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The EC Archives: Incredible Science Fiction – Dark Horse’s Collection of Classic End-of-an-Era EC Comics Arrives in a More Affordable Paperback Edition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 11, 2023

Given that it bridges the 1950s both pre and post formation of the Comics Code Authority, in terms of its historical relevance The EC Archives: Incredible Science Fiction is a curious…

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Downlands – Norm Konyu’s Bittersweet Supernatural Tale Combines Horror Fantasy with a Human Story of Loneliness and Grief

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 9, 2023

Back in 2020 I said of Norm Konyu’s first graphic novel The Junction “this is one of the most accomplished debut books I have ever reviewed for Broken Frontier.” My…

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It May Never Happen… – Dark & Golden Books Introduce the Unsettling World of Kevin Woodcock to a Contemporary Audience

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 9, 2023

Back in the in the early 1990s, and riding the coat-tails of the success of the UK adult humour comic Viz, a slew of largely forgettable imitators suddenly burst onto…

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The Ruling Clawss: The Socialist Cartoons of Syd Hoff – Hoff’s Satirical Plea for a More Equitable World is as Urgent Now as It Was in 1935

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 4, 2023

While cartoonist Syd Hoff (1912-2002) is best known for his celebrated children’s book Danny and the Dinosaur, and syndicated newspaper strips like Tuffy and Laugh It Off, there’s a strand…

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Trigger Shot – With a Timely Release for Infertility Awareness Week Tal Brosh’s New Comic is a Tour-de-Force of Abstract Graphic Medicine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 3, 2023

Abstract comics are a rich source of material for those interested in the possibilities and nuances of the form’s language. Trigger Shot by Tal Brosh (one of our 2022 Broken…

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Over-Inkers #1 – New UK Small Press Anthology Series Tackles Mental Health Issues with a First Issue Theme of ‘Strength’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 1, 2023

Focussed on mental health awareness, the new UK small press comics anthology Over-Inkers debuted recently with a first issue theme of “strength”. Full disclosure first. Over-Inkers is edited by Broken…

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The Man in the McIntosh Suit – Rina Ayuyang Brings Empathy to a Lesser Known Aspect of Immigration in America, from D+Q

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 27, 2023

To check out artist Rina Ayuyang’s Instagram is to find oneself awash in art and colour, offering insights into what inspires her. These colour-pencilled hues inform The Man in the…

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Green Thumbs – Nature Clashes with Domesticity in Alice Urbino’s Eerie New Horror Comic Tale

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 26, 2023

It’s been a little while since we had the opportunity to review an Alice Urbino comic here at BF but we can today as one of our original 2015 Broken…

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Fire Flowers – Xiaoyi Hu’s Riso Comic Follows a Young Blind Woman’s Walk Around Her Neighbourhood and Treats Us to a Journey of Parallel Perceptions

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 24, 2023

We talk a lot about the tactile possibilities of self-publishing here at Broken Frontier but Xiaoyi Hu’s comic Fire Flowers adds extra emphasis on that quality (as can be seen…

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Rain – Mary M Talbot and Bryan Talbot Revisit the Catastrophic Floods of 2015 and Underline that an Ethical Ecological Approach Should Not Be a Prisoner of Privilege and Influence

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 21, 2023

EARTH DAY WEEK! Mary M Talbot and Bryan Talbot’s Rain (published by Jonathan Cape in the UK and Dark Horse Comics in the US) is suffused with a feeling of…

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Slow Death Zero: The Comix Anthology of Ecological Horror – Last Gasp’s Anthology Provides a Fittingly Bleak Collection of Environmental Terror Tales

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 20, 2023

EARTH DAY WEEK! Published as a 50th anniversary celebration of Last Gasp, Slow Death Zero takes the name of the underground publisher’s influential alt comics anthology, affixes an additional “numbering”…

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The Effluent Society – Norman Thelwell’s 1971 Collection is a Sad Reminder of How Little Our Attitudes to the Environment Have Changed in 50 Years

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 19, 2023

EARTH DAY WEEK! The idea that concern about the destructive effects of humanity’s interaction with the environment is a relatively recent one is, of course, entirely fallacious in its supposition….

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Junk Rabbit #1 – Jimmie Robinson Takes Us to a Dystopian Future of Trash Mountains and Domed Cities

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 19, 2023

EARTH DAY WEEK! This week at Broken Frontier our Earth Day-themed review coverage has looked at comics and the environment from the perspectives of graphic journalism, biography, anthologies, satire and…

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š! #44 – kuš! comics Go ‘Back to Nature’ as Artists from Five Continents Look at Our Relationship with the Environment

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 18, 2023

EARTH DAY WEEK! As regular Broken Frontier readers will know we have been slowly building up a number of socially relevant resource lists of comics material on the site. In…

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Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear – Trang Nguyen and Jeet Zdung Bring the Subject of Conservation to a Younger Readership

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 18, 2023

EARTH DAY WEEK! While graphic journalism, graphic biography and comics social commentary on environmental issues is both valuable and vital in communicating and dissecting the realities involved another approach is…

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World War 3 Illustrated #52: Frontlines of Repair – From Environmental Disaster and the Pandemic to Community Building and Social Activism, the Acclaimed Left-Wing Comics Anthology Explores Our Approach to Our Broken World

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 17, 2023

EARTH DAY WEEK! What adds an extra layer of relevancy to World War 3 Illustrated’s most recent themed anthology Frontlines of Repair is that it goes beyond just insightful commentary…

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The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World – Our ‘Earth Day Week’ Begins at BF with this Groundbreaking Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 17, 2023

EARTH DAY WEEK! Where does one even begin with attempting to review such a colossal group effort as Dorling Kindersley’s The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save…

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The Berg – Character-Driven Narrative is at the Centre of this Highly Atmospheric Horror One-Shot

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 14, 2023

Collaborative comics where the entire creative team are perfectly and harmoniously in synch are probably far rarer than we could care to admit. Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, horror comic The…

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