(Content warning: references to suicide follow). When you are entrenched in both the world of comics commentary, and the larger community of practice that surrounds it, you are constantly aware…
Admittedly we are catching up a little with some important press releases post-SLCZF including this one from Top Shelf Productions spotlighting November’s releases of Transitions: A Mother’s Journey by Élodie…
One of the particular perks of being a part of a platform like Broken Frontier is getting to see work-in-progress long before it reaches publishers and eventually book shop shelves….
PRIDE MONTH 2023! Edmund White’s semi-autobiographical novel A Boy’s Own Story was first published in 1982 and became the first in a trilogy of queer coming-of-age books. It has been…
A new year means new releases to plug. Below we have a first look at Álvaro Ortiz’s Ashes from Top Shelf Productions, hitting stores on February 7th. Polly, Moho, and…
With the Charles Schulz centenary inspiring us all to dig out those Peanuts collections there’s timely news indeed this week via Top Shelf Productions. Coming next summer Funny Things is…
A struggling witch, a failed musician and “a fantastical love story” are the key elements of Balazs Lorinczi’s Doughnuts and Doom, a new graphic novel debuting next week from Top…
If you love comics that tell stories in ways that only comics can then the work of sibling duo Peter and Maria Hoey is undoubtedly for you. We’ve given them…
The work of Peter and Maria Hoey under Coin-Op banner has had extensive coverage here at Broken Frontier in recent years. The sibling partnership are having something of a high…
Described by no less a cartooning legend than Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau as a “beautifully-rendered account of a rookie’s initiation into state politics: an exhilarating baptism of fire, and a…
Broken Frontier Award-nominated creators Peter and Maria Hoey of Coin-Op fame have a new comics anthology collection coming from Top Shelf Productions this December. The duo’s work is very highly…
There’s something intimately appealing about a graphic narrative that so deftly wrongfoots the reader by taking them in one assumed direction before turning their expectations on their head. I went…
Elodie – a character carrying some serious teenage angst – is the way in which Axelle Lenoir transports us to a summer camp in ’90s Canada in the pages of…
A few weeks ago when we made British Ice our ‘Comic of the Week’ at Broken Frontier we also noted that we have been following the progression of its creator…
When you live in a world beyond parody then satire is hard. James Albon’s A Shining Beacon, though, is less about exploring a dystopian future as much as extrapolating its…
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…
Legendary actor; LGBTQ+ advocate; community activist; social media influencer. As one of the most visible Japanese Americans in the public eye, George Takei has consistently used his platform to draw attention to urgent…
We’ve been covering the work of Owen D. Pomery for so long now that our earliest reviews are on the old Broken Frontier site from way back in 2013. We…
“Single Issues Would Have Forced ‘Birdking’ into a Rhythm We Weren’t Interested in” – Daniel Freedman and CROM Give Us the Lowdown on Their Epic Dark Horse Fantasy StoryDecember 4, 2023
“The Sort of Events Depicted in this Book Now Seem Far Less Remote” – Chris Oliveros Brings a Lesser-Known Part of Montreal’s History to Life With ‘Are You Willing to Die for the Cause?’ from D+QNovember 14, 2023
“It Was Wonderful to Connect with Others Who Are in My Place” – Rachael Smith Talks New Motherhood and ‘Nap Comix’October 30, 2023
Wales Millennium Centre Responds to the United Condemnation of the Comics Community – Their Upcoming AI Art Graphic Novel “Creation” Course Will Run RegardlessOctober 20, 2023
“Magical, Transcendental, Visibly Muslim, But Also Ordinary and Mundane” – Sabba Khan Talks About Her Graphic Memoir ‘The Roles We Play’/’What is Home, Mum?’October 12, 2023
