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Let This One Be a Devil Vol. 1 – An Intriguing Look at a Genuine American Folk Tale and Its Origins from Dark Horse

  • by Edward Picot
  • March 4, 2026

1909. A bespectacled young man, Henry Naughton, has recently returned from the city, following his father’s death, to stay with his mother and younger brother on the family farm in…

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Thought Bubble Announces More Guests for 2024 Including James Tynion IV, Zoe Thorogood, Kieron Gillen and Álvaro Martínez Bueno

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 25, 2024

Thought Bubble have announced another batch of guests for November, including writer James Tynion IV who says of the event “Thought Bubble has always been one of my favourite cons….

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The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #1 – A Gripping First Chapter of Dark Horse’s “LGBTQ+ Horror-Hero Coming-of-Age Series”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 23, 2023

PRIDE MONTH 2023! Reviewing serial comics is an odd exercise on many levels. You wouldn’t review the first chapter of a book in isolation, after all, so examining the first…

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The Closet #1 – Revisit Your Childhood Fears in this Unsettling New Image Horror Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 1, 2022

Of all the standards of horror fiction those that touch on our childhood fears have a particular resonance. They represent a time in our lives when the wider world was…

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The Department of Truth Vol. 2: The City Upon a Hill – Impressive New Image Series Continues to Question What, and How, We Believe

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • December 2, 2021

The first volume of The Department of Truth established the hot new Image series’ mind-bending premise; that enough people believing in one form of reality would manifest it. Conspiracy theories…

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The Department of Truth Vol. 1: The End of the World – A Hypnotic and Horrifying Masterpiece on Conspiracies and Beliefs from Tynion IV, Simmonds and Bidikar

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • March 24, 2021

Phillip K. Dick once said “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” But, ironically enough, the paranoid sci-fi author never fully believed this saying,…

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The Department of Truth #1 – Tynion and Simmonds Take Their Vibrant Conspiracy Theory Story to the Edge of the World and Back

  • by Tom Murphy
  • October 7, 2020

Conspiracy theories have probably been with us since Ug had a bad day hunting on the plain and, back at the cave, thought it’d be easier to blame his misfortune…

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Preview: Wynd #1 – The Surprise New Series from BOOM! Studios Comes to Print and Digital in June Courtesy of James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas and Aditya Bidikar

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 21, 2020

Following their announcement of the surprise release of new series Wynd in June, BOOM! Studios have provided us not just with interior preview pages from the first issue but also…

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Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 – The Atmospheric and Entertaining Small Town Monster Mystery from BOOM! Studios Reaches its First Compilation

  • by Jenny Robins
  • May 6, 2020

Something is Killing the Children, but more importantly, someone is killing the somethings. This atmospheric and entertaining small town monster mystery from BOOM! Studios reaches its first compilation with aplomb….

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Something is Killing the Children #1 – BOOM! Studios’ Moodily Unnerving New Horror Series Lives Up to All the Hype

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 9, 2019

When it comes to a new horror comic the greatest compliment I can pay is to compare it to the visceral fear induced by the Moore/Bissette/Totleben/Wood Swamp Thing issues. And…

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Staff Picks for August 29, 2018 – Coyote Doggirl, House Amok, Porky Pig/Lex Luthor Special and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 28, 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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Staff Picks for October 4, 2017 – Marney the Fox, Breaks, Eugenic, Geis and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 3, 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, comics events or digital…

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The Backstagers – There’s Never a Dull Moment in the First Trade Paperback Collection of the Boom! Series

  • by EdieOP
  • August 14, 2017

They say to never judge a book by its cover but I am a shallow, aesthetic-obsessed illustrator so that is a big deciding factor in how I choose my comics,…

Memetic 1 by James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan (BOOM! Studios)

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Memetic #1 – The Digital Age of Apocalypse Dawns at BOOM! Studios

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • October 27, 2014

James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan ring in the end times in this smart, scary thriller that explores the dark power of ideas. Ideas are a dime a dozen in…

Colder: The Bad Seed #1 by Paul Tobin and Juan Ferreyra

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for October 22: Memetic, Colder: The Bad Seed, Grey Area, Arkham Manor & More

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • October 21, 2014

It’s almost 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…

The Woods #1 (James Tynion & Michael Dialynas; Boom! Studios; Alternate cover by Matthew Woodson)

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The Woods #1 – James Tynion IV’s Immersive Original Story is Held Back by Inconsistent Art

  • by Reid Vanier
  • May 13, 2014

Tynion’s skill and creativity are on full display in his first foray into creator-owned comics, but missteps in the artwork of Michael Dialynas do the story a disservice. James Tynion…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for May 7, 2014: The Woods, Nailbiter, Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man, Futures End & More

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • May 6, 2014

It’s almost 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, BF…

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Batman Eternal #1 – The Gordon/Wayne Dynamic Duo Takes Centre Stage In DC’s Bat Weekly

  • by Joe Krawec
  • April 9, 2014

The creators of Batman’s newest series deliver a solid and dependable comic with everything we have come to expect from this top-selling team. But the title of ‘Bat of the…

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