Retroflect: Wasteland – An Appreciation of DC’s Forgotten 1980s Horror Anthology Series
Retroflect has a long history at Broken Frontier, having been both a series of blogs and an ongoing column here in the past. Today we return for the first time…
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Charity ComicBooks For Kids! to Bring Superman to Children in Hospitals and Cancer Centres in the US and UK
We’ve featured the work of ComicBooks For Kids! before at Broken Frontier, back when their operations expanded to the UK in 2022. The charity’s aim is a simple one: “to…
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What If… UK Small Press Creators Worked on DC Characters? – 12 Comics/Artist Match-Ups We’d All Like to See!
A little bit of flight of fantasy fun today at BF based on a series of Twitter posts of mine from some years ago. We’ve probably all at some point…
Scooby-Doo Team-Up #50 – ‘Crisis on Infinite Scoobys’ in the Meta, Multi-Dimensional Wrap-Up to Ironically the Most DC Universe Book DC Have Published Since 2011
Undoubtedly the most delightful hidden gem in the Big Two’s super-hero publishing schedules, DC’s Scooby-Doo Team-Up came to an end this month with a fittingly celebratory 50th anniversary issue. Over…
Wonder Twins #1 – “Powers, Activate!”: DC Rediscover the Benefits of Fun Comics as 1970s Animated Heroes Return
On the face of it, there are probably very few DC characters who would seem to be crying out for a revival quite as little as the Wonder Twins. Angel…
Staff Picks for February 13, 2019 – Mister Miracle, Savage Sword of Conan, Ms. Marvel and More!
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…
Staff Picks for July 4, 2018 – Escaping Wars and Waves, Royal City, Catwoman, Girls and More!
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…
3 Reasons Why You Need to Read ‘Shade the Changing Girl’ by Cecil Castellucci and Marley Zarcone
BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST WRITER, BEST ARTIST AND BEST ONGOING SERIES NOMINEES! ‘3 Reasons Why You Need to Read…‘ is Broken Frontier’s semi-regular spotlight on a given serial comic that…
Deadman #1 – Vintage Plot Threads Revisited in This Neal Adams Revival from DC Comics
I’ve always rather liked Deadman as a character; his original series is an undisputed classic, and nobody who has written him since has really failed to make him interesting. And…
Staff Picks for August 9, 2017 – Mister Miracle, Tank Girl: World War Tank Girl, My Pretty Vampire, Redlands and More!
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…
Staff Picks for August 2, 2017 – The End of the F***ing World, God Country, Education and More!
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…
Staff Picks for April 12, 2017 – Collecting Sticks, Helena Crash, Babybel Wax Bodysuit, Godshaper and More!
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 or digital storefront, the…
Kamandi Challenge #1 and #2 – Jack Kirby’s Last Boy on Earth Returns in a Joyous and Ambitious Multi-Creator Romp
Engaging, appealing and embodying a welcome sense of sheer fun, Kamandi Challenge may just be the surprise DC hit of 2017. Over thirty years ago, during a period of constant experimentation…
Staff Picks for February 15, 2017 – Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie, Angel Catbird, Lovers in the Garden, The Wild Storm and More!
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 or digital storefront, the…
Staff Picks for January 25, 2017 – Comic Book Slumber Party’s Deep Space Canine, Kamandi Challenge, The Dregs and More!
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 or digital storefront, the…
Staff Picks for December 21, 2016 – Hook Jaw, Klaus and the Witch of Winter, Dead Inside, Black Hammer and More!
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 or digital storefront, the…
Staff Picks for October 19, 2016 – Love & Rockets, Cowboys and Insects, 23 Skidoo, Die Kitty Die! and More!
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the BF…
Staff Picks for July 6, 2016 – Brik, Infundibulum, Bounty, The Flintstones, Negative Space and More!
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 or digital storefront, the…
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