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“There’s Value in Being the Oddbeat Offering Which Has an Unusual Niche” – Steve Morris Talks about Shelfdust’s Approach to Comics Criticism and Where it All Went Wrong for Comics Commentary Online

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 11, 2026

Comics commentary is contracting online. That’s hardly a secret but it does feel like that Golden Age of blogging and countless dedicated comics-related websites is something we are unlikely to…

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Comic Book Couples Counseling to Celebrate the Importance of Comics Stores with Their Ten-Day Cross-Country Comic Shop Road Trip

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 23, 2025

The challenges for comics commentary has been very much on our minds here at Broken Frontier of late so it’s nice to be able give a shout-out to some of…

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“We Have Been Feeling the Pressure Like Never Before” – The Worrying Disappearance of Comics Commentary and Journalism Sites from a Broken Frontier/UK Small Press Perspective

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 19, 2025

Many years ago, on a panel at the late, lamented London shop Orbital Comics, I was asked about my role in comics journalism. My answer was a simple one. “I’m…

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Does Comics Coverage Have an Impact? We Are Legion

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • August 9, 2013

Over at Multiversity Comics, David Harper wrote the article ‘In Defense of Comic Reviewers’, in which he responded to the discussion about the value of comics journalism (and reviewing in…

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