Hungry Heart – Jem Milton’s Foodie-Inspired Queer Romance is a Character-Led Delight
PRIDE MONTH 2025! Way back in 2015 artist Jem Milton was one of our first intake of Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists. In recent years their profile has seen…
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Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith – Ellis and Templer Provide an Intriguing Speculative History of a Flawed Individual
PRIDE MONTH 2025! It would be woefully inadequate to describe novelist Patricia Highsmith as a problematic character. The author of Strangers on a Train and the Ripley series of novels,…
The Colour Out of Space – Colour Reproduction; Gou Tanabe’s Adaptation Does Full Justice to Lovecraft’s Original Story
“It was just a colour out of space—a frightful messenger from unformed realms of infinity beyond all Nature as we know it; from realms whose mere existence stuns the brain…
Muybridge – Guy Delisle Brings a Fascinating, Forgotten Figure Back into the Limelight Via Drawn & Quarterly
There are some people who are as familiar with the life and work of Eadweard Muybridge as most of us are with what Hollywood stars seem to be working on….
Toxic Summer – Horror Beach Party from Derek Charm and Oni Press Brings More Laughs Than Chills to Your Summer LGBTQIA+ Reading List
PRIDE MONTH 2025! Derek Charm has lent his talents to some of the biggest franchises in comics, from Star Trek and Star Wars to Archie and Marvel’s Squirrel Girl. Here,…
Killer Queens 2 – Lively Adventure and Poignant Social Commentary Go Hand in Hand in Another Outing for the LGBTQIA Sci-Fi Series
PRIDE MONTH 2025! “Putting the SASS in ASSASSIN!” is a tagline so good it deserved a second outing. Writer David M. Booher’s return to the world of interstellar former killers-for-hire…
Sour Grapes – Rein Lee Portrays “an Asexual’s Worst Nightmare” in this Haunting Minicomic
PRIDE MONTH 2025! It will come as no surprise to anyone who is a regular visitor to Broken Frontier just how much of an amazing prospect I believe 2025 Broken…
Young Men in Love: New Romance – A Heady Mix of Genres Makes for a Rewarding Read in A Wave Blue World’s Latest LGBTQIA+ Anthology
PRIDE MONTH 2025! A Wave Blue World’s queer comics anthologies have garnered deserved critical acclaim in recent times. Indeed they have also become a staple of our annual Pride Month…
Low Orbit – A Small Town Coming-of-Age, Coming Out Story from Kazimir Lee and Top Shelf Productions Told Through a Sci-Fi Novel Lens
PRIDE MONTH 2025! Kazimir Lee Iskander is a 2008 graduate of the Minnesota College of Art and Design (BFA, Animation), as well as a 2016 graduate of the Center For…
Totality – Jeff Lok’s Unique Autobiographical Journey from Fieldmouse Press Rewards Re-Reading
Jeff Lok , a Center For Cartoon Studies alum, has self-published humorous work like the solo anthology Gag Rag and co-edited anthologies such as Funny Aminals. Fieldmouse Press and editor…
DC Pride 2025 #1 – The DCU’s LGBTQIA+ Characters Come Together in a Sprawling Narrative Built on a Foundation of Love
PRIDE MONTH 2025! It is, of course, very rare for us to cover super-hero comics here at Broken Frontier. But Pride Month is one of those occasions when we are…
Pageant – Justin Gradin’s Anti-Romance from Fantagraphics Books Explores the Enigma of the Soulless Soul Mate
The copywriter for the online catalogue listing of Justin Gradin’s sophomore graphic novel, Pageant, certainly doesn’t do him any favors by comparing him to legendary transgressive cartoonists: Gary Panter, Gary…
Treading Water – Rowan Frewin’s Story of Gender Identity and Self-Realisation Spreads a Welcome and Positive Message
PRIDE MONTH 2025! We’ve reviewed a number of projects featuring Rowan Frewin’s work over the last year and a half here at Broken Frontier, encompassing a number of different formats….
The Metalhead Next Door – Mamita’s Gay Love Story of the Awkward Relationship Between Neighbours is a Slowly Building Yet Intense Character Piece
PRIDE MONTH 2025! As love stories go, Mamita’s The Metalhead Next Door is something of a slow burn. This is not a criticism because this pensive, introspective pacing is very…
Boy Island – Leo Fox Takes Us to an Allegorical Fantasy World as He Again Explores the Realities of the Trans Lived Experience
PRIDE MONTH 2025! Last year for Pride Month at Broken Frontier I covered Leo Fox’s My Body Unspooling, a remarkable study of dysphoria and trans identity. Here we are, almost…
Florrie: A Football Love Story – Anna Trench Brings Us a Touching Queer Love Story Set in the Early Years of Women’s Football
PRIDE MONTH 2025! When a project has been shortlisted for both the First Graphic Novel Competition and the LDComics Prize you know it has quite the impressive back story. Anna…
It Rhymes with Takei – Set to Stun? George Takei’s New Graphic Memoir from Top Shelf Tells a Story of Coming Out Later in Life
PRIDE MONTH 2025! George Takei played Sulu in the original Star Trek. In 2019 he published They Called us Enemy, a graphic memoir which tells how he and his family,…
Tidal Waves – Homophobia and Cycles of Abuse Explored in Rein Lee’s Unflinching Portrayal of a Toxic Relationship
PRIDE MONTH 2025! Earlier this year at Broken Frontier I reviewed our 2025 ‘Six to Watch’ creator Rein Lee’s comic My Taxidermy Angel declaring it to be “incredibly confident early…
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