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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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