IDW Publishing’s New ‘IDW Crime’ Imprint Launches this May
Well this certainly sounds intriguing! Full details on the new IDW Crime imprint below… ‘IDW CRIME’ IMPRINT BRINGS THE SHOCKS & THRILLS OF TRUE CRIME & CULT STORIES TO COMICS IDW’s…
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Voices That Count: A Comics Anthology By Women – Gender Imbalance and Toxic Masculinity Explored in IDW’s Collection of Comics Shorts
Translated from the original Spanish edition, Voices That Count is described by English language publishers IDW as an “anthology [that] dissects what it means to be a woman in today’s…
Gary Spencer Millidge’s ‘Strangehaven’ Optioned for Film and TV by IDW Entertainment
Now running for over a quarter of a century, Gary Spencer Millidge’s landmark Strangehaven series first appeared as a self-published offering in the 1990s. A comic that remains as difficult…
Preview: Chained to the Grave #1 – Wild West Weirdness from Brian Level, Andy Eschenbach and Kate Sherron Comes to IDW Publishing in Feb 2021
Yet another preview of a new series debuting in February 2021 (it’s been quite a week for them!) hits our inbox today and this time it’s Chained to the Grave, a…
Be Gay, Do Comics – “Queer History, Memoir and Satire” in an Outstanding Comics Anthology from The Nib and IDW Publishing
With an Ignatz Award win over the weekend in the category of Outstanding Anthology our review subject today is a timely one. Be Gay, Do Comics celebrates the queer experience…
Preview: Be Gay, Do Comics – IDW and The Nib Celebrate the Queer Experience in a New LGBTQIA Comics Anthology
Well this looks rather essential doesn’t it? Published next week by IDW and The Nib, Be Gay, Do Comics is a queer comics anthology featuring work from BF-reviewed creators including…
Chris Ryall to Leave IDW Publishing as President, Publisher and Chief Creative Officer
Huge news coming from IDW overnight that Chris Ryall, who has been with the publisher since 2004 is leaving as President, Publisher and Chief Creative Officer. Ryall’s new ventures are…
Preview: Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes – IDW to Publish Graphic Novel Account of a Pivotal Moment in History by Lun Zhang, Adrien Gombeaud and Ameziane
One more preview today at BF as we take a look at the interiors of IDW Publishing’s Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes, coming to stores next week. Tiananmen 1989: Our…
British Ice – Owen D. Pomery’s Bleak Thriller Explores the Legacy of Empire and the Devastating Consequences of Colonialism
A few weeks ago when we made British Ice our ‘Comic of the Week’ at Broken Frontier we also noted that we have been following the progression of its creator…
IDW Publishing Team Up with the Smithsonian Institution for New Graphic Novel Publishing Initiative
We’re always excited here at broken Frontier to hear about initiatives that take comics to new audiences or use the form to communicate information in intuitive and inspirational ways. So…
Staff Picks for December 4, 2019 – Choke Gasp!: The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics, Wildest Dream, Thor: The Worthy and More!
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…
Staff Picks for October 23, 2019 – Walking Distance, Gramercy Park, Second Coming and More!
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…
Lodger – Black Crown Collect the Laphams’ Taut Thriller Tale of Twisted Love, Revenge and a Gun Named Golddigger
To discuss in detail the twisting, turning narrative of Black Crown’s Lodger (now collected in this trade paperback volume) would be to miss the point of a book that asks its audience…
Staff Picks for July 31, 2019 – Enemy of the People: A Cartoonist’s Journey, Death’s Head, Manor Black and More!
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…
Marilyn Manor #1 – Defiantly Ostentatious Oddness and ’80s Nostalgia in Visaggio and Zarcone’s IDW Blast from an Alternative Past
First issues are all about the set-up; about hooking the reader, investing them in the protagonist and cast, and establishing the thematic core of the narrative as quickly as possible…
James Brown: Black and Proud — Xavier Fauthoux Aims High but Often Falls Short
It takes a brave man to try and chronicle the life of The Godfather of Soul, not simply because James Brown’s story was so colourful, but because its many twists…
Staff Picks for April 24, 2019 – Little Girls, Ghost Tree, Ascender and More!
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…
Euthanauts: Ground Control – Howard, Robles and Company Navigate the Mysteries of the Great Beyond in this IDW/Black Crown Collection
Collecting the recent IDW series from Shelly Bond’s Black Crown imprint – itself breathing much needed fresh life into serial comics delivery on a monthly basis and continuing to defy…
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