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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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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for May 14, 2014: Hellboy In Hell, United States of Murder Inc., Shutter, The Amateurs, Superman: Doomed & More

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • May 13, 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…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for April 23, 2014: Herobear and the Kid, Someplace Strange, The Love Bunglers, The Eltingville Club & More

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • April 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, BF…

Celebrated Summer by Charles Forsman (Fantagraphics Books)

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Celebrated Summer

  • by Tom Murphy
  • December 23, 2013

Charles Forsman rounds off a banner year with Celebrated Summer, an affecting trip through teenage ennui. The name Charles Forsman has been cropping up in a lot of end-of-year lists over…

Black is the Color by Julia Gfrörer (Fantagraphics Books)

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Black is the Color

  • by Tom Murphy
  • December 16, 2013

Julia Gfrörer’s tale of strangeness at sea is a rich and surprisingly touching mix of lyricism, doomed romance and humour. Welcome back to Broken Frontier – where it’s ALL MERMAIDS,…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for December 11, 2013

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • December 11, 2013

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…

Maria M by Gilbert Hernandez, Fantagraphics Books

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Maria M Book One

  • by Tom Murphy
  • November 19, 2013

After a couple of decades and hundreds of pages, the latest ‘B-movie’ comic from Gilbert Hernandez sees a lot of pieces fall into place. “When the film [Maria M] was…

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TEOTFW

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 28, 2013

Originally published via his minicomics imprint Oily Comics, Charles Forsman’s The End of the Fucking World was recently collected by Fantagraphics Books. Now, for a committed champion of SP books…

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