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For Real #1 – Graphic Medicine and Graphic Biography Merge in James Romberger’s Multi-Layered Exploration of Pivotal Moments in the Life of Jack Kirby

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 21, 2019

James Romberger’s For Real is a narrative of layers. Not just in the overlapping timeframes of its main comics story ‘The Oven’ but also in the supplementary essay that follows…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for March 7, 2018 – Shade the Changing Woman, Swords of the Swashbucklers, Gideon Falls, Why Art? and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 6, 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…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for January 17, 2018 – The Three Rooms in Valerie’s Head, Shadows on the Grave, Strangers in Paradise, Super Powers and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 16, 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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Covers Album: David Robertson – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Dean Haspiel, Peter Bagge and Adam Hughes

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 15, 2017

In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Kamandi Challenge #1 and #2 – Jack Kirby’s Last Boy on Earth Returns in a Joyous and Ambitious Multi-Creator Romp

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 27, 2017

Engaging, appealing and embodying a welcome sense of sheer fun, Kamandi Challenge may just be the surprise DC hit of 2017. Over thirty years ago, during a period of constant experimentation…

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Covers Album: Paul B. Rainey – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Andy Dog, Jaime Hernandez and Jack Kirby & Joe Sinnott

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 22, 2017

In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…

HIP Comics by Windmill Publishing

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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Windmill Comics Reinterprets the Classic Adventures of Silver Age Marvel and DC Comics for a New Generation

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • February 24, 2015

Marvel Comics was a household name even in the Netherlands in the sixties and seventies. Dutch translations of Thor, Namor, X-Men, Daredevil, Avengers etc were published by Classics Netherlands under…

Eyecatcher · Features

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A Savage Run: Erik Larsen on his Record-breaking Tenure as ‘Savage Dragon’ Reaches #200

  • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
  • December 11, 2014

“Savage Dragon started as a miniseries and I did a new #1 with the advent of the ongoing title and I’ve always regretted doing that. The thought of starting over…

Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers #1 (Joe Casey, Nathan Fox, Jim Rugg, Ulises Farinas; Dynamite Entertainment)

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Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers #1 – Would the Real Captain Victory Please Stand Up?

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • August 6, 2014

Joe Casey and his crew of crack artistic rangers launch Jack Kirby’s cosmic defender into new frontiers of identity and the imagination. Dynamite Entertainment’s latest foray into the Kirbyverse, as…

Jack Kirby

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“It’s not created by a machine – it’s art created by people” – An Interview with “King Kirby” Playwrights Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente

  • by Reid Vanier
  • June 19, 2014

In King Kirby, the life of iconic comic book creator Jack Kirby makes its theatrical debut as part of the 2014 Comic Book Theater Festival in New York City. Leading…

News · Previews

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Preview: Justice Machine: Object of Power

  • by Richard Boom
  • June 3, 2014

Bluewater Productions has provided BF with a preview to Justice Machine: Object of Power, in stores June 4, 2014. Justice Machine: Object of Power Writer: Mark Ellis Artist: David Enebral…

News · Top Stories

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Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers #1 Launch In August

  • by Richard Boom
  • May 16, 2014

Press Release In one of Dynamite’s most exciting new projects to-date, the acclaimed creative team of Haunt, Joe Casey and Nathan Fox, take on a reimagining of one of Jack…

Silver Surfer #1 by Dan Slott and Mike Alldred (Marvel Comics)

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Silver Surfer #1 – Mike Allred Inspires Comparison to the Greats in This Wonderfully Drawn Issue

  • by Levi Hunt
  • March 27, 2014

An artistic tour-de-force is interrupted by such trifling things as “plot” and “set-up” Writer Dan Slott often has a knack for spicing up his stories by adding the best of…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for June 12, 2013

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • June 10, 2013

Broken Frontier presents its staff picks for the comics released this week. If you want to know which books should be on your pull list, look no further!   True…

Features

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Trading Up: The Simon & Kirby Library: Science Fiction

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 28, 2013

Over the last few years Titan Books have published a number of handsome collections of classic comics work by legendary creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. These have included volumes…

Columns · Crossing Borders

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Desert Island Comics

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • May 14, 2013

This time around a special edition of Crossing Borders. The United Kingdom’s most popular comics blog, the Forbidden Planet blog has a feature where comics industry people name their favourite…

News · Top Stories

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TwoMorrows’ Comic Book Creator Debuts May 15, With Focus On Kirby, Ross, and Busiek

  • by Richard Boom
  • May 13, 2013

Press Release TwoMorrows Publishing (the leading publisher of books and magazines for comics fandom) and JON B. COOKE (former editor of the multi-Eisner Award-winning magazine COMIC BOOK ARTIST) has joined forces again to…

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