Lives on the Edge – 25 Years in the Rich and Textured World of Carol Swain
A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! I’m not sure many creators set out hoping to be a ‘cult’ success, but I guess there are worse places you could end up. British cartoonist…
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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for October 8: Wytches, Aurora West, Tiny Pencil, Savage Hulk, Batgirl & More
It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for September 24: Doctors, Butterfly, C.O.W.L., Sally Heathcote: Suffragette, Roche Limit & More
It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
Gast – A Triumphant Return for the Unique Talent of Carol Swain
Coming a decade after her last new book, Carol Swain’s atmospheric, intoxicating blend of meticulous observation and magic realism is one of the graphic novels of the year. A few months ago I tried…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for July 23: Goon, Tüki, Gast, Groo vs Conan, Storm & More
It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…
The Amateurs – Conor Stechschulte’s Debut Book from Fantagraphics Offers Dark Slapstick and Rural Strangeness
With black humour, a vivid sense of the uncanny and dense, claustrophobic art, Conor Stechschulte’s tale of amnesiac butchers becomes the most horrific Laurel and Hardy film you’ve never seen….
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for May 14, 2014: Hellboy In Hell, United States of Murder Inc., Shutter, The Amateurs, Superman: Doomed & More
It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for April 23, 2014: Herobear and the Kid, Someplace Strange, The Love Bunglers, The Eltingville Club & More
It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…
Celebrated Summer
Charles Forsman rounds off a banner year with Celebrated Summer, an affecting trip through teenage ennui. The name Charles Forsman has been cropping up in a lot of end-of-year lists over…
Black is the Color
Julia Gfrörer’s tale of strangeness at sea is a rich and surprisingly touching mix of lyricism, doomed romance and humour. Welcome back to Broken Frontier – where it’s ALL MERMAIDS,…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for December 11, 2013
It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…
Maria M Book One
After a couple of decades and hundreds of pages, the latest ‘B-movie’ comic from Gilbert Hernandez sees a lot of pieces fall into place. “When the film [Maria M] was…
TEOTFW
Originally published via his minicomics imprint Oily Comics, Charles Forsman’s The End of the Fucking World was recently collected by Fantagraphics Books. Now, for a committed champion of SP books…
Broken Frontier Anthology
312 pages • 27 stories • 50 star creators
Limited copies available!Recommended Reads!
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