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Majnun and Layla: Songs from Beyond the Grave – Yann Damezin Breathes New Life Into a Classic Arabian Tale, from Life Drawn

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 2, 2024

Around 1188, Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi wrote a poem in Arabic, based on seventh-century poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his lover Layla bint Mahdi, which grew to become one of…

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Plant Daddy – Plants, Gardening and Mental Health Come Together in Neil Watson-Slorance’s Touching Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 27, 2024

Comics that deal with grief – especially the kind that comes from losing a close loved one – have long been providing creators with an outlet to process their feelings….

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Hawk the Slayer: Watch for Me in the Night – Garth Ennis and Henry Flint Breathe New Comics Life into a Cult Film Favourite

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 26, 2024

Hawk the Slayer was not a very good film. One of a short burst of fantasy-style movies of the late ‘70s-early ‘80s, the only thing about it more limited than…

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Denison Avenue – Christina Wong and Daniel Innes Shine a Light on the Loneliness of Little Lives in Big Cities, from ECW Press

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 25, 2024

There’s an interesting comment in illustrator Daniel Innes’ biographical note on the back cover of Denison Avenue: ‘Watching the neighbourhood change over the years has ended his love affair with…

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Coin-Op #9 – Maria and Peter Hoey Fill Up Another Treasure Chest of Short Comics Gems

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 22, 2024

Every issue of sibling creative team Maria and Peter Hoey’s Coin Op anthology series is a testament to the potential of comics as a storytelling form. From one perspective they…

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Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey – From His Early Experiences as a Cuban Refugee to Confronting the Neo-Fascism of the Trump Administration, Edel Rodriguez’s Outstanding Graphic Memoir is a Compelling Read

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 21, 2024

In recent years the unforgettable artwork of Cuban American illustrator Edel Rodriguez has adorned the covers of magazines like Time and Der Spiegel, skewering the unceasing excesses of the Trump…

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GLEEM – D+Q Remind Us of Why Freddy Carrasco’s Work Deserves a Reappraisal

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 20, 2024

It has been four years since Dominican-born artist Freddy Carrasco took home the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Collection, as well as the Doug Wright Award for Best Small- or Micro-press…

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Blobby Horror – The Polka-Dotted Hellspawn of Crinkley Bottom Remembered in this Creepy Anthology from Frisson Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! There have been a number of comics anthologies over the years that have focussed on fondly remembered pop cultural icons of yesteryear….

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Man’s Best #1 – Pornsak Pichetshote and Jesse Lonergan’s Animal-Centred Space Opera Opens with a Gripping First Chapter

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2024

A project that brings together one of the most exciting breakout comics writers of recent years with one of the most promising emerging artists was always going to going to…

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Colossive Cartographies #53 – Wallis Eates Reflects on Life as a Carer in ‘Budgie Steps’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 18, 2024

It has been a few years since we last reviewed comics work by Wallis Eates at Broken Frontier though, as can be seen by the list of tagged posts here,…

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Winnie-the-Pooh – Travis Dandro Reinvents a Classic with Charm, Poignancy, and a Great Deal of Love

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 15, 2024

Does a graphic adaptation of a literary classic deserve to exist? It’s the kind of question that lovers of music tend to obsess over whenever a remixed version of an…

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The Mysteries – Bill Watterson and John Kascht Raise Pertinent Questions About the State of Our World 

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 14, 2024

Around 70 pages and a little over 300 words: it’s amazing what these seemingly limiting numbers can yield in the hands of artists with a clear vision. The Mysteries has…

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A Haunted Girl – Issues of Mental Health Awareness Raised in this Supernatural Thriller from Ethan & Naomi Sacks and Marco Lorenzana

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 14, 2024

While the majority of the comics projects listed on our Broken Frontier Mental Health Awareness Resource List are autobiographical in nature it is important to remember that escapist fiction can…

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Girl Juice – Stay Hot and Simple Forever in Benji Nate’s Hilarious Slice-of-Lifer Celebrating Female Friendship, from D+Q

  • by Lydia Turner
  • March 13, 2024

I’ve always been a huge fan of Benji Nate’s graphic novels – from the hilariously deadpan Lorna, to sweet Catboy to the mysterious Hell Phone. So, when her latest project…

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So Long Sad Love – Aleshia Jensen Brings Mirion Malle’s Powerful Exploration of Heartbreak and Rebirth to a New Audience

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 12, 2024

In 2021, the English translation of French illustrator Mirion Malle’s This is How I Disappear taught us to question how we look at sexual assault and its devastating impact. It…

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So Buttons #13 – Michael T. Gilbert, Tony Wolf, Whit Taylor, Maria & Peter Hoey and Co Join Jonathan Baylis for a ‘Film School’ Special

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 11, 2024

One of the additional intriguing elements of Jonathan Baylis’s autobiographical So Buttons anthology series is that not only does it also give a deserved spotlight to the many artists he…

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Masters of the Nefarious: Mollusk Rampage – The Absurdist Brilliance of Pierre La Police Finally Translated Into English Via New York Review Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2024

New York Review Comics’ output deserves significantly more acclaim given their capacity for bringing forgotten or unknown gems of comics publishing to new readerships. The splendidly titled Masters of the…

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Zinezilla: Megalazine – (Surely) the World’s First Megalodon-Themed Comics Anthology Debuts at Zinezilla in Bristol this Weekend

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 5, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! The third incarnation of Bristol’s Zinezilla fair, as co-organised by 2022 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Mereida Fajardo, is coming this…

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