What works so well about Daniel Freedman and CROM’s Birdking is that it manages to blend the familiar escapist elements of fantasy fiction – quests, kingdoms, warring factions and magic…
Lovers of fantasy comics will no doubt be delighted to hear that Daniel Freedman and CROM’s acclaimed series is back with Birdking Volume 3 this November. A Broken Frontier Award-nominated…
It’s been almost a year to the day since I reviewed the first volume of Daniel Freedman and CROM’s epic fantasy story Birdking, published by Dark Horse Comics. If you…
When we reviewed the first volume of Birdking here at Broken Frontier last year we described it as the beginning of “an epic fantasy journey.” Great news this week that…
Given that I first reviewed his small press comics around a decade ago it feels rather strange to be describing the first volume of Birdking, published a couple of months…
While the old adage about not judging a book by its cover is obviously not without merit, sometimes in comics there are instances where you can probably make a pretty…
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