Margot Ferrick’s Star of Swan leans heavily into that unlikely truth in visual storytelling that anthropomorphised characters allow us important insights into the human condition by, ironically, the stripping of…
Retrospective collections always make the exercise of reviewing an interesting one given that, as in the case of Liam Cobb’s What Awaits Them from Breakdown Press, we have often reviewed…
My first introduction to the art of Molly Stocks came at Gosh! Comics via Small Press Day last summer which goes to show that SPD can be a journey of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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….
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…
“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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
“I Think Comics Have So Much Versatility in the Way They Can Tell a Story” – Zen K. Talks Comics Craft and Language, Manga Inspirations, and Being Published by Koguchi PressApril 16, 2025
“It Oozed Creativity, Comics Community Spirit and FUN” – Yo Comics! Proves that Kids Can’t Get Enough of ComicsApril 11, 2025
“All I Had at the Beginning Was Vampire Brothel, Priest, Period Setting, Sexy!” – Paige Hender Tells All about ‘The Confessional’ from Silver SprocketApril 10, 2025
“The Comics Courier is Really a Love Letter to Comics Criticism” – Tiffany Babb on Bringing Comics Commentary Back to Print in the Acclaimed Newspaper-Style PublicationApril 2, 2025
B. Mure and Kit Anderson in Conversation – The Avery Hill Artists on Creating Visual Fantastical Worlds, ‘Second Shift’ and the ‘Ismyre’ SeriesMarch 17, 2025
