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The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye – Sonny Liew’s Biography of an Artist and a Nation is a Comics Tour de Force

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 24, 2016

Sonny Liew’s presentation of the life and work of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, an overlooked (fictional) Singaporean cartoonist, is a stunning amalgamation of history, politics, character and art. The name Charlie…

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Staff Picks for March 16, 2016 – The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, Turncoat, Archer & Armstrong, The Nikopol Trilogy and Archie

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 15, 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…

The Shadow Hero (Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew; First Second)

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The Shadow Hero – Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew Make the Return of the Green Turtle a Delicious Treat

  • by Tom Murphy
  • July 18, 2014

In The Shadow Hero, Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew pick up a lost fragment of comics history and create a charming and long-overdue origin story for the first Asian-American…

Liquid CIty (Ed Sonny Liew & Joyce Sim; Image Comics)

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Liquid City: Volume 3 – Highlighting the Quality and Diversity of the South-East Asian Indie Comics Scene

  • by Tom Murphy
  • July 10, 2014

The third volume of this substantial, Eisner-nominated anthology, edited by Sonny Liew and Joyce Sim, sheds light on the vibrant indie comics scene in South-East Asia. Here at Broken Frontier we’re…

The Life After #1

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for July 9, 2014: Shadow Hero, The Life After, Days, Legend of Bold Riley, Spread & More

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • July 8, 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…

Sonny Liew (artist on The Shadow Hero, First Second Books)

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From Singapore to Cambridge to 1930s San Francisco – An Interview with Shadow Hero Artist Sonny Liew

  • by Tom Murphy
  • July 8, 2014

After yesterday’s interview with Gene Luen Yang, today we talk to his artistic collaborator on The Shadow Hero (First Second Books), Singapore-based artist Sonny Liew, whose previous work includes My Faith in…

Gene Luen Yang

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The Return of the Green Turtle – Gene Luen Yang Talks to Us about Superheroes, Immigration and Identity

  • by Tom Murphy
  • July 7, 2014

Fresh from the acclaim for Boxers and Saints, his epic two-volume treatment of the Boxer Rebellion in China, Gene Luen Yang has collaborated with Singapore-based artist Sonny Liew to pick up…

The Empty Man #1 by Cullen Bunn and Vanesa R. Del Rey

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for June 11, 2014: Steve Ditko’s Strange Suspense, The Empty Man, Liquid City & More

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • June 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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