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10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! When it launched on Kickstarter earlier this year The Stranger – written by 2024 Broken Frontier Six to Watch creator Tom Philipson…
One of the most troubling notions to emerge from a reading of Loo Hui Phang’s powerful new graphic novel Erased: An Actor of Colour’s Journey Through the Heyday of Hollywood,…
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Colours Side A, a self-published project from creator Nev Bamshew, is not your typical indie comic. I realised this when I received not only my copy of the book, but…
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As regular readers will be aware the Colossive Press Colossive Cartographies series gives creators from a vast range of disciplines an opportunity to present their practice to both established and…
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Margot Ferrick’s Star of Swan leans heavily into that unlikely truth in visual storytelling that anthropomorphised characters allow us important insights into the human condition by, ironically, the stripping of…
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There’s something comforting about artists choosing to publish what they want, without worrying about whether established publishers will put their weight behind it. Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro’s latest…
I had no idea what to expect when I picked up the first two volumes of Everything Sucks from Michael Sweater and Silver Sprocket. Sure, the covers are pretty jazzy;…
As something of a final gift to us from its editor and comics legend Trina Robbins, pro-choice anthology Won’t Back Down! is a fittingly defiant collection. It acts as a…
There’s an obvious question to be asked when considering Epitaphs from the Abyss, Oni Press’s first foray into reviving the classic EC brand. EC Comics, the game-changing line of genre…
Perhaps now more than ever, the right to vote and have our voice heard is at the forefront of many people’s minds. It’s so important that we remember the drastic…
Sometimes comics can bring us into the immediacy of a moment – or in this case a series of moments – with a profound eloquence. Judy Powell’s ‘Tea with Granny’…
“Comics made to challenge and delight, from a nonprofit publisher built to serve.” This is the mantra of Fieldmouse Press, a small, nonprofit publisher of comics based in California. Fairly…
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