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Vandroid #1 – A Love Letter to Cult Sci-Fi Movies That Gets Lost in the Post

  • by Evan Henry
  • March 7, 2014

Vandroid takes genre tropes to an occasionally funny extreme in a well-crafted new mini-series, but loses its tonal compass somewhere along the way. A would-be blockbuster is lost long before…

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Chronos Commandos Volume 1: Dawn Patrol – Nazis, Dinosaurs and a War for All Time from Titan Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 7, 2014

Chronos Commandos is never afraid to embrace cliché and proudly proclaim it as a narrative strength! Earth, the Cretaceous period, and a battle for the timelines is being fought by an…

Veil #1 by Greg Rucka & Toni Fejzula (Dark Horse Comics)

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Veil #1 – Greg Rucka and Toni Fejzula Breathe New Life into a Familiar Trope for Dark Horse

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 6, 2014

Another week, another amnesia mystery. However, the high-level craft of Greg Rucka and Toni Fejzula adds a bit of gloss to a routine set-up. It seems that every week brings…

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Pariah #1 – The Vitros Get Down to Earth in a Follow-Up Mini-Series from Dark Horse

  • by Evan Henry
  • March 6, 2014

The Pariah monthly picks up where its predecessor left off, taking genetically engineered teens on a quest for survival in low-earth orbit. And then they were in space, and… Wait, where’s the…

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Pimo & Rex – Blank Slate Books and Rotopolpress Co-publish the Fantasy Fun of Thomas Wellmann’s Comic Duo

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2014

Captivating, endearing and brilliantly absurd. Published collaboratively between Germany’s altcomics outfit Rotopolpress and Blank Slate Books in the UK, Pimo & Rex is the creation of German artist Thomas Wellmann….

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Tomb Raider #1 – Gail Simone Gets Lara Croft’s New Adventures off to a Promising Start

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 5, 2014

As fan-favourite writer Gail Simone starts a new Tomb Raider series for Dark Horse, is it a comic by a woman, about a woman, for a woman? When I read…

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Revenge #1 – The Geriatric Returns in Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill’s Hideously Fun Hollywood Horror

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 4, 2014

Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill bring the schlock in their new series for Image – a vivid slice of filmic sex and violence set against the dark side of the…

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Sergio Aragonés Funnies #12 – Final Issue of a Humour Masterclass from Bongo Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 3, 2014

Those pictures that are worth a thousand words? That’s small change for a Sergio Aragonés illo. Sadly, Sergio Aragonés Funnies #12 marks the last issue of this humour masterclass to…

The Absence (Martin Stiff; Titan Comics)

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The Absence – A Welcome Collection of Martin Stiff’s Dense, Evocative Mystery Story

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 28, 2014

The Absence, a collection of Martin Stiff’s six-issue post-war mystery story from Titan Comics, is a dense and atmospheric tale of how we can never truly leave the past behind,…

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Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #2 – A Wholly Believable Continuation of the 2005 Feature Film

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • February 27, 2014

Whedon’s characterizations and dialogue are spot-on, making this comic wholly believable as a continuation of events following the 2005 feature film. Where is the Firefly-class ship Serenity? In the capable…

Hacktivist #2 (BOOM! Studios; Alyssa Milano, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Marcus To, Ian Herring)

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Hacktivist #2 – Archaia’s Tale of Cyber-Politics Puts Characterisation Ahead of Technobabble

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 27, 2014

It’s got its glitches, but Hacktivist, published by Archaia, is a relevant and well-executed mini-series that’s well worth a look. At some time, even those of us whose IT skills…

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The Joyners in 3D

  • by Evan Henry
  • February 26, 2014

The Joyners brings us family drama, corporate intrigue, and fleshed-out characters in a gorgeous, if not quite groundbreaking, package. Engineer and tech mogul George Joyner, whose marriage to his wife…

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Wonder Woman #28 – The Best New 52 Reboot in the Entire DC Line-up

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • February 25, 2014

Witty, willful, wily, and wise, Wonder Woman is consistently the best New 52 reboot in the entire DC line-up—and you should be reading it. Too often writer/artist team-ups result in…

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Mengelmoes #1 – Willem Samuel’s South African Slice-of-Lifer with a Fantasy Twist

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 25, 2014

The juxtaposition of the commonplace and the everyday with the fantastic and the bizarre makes Mengelmoes an unpredictably intriguing read throughout. For those wondering, Mengelmoes means something akin to “mish-mash”…

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Undertow #1 – Visually Arresting Art Can’t Solve Heavy Story-setting

  • by Joe Krawec
  • February 24, 2014

Image Comics describes Undertow as a ‘pulp monster’ series, promising readers a mythic creature-feature. Is its debut issue the oceanic epic we’re expecting? Undertow #1 is set in a prehistoric…

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Daredevil #36 – Mark Waid and Chris Samnee Make the Best Superhero Comics Around

  • by Levi Hunt
  • February 24, 2014

The best ongoing superhero series gets an ending, and  a new beginning It’s hard to argue with Saga, but I’ll try. In December we at Broken Frontier awarded Saga as our ongoing series…

Qu33r (edited by Rob Kirby, Northwest Press)

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QU33R – A Dazzling Anthology from the Vibrant Alt-Queer Comics Scene

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 24, 2014

QU33R, edited by Rob Kirby and published by Northwest Press, is a diverse but consistently excellent collection that belongs on the shelf of any serious fan of the comics medium….

White Suits #1 by Frank J Barbiere & Toby Cypress (Dark Horse Comics)

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White Suits #1 – A Blistering Shot of Neo-Noir from Frank J. Barbiere and Toby Cypress

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 20, 2014

What’s black and white and red all over? How about White Suits #1 from Dark Horse, by Frank Barbiere and Toby Cypress – the perfect cure for those 100 Bullets…

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