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One of the most recognisable of the 1960s line-up of IPC heroes – in part because of his memorable later appearances in Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s Zenith series –…
There’s a certain irony in the way a collection of imaginary comics covers can evoke such evocative feelings of nostalgia considering that, obviously, they never existed in the first place….
There’s something incredibly evocative about the way Sam Hart’s Memories: Ruins captures a universally recognisable period of our lives with its wistful reflection on childhood. A fusion of autobiography and…
Four issues in and Caroline Cash’s PeePee PooPoo finally gets its #1 “first” issue and loses that titular hyphen too. The Broken Frontier Award-winning title from Silver Sprocket continues to…
Yasmeen Abedifard’s When to Pick a Pomegranate is a collection of thought-provoking vignettes from indie publisher Silver Sprocket. With a focus on reflection, interconnectedness, sensuality and the cyclical nature of…
We are all aware that there’s a certain aspect of fandom who can get… let’s say… overly invested in their favourite comics characters. In Moe’s in Love with a Manga…
Comics are a particularly effective medium when it comes to taking an extended visual metaphor and running with it. AJ O’Neill’s The Kid in the Cave is a strong example…
From a Broken Frontier perspective Small Press Day is one of the most rewarding days of the year not simply because BF has an organisational role in it, and thus…
Harsh, chaotic and honest. These are all words that come to mind when thinking of William Golding’s literary masterpiece Lord of the Flies. With heavy themes about morality at its…
Legendary cartoonist Adrian Tomine has a wry endorsement of Edward Steed at the back of this, the latter’s debut collection. “I met Steed years ago at a fancy New Yorker…
One of the nicest things one can say about an artist is that their work is confounding. It may seem like a backhanded compliment, but it expresses a willingness to…
Earlier this year, I had the joy of reading and reviewing Laura Pérez’s first English-translated graphic novel, Totem. With an overlying feeling of uncanniness, and a focus on the spiritual…
Tara Booth describes herself as an Ignatz Award-winning comic artist, illustrator and painter from Philadelphia, whose candid autobiographical comics shed lightness and humour on issues related to mental health, addiction,…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! In the vein of his NP zine (reviewed here at Broken Frontier a few months back) Ed Firth’s new queer comics short…
It would be impossible to talk about Garth Ennis and Patrick Goddard’s Rogue Trooper: Blighty Valley – the hardcover collection of the recent serialised 2000 AD story – without some…
Picture the scene: it’s Ancient Greece, in the fourth century BCE. Young Hipparchia has one aim in mind; to marry into a prominent family and become even richer. Little does…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! What I continue to find so inspiring about ThirdBear Press’s Boxes is the way in which it blends the finest qualities of…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Earlier this week we took a look at another of the recent releases from the Colossive Press Colossive Cartographies range of fold-out…
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
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