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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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BTTM FDRS – Gentrification Horror and Social Commentary from Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore

  • by Robin Enrico
  • June 14, 2019

BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore is not only an artistic highpoint for both its creators; it is a stunning reminder of the power of comics to…

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Red Ultramarine – The Symbolism of Manuele Fior’s Graphic Novel Leaves Its Mark on the Reader

  • by Robin Enrico
  • May 21, 2019

One of the greatest strengths of comics is that in being a purely visual medium, they can use evocative cartooning to charge even the most threadbare of plots with meaning….

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Hobo Mom – Charles Forsman and Max de Radiguès Cast the Audience in the Role of Pure Observers in a Poignant Tale of Independence and Fractured Relationships

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 28, 2019

Hobo Mom is not the first comics link between The End of the Fucking World‘s Charles Forsman and Belgian creator Max de Radiguès (Weegee: Serial Photographer). If you were a subscriber…

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Daniel Clowes and Ed Piskor Studio Editions Coming in October 2019 from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2019

Fantagraphics have had a steady presence in our reviews section here at Broken Frontier this year with coverage of some standout books like Now, The Sea and Dementia 21. You…

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Staff Picks for February 20, 2019 – Hobo Mom, Transmetropolitan, Caballistics Inc. and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 19, 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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Dementia 21 – Shintaro Kago’s Eerie Adventures in Caregiving Combine Bleak Comedy and Social Commentary

  • by Robin Enrico
  • February 18, 2019

Shintaro Kago’s Dementia 21 is a surprising graphic novel in that it takes his well-known ability to render characters in grotesque situations and uses it as a way to tackle…

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Fantagraphics to Bring Classic Tomi Ungerer Books Back to Print Including ‘The Underground Sketchbook’, ‘The Party’, ‘Babylon’, and ‘Adam and Eve’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 15, 2019

Just days after Gary Groth’s extensive interview with Tomi Ungerer in the relaunched print version of The Comics Journal came the news that the veteran artist had passed away at the…

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Now #5 – Fantagraphics’ Anthology Series Returns to Remind Us All of the Uniquely Sophisticated Language of Sequential Art

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 1, 2019

When we last reviewed an issue of Fantagraphics’ bumper-sized anthology series Now at Broken Frontier we described it as “a vitally important piece of comics curation that deserves to be…

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The Sea – Rikke Villadsen’s Debut English Language Graphic Novel from Fantagraphics Proves to Be a Disquieting Descent into Madness

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 31, 2019

Danish artist Rikke Villadsen’s The Sea – her debut English language comics offering from Fantagraphics – is as much extended visual metaphor as it is narrative. Its protagonist is a seaworn…

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Staff Picks for November 7, 2018 – Fante Bukowski Three, Escape from Bitch Mountain, Piero, Snowbird and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 7, 2018

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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Penguins – Nick Thorburn’s Cutting Wit and Devastating Punchlines Allow the Reader to Cope with a Harshly Indifferent World

  • by Robin Enrico
  • November 1, 2018

Even with its minimalist style, blank slate characters, and a complete lack of dialogue, Penguins – Nick Thorburn’s collection of tragi-comic strips – is still acutely able to tap into the anxieties…

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The Kurdles Adventure Magazine #1 – Revisiting the Inhabitants of Kurdletown in Robert Goodin’s All-Ages Anthology from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 22, 2018

Back in 2015, Robert Goodin’s The Kurdles proved to be an eerie delight of a graphic novel from Fantagraphics Books. It told the story of Sally, a teddy bear separated…

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Fantagraphics Announces the Return of ‘The Comics Journal’ to Print in 2019

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 20, 2018

We view press releases at BF as a springboard for potential future coverage rather than content in and of themselves. But every so often we receive one that contains news…

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Staff Picks for July 4, 2018 – Escaping Wars and Waves, Royal City, Catwoman, Girls and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 3, 2018

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…

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Staff Picks for May 9, 2018 – Afterwords, Barrier, My Boyfriend is a Bear, Beasts of Burden and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 8, 2018

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…

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Staff Picks for April 25, 2018 – Permanent Press, The Pervert, The Beef, The Prisoner and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 25, 2018

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 events or digital storefront,…

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Godhead – Ho Che Anderson’s Intriguing Foray into Speculative Fiction is Impressively Rendered and Ambitious in Scale

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • April 20, 2018

The crime noir opener to Ho Che Anderson’s latest output via Fantagraphics reveals a man blindfolded and held at gunpoint. Painted contours depict a masked kidnapper, his motivations as shadowy…

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