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Staff Picks for August 26, 2015 – 24 by 7, Stringers, Chicago, Gigant, Invisible Republic and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 25, 2015

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 August 19, 2015 – š!, Young Terrorists, Welcome Back, Mox Nox, Nanjing: The Burning City and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 18, 2015

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 August 5, 2015 – Bright-Eyed at Midnight, Fedor, This Damned Band, The Lion of Rora, John Flood and King

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 4, 2015

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 July 29, 2015 – Not Funny Ha-Ha, Grindhouse, Sea Urchin, Meanwhile… and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 28, 2015

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 Staff Picks for July 22, 2015 – Tim Ginger, Fante Bukowski, Wolf, Power Up and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 21, 2015

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…

Towerkind by Kat Verhoeven (Conundrum Press)

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for June 10, 2015 – Towerkind, Starve, Blubber, It Will All Hurt and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 9, 2015

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 Staff Picks for May 6, 2015: Arcadia, Secret Wars, Rocket Girl, Minimum Wage, The Comix Reader & More

  • by Paul Mirek
  • May 5, 2015

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…

Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen by Dylan Horrocks (Fantagraphics Books)

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Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen – The Return to Print of Dylan Horrocks is More about the Message than the Medium

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 13, 2015

The long-awaited return to print of New Zealand cartoonist Dylan Horrocks is a slightly heavy-handed look at the moral responsibilities of authors and artists. Published sporadically for 10 issues between…

Suiciders #1 by Lee Bermejo

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for February 25, 2015: The Black Hood, Spider-Gwen, Suiciders, Inner City Romance & More

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • February 24, 2015

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…

Saint Cole by Ethan Van Sciver (Fantagraphics Books)

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Saint Cole – Another Unblinking Look at the Male Psyche from Noah Van Sciver

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 5, 2015

In Saint Cole, Noah Van Sciver offers another uncomfortable look at what might be going on in the life and noddle of that bloke taking your pizza order. While Charles Forsman might be…

The Late Child by Marguerite Von Cook and James Romberger (Fantagraphics Books)

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The Late Child and Other Animals – A Rich, Lyrical and Expressionistic Look Back at a Difficult Childhood

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 9, 2015

 In The Late Child and Other Animals, Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger team up again to produce a lyrical, visceral and expressionistic memoir of a difficult childhood. Even if…

Doctors by Dash Shaw (Fantagraphics Books)

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Doctors – Dash Shaw Produces a Gripping Examination of Existence, Family Relationships and Medical Ethics

  • by Tom Murphy
  • October 28, 2014

Doctors, Dash Shaw’s concise and affecting new book from Fantagraphics, is literally a matter of life and death. Although it’s not framed in any of the classic horror tropes, Doctors, the disquieting…

Way Out Strips by Carol Swain (Tragedy Strikes Press)

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Lives on the Edge – 25 Years in the Rich and Textured World of Carol Swain

  • by Tom Murphy
  • October 17, 2014

A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! I’m not sure many creators set out hoping to be a ‘cult’ success, but I guess there are worse places you could end up. British cartoonist…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for October 8: Wytches, Aurora West, Tiny Pencil, Savage Hulk, Batgirl & More

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • October 6, 2014

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…

C.O.W.L. #5 by Kyle Higgins, Alec Siegel & Rod Reis

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for September 24: Doctors, Butterfly, C.O.W.L., Sally Heathcote: Suffragette, Roche Limit & More

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • September 23, 2014

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…

Gast by Carol Swain (Fantagraphics Books)

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Gast – A Triumphant Return for the Unique Talent of Carol Swain

  • by Tom Murphy
  • August 5, 2014

Coming a decade after her last new book, Carol Swain’s atmospheric, intoxicating blend of meticulous observation and magic realism is one of the graphic novels of the year. A few months ago I tried…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for July 23: Goon, Tüki, Gast, Groo vs Conan, Storm & More

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • July 22, 2014

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, BF…

The Amateurs by Conor Stechschulte (Fantagraphics Books)

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The Amateurs – Conor Stechschulte’s Debut Book from Fantagraphics Offers Dark Slapstick and Rural Strangeness

  • by Tom Murphy
  • May 22, 2014

With black humour, a vivid sense of the uncanny and dense, claustrophobic art, Conor Stechschulte’s tale of amnesiac butchers becomes the most horrific Laurel and Hardy film you’ve never seen….

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