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A bony hand caresses the cheek of a vampire, her eyes (and fangs) gleaming with pleasure. Surrounding her are two lavish stained-glass windows, reminding one of decadent cathedrals. In sensual…
And so to the final release from the latest clutch of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ mini kuš! minicomics (catch up with our most recent reviews of the series here). Ukranian…
Serial comics on the alternative side of the comics world are, sadly, rare these days. So it’s with great delight we welcome a (promised) ongoing series in La Poderosa from…
If there were ever a time to “wage war on billionaires”, as the promo blurb for Patrick Horvath’s Free For All puts it, it is right here and now. This…
A third outing for UK small press comics legend Ed Pinsent in the Colossive Cartographies series from Colossive Press acts as a welcome reminder of the unique vision of this…
“I thought being tethered to our computers even more would help push us to demand a more democratic, collectively-owned vision of the Internet, but I’m not sure I really saw…
Hitting us on an annual schedule Jonathan Baylis’s So Buttons anthology series sees Baylis collaborating with numerous artists to bring largely autobiographical snapshots to life. One of its greatest selling…
Editor, publisher, distributor, educator, creator Austin English flies solo on the anthology Crease, after collaborating with Floyd Tangeman on the recent Domino Books Jaywalk anthology series. Where Jaywalk was artist-oriented…
If Assorted Crisis Events #1 is just one thing then it’s a book for the spirit of the age. In this first issue, writer Deniz Camp and artist Eric Zawadzki…
Leftstar and the Strange Occurrence by Jean Fhilippe is a beautifully paced fantasy comic, following a magical world-builder named Leftstar on his adventures across a wonderfully rich world that Jean…
The last time we saw Aya, much had changed in the life of the young woman and her friends on the Ivory Coast. Claws Come Out was a great, if pithy…
One thing you should know about me is I can never resist a beautifully illustrated coffee table book. So, when a stunning new collection was released from Fantagraphics late last…
As the cartoonist behind Palestine, unquestionably a seminal piece of graphic journalism, and its follow-up Footnotes in Gaza, Joe Sacco’s commentary on the genocide in Gaza over the last year…
Milk White Steed introduced this reviewer to the existence of the Ligahoo. Also known as Lagahoo or Lugarhou, the mythical shapeshifting monster comes from the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago,…
Josh Pettinger describes the first issue of his Pleasure Beach series simply as “a PTSD fever dream about going home.” That though, and the apparent subtitle of ‘Hot Summer Megadepression’,…
When Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book One hit shelves back in 2017 it was, as we all know, an indie phenomenon. Ostensibly a murder mystery wrapped in…
Married Bay Area cartoonists Breena Nuñez and Lawrence Lindell recently released the latest installment of their two-person anthology Laneha House, which also happens to be the name of their publishing…
Last year here at BF we looked at Bigger, a previous minicomic from 2024 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Mike Armstrong, and one that in thematic terms used fantasy…
Inside Look: Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood – Lonnie Mann Provides a Creator Commentary on the Evolution and Process of His Gay, Jewish, Coming-of-Age StoryJune 24, 2025
Inside Look: How to Love Yourself – An Exclusive Creator Commentary from Artist A. MauriJune 13, 2025
Inside Look: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve and Spire Greenwood on Their Graphic Novel Exploring Religion and Queer IdentityJune 6, 2025
“Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter” – The ‘Aw, Nuts!’ Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious UniverseJune 6, 2025
“We Have Been Feeling the Pressure Like Never Before” – The Worrying Disappearance of Comics Commentary and Journalism Sites from a Broken Frontier/UK Small Press PerspectiveMay 19, 2025
