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American Vampire: Second Cycle #1 (Vertigo Comics; Scott Snyder & Rafael Albuquerque)

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American Vampire: Second Cycle #1 – Snyder and Albuquerque Return to Show the Evil Right Behind Us

  • by Joe Krawec
  • March 20, 2014

We’ve had to wait a year, but American Vampire is back. Broken Frontier finds a story filled with tension, horror, sadness and beauty – all the things that readers have…

The Royals: Masters of War #1 (Rob Williams and Simon Coleby; Vertigo Comics)

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The Royals: Masters of War #1 – Rob Williams and Simon Coleby Deliver an Explosive Mix of War Comics, Superheroics and Alternative History

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 19, 2014

Rob Williams and Simon Coleby are the latest 2000 AD old boys to hit Vertigo, with The Royals: Masters of War – a witty and imaginative tale of super-powered toffs in World War II….

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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…

The Unwritten: Apocalypse #1 (Vertigo) by Mike Carey and Peter Gross; cover by Yuko Shimizu

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The Unwritten: Apocalypse #1

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 24, 2014

The 12-issue finale of metafictional mystery series The Unwritten starts with a virtuoso performance by writer Mike Carey and artist Peter Gross that brings the series and its protagonist very…

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BF Awards 2013 – Best Limited Series: Trillium

  • by Tom Murphy
  • December 31, 2013

After a shaky start to 2013, the year ends in triumph for Vertigo Comics as Jeff Lemire’s epic sci-fi romance Trillium takes the Broken Frontier Award for Best Limited Series. For…

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American Vampire Anthology #1

  • by Evan Henry
  • September 2, 2013

For longtime fans of the series and newcomers alike, American Vampire Anthology delivers a pack of bloodcurdling tales with style and flair. Have any of your comic-reading friends ever told…

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Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril #1

  • by Jason Clyma
  • August 2, 2013

Vertigo releases its new volume of the fan-favorite adventurer. Vertigo Comics continues its growth and rejuvenation this week with Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril #1, a fantastic and…

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Collider #1

  • by Jason Clyma
  • August 1, 2013

  Become a member of the Federal Bureau of Physics. Not only is Simon Oliver and Robbi Rodriguez’s Collider a fun start to a brand-new series of physics gone mad,…

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Fables #131

  • by Jason Clyma
  • July 19, 2013

The eccentric Rose Red becomes the King Arthur of the Fables community. Rose Red has been a favorite character of mine since the first time I read Fables oh so…

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