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Dad’s Weekend – Dysfunctional Families and Conspiracy Theories Collide in Pete Toms’ Unsettling Minicomic Tale

  • by Robin Enrico
  • January 15, 2018

The typical conspiracy theory is anchored in the idea that invisible agents in our midst control the world around us. That all power structures and figures of authority are a…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Foggy Notions – November Garcia’s Wearily Witty Autobio Strips Are a Hic & Hoc Hit

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 1, 2017

The latest one-shot from Hic & Hoc Publications, Foggy Notions is a collection of autobiographical shorts from Philippines-based artist November Garcia detailing her episodic misadventures during the several-year period she…

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Staff Picks for February 22, 2017 – 2000 AD 40th Anniversary Special, The Belfry, The Old Guard and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 21, 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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Small Press Inside Look: Patt Kelley – From ‘Scout’ to ‘Fedor’ the Utterly Bizarre and the Profoundly Human Converge in Kelley’s Ever Distinctive Oeuvre

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 17, 2017

In Patt Kelley’s strange but oddly recognisable worlds the convergence of the everyday and the utterly bizarre cis a regular occurrence. His work has an eerie quality that is both…

Weavers (Boom! Studios)

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Staff Picks for May 4, 2016 – Weavers, Beasts of Burden, Space Battle Lunchtime and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 4, 2016

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…

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Fedor – Patt Kelley’s Fictionalised History of Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy is His Most Accomplished Comics Work to Date

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 30, 2016

Fedor Jeftichew, otherwise known as Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy, is one of the more recognisable symbols of that era when unusual medical conditions were paraded as “freakshow” entertainment for the masses….

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Staff Picks for March 2, 2016 – Patience, The Discipline, Lucky Penny, Black Widow, The Unmentionables and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 1, 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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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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Small Press Round-Up, Late March 2015 – DIY Art Market at EPIC Dalston, Creator Announcements from One Beat Zines, Patt Kelley at Hic & Hoc, and More…

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 25, 2015

The first DIY Art Market of 2015, Patt Kelley’s new comic from Hic and Hoc, the Film Night anthology and One Beat Zines feature in our latest round-up of what…

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