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Silent Pictures – Kevin O’Neill’s ‘Feartreland’ and ‘The Balaclava Kid’ Give Us a Final Celebration of a True Comics Genius

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 9, 2026

What can one say about the work and influence of the late Kevin O’Neill that has not been said before? As a child growing up during the Golden Age of…

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Preview: Silent Pictures – Kevin O’Neill’s Final Books ‘Feartreland’ and ‘The Balaclava Kid’ Available from Knockabout and Gosh! Comics this Month

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 9, 2026

Exciting news indeed today with the announcement that Kevin O’Neill’s final comics projects Feartreland and The Balaclava Kid, the two volumes that make up Silent Pictures, will be available this…

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Forty Lies: A Work of Ipsedixitism – David Shenton’s Graphic Memoir is an Essential Social Record of the UK Gay Community

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 17, 2025

“This is the history of every 70 year old gay man in Britain today.” Striking words on the back cover of Forty Lies: A Work of Ipsedixitism by David Shenton that…

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Preview: The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic – Alan Moore and Steve Moore’s Celebration of Magic Coming from Top Shelf/Knockabout

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 19, 2024

Check out some preview pages from the highly anticipated The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic below… Legendary Magician/Author Alan Moore Joins Steve Moore and Five Artists to Present…

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Mongrel – Sayra Begum’s Study of Intergenerational Conflict and the Pull of Two Cultures Makes for an Assured Debut Graphic Novel

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 16, 2020

Sayra Begum’s Mongrel is perhaps an atypical publication to come to us from the celebrated Knockabout Comics, whose reputation was built on titles with a distinctively underground and alt edge….

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Preview: Mongrel – Sayra Begum’s Graphic Memoir on Her Multicultural Upbringing as a British Muslim to Be Published by Knockabout in August

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 4, 2020

Coming this August via Knockabout Comics, those fine purveyors of underground and alt style comics, is a graphic memoir we’ve been looking forward to for some time here at Broken…

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Scotland Yardie – That Mix of Very Smart and Very Silly that Makes the Best Satire from Bobby Joseph, Joseph Samuels and Knockabout

  • by Jenny Robins
  • June 8, 2017

From London comics publisher Knockabout, this full length crime thriller/farce is the latest incarnation of a character first born to his creators Bobby Joseph and Joe Samuels in their ’90s…

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Staff Picks for July 20, 2016 – For the Love of God, Marie!, Black Hammer, Ready for Pop, The Hunt, Plutona, Snotgirl and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 19, 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…

Nemo: The Roses of Berlin (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill)

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Nemo: The Roses of Berlin – A Quick Scoot Through Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Marks the Weakest Chapter in Moore and O’Neill’s Epic

  • by Tom Murphy
  • April 4, 2014

After the richness of its League of Extraordinary Gentlemen antecedents, Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s brief dip into the world of German expressionism comes as a disappointment. One of Alan…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for February 12, 2014

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • February 11, 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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