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Staff Picks for August 16, 2017 – Mage: The Hero Denied, Cloudia & Rex, Silver Surfer and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 16, 2017

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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Love and Rockets Vol.4 #3 – History is Hard to Shake in the Latest Issue of Los Bros Hernandez’s Epic Series

  • by Tom Baker
  • August 15, 2017

For all their differences in subject matter, illustrative style and setting, Los Bros Hernandez have one thing in common with their ongoing Love and Rockets epics: the history weighing down…

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Staff Picks for August 9, 2017 – Mister Miracle, Tank Girl: World War Tank Girl, My Pretty Vampire, Redlands and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 8, 2017

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 August 2, 2017 – The End of the F***ing World, God Country, Education and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 1, 2017

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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Eartha – A Surreal and Bittersweet Pastel-Hued Adventure from Cathy Malkasian for Fantagraphics

  • by Jenny Robins
  • May 3, 2017

Eartha is not so much a tale of two cities, as of two halves of the same paradox. The soft edges and subtle tones of Cathy Malkasian’s artwork and hand-drawn…

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Covers Album: Katriona Chapman – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers by Matthew Forsythe, Adrian Tomine and Peter Bagge

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 26, 2017

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…

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Staff Picks for March 15, 2017 – The Facts of Life, American Gods: Shadows, Cadmus, Eartha and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 14, 2017

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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Staff Picks for March 1, 2017 – Royal City, Savage Things, Extremity, Simply Samuel and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 28, 2017

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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Broken Frontier Awards 2016: Announcing the Winners – Tillie Walden and Tom King Dominate as Indie, Small Press and the Big Three All Converge

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2017

Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 13th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you our readers and the BF team. From the big players in the monthly serial…

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Staff Picks for November 30, 2016 – The Vision Volume 2, So Buttons, Moon Knight Volume 1, Sgt. Chip Charlton and Mr. Woofles and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 29, 2016

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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Mox Nox – Fantagraphics Invite Us into the Appealingly Nihilistic World of Joan Cornellà’s Comic Strips

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 15, 2016

SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! Given that (aside from the odd sign or label) the strips in Mox Nox are wordless it may seem a touch odd to be talking about the…

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Staff Picks for May 18, 2016 – Disquiet, Chum, Future Quest, Mae, Archangel, Tank Girl and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 17, 2016

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…

Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam (Simon Hanselmann; Fantagraphics Books)

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Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam – Misery Loves Company in Simon Hanselmann’s Bleakly Hilarious Collection

  • by Tom Murphy
  • May 12, 2016

The second volume of Megg, Mogg and Owl strips by Simon Hanselmann (Megahex) is a strangely affecting flat-share sitcom that has a sharp edge of melancholy never far beneath the surface. Even…

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Staff Picks for April 20, 2016 – Dept H, The Fourth Planet, Criminal, Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam, Joyride and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 19, 2016

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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5,000 km Per Second – Manuele Fior’s Angoulême Winner Lifts the Lid on Time, Distance and Relationships

  • by Tom Murphy
  • April 11, 2016

5,000 km Per Second, Manuele Fior’s delicate Angoulême-winning graphic novel, is a beautifully executed look at what time does to our hopes and our relationships. Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson, who died in…

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Staff Picks for April 6, 2016 – Black Panther, Minor Leagues, 5,000 km Per Second, Empress, Dirty Rotten Comics and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 5, 2016

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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Patience – Daniel Clowes Returns in Triumph to the Mess of Human Relationships

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 10, 2016

One of the most eagerly awaited books of 2016, Daniel Clowes’ Patience is a velvet glove of a time-travel thriller cast in the iron of exquisitely depicted human turmoil. Daniel…

Terror Assaulter: OMWOT by Benjamin Marra (Fantagraphics Books)

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Terror Assaulter: O.M.W.O.T. – Benjamin Marra Blasts Out a Hilariously OTT Take on the American Action Hero

  • by Tom Murphy
  • September 25, 2015

Benjamin Marra makes some stinging satirical points in Terror Assaulter: O.M.W.O.T. – if you can wipe the tears of laughter from your eyes for long enough to find them. Benjamin…

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