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Threads: From the Refugee Crisis – Powerful Graphic Journalism from Kate Evans Shines an Uncompromising Spotlight on a Humanitarian Crisis

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2018

BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST GRAPHIC NON-FICTION WINNER! We talk a lot about the many unique ways in which comics – and particularly autobiographical comics – forge an intimate connection…

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Bingo Love – True Love Overcomes Oppression and Suppression in Tee Franklin and Jenn St-Onge’s LGBT+ Graphic Novel from Image Comics

  • by Holly Raidl
  • February 22, 2018

With eye-catching art by Jenn St-Onge and a heartfelt story by Tee Franklin, Bingo Love presents the tale of a lifetime of suppression and oppression. Through St-Onge’s bouncy art style, the reader is brought…

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By Monday I’ll Be Floating in the Hudson with the Other Garbage – 2dcloud Present the Candid Diary Comics of Laura Lannes

  • by Robin Enrico
  • February 19, 2018

The task of the memoirist is much like that of any documentarian; sorting through millions of moments to edit and frame them for the audience. Laura Lannes’ By Monday I’ll…

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The Baker Street Four Vol. 1 – Action-Packed Victorian Adventures Provide a Thrilling Twist on the Sherlock Holmes Canon

  • by Holly Raidl
  • February 16, 2018

Sherlock Holmes is a classics literary institution; one which The Baker Street Four takes and re-imagines through the eyes of the children involved in Holmes’ cases. The portrayal of Victorian London…

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Hungry Ghosts #1 – Dark Horse’s Berger Books Line Kicks Off with Supernatural Chills Courtesy of Bourdain, Rose, Ponticelli, Del Rey and Co

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • February 13, 2018

Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and his Get Jiro! co-writer Joel Rose reunite to cook up Hungry Ghosts #1; the first instalment of a four-part miniseries via new Dark Horse imprint Berger Books. The…

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Ink Toby – A.T. Pratt’s Inktober-Themed Commentary on the Artist’s Vocation in a Social Media World

  • by Robin Enrico
  • February 12, 2018

Ink Toby by A.T. Pratt is a rare thing in the world of indie comics, simultaneously a take down of the scene’s at times Pollyanna-ish culture yet one so steeped…

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Twisted Romance #1 – Alex de Campi and Her Gang Go Deep into the Foul Rag-and-Bone Shop of the Heart

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 12, 2018

Love is a universal migraine,  A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason. Well, that’s what the poet Robert Graves had to say on the subject – although if…

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In the Future, We Are Dead – Eva Müller’s Ruminations on Mortality from Birdcage Bottom Books

  • by Robin Enrico
  • February 5, 2018

In the Future, We Are Dead by Eva Müller is a collection of nine short comics thematically linked in their exploration of mortality. Some stories focusing on a young Müller coming…

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Dokudami Tenement – Takashi Fukutani’s Cult Gekiga Manga Brought to a Western Audience for the First Time by Black Hook Press

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • February 5, 2018

BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST COLLECTION OF CLASSIC MATERIAL NOMINEE! Misunderstood in his short lifetime, mangaka Takashi Fukutani strove to give voice to the downtrodden through his art, drawing candid…

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Lazaretto #5 – Jey Levang’s Visuals Bring a Terrifying Edge to the Finale of Clay McLeod Chapman’s Body Horror Drama

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 1, 2018

BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST LETTERER WINNER AND BREAKOUT TALENT NOMINEE!  When it was announced last year that 2016 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creator Jey Levang had been picked…

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On the Inside – Creeping Corruption and Body Horror Abound in Ashley Robin Franklin’s Haunting Halloween Tale

  • by Robin Enrico
  • January 29, 2018

It is always interesting to see a cartoonist step outside their artistic wheelhouse and try something new. What is somewhat unique within indie comics is that this new thing can…

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Abbott #1 – Ahmed and Kivelä’s Gritty, Witty and Tenacious Combination of Hard-Nosed Crime with a Supernatural Twist

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • January 29, 2018

Gritty, witty, and tenacious, Abbott #1 deftly combines hard-nosed crime with a supernatural twist. This debut from the creative team of writer Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä challenges the investigative…

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My Favorite Thing is Monsters – Emil Ferris’s Tour de Force Debut Sweeps the Board as Book of the Year

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 26, 2018

BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL WINNER! Every year the comics critics’ “best of” lists start to congregate like wiry hairs in the internet plughole, and every year…

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Only the End of the World Again – A Hardcover Reprint of a Story Old and Dark and Twisty Turny; a Joy to Read from Gaiman, Russell and Nixey

  • by Jenny Robins
  • January 25, 2018

Only the End of the World Again began life as a short story commissioned for Steven Jones’ compilation of fiction inspired by H.P. Lovecraft: Shadows Over Innsmouth in 1994. It…

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The Corbyn Comic Book – SelfMadeHero’s Anthology One-Shot Celebrates a British Political Phenomenon

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 24, 2018

BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST ONE-SHOT NOMINEE! SelfMadeHero‘s 10th anniversary year in 2017 was packed full of high-profile releases that underlined the UK publisher’s always eclectic and dizzyingly diverse line-up….

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Wuvable Oaf V – Ed Luce’s Unique Queer Take on the Romantic Comedy Holds an Important Place in Indie Comics

  • by Robin Enrico
  • January 23, 2018

What sustains an artist’s creativity on a series they have been working on for years? When you take a more aesthetic look at the current issue of Ed Luce’s Wuvable…

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Gamayun Tales Vol. 1: The King of Birds – Alexander Utkin’s Lavish and Rich Illustrative Style Brings Russian Folk Tales to Life in Nobrow’s First Book of 2018

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2018

The first in a (presumed) series of books, Alexander Utkin’s Gamayun Tales: The King of Birds (translated by Lada Morozova) is an all-ages offering from Nobrow Press based on original…

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Dad’s Weekend – Dysfunctional Families and Conspiracy Theories Collide in Pete Toms’ Unsettling Minicomic Tale

  • by Robin Enrico
  • January 15, 2018

The typical conspiracy theory is anchored in the idea that invisible agents in our midst control the world around us. That all power structures and figures of authority are a…

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