Well here’s some news we can really get behind given Broken Frontier’s commitment to all things small press in the comics world. Power Comics and Floating World Comics are teaming…
Welcome news today that Lunar Distribution will be distributing the work of top indie publishers Floating World Comics, Silver Sprocket and Uncivilized Books. More details in the press release below…
Last year at BF we reviewed major emerging talent E.S. Glenn’s Unsmooth, published by Floating World Comics and had plenty of positive things to say about it. Some of those…
With Cyberpunk 2077 ramping up for its November release, there are a lot of tales being told across multiple media about dystopian futures populated augments, cyborgs, and cops and crooks…
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Pleasingly recreating the visual appeal of a European album-style comic but with a cheekily alt sensibility, E.S. Glenn’s Unsmooth #1 from Floating World Comics merges crime caper, urban fantasy, anthropomorphic…
Not strictly comics but this collection of the work of Kilian Eng via Floating World Comics looks simply stunning. It’s coming to stores in September and we have an extensive…
Something to look forward to later in the year from indie and alt comics crew Floating World Comics when noir horror Forbidden Surgeries of the Hideous Dr. Divinus, the debut graphic…
We’ve spoken at length in the past here at Broken Frontier about the particular communicative strengths of comics as a medium in regard to exploring mental health issues. Indeed we…
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…
Comics have a particular connective power when it comes to depicting and exploring issues of mental health. So much so that we’ve dedicated a whole list of sequential art resources…
As far back as the ’70s, small press comics have always included works from the fantasy genre, with the art comics scene of the last 20 years frequently using futuristic…
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SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! If there is such a thing as a group of headlining artists at Safari Festival 2017 then Charles Forsman is most certainly among those who qualify for…
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…
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 or digital storefront, the BF…
Scab County, a grim little vignette of a short cut gone wrong, is an accessible introduction to the work of DIY culture hero Carlos Gonzalez. Not long after collecting his…
The three stories in Sun Bakery, Corey Lewis’s anthology, sacrifice plot-heavy narrative for sparkling graphic energy. As a foggy-brained dolt who drifts around thinking of ponies and kabaddi most of the…
The Broken Frontier Anthology made its much anticipated print debut on March 23, 2016 at Floating World Comics in Portland, OR. While the anthology had already debuted digitally on ComiXology…
Carlos Gonzalez’s Test Tube is an experiment in every sense of the word – and one that won’t leave its readers unchanged. In the realm of the Arts-with-a-capital-A, work has historically been judged…
Inside Look: The Junction – My Error Strewn Path to PublicationMay 25, 2022
“I Wish We Lived in a World Where Honesty and Vulnerability Were the Norm” – R.D. Hunter on ‘Black Boy’s Blues’ and Bringing Life as an African American Millennial to the Comics PageMay 16, 2022
“Religious Groups Claim Moral Superiority but Target the Most Vulnerable” – Jessica Campbell Makes Her Case With ‘Rave’, For Drawn & QuarterlyMay 4, 2022
“Making Art is How I Transcend My Self” – Matthew Thurber on ‘Mr Colostomy’, His New Graphic Novel for Drawn & QuarterlyApril 18, 2022
“I’m Not Surprised Canada Isn’t Helping Us” – Emily Carrington on Confronting Her Painful Past with Drawn & Quarterly’s ‘Our Little Secret’April 1, 2022
