Broken Frontier

Exploring The Comics Universe

  • FacebookFacebook
  • TwitterTwitter
  • RSS FeedRSS Feed
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Features
  • Reviews
  • Resource Lists
  • Contact us
  • Join BF
  • Events
  • Patrons

Tagged: WWI

Putain de Guerre by Tardi

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

1

Tardi Revisits the Horrors of War in ‘Putain de Guerre!’, plus a Preview of Marcel Ruyters’ Jheronimus Bosch Biography

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • September 4, 2015

Legendary French artist Jacques Tardi’s obsession with World War I is drenched in the blood and horror that is visited upon the common soldier. In Putain de Guerre! (‘Fucking War!’), he…

Gavrilo Princip by Henrik Rehr

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

2

Danish Artist Henrik Rehr Delves into the Life of Gavrilo Princip, the Man Who Started WWI

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • September 9, 2014

On June 28th 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was murdered. It was the spark that sets the world on fire. Artist and writer Henrik Rehr has burrowed into the life of the Archduke’s…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

1

Zidrou and Porcel’s ‘Folies Bergère’ Presents a Mesmerising Metaphorical Odyssey into the Purgatory of the WWI Trenches

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • August 12, 2014

Since its publication in 1993, Tardi’s It Was the War of the Trenches (C’était la Guerre des Tranchées) has set the standard for World War I comics. But after 20 years there’s a…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

0

Line of Fire – Barroux Illustrates the Diary of an Unknown WWI Soldier

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • April 8, 2014

Found in a rubbish heap one winter’s morning, French artist Barroux rescued the diary of a soldier in the First World War and turned it into a compelling graphic novel….

  • Broken Frontier Anthology


    312 pages • 27 stories • 50 star creators
    Limited copies available!
    Buy now
  • Recommended Reads!

    • Cartoonists for Gaza Part 2 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work from Krent Able, Charlie Adlard, Danny Noble, Fumio Obata and Corinne PearlmanAugust 26, 2025
    • Cartoonists for Gaza Part 1 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work by Bryan Talbot, Annassi Mehdi, Martin Rowson, The Rickard Sisters and Darryl CunninghamAugust 23, 2025
    • Raging Against the Machine: Comics and Generative AI “Art” Part 3 – “Generative AI is Fundamentally Colonial and Patriarchal”August 19, 2025
    • The Corus Wave – Artist Karenza Sparks Speaks about the Love of Stamps that Plays Such a Crucial Role in Her Upcoming Avery Hill Graphic NovelAugust 18, 2025
    • Inside Look: Cindy and Biscuit Vol. 2: Wild, Wild Life – Dan White’s Exclusive Creator Commentary on the Latest Oni Press Adventures of Our Favourite Monster-Hunting DuoAugust 13, 2025
  • Support Broken Frontier!

    If you like what we do please support us on Ko-fi

  • Home
  • WWI
  • About us

    Broken Frontier is a comic book and graphic novel news site established in 2002. Our international team of staff writers covers quality stories from all corners of the comics universe, with a penchant for independent and creator-owned material.
    Our mission - Join us
  • Recent Posts

    • Cartoonists for Gaza Part 2 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work from Krent Able, Charlie Adlard, Danny Noble, Fumio Obata and Corinne Pearlman
    • Toto Bunny Zine #1 and #2 – Kiera Won’s Minicomics Are a Delightful, Fold-Out Experience
    • Silent Planet – Rob Jackson Takes Us on a Visually Led Journey to an Alien World
    • Dark Horse to Publish English Translation of ‘The Credits Roll into the Sea’ as Part of Its Manga Line
  • Search

  • Looking for BF content from before the current version of the site? Access it here.
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Columns
  • Features
  • Reviews
  • Resource Lists
  • Contact us
  • Patrons
  • FacebookFacebook
  • TwitterTwitter
  • RSS FeedRSS Feed

© 2002-2015 Broken Frontier - Privacy & Disclaimer