from Kate Hazell, the rather idiosyncratic Single Black Glove telling the story of a singular item…

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