Shit is Real – Aisha Franz Looks Through the Cracks at the Strains of Modern Life
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! I picked up a mini-comic extract of Shit is Real at ELCAF a couple of years ago, so it’s fitting that I’m now looking at the complete work…
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Sabrina – Nick Drnaso’s Critically Acclaimed Graphic Novel is Rooted in the Unique Anxieties of Today
There’s something timelessly enduring about an unsolved mystery. The struggle to comprehend the unknowable, and speculation over certain ‘truths’ we will likely never uncover, has long captured the popular imagination….
The Unquotable Trump – Real Quotes from a Real Life Supervillain
Petulant man-baby at his best and harbinger of nuclear apocalypse at his worst, sentient wotsit Donald Trump is certainly a ripe subject for parody. The absurdity of his pre and…
The Customer is Always Wrong – Juggling Coffee, Cartoons and Cocaine in Mimi Pond’s Oakland Epic
The Customer is Always Wrong, Mimi Pond’s sequel to the critically lauded Over Easy, is a semi-autobiographical account of Margaret – an inspiring comic book artist and waitress at the…
Covers Album: Katriona Chapman – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers by Matthew Forsythe, Adrian Tomine and Peter Bagge
In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…
Hot Dog Taste Test – Lisa Hanawalt Keeps it Surreal in Her Second Book from Drawn & Quarterly
Lisa Hanawalt’s second release through Canadian independent powerhouse Drawn & Quarterly is a surreal, free-flowing exploration of food, life, animals and illustrated autobiographical stories, depicted with lush, hand-painted artwork and…
Carpet Sweeper Tales – Julie Doucet’s Return to Drawn & Quarterly So Eep Ood! Like Wo Picture Perfect
In the brief window between the deaths of Victoria Wood and Prince a few weeks ago, I got to thinking about that blissful complacency you enjoy when you’re young and…
BF Awards 2015 – Best Book on Comics: Drawn and Quarterly – 25 Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics and Graphic Novels
With hundreds of pages of new and classic comics and an abundance of fascinating interviews and profiles, this splendid book pays tribute to Drawn and Quarterly, from its origin as a floppy…
Broken Frontier Awards 2015: Announcing the Winners from Our Most Diverse Year of Nominations to Date
Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 12th annual BF Awards. Our 2015 awards saw a record-breaking number of votes come in from our readers, and unprecedented interest in…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for May 20, 2015 – Pope Hats, A-Force and Optic Nerve!
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…
Intelligent Sentient? – Luke Ramsey’s Debut for Drawn and Quarterly is a Cryptic but Rewarding Meditation
In Intelligent Sentient?, his debut book from Drawn and Quarterly, artist Luke Ramsey and a host of collaborators take the reader on a trip through a world that’s both alien…
First Year Healthy – Michael DeForge Kicks Off 2015 with a Slim but Disquieting Fable of Mental Illness
A new book by Michael DeForge is always worthy of attention, and even a slender volume like First Year Healthy provides stylish food for thought. With his mesmerising style, prolific output…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for January 21, 2015: March Book Two, Ivar Timewalker, Powers, Burning Fields, First Year Healthy & More
It’s almost 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…
Bumperhead – Gilbert Hernandez Goes Back to Oxnard for a Potent Tale of 1970s Adolescence
In Bumperhead, Gilbert Hernandez returns to his hometown of Oxnard for a bildungsroman of music and adolescence in the 1970s – given his own stylistic spin. It can be a tough gig being an…
Everywhere Antennas – Julie Delporte’s Troubling Tale of a Quarter-Life Crisis is an Evocative Visual Treat
Moving on from diary comics to fiction, Julie Delporte uses her dazzling, spontaneous art to take us inside the head of a troubled young woman. French-born, Montreal-based artist Julie Delporte…
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