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“The Best Titles Begin with an Inspired Editor at the Helm” – The Legendary Shelly Bond Talks Vertigo, Black Crown and Off Register Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 3, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! As we approach the end of our 20th anniversary celebrations at BF we have a very special interview to take us into the last couple of…

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Assassinistas – Tini Howard and Gilbert Hernandez Explore Family and Friendship in this Hitwoman Crime Thriller from Black Crown

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 23, 2019

The recent news that IDW Publishing and Shelly Bond’s entertainingly eclectic Black Crown imprint were parting ways was one met with understandable sadness from fans of genuinely indie serial comics…

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Black Crown Comes to Orbital Comics – It’s a Party Extravaganza in London with a Host of the Coolest Creators on October 26th!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 19, 2019

Fresh off their recent crowdfunding success for Hey, Amateur!, comes the news that the Black Crown crew will be hosted by London’s Orbital Comics for a huge signing and party…

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Staff Picks for September 11, 2019 – Are You Listening?, Mimi and the Wolves, The ABC of Typography and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 10, 2019

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Lodger – Black Crown Collect the Laphams’ Taut Thriller Tale of Twisted Love, Revenge and a Gun Named Golddigger

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 16, 2019

To discuss in detail the twisting, turning narrative of Black Crown’s Lodger (now collected in this trade paperback volume) would be to miss the point of a book that asks its audience…

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Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including Hey, Amateur!, Department of the Peculiar Goes Pop, The Ghost in the Window and Come Together

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 9, 2019

Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Euthanauts: Ground Control – Howard, Robles and Company Navigate the Mysteries of the Great Beyond in this IDW/Black Crown Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 17, 2019

Collecting the recent IDW series from Shelly Bond’s Black Crown imprint – itself breathing much needed fresh life into serial comics delivery  on a monthly basis and continuing to defy…

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Staff Picks for February 27, 2019 – kuš! comics, Egg Cream, Punks Not Dead: London Calling and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 26, 2019

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…

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House Amok #1 – The Nature of Reality Questioned on Multiple Levels in Sebela and McManus’s New Miniseries from IDW and Black Crown

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 3, 2018

When you’re a child the adult world can seem a nonsensical, mystifying environment, full of arbitrary rules and baffling contradictions. But what if, in your family unit, you’re not only…

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Staff Picks for August 29, 2018 – Coyote Doggirl, House Amok, Porky Pig/Lex Luthor Special and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 28, 2018

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital…

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Staff Picks for August 1, 2018 – Gamayun Tales: The Water Spirit, The Seeds, Assassinistas and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 31, 2018

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital…

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Staff Picks for February 21, 2018 – Punks Not Dead, Mata Hari, Dust-Ship Glory, The Beatles Story and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 20, 2018

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital…

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Staff Picks for October 25, 2017 – Black Crown Quarterly, Redneck, Baking with Kafka and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 24, 2017

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Kid Lobotomy #1 – IDW’s New Black Crown Line is off to a Splendidly Weird Start with Milligan and Fowler’s Off-Centre Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 20, 2017

There’s always been something indefinably “other” about much of Peter Milligan’s comics output. Sometimes his work can be disquieting in a vaguely unsettling way – an unease that subtly wheedles…

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