TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! One of the staples of 1970s UK girls comics serials – including today’s review subject Concrete Surfer – was the story of the orphaned (or…
TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! Running from the early 1970s to 1980, Pink was a magazine for the British teen girls market, with its mix of pop features, fashion and…
Pat Mills and Simon Bisley’s classic 2000 AD strip Sláine: The Horned God returns in a special Collectors’ Edition this May. We have a preview below to intrigue the uninitiated and evoke…
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…
If you read it the first time round in the late ’80s you’ll be aware of just what an impact the uncompromising social commentary of Third World War had on…
One of those pivotal moments in 2000 AD history, Pat Mills and Simon Bisley’s Sláine: The Horned God will be published in a special “Collector’s Edition” next year. The full…
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…
There’s a spirited introduction from legendary British comics writer Pat Mills to this recent Treasury of British Comics collection of Jinty strips that bemoans the lack of girls weekly comics in the current…
Filled with supernatural thrillers that were surprisingly uncompromising in their approach, Misty is one of the great cult publications of British comics history. Debuting in the late 1970s, and running…
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…
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…
Back in August 2014 at Broken Frontier I broke the news here that potential reprints from cult 1970s British girls comic Misty were on the cards; specifically collections from the…
By focusing on old 2000 AD favourites, Tharg the Mighty misses an opportunity to give his comic a fresh shot of energy. As 2000 AD has enjoyed its renaissance in recent…
They’re resistant to atomic, bacterial and chemical warfare – but the ABC Warriors have to face much worse in the long-unavailable stories Khronicles of Khaos and Hellbringer! Having saved the…
This past weekend saw a whole host of events at the British Library as the hugely popular Comics Unmasked exhibition reached its final days. On Friday night Panel Borders’ Alex…
For fans of classic British comic weeklies the big news from yesterday’s day of Comica Festival Conversations at the British Library came from the ‘Draw Misty for Me’ panel. The event,…
It seems almost redundant to say it given what a declaration of the glaringly obvious it is but for London-based comics aficionados it’s been an amazing few months of Comica…
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Evolving from the monthly Process Comics group at London’s Gosh! Comics, the First World War anthology To Arms! brings together a number of established players on the self-publishing scene – including Mike…
“Colour is All About Contrast (or Lack of It)” – An Interview with Brecht Evens on His Latest Work from Drawn & QuarterlyJune 18, 2021
“The Central Conflict in Any Artist’s Life is Inherently Compromise” – Dave Baker and Nicole Goux Talk About ‘Everyone Is Tulip’ from Dark Horse ComicsJune 11, 2021
“Everything Feels More Fragile and Less Permanent” – An Interview with Keiler Roberts on ‘My Begging Chart’, Her Latest Book for D+QMay 31, 2021
“I Think All of Us Are Marked By Some Kind of Tragedy” – An Interview with Joe Ollmann on ‘Fictional Father’, Published by Drawn & QuarterlyMay 24, 2021
“I Hear Again and Again that ‘Quarantine Comix’ Helped People Get through this Awful Year, and that is Just Amazing to Hear” – Rachael Smith Talks About Her Acclaimed Comics Series on Life in LockdownMay 19, 2021
