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Bimbo Agitprop – With its Unfiltered Honesty, Bleak Humour and Visceral Approach Raquelle Jac’s Graphic Memoir is an Outstanding Breakout Book

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 28, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! When I interviewed creator Raquelle Jac about Bimbo Agitprop earlier this month at Broken Frontier I described it as one of my books of the year. This…

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Lost Marvels No. 4: The Gil Kane Rarities Vol. 1 – Take a Tour of Some of the More Obscure Corners of the Legendary Artist’s Bronze Age Marvel Work with Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 26, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! The title Lost Marvels may be something of a misnomer (forgotten, obscure, rare… yes… lost? Not so much) but Fantagraphics’ reprint series of some of the hidden…

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Comics Cultural Impact Collective to Hold Online Scottish Comics Roundtable for Creators in September

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 25, 2026

One final Comics Cultural Impact Collective online roundtable meeting for the moment with a Scottish Comics Roundtable coming in September. There’s an incredible evolving small press and indie scene in…

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Precious Rubbish – Kayla E.’s Remarkable Graphic Memoir of Childhood Trauma Subverts and Repurposes the Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 24, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Reading a book as raw and candid as Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish the reader can’t help but ask themself the question of whether this truly singular approach…

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The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children, Comic Edition – Rachel Branham Brings Gloria Ladson-Billings’ Key Educational Text to the Comics Page in an Accessible and Thoughtful Adaptation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 21, 2026

Gloria Ladson-Billings’ The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children was first published in the ‘90s. Its analysis of how the culturally relevant practice of eight teachers achieved outstanding results…

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Donald Duck #3/#391 – Why Does Donald Wear a Sailor Suit? This Issue Has the Answer…

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 20, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Such are the quirks and whims of serial comics publishing that Fantagraphics’ recent issue #3 of Donald Duck is also #391 in legacy terms. Much like IDW’s…

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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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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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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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“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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Looking Back at Caption 2026 – The Broken Frontier Six to Watch Were in Sparkling Form at Another Edition of the UK’s Most Endearingly Eccentric Comics Festival

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 10, 2026

Perhaps it may seem a little strange for me to be writing some form of report on a two-day programming-driven festival that I was only at for day one. But…

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“I Felt an Instant Connection with Bernie” – Joe D’Esposito on His Krigstein Graphic Biography ‘The Outsider’ and His Affinity with the Legendary EC Comics Artist

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 7, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Years in the making, Joe D’Esposito’s The Outsider comes to us next month from Fantagraphics detailing the life, career and struggles of the legendary EC Comics artist…

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Wish We Weren’t Here: Postcards from the Apocalypse – Peter Kuper’s Pulitzer Prize Finalist Book Reminds Us of How the World is Burning Around Us

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 6, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Earlier this year at Broken Frontier we reported that cartoonist Peter Kuper (Ruins, Spy Vs. Spy, World War III Illustrated) had been announced as a 2026 Pulitzer…

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The Pass – The Hustle and Bustle of Restaurant Life Sits at the Centre of Katriona Chapman’s Rich Character Study from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 5, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! There’s something about Katriona Chapman’s The Pass that reminds the reader of the structure of a stage play. It’s a nuanced character study to start with. But…

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“The Creative Process is Always to Mine for Something Vibrant Inside of Me” – Jesse Moynihan on His Epic Saga ‘Forming’ and Working on One Continuous Narrative for a Decade and a Half

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 4, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! In the first of our spotlight interviews for our celebratory Fantagraphics month at Broken Frontier we chat with cartoonist Jesse Moynihan about the epic Forming, first published…

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