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    Now #7 – Fantagraphics’ ‘New Comics Anthology’ is a Powerful Advocate for the Diverse Storytelling Potential of the Form

    • by Andy Oliver
    • February 7, 2020

    Fantagraphics’ anthology series Now (subtitled The New Comics Anthology) has gained deserved critical acclaim in its seven-issue life to date. Indeed it was nominated in both our 2017 and 2019…

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    The House – A Study of the Complex Relationships of Family and the Ties that Bind in Paco Roca’s Outstanding New Graphic Novel from Fantagraphics

    • by Andy Oliver
    • December 9, 2019

    A few years back Paco Roca’s graphic novel Wrinkles was understandably acclaimed for its bittersweet portrayal of later life. It would go on to become an animated film, with voice…

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    BTTM FDRS – Gentrification Horror and Social Commentary from Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore

    • by Robin Enrico
    • June 14, 2019

    BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore is not only an artistic highpoint for both its creators; it is a stunning reminder of the power of comics to…

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    Red Ultramarine – The Symbolism of Manuele Fior’s Graphic Novel Leaves Its Mark on the Reader

    • by Robin Enrico
    • May 21, 2019

    One of the greatest strengths of comics is that in being a purely visual medium, they can use evocative cartooning to charge even the most threadbare of plots with meaning….

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    Hobo Mom – Charles Forsman and Max de Radiguès Cast the Audience in the Role of Pure Observers in a Poignant Tale of Independence and Fractured Relationships

    • by Andy Oliver
    • February 28, 2019

    Hobo Mom is not the first comics link between The End of the Fucking World‘s Charles Forsman and Belgian creator Max de Radiguès (Weegee: Serial Photographer). If you were a subscriber…

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    Dementia 21 – Shintaro Kago’s Eerie Adventures in Caregiving Combine Bleak Comedy and Social Commentary

    • by Robin Enrico
    • February 18, 2019

    Shintaro Kago’s Dementia 21 is a surprising graphic novel in that it takes his well-known ability to render characters in grotesque situations and uses it as a way to tackle…

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    Now #5 – Fantagraphics’ Anthology Series Returns to Remind Us All of the Uniquely Sophisticated Language of Sequential Art

    • by Andy Oliver
    • February 1, 2019

    When we last reviewed an issue of Fantagraphics’ bumper-sized anthology series Now at Broken Frontier we described it as “a vitally important piece of comics curation that deserves to be…

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    The Sea – Rikke Villadsen’s Debut English Language Graphic Novel from Fantagraphics Proves to Be a Disquieting Descent into Madness

    • by Andy Oliver
    • January 31, 2019

    Danish artist Rikke Villadsen’s The Sea – her debut English language comics offering from Fantagraphics – is as much extended visual metaphor as it is narrative. Its protagonist is a seaworn…

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    Penguins – Nick Thorburn’s Cutting Wit and Devastating Punchlines Allow the Reader to Cope with a Harshly Indifferent World

    • by Robin Enrico
    • November 1, 2018

    Even with its minimalist style, blank slate characters, and a complete lack of dialogue, Penguins – Nick Thorburn’s collection of tragi-comic strips – is still acutely able to tap into the anxieties…

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    The Kurdles Adventure Magazine #1 – Revisiting the Inhabitants of Kurdletown in Robert Goodin’s All-Ages Anthology from Fantagraphics

    • by Andy Oliver
    • August 22, 2018

    Back in 2015, Robert Goodin’s The Kurdles proved to be an eerie delight of a graphic novel from Fantagraphics Books. It told the story of Sally, a teddy bear separated…

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    Godhead – Ho Che Anderson’s Intriguing Foray into Speculative Fiction is Impressively Rendered and Ambitious in Scale

    • by Ally Russell Shields
    • April 20, 2018

    The crime noir opener to Ho Che Anderson’s latest output via Fantagraphics reveals a man blindfolded and held at gunpoint. Painted contours depict a masked kidnapper, his motivations as shadowy…

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    Why Art? – Eleanor Davis Tackles the Big Question of Aesthetics with Acres of Wit and Pathos

    • by Jenny Robins
    • April 18, 2018

    Why Art? Not What Art or When Art or How Art Thou? Eleanor Davis tackles one of those kind of stupid while at the same time super important questions with…

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    Now #2 – The Fantagraphics Anthology Series Underlines Its Role as a Vital and Informative Portal into the Work of Boundary-Pushing Creators

    • by Andy Oliver
    • March 16, 2018

    BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST NEW SERIES NOMINEE!  While the US serial comics anthology seems unlikely to enjoy a populist re-emergence in the immediate future – as Dark Horse’s abrupt…

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    My Favorite Thing is Monsters – Emil Ferris’s Tour de Force Debut Sweeps the Board as Book of the Year

    • by Tom Murphy
    • January 26, 2018

    BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL WINNER! Every year the comics critics’ “best of” lists start to congregate like wiry hairs in the internet plughole, and every year…

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    My Pretty Vampire – Katie Skelly’s Supernatural Tale of Freedom and Repression Fuses Sensuality, Gore and Psychedelic Colour

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 18, 2017

    It’s been a significant period of time since I last covered the work of alt comics artist Katie Skelly here at Broken Frontier. In fact, it was back on the…

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    Love and Rockets Vol.4 #3 – History is Hard to Shake in the Latest Issue of Los Bros Hernandez’s Epic Series

    • by Tom Baker
    • August 15, 2017

    For all their differences in subject matter, illustrative style and setting, Los Bros Hernandez have one thing in common with their ongoing Love and Rockets epics: the history weighing down…

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    Eartha – A Surreal and Bittersweet Pastel-Hued Adventure from Cathy Malkasian for Fantagraphics

    • by Jenny Robins
    • May 3, 2017

    Eartha is not so much a tale of two cities, as of two halves of the same paradox. The soft edges and subtle tones of Cathy Malkasian’s artwork and hand-drawn…

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    Mox Nox – Fantagraphics Invite Us into the Appealingly Nihilistic World of Joan Cornellà’s Comic Strips

    • by Andy Oliver
    • August 15, 2016

    SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! Given that (aside from the odd sign or label) the strips in Mox Nox are wordless it may seem a touch odd to be talking about the…

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