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Bitter Root #6 – The Critically Acclaimed 1920s Monster-Hunting Series Returns with a Solid and Compelling Jumping-on Point Issue

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 19, 2020

‘Family Business’, the first Bitter Root story arc, established the Sangerye family, a monster-hunting clan whose status had diminished over the years. Set in the 1920s, during the Harlem Renaissance,…

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Protector #1 – Artyom Trakhanov’s Visual Storytelling is the Highlight of a Strong Debut for Image’s New Post-Apocalyptic Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 5, 2020

Welcome to 33rd century America, a country almost unrecognisable from our the one we know and yet imbued with fragmentary echoes of its past. Here, in a world that appears…

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The Clock #1 – Weaponized Cancer Becomes a Chilling Reality in Hawkins and Doran’s Top Cow Thriller

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • January 27, 2020

Writer Matt Hawkins (COO of Top Cow, Think Tank) has transformed a smoldering curiosity about the possibilities of weaponizing cancer into a chillingly plausible comic where that science-based catastrophe becomes…

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Staff Picks for January 15, 2020 – Third World War, Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence, Second Coming and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 14, 2020

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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Olympia #1 – A Notably Different Meta Take on the World of Super-Heroes with a Very Human Heart

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 27, 2019

Olympia’s extra-sized opener marks the first chapter of a series that was conceived by comics writer Curt Pires and his father Tony during the latter’s cancer treatment. It’s a book…

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Family Tree #1 – Family Drama Meets Body Horror in Lemire, Hester and Company’s Atmospheric New Image Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 18, 2019

From its opening pages, moodily lit by Ryan Cody’s muted and yet quietly oppressive colours, there’s an immediate sense of the foreboding about Family Tree, the new ongoing Image series…

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Dead Eyes #1 – Duggan and McCrea’s Crime Drama is a Strangely Pleasing Mix of the Grim, the Slapstick and the Poignant

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 8, 2019

Having ripped off the mob in the 1990s in one last big job, Martin (the former feared masked criminal Dead Eyes) has spent the intervening decades looking after his disabled…

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Space Bandits #1 – A Wild Ride of Revenge-Fuelled Space Opera from Mark Millar, Matteo Scalera and Company

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 8, 2019

Cody Blue and Thena Khole. Two of the most notorious criminals in the universe, each with their own distinctive modus operandi and long list of criminal activities. Cody is a…

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Staff Picks for May 15, 2019 – Gender Queer, Bitter Root, The Horror of Collier County and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 14, 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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Staff Picks for May 8, 2019 – Eve Stranger, Blackbird, Samurai Jack: Lost Worlds and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 7, 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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Little Girls – Aflleje and DeLaine’s Supernatural Chiller is also a Touching Celebration of the Bonds of Friendship

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 6, 2019

Harar, Ethiopia, the early 2000s, and Sam is struggling to fit in at her new school. Constantly uprooted due to her father’s work, she makes a new friend in local…

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Gogor #1 – Ken Garing’s Image Fantasy Series May Just Be the Serial Comics Sleeper Hit of the Year

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 1, 2019

Ken Garing’s new fantasy series Gogor, published by Image Comics, immediately grabs the reader’s attention with a tumultuously paced opening chase scene. It’s so immersive an experience that it leaves…

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Staff Picks for April 17, 2019 – Cor!! & Buster Humour Special, Memoirs of a Book Thief, Pilu of the Woods and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 16, 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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Preview: Jesusfreak – Read Pages from Joe Casey and Benjamin Marra’s Controversial New Graphic Novel from Image Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 20, 2019

With its irreverent re-imagining of the life of Christ, Joe Casey and Benjamin Marra’s graphic novel Jesusfreak from Image Comics is sure to ruffle some feathers this month (especially after…

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Assassin Nation #1 – Pure Escapist Fun with a Darkly Comedic Undercurrent from Kyle Starks and Erica Henderson

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 13, 2019

The very first thing that strikes the reader about Assassin Nation #1 is the daunting roll call of hitman characters in its opening pages and the question of just how…

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Staff Picks for February 27, 2019 – kuš! comics, Egg Cream, Punks Not Dead: London Calling and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 26, 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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Moonstruck Vol. 1: Magic to Brew – Friendship, the Fantastic and Fun Combine to Ensure There is Something for Everyone in the Pages of ‘Moonstruck’

  • by Holly Raidl
  • January 28, 2019

Moonstruck combines mystery, magic and friendship in a fun an engaging way. If you know anything about my taste in comics from my Broken Frontier reviews, you will be aware…

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Staff Picks for January 23, 2019 – Reel Love, Proxima Centauri, Minor Leagues and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 22, 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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