Vivid in glossy hardback, my first thought when looking at the cover of Daughters of Snow and Cinders was awe. The cover is an absolute work of art. A traveller…
If you were a fan of Peter Bagge’s Hate in the 1990s you may well remember the Doofus back-up strips by Rick Altergott that ran for some years in that…
“Joe Matt at his Joe Mattiest” probably says all we need to know about the posthumous release of the final issue of his acclaimed Peepshow series. Full details, courtesy of…
Believed to have great spiritual significance, a totem is a sacred object, often an emblem for a connected group of people. It also serves as the title for Laura Pérez’s…
As the genocide in Gaza rages on, Fantagraphics have announced both a new edition of Joe Sacco’s acclaimed Palestine and the launch of webcomic The War on Gaza. The press…
Natalie Norris’s Dear Mini is described by publisher Fantagraphics as “a vivid depiction of adolescent agency in the face of sexual trauma” so this would be an appropriate moment to…
New Buddy Bradley misadventures are coming via Peter Bagge and Fantagraphics with miniseries Hate Revisited!. Already a contender for most exciting press release received at Broken Frontier Towers in 2024….
Festively themed work can often go overlooked simply because the window of relevant reviewing opportunity is, by its nature, a restricted one. However, it would seem remiss to let that…
We’re catching up again today post-Thought Bubble with the 2024 publisher line-up announcements. Below you can check out everything you can pick as part of Fantagraphics Summer 2024 releases. Fantagraphics…
Looking for a phantasmagoric, psychedelic trip into the id, ego, and all things in between? Perhaps Salome’s Last Dance, a new graphic novel from acclaimed artist and printmaker Daria Tessler…
Ed Piskor’s acclaimed series Hip Hop Family Tree gets a new collection from Fantagraphics. Details below. Celebrate 50 Years of Hip Hop with Ed Piskor’s HIP HOP FAMILY TREE: THE…
One last press release to go into the weekend on and just check out some of the incredible art previewed below from BRABA, a new anthology of Brazilian comics coming…
They don’t come more “eagerly anticipated” than this! The second book of My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris will be published in April 2024 by Fantagraphics. Back in…
As we recover from two weeks of South London Comic and Zine Fair coverage and the SLCZF weekend we’re very grateful to Fantagraphics and MSX: Mangasplaining for giving us an…
Comics anthologies that give space to emerging voices alongside established and renowned creative forces on the indie scene are always to be admired. It’s been a little while since we…
Well we hardly need a build-up intro in to this press release from Fantagraphics. Daniel Clowes’ first graphic novel in five years will be on its way to us later…
Seeking to escape the grim atmosphere of a family wake, a young boy slips out of his home and into the dark forest that surrounds it. There, amongst its foreboding…
In the four decades since they self-published the first issue of Love & Rockets with their brother Mario, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez have crafted ground-breaking narratives that rewrote the rules…
Inside Look: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve and Spire Greenwood on Their Graphic Novel Exploring Religion and Queer IdentityJune 6, 2025
“Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter” – The ‘Aw, Nuts!’ Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious UniverseJune 6, 2025
“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 PerspectiveMay 19, 2025
“A Time Travel Story through Rave Culture” – Sara Kenney and Company on ‘Acid Box’, Working with Avery Hill, and Mentoring Young CreatorsMay 16, 2025
“A Single Panel Can Depict a Multitude of Narratives” – Chris King Talks ‘Cold Chips’, Psychogeography in Comics, and Cross-Media PracticeMay 7, 2025
