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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden – Mannie Murphy Excavates Portland, Celebrities and White Nationalism in this Extraordinary Underground History

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • May 21, 2021

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is bookended (although they are heavily featured in the middle too) by two young men. One is River Phoenix, the beautiful young actor…

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Monsters – A Must-Read Masterpiece of Trauma by Barry Windsor-Smith, a Book Which Was Decades in the Making

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • April 14, 2021

Much like the abused test-subject at its centre, Monsters is years in the making. Barry Windsor-Smith planned his macabre epic as a Hulk story, way back in 1984. Clashes with…

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The Thud – Mikaël Ross Explores Themes of Developmental Disability, Community and Mortality in a Poignant Tale from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 30, 2021

Mikaël Ross’s The Thud takes its inspiration from the real life inclusive German village of Neuerkerode, a location largely populated and run by residents with learning disabilities. Ross spent two…

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Ed Piskor’s ‘Red Room’ Debuts this May from Fantagraphics, Promising a “Shared Universe of Sci-Fi Horror”

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 22, 2021

In what for many will no doubt be one of the most exciting announcements of 2021 so far Fantagraphics have announced a new Ed Piskor (Hip Hop Family Tree) series,…

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Maids – Katie Skelly’s Treatment of a Notorious Historical Murder is a Class Act – With Reservations

  • by Tom Murphy
  • October 23, 2020

The work of Katie Skelly – a very welcome guest artist at a Broken Frontier/Gosh! Comics Drink and Draw back in 2017– is usually characterised by pop energy and playful…

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Ghostwriter – Rayco Pulido’s Tense and Ever Twisting Thriller Expertly Manipulates the Reader’s Expectations

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 22, 2020

The first English language comics work of Spanish cartoonist Rayco Pulido, Ghostwriter is a book full of contradictions… but oddly reconcilable ones. It’s uncomfortably bleak, for example, but in that…

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Vision – Julia Gfrörer Pulls the Reader into Her Haunted House Mystery and Slams the Door

  • by Tom Murphy
  • September 25, 2020

In Vision, Julia Gfrörer pulls the reader into her haunted house mystery and slams the door. Julia Gfrörer’s disquieting and relevant new book from Fantagraphics sits very nicely with her…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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And Now, Sir — Is THIS Your Missing Gonad? – A New Perspective on the Unsettlingly Alluring World of Jim Woodring’s Frank

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 24, 2020

Something of a curio and a sidestep in the annals of Jim Woodring’s Unifactor stories And Now, Sir — Is THIS Your Missing Gonad? takes his signature anthropomorphic Frank character…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Eight-Lane Runaways – Henry McCausland’s Debut Graphic Novel is a Riot of Comics Invention With Its Roots in the UK Small Press

  • by Tom Murphy
  • August 12, 2020

I was very pleased when Henry McCausland’s Eight-Lane Runaways appeared on the scrawled sheet of “new bukks” (sic) that Andy Oliver pushes under our cell doors every Sunday morning. It…

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Preview: Monsters – Barry Windsor-Smith’s Epic Graphic Novel, 35 Years in the Making, to be Published by Fantagraphics in 2021

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 29, 2020

Fantagraphics have announced something we can all look forward to at the beginning of 2021 – a new graphic novel from comics legend Barry Windsor-Smith. With a new generation discovering…

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Preview: Stone Fruit – Lee Lai’s Debut Graphic Novel Coming in 2021 from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 23, 2020

When something is spoken of as a story that “could only be told through comics” it’s always going to pique our interest here at BF. That’s how Fantagraphics publisher Gary…

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Preview: Post-Apocalypto – Tenacious D Come to Comics as Kyle Gass and Jack Black’s Comedy Rock Duo Team Up with Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 10, 2020

Coming this September, Kyle Gass and Jack Black’s comedy rock duo Tenacious D come to comics via Fantagraphics with the graphic novel Post-Apocalypto. We have a preview courtesy of Fantagraphics…

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Now #7 – Fantagraphics’ ‘New Comics Anthology’ is a Powerful Advocate for the Diverse Storytelling Potential of the Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 7, 2020

Fantagraphics’ anthology series Now (subtitled The New Comics Anthology) has gained deserved critical acclaim in its seven-issue life to date. Indeed it was nominated in both our 2017 and 2019…

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The House – A Study of the Complex Relationships of Family and the Ties that Bind in Paco Roca’s Outstanding New Graphic Novel from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 9, 2019

A few years back Paco Roca’s graphic novel Wrinkles was understandably acclaimed for its bittersweet portrayal of later life. It would go on to become an animated film, with voice…

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Staff Picks for November 27, 2019 – The House, Witchfinder: Reign of Darkness, John Constantine: Hellblazer, Second Coming and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 26, 2019

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…

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Garth Stein and Matthew Southworth Bring ‘The Cloven’ to Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 9, 2019

News today from Fantagraphics about their new graphic novel series The Cloven by Garth Stein and Matthew Southworth. The full press release is below. SEATTLE, WASH., OCTOBER 8, 2019—Fantagraphics is…

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Staff Picks for July 31, 2019 – Enemy of the People: A Cartoonist’s Journey, Death’s Head, Manor Black and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 30, 2019

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…

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Staff Picks for July 17, 2019 – They Called Us Enemy, Bags (Or a Story Thereof), Build Your Own Theme Park, Love and Rockets and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 17, 2019

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, comics event or digital storefront,…

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