Breakdown Press to Collect the Work of Liam Cobb in ‘What Awaits Them’
Pleasing news today from the direction of Breakdown Press with the announcement that they will be collecting the work of Liam Cobb – who we first reviewed well over a…
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Baby – Patrick Kyle Explores the Absurdity of Existence via Breakdown Press
In the past here at Broken Frontier I have described Patrick Kyle’s practice as something akin to an “abstract comics masterpiece”. A description that, unsurprisingly, ensures his approach to the…
John’s Worth – Cosmic Horror, Action Men and Psychedelic Nastiness Abound in Jon Chandler’s Breakdown Press Offering
Obviously there’s a lot of gross stuff flying about in (most) David Cronenberg films, but when I first encountered his work as a gore-hungry teen, I’d already had access to…
“I’d F**king Love to Make Brexiteers Come in and Do All the Additional Hours” – Tom Oldham Talks Breakdown Press, Alternative Comics, and the Cost to Publishers of Leaving the EU
BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! BF always tries to put a significant focus on creators and publishers who exploit the full potential of the unique storytelling devices of comics and embrace…
Preview: ‘Baby Boom’ and ‘John’s Worth’ – Two Upcoming Breakdown Press Releases by Yokoyama Yuichi and Jonathan Chandler
The ever boundary-pushing Breakdown Press have news of two new releases currently available for pre-order. Check out an advance look at both Yokoyama Yuichi’s Baby Boom and Jonathan Chandler’s John’s…
Breakdown Press to Publish Special 40th Anniversary Edition of ‘After Man’, Dougal Dixon’s Zoology of the Future
Experimental comics publisher Breakdown Press have brought a number of comics back to print after too long an absence including the Deadline work of Shaky Kane and a series of…
Breakdown Press Announce New Sister Publishing House ‘Happy Books Press’ Dedicated to Contemporary and Classic Children’s Books
Breakdown Press have been one of the most important publishers over the last several years when it comes to boundary-pushing and experimental comics practice, bringing a wide range of diverse…
Haway Man, Klaus! – Richard Short’s New Collection from Breakdown Press Mixes Humour and Pathos in a World of Thwarted Ambitions
With its alluring design (in collaboration with Joe Kessler), Richard Short’s Klaus Magazine from Breakdown Press has been a welcome presence on the shelves over the past few years. Haway…
Breakdown Press Announce Spring 2021 Titles – Includes Collections by Alexis Beauclair, Leomi Sadler and Richard Short
This March sees three new titles from Breakdown Press, those fine purveyors of cutting edge and boundary-smashing sequential art whose back catalogue has long been admired here at Broken Frontier….
Whistle – Beneath the Whimsy, Louka Butzbach’s Rustic Fable Reflects Contemporary Concerns
Potatoes! Love them or hate them, you can’t ignore them! (Certainly not if you grew up in an Irish family in the 1970s.) Anyway, one of those magnificent jewels of…
The Pits of Hell – Breakdown Press Collect the Raw, Visceral and Ever Vital Work of Alternative Mangaka Ebisu Yoshikazu
“Television star, father of three, professional gambler, writer, cartoonist, pioneer”. Add in mop rental salesman, and there reads the resumé of Ebisu Yoshikazu; the alternative mangaka whose raw, visceral and…
Preview: ‘Seasonal Shift’ by Lala Albert and ‘The Pits of Hell’ by Ebisu Yoshikazu – Breakdown Press Announce Two New Titles Debuting in November
Breakdown Press – those fine purveyors of the alternative, the cutting edge and the forgotten classics – have two new books debuting in November. We have the press releases and…
The Artist: The Circle of Life – Raw, Tender, Silly and Sweet, Anna Haifisch’s Surreal Satire on the Life of Emerging Artists Manages to be Joyful Despite Being Composed Mostly of Disasters
HCZF FORTNIGHT! When Anna Haifisch received an email from Vice magazine in 2015 inviting her to do a weekly cartoon strip she said yes right away. Given a blank slate,…
Windowpane – Joe Kessler Provides a Tour de Force of Experimental Comics Via Breakdown Press
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Compiling all-new material alongside the third and fourth volumes of Joe Kessler’s Windowpane series, this latest incarnation of the artist’s signature title was released at the end of…
‘The Prince’ and ‘The Inspector’ – Providing Chills, Laughs and Social Comment, Two Very Different Comics Highlight the Distinctive Talent of Liam Cobb
Reading a review of The Prince on a reputable US comics site, I was surprised to read that Liam Cobb might be best known in that part of the world…
Generous Bosom #3 – Conor Stechschulte Takes Us Further Down the Rabbit Hole in His Deepening Mystery
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Lengthy gaps between issues is one of the problems with serial storytelling in comics. However, in his mysterious drama Generous Bosom, Conor Stechschulte has created a sense of…
Staff Picks Safari Festival Special – Shaky Kane’s Good News Bible, Corridors, Berserker, Clubhouse and More!
SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! Because all the Safari Feestival debuts would have swamped the regular Broken Frontier weekly Staff Picks this week we decided to cover just some of the handful of…
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Joyride – Zoë Taylor’s Minimalist Drama Takes the Reader on a Spontaneous and Evocative Journey of Discovery
SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! The many nuanced layers on which sequential art can connect with its audience ensure that work that is indistinct and minimalist in presentation can be just as…
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