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Karmen #1 – Guillem March’s Exuberant Euro-vision of the Afterlife Loses a Little in Translation

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 10, 2021

Guillem March has trodden the mean streets of Gotham in the past, with work on Batman, Catwoman and Harley Quinn for DC Comics. However, the Mallorcan artist is back on…

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Girl Haven – Lilah Sturges and Meaghan Carter’s Fantasy Story Explores Gender and Self-Discovery for a Younger Audience

  • by Holly Raidl
  • March 5, 2021

Girl Haven, by Lilah Sturges, Meaghan Carter and Joamette Gil, is a fantasy comic mostly focused on the topic of gender. It explores how complicated the idea of gender can be…

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Zátopek – A Steady Biography of Czechoslovakia’s Long-Distance Runner from SelfMadeHero

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • March 1, 2021

Zátopek has a pacing problem. This deft graphic autobiography by Jan Novák and Jaromír 99 bounds through the life of the acclaimed Czechoslovakian long-distance runner; recounting his overcrowded childhood home…

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Sultana – Zain Dada and Shazleen Khan’s Tale is Both an Intriguing Political Drama and an Indictment on the Tyranny of Capitalism

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2021

At the end of last year at Broken Frontier we spoke to creators Zain Dada and Kumail Rizvi about the books coming from their new micropublishing digital line Khidr Comix…

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Scene of the Crime – Image Comics Revisit a Solid Early Milestone from the Careers of Brubaker, Lark and Phillips

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • February 25, 2021

It’s a familiar story. A woman walks into a PI’s office, lights a cigarette, and asks him to track down her missing sister. The PI, although sceptical, accepts the client’s…

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Chasin’ the Bird – Dave Chisholm Delivers a Vivid and Prismatic Look at the Life and Legend of Jazz Giant Charlie Parker

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 23, 2021

There really ought to be a law against people like Dave Chisholm. As well as being an acclaimed comics writer/artist (including the sci-fi series Canopus and the graphic novel Instrumental),…

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Haha #1-2 – Vanesa Del Rey and Zoe Thorogood Bring W. Maxwell Prince’s Clown-Themed Tales of Human Frailty to Vivid Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 22, 2021

Two issues in and Image’s six-issue series Haha – a collection of complete-in-one stories revolving around the world of clowns – is already proving to be a bleakly comedic affair….

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Kusama: The Graphic Novel – Elisa Macellari’s Deft Graphic Biography Explores the Life of Contemporary Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama

  • by Jenny Robins
  • February 19, 2021

Yayoi Kusama is a fascinating artist. Caught in the finite net of Elisa Macellari’s deft graphic biography, she becomes our fascinating friend for a moment. Kusama, first published in Italian…

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Rogue Planet – Bunn and MacDonald Blend Classic Horror and Sci-Fi in this Collection of the Eerie Oni Press Series

  • by John Trigonis
  • February 16, 2021

Cosmic horror has discovered a brave new homeworld inhabited by Cullen Bunn & Andy MacDonald, the eerie––though imperfect––venture Rogue Planet from Oni Press. Through the vastness of space, a starship…

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Scout’s Honor #1-2 – An Exciting Religious Allegory in the Post-Apocalypse from Aftershock Comics

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • February 12, 2021

“Boy Scout” is a common shorthand for decency. Or at least a specifically American brand of decency, one which prioritises punctuality and obedience, grafting virginal pluckiness onto wilderness preparation. Frontiersman…

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‘King-Cat Classix’, ‘Map of My Heart’ and ‘Perfect Example’ – Three Reissues from Drawn & Quarterly Give John Porcellino the Spotlight He Has Always Deserved

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • February 11, 2021

“Somewhere along the line, King-Cat went from being something I do for fun, to something I do, to what I do.” That admission comes from John Porcellino’s introduction to King-Cat…

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COVID Chronicles – A Substantial Taxonomy of COVID Tales in this Anthology from Graphic Mundi

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • February 8, 2021

What can you say about COVID-19? The ongoing pandemic has been the first thing on just about everyone’s minds for almost a year now, the absences and changes to “normal…

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Revere – John Smith and Simon Harrison’s Intoxicating Technopagan Fever Dream Enjoys a Digital Resurrection

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 4, 2021

When Karen Berger’s party train pulled out of UK Comics Central in the late 1980s, one passenger was left unexpectedly on the platform: writer John Smith, whose penchant for loopy…

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Michael Jackson in Comics – NBM and Writer Céka Invite Artists to Tell Stories About the Once Legendary King of Pop

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • February 4, 2021

The cynic in all of us would ask if Michael Jackson deserves yet another biography, given how every aspect of his life continues to elicit scrutiny even a decade after…

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Cream Maid – Mark Dickson and Rebecca Burgess’s Queer, All-Ages Graphic Novel is an Adorable, Much Needed and Uplifting Book

  • by Holly Raidl
  • January 27, 2021

Cream Maid by writer Mark Dickson, artist Rebecca Burgess and letterer Davis Rush is ultimately a book about family. The main crux surrounds the relationship that develops between Cream Maid,…

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That Texas Blood Vol. 1 – Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips’s Lone Star Crime Drama is the Apex of Graphic Novel Crime Fiction

  • by John Trigonis
  • January 26, 2021

When I reviewed That Texas Blood #1 for Broken Frontier over the summer, I was really hoping that subsequent issues of this “sardonic slowburn of cinematic proportions” from Image Comics…

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Billionaire Island Vol. 1 – Mark Russell and Steve Pugh’s Scorching Swiftian Satire of the Super-Wealthy from Ahoy Comics

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • January 22, 2021

How big is a billion? Don’t be fooled by the banal numerical stats that it’s simply “1000 million”, for beneath those small ovular zeroes lies an exponential explosion of wealth….

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Being Black and Working Class – RAMZEE’s Autobio Webcomic Offering is a Succinctly Impactful Piece from the Khidr Comix Lab Platform

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 20, 2021

At the end of last year we ran an interview with Zain Dada and Kumail Rizvi of Khidr Comix Lab, a new digital micropublishing venture seeking to provide a platform…

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