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    A View from the Frontier – The World of UK Comics Comes Together at the SelfMadeHero Tenth Anniversary Party

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 4, 2017

    Last Friday, September 1st, saw publishers, creators (and even the odd comic commentator) come together in London’s West End to celebrate ten years of SelfMadeHero – undeniably one of the…

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    Outburst – Pieter Coudyzer Weaves a Brilliant and Tragic Tale of Isolation and Loneliness

    • by EdieOP
    • June 16, 2017

    ELCAF WEEK!  “To get to know yourself… you have to leave others behind.” Outburst tells the story of introvert and isolated protagonist Tom Deleersnyder, a man who we quickly find…

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    Staff Picks for May 17, 2017 – Dirty Rotten Comics, 4 Kids Walk into a Bank, Outburst, Sunburning and More!

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • May 16, 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 or digital storefront, the…

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    Staff Picks for February 15, 2017 – Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie, Angel Catbird, Lovers in the Garden, The Wild Storm and More!

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • February 14, 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 or digital storefront, the…

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    Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Volume 1 – Leah Moore and John Reppion Tackle the Chillers of M.R. James in the Latest SelfMadeHero Classic Adaptation

    • by Andy Oliver
    • December 23, 2016

    There was a time when dramatisations and readings of the stories of M.R. James seemed almost a staple of festive programming on British television. James himself is said to have…

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    Staff Picks for December 7, 2016 – The Can Opener’s Daughter, Island, Motor Crush, Ditko Unleashed and More!

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • December 6, 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…

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    Staff Picks for August 31, 2016 – Queer: A Graphic History, The Longest Day of the Future, The Trial of Roger Casement and More!

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • August 30, 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…

    Eyecatcher · Reviews

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    Irmina – Barbara Yelin’s Compelling Study of a “Normal German” Asks Painful Questions about Choices and Complicity

    • by Tom Murphy
    • April 1, 2016

    Irmina, Barbara Yelin’s award-winning graphic novel, is a paradoxically beautiful and unsettling piece of work that avoids all the obvious choices to ponder how an independently minded young woman can…

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    Filmish – Edward Ross Mashes Up Page and Screen in an Accessible and Enlightening Journey through Film

    • by Tom Murphy
    • November 27, 2015

    No-one can remember who any more, but some bright spark back in the day commented that writing about music was like dancing about architecture. So where does that leave Filmish,…

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    On The Road – ‘Friends’ by Jan Soeken and ‘Pelgrim of Niet?’ (Pilgrim Or Not?) by Judith Vanistendael

    • by Bart Croonenborghs
    • October 23, 2015

    From Germany to Belgium, we take a look at two recent releases, by up-and-coming alt talent Jan Soeken and Judith Vanistendael, who already has two books released in English. Friends…

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    Staff Picks for September 23, 2015 – Ruins, The New Deal, Lose, Dressing, Lovelace and Babbage, Exit Generation and Schmuck

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • September 22, 2015

    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…

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    Ruins – Master Cartoonist Peter Kuper Excavates Personal and Natural Histories in His Moving New Work

    • by Paul Mirek
    • September 21, 2015

    A tormented couple’s personal struggles take on cosmic proportions in Ruins, a significant new work from master cartoonist Peter Kuper. With both technical proficiency and emotional accuracy, Kuper presents an…

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    Staff Picks for September 9, 2015 – Virgil, Terror Assaulter: O.M.W.O.T., Tet, Head Lopper, One Year Wiser and More

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • September 8, 2015

    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…

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    The Man Who Laughs – Hugo’s Novel Brought to Macabre Life by Gosh! Comics/Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Guest Creators Hine and Stafford

    • by Andy Oliver
    • July 29, 2015

    A compelling distillation of the character study that is at the true heart of Hugo’s novel. Mention Victor Hugo’s 1869 novel The Man Who Laughs to a mainstream comics fan…

    Eyecatcher · Features

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    Broken Frontier Anthology: “I’m Not Interested in Heroes or Idealised Characters. I’m All about the Doubt” – Mark Stafford Discusses His Macabre Approach to the Page

    • by Andy Oliver
    • May 12, 2015

    Mark Stafford has built up a reputation in UK comics in recent years for visual storytelling that is eerily macabre in tone and atmosphere. A frequent collaborator with David Hine on…

    The Sculptor by Scott McCloud (First Second)

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    The Sculptor – Scott McCloud’s Return to Fiction is a Towering Achievement, but Not Quite a Masterpiece

    • by Tom Murphy
    • February 13, 2015

    The Sculptor, Scott McCloud’s return from comics theory to narrative, has been greeted with something approaching the city-stopping ticker-tape welcomes once accorded to returning astronauts. However, for all its ambition and achievement, McCloud’s…

    Eyecatcher · Features

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    The Shape of a Masterpiece: Scott McCloud Speaks about the Pressure and Satisfaction of Creating His First Graphic Novel, ‘The Sculptor’

    • by Tyler Chin-Tanner
    • February 4, 2015

    Scott McCloud has secured his legacy in the comic book world through his books on the theory and craft of our medium: Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comic and Making Comics. He also wrote…

    Franz Kafka by Robert Crumb

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    Proving that Comics Cross Borders, the ‘K: Kafka in Komiks’ Exhibition Reaches London

    • by Tom Murphy
    • November 27, 2014

    Alienation; the relentless oppression of modern life; the sense that we’re trapped like lab rats in a vast, nightmarish and illogical system in which we can never truly comprehend any…

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