BF Awards 2015 – Best Graphic Novel: Death of the Artist
Karrie Fransman is something of a regular fixture when it comes to the annual Broken Frontier Awards. Her debut full-length work The House that Groaned was nominated in our 2012…
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BF Awards 2015 – Best Publisher: Image Comics
After another breathless year of new titles and ongoing smash hits, Image Comics has cemented its place as the hottest publishing game in town. Image Comics continues to set the…
BF Awards 2015 – Best Artist: JH Williams III
As The Sandman: Overture finally reached completion in 2015, artist JH Williams III demonstrated the full, staggering range of his imagination and technique. Let’s just admit it: it’s something we’ve all…
BF Awards 2015 – Best Limited Series: Lady Killer
In the five-part Lady Killer, Joëlle Jones and her collaborators delivered an explosive and stylish midcentury tale that put traditional gender roles in the crosshairs. And there’s more to come! Lady Killer marks…
BF Awards 2015 – Breakout Talent: Tillie Walden
Of all our awards categories this year the one that garnered the most interest – to the tune of twice as many public votes as many of the others –…
BF Awards 2015 – Best Writer: Jeff Lemire
In many ways, the work of critically acclaimed Canadian writer/artist Jeff Lemire embodies Broken Frontier’s own creative mandate. Just as comfortable plumbing the depths of the human condition as he…
BF Awards 2015 – Best Ongoing Series: Saga
Saga is a graceful union of story and art that consistently embodies the very highest level of storytelling possible in the comics medium. For the second time in three years,…
BF Awards 2015 – Best Book on Comics: Drawn and Quarterly – 25 Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics and Graphic Novels
With hundreds of pages of new and classic comics and an abundance of fascinating interviews and profiles, this splendid book pays tribute to Drawn and Quarterly, from its origin as a floppy…
BF Awards 2015 – Best New Series: Midnighter
You won’t find many superheroes punching their way around Broken Frontier, but in Midnighter, writer Steve Orlando and his collaborators have nailed readers with a potent mix of emotional conflict and hardcore action….
BF Awards 2015 – Best One-Shot: Lost Property
Here at BF we’ve been following the career of our Broken Frontier Best One-Shot Award winner – Lost Property creator Andy Poyiadgi – from way back in those halcyon small press days when he…
Broken Frontier Awards 2015: Announcing the Winners from Our Most Diverse Year of Nominations to Date
Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 12th annual BF Awards. Our 2015 awards saw a record-breaking number of votes come in from our readers, and unprecedented interest in…
From Grassroots Publishing to Internationally Renowned Creators: Presenting the Nominations for the Broken Frontier Awards 2015
Broken Frontier proudly presents the nominees for our 12th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our staff have selected five nominees for each of the 11 categories that comprise the BF Awards,…
BF Awards 2014 – Best New Series: Southern Bastards by Jason Aaron & Jason Latour
If you were waiting for Jason Aaron’s next masterwork to follow Scalped, look no further. Southern Bastards is definitely it. Want to see a grown man cry? Make him read…
BF Awards 2014 – Best Book About Comics: Comics Unmasked, Art and Anarchy in the UK by Paul Gravett and John Harris Dunning
Comics Unmasked is not just a reminder of the darker and more esoteric layers of British comics history but also of the power of the medium as a tool of…
BF Awards 2014 – Best Publisher: Image Comics
Here at Broken Frontier we’re all about looking beyond the obvious in our coverage. But for our staff and our readers, one thing can’t be ignored: with unstoppable momentum, Image…
BF Awards 2014 – Breakout Talent: Tula Lotay
Breaking out hard is hard to do, but by showing a strong artistic vision on Bodies and Supreme: Blue Rose, Tula Lotay makes it look oh so easy. With more…
BF Awards 2014 – Best Limited Series: Bodies
A complex occult mystery spanning four periods with four different artists, Bodies shows that Vertigo hasn’t lost its appetite for taking a risk. With most of the creator-owned thunder currently emanating from…
BF Awards 2014 – Best Writer, Independent/Creator-Owned: Darryl Cunningham
If comics are to continue to evolve and permeate the consciousness of a broader readership we need far more breakout books like Supercrash and, by definition, far more Darryl Cunninghams…
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