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    Exclusive Preview: Quacky – Jim Woodring Returns to His Signature Character Frank in the Style of the 1930s ‘Big Little Books’

    • by Broken Frontier Staff

    FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Another exclusive to Broken Frontier preview today as part of our ‘Fantagraphics at 50!’ Month through August. Today it’s new work from the brilliant Jim Woodring (Frank,…

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Introducing ‘Broken Frontier Connects’ – The Next Step in BF’s Ethos of Proactive Comics Community Support

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 17, 2023

PINNED POST! Introducing Broken Frontier Connects, the next stage in our evolution! Broken Frontier Connects is our new initiative designed to extend our community hub philosophy. BF already has an…

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Preview: Fifty Years of Judge Dredd – From the Pages of ‘2000 AD’ Comes an Anniversary Celebration of the Lawman of the Future in Early 2027

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 19, 2026

No doubt we can expect more of this kind of this kind of thing in 2027 as 2000 AD celebrates its 50th anniversary. A canny move to bring in new…

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Love and Desire in the Promised Land: The Private Lives of Israelis and Palestinians – Salomé Parent-Rachdi and Deloupy’s Deeply Human Account of Relationships in a Region Torn Apart by Conflict

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 19, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! In retrospect there’s an added layer of poignancy to writer Salomé Parent-Rachdi and artist Deloupy’s Love and Desire in the Promised Land: The Private Lives of Israelis…

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Nothing Can Stop… the Ape! – Sniegoski, Acheson and Rousseau Provide a High-Octane, Page-Turning Fantasy Romp

  • by Edward Picot
  • August 19, 2026

“In the earliest days of the Earth, before recorded history, two powerful gods laid claim to the world… Ghraagg’Endah, the bestial avatar of Chaos…[and] Thuuna, goddess of creation and control”….

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Charlie: Charles Chaplin, The Funniest Man in the World – Steven Brower and Seymour Chwast Give Us a Spotlight Tour of the Little Tramp’s Life and Times

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 18, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! From the Fantagraphics Underground line, Charlie: Charles Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World may be unwieldy in title but it’s breezily charming in delivery. At 32…

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Chin Music – R.T. Short Observes the Eccentricities of Cricket, that Most British of Sports, Via Breakdown Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 18, 2026

Sports comics. Once a great genre staple of the British comic industry but now something of a publishing footnote. They’re not entirely unknown in indie and alt circles either –…

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Broken Frontier 2026 ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Daisy Crouch Launches the Second Issue of Her Horror/Super-Hero Comic ‘Very Hungry Women’ on Kickstarter

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 17, 2026

Fresh from her first ever panel event at Caption Festival at the beginning of the month, 2026 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Daisy Crouch has launched the Kickstarter campaign…

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Exclusive Preview: Nirvana is Here – New Contemporary Crime Thriller by Mikael Ross to Be Published by Fantagraphics in October

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 17, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Time for another celebratory exclusive preview courtesy of Fantagraphics and today it’s the turn of Mikael Ross for his new book Nirvana is Here, translated by Nika…

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Tiodora’s Letters: An Enslaved Woman’s Fight for Family and Freedom – Marcelo D’Salete’s Powerful Account of a Dark Period in Brazil’s History

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 17, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Blending documented fact and speculative fiction Marcelo D’Salete’s Tiodora’s Letters: An Enslaved Woman’s Fight for Family and Freedom is a meticulously researched re-creation of the story of…

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Gosh!Fest Returns to Gosh! Comics on Saturday August 29th with a Line-Up of Nearly 50 Creators

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 17, 2026

Our friends at Gosh! Comics have released the line-up for their upcoming Gosh!Fest of small press comics and there are no less than 12 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators…

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Exclusive Preview: The Ultra Power Mongol Invasion – Shintaro Kago’s Alternate History Saga is Coming from Fantagraphics in November

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 14, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! It’s time for another exclusive preview today at BF as part of our Fantagraphics celebrations. Today’s it’s the turn of Shintaro Kago’s The Ultra Power Mongol Invasion…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists Will Powers, Rachel Tubb and Mark Stafford on Friday, August 28th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 14, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns at our regular venue of The Royal George on Friday, August 28th, 2026. And this time our artist line-up…

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Exclusive Preview: I Love Apocalyptic Zombie Misfits – Doug Wagner and Daniel Hillyard’s Supernatural Horror Comedy Kicks Off Clover Press’s ‘The Fourth Leaf’ Imprint on Kickstarter

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 14, 2026

Clover Press’s new creator-owned imprint The Fourth Leaf has arrived and, with it, Doug Wagner and Daniel Hillyard’s I Love Apocalyptic Zombie Misfits. We have an exclusive look at the…

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Preview: Dreams & Nightmares – A Sneak Peek at Experimental Work from the Latest and Always Essential WIP Comics Anthology, Now on Kickstarter

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 13, 2026

Two things we rather like here at Broken Frontier – experimental comics and community initiatives. Both come together in the next WIP Comics’ anthology Dreams & Nightmares which is currently…

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Marvel to Publish ‘Uncle Scrooge: A Christmas Carol’ in November – Check out Walt Simonson’s Cover Here

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 13, 2026

A rare foray into Marvel waters for us but we love a good Christmas comic here at BF Towers. Details Uncle Scrooge: A Christmas Carol #1 below… SCROOGE EMBARKS ON…

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Comet Club – Teenage U.F.O. Hunters Tackle Reality and Life’s Expectations in Yi Yang’s Fantagraphics Debut

  • by Gary Usher
  • August 13, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Yi Yang was born in northeastern China, and moved to Bologna, Italy to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in 2013. She published two books there…

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“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 13, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Raquelle Jac’s long-form comics debut, Bimbo Agitprop, debuted this month from Fantagraphics and, for what it’s worth, it’s already one of my books of the year. It’s…

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The Outsider – Joe D’Esposito’s Graphic Biography of EC Artist Bernie Krigstein Tackles Themes that Are as Relevant Today as They Were in the Artist’s Lifetime

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 12, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Working conditions and fair recompense for comics creators is a subject that feels, unfortunately, eternally relevant and never-changing (in anything but a superficial degree.) Joe D’Esposito’s The…

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Exclusive Preview: Identical – Take an Advance Look at Leah Hayes’s Sci-Fi Tale of Motherhood, Identity and AI

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 11, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Our month of Fanta-stic (see what we did there?) anniversary coverage continues today with another exclusive to Broken Frontier preview. Take a look at interiors from Leah…

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