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    A Guest in the House – Emily Carroll Plumbs New Depths of Domestic Horror Via First Second Books

    • by Lindsay Pereira
    • November 22, 2023

    It’s easy to think of Emily Carroll as an obsessive watcher of horror cinema. It’s there in those hints she offers, in the way she deploys colour like a master…

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    Cover Reveal: Saving Sunshine – Saadia Faruqi and Shazleen Khan’s Eagerly Anticipated Tale of Muslim American Siblings to Be Published by First Second this September

    • by Andy Oliver
    • January 13, 2023

    Published by First Second this September ‘Saving Sunshine’, the graphic novel written by Saadia Faruqi and illustrated by Shazleen Khan, is one of our most anticipated new releases of 2023!…

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    The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights – Archie Bongiovanni and A. Andrews Take Younger Readers Back to a Pivotal Point in History

    • by Andy Oliver
    • June 7, 2022

    Celebrating Pride Month! Part of First Second’s History Comics series spotlighting pivotal points in history for younger readers, The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights is an obviously…

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    Are You Listening? – Tillie Walden Takes Us on a Journey Where the Relationship Between Perception and Reality is Cloaked in Powerfully Resonant Metaphor

    • by Andy Oliver
    • December 2, 2019

    Tillie Walden’s ability to root the profoundly human in the dreamily fantastical and make it seem all the more recognisable and universal for those extravagant visual trappings has become one…

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    Staff Picks for September 11, 2019 – Are You Listening?, Mimi and the Wolves, The ABC of Typography and More!

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • September 10, 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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    On a Sunbeam – Tillie Walden’s Award-Winning Space Opera is a Book of Resonant Echoes

    • by Andy Oliver
    • February 27, 2019

    “Sci-fi is way not my usual thing. But look, honestly I just wanted to draw lots of stars. Space is a great excuse to draw stars. And I feel like…

    Eyecatcher · Reviews

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    Spinning – Tillie Walden’s Eisner Award-Winning Graphic Memoir is a Masterpiece of Comics Narrative

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 7, 2018

    From The End of Summer to I Love this Part through to A City Inside, a rich seam of autobiography runs through Tillie Walden’s comics, manifesting itself in everything from…

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    Is This Guy for Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman – Box Brown Explores the Life of the Legendary Entertainer

    • by Robin Enrico
    • June 11, 2018

    Is This Guy for Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman by Box Brown is a graphic novel that should work, but on many levels does not. Which is perplexing as, given…

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    Staff Picks for February 14, 2018 – Bingo Love, Total Jazz, kuš! comics, Kick-Ass and More!

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • February 13, 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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    ‘Secret Coders’ Writer Gene Luen Yang Tells Us How Anyone Can Make Magic through Computer Coding

    • by Conori Bell-Bhuiyan
    • November 16, 2015

    Gene Luen Yang tells us about Secret Coders – a new series of books that brings together his passion for art, science and teaching to create a thrilling adventure set in…

    The Divine (Asaf Hanuka, Tomer Hanuka and Boaz Lavie; First Second)

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    Mythbuilders: Asaf and Tomer Hanuka and Boaz Lavie Reach for ‘The Divine’ in Their New OGN from First Second

    • by Jason Wilkins
    • July 10, 2015

    Just over 15 years ago, as Y2K and fears of global calamity faded into shameful obscurity, the world was shocked by a startling photograph taken by an Associated Press photographer, Apichart Weerawong. A…

    Eyecatcher · Features

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    “Comics Got Me Through Some Tough Years!” – Justin Zimmerman Speaks About Kickstarting His All-Ages Comic ‘Other Worlds: Fer Kidz’

    • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
    • June 12, 2015

    There’s a lot of talk in the industry about getting more kids to read comics, but not a lot of solutions. Well, the creative team of Justin Zimmerman (The Killing…

    Last Man by Bastien Vivès, Balak, Michael Sanlaville

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    ‘The Manga Format is the Best One to Tell Stories’ – Bastien Vivès Talks About His ‘Last Man’ Series

    • by Bart Croonenborghs
    • April 14, 2015

    Last Man,  a 12-issue maxi series, was released in France to much fanfare and is now finally available in English, courtesy of publishing house First Second. Last Man is essentially a shounen…

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    “I Have Fun, Living Life and Making Stuff”: James Kochalka Prepares the Glorkian Warrior for a Second Voyage

    • by Paul Mirek
    • March 12, 2015

    For the better part of two decades, James Kochalka has been honing his inimitable cartooning style across an increasingly staggering bibliography of comics work. In between, he’s found time to…

    The Sculptor by Scott McCloud (First Second)

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    The Sculptor – Scott McCloud’s Return to Fiction is a Towering Achievement, but Not Quite a Masterpiece

    • by Tom Murphy
    • February 13, 2015

    The Sculptor, Scott McCloud’s return from comics theory to narrative, has been greeted with something approaching the city-stopping ticker-tape welcomes once accorded to returning astronauts. However, for all its ambition and achievement, McCloud’s…

    Eyecatcher · Features

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    The Shape of a Masterpiece: Scott McCloud Speaks about the Pressure and Satisfaction of Creating His First Graphic Novel, ‘The Sculptor’

    • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
    • February 4, 2015

    Scott McCloud has secured his legacy in the comic book world through his books on the theory and craft of our medium: Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comic and Making Comics. He also wrote…

    Nameless #1 by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham

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    Broken Frontier Staff Picks for February 4, 2015: The Sculptor, Nameless, The Goon: Once Upon A Hard Time, Rat God, Lady Killer & More

    • by Frederik Hautain
    • February 3, 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…

    Star Scouts Exclusive Preview Cover

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    Friendship Crosses Galaxies in Mike Lawrence’s ‘Star Scouts’: a Broken Frontier Exclusive Announcement and Interview

    • by Paul Mirek
    • January 20, 2015

    Avani is about to discover a whole new world of after-school adventure in Star Scouts, a new title from First Second Books. Broken Frontier has your first look at Mike Lawrence’s first solo graphic…

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