Final Cut – Charles Burns Gives Fabulous New Life to Old Preoccupations
Charles Burns offers his readers no clues. There is no subtitle hinting towards a plot, no description or biography, and nothing to give one an indication of what they are…
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Young Hag – Discover the Magic Within in Isabel Greenberg’s Arthurian Retelling from Jonathan Cape
‘Once there was magic in Britain. There were dragons and wizards and green knights and kings who pulled swords out of stones. But now, the doors to the Otherworld have…
Rain – Mary M Talbot and Bryan Talbot Revisit the Catastrophic Floods of 2015 and Underline that an Ethical Ecological Approach Should Not Be a Prisoner of Privilege and Influence
EARTH DAY WEEK! Mary M Talbot and Bryan Talbot’s Rain (published by Jonathan Cape in the UK and Dark Horse Comics in the US) is suffused with a feeling of…
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands – Kate Beaton Returns to D+Q and Jonathan Cape with a Memoir as Disturbing as it is Unforgettable
“The world’s most destructive oil operation.” That is the description National Geographic went with for a 2019 profile of Alberta’s oil sands region north of Fort McMurray. A distressing report…
“Feeling Part of the Community is a Big Reason I Make Comics” – Matthew Dooley on the UK Indie Scene and His Eisner Award-Nominated Graphic Novel ‘Flake’
Matthew Dooley has an off-centre, idiosyncratic, and often bleakly humorous view of the world; something that has been a constant on the UK indie scene since his work first started…
The Secret to Superhuman Strength – Alison Bechdel’s Book about Physicality Proves to Be Almost Entirely Cerebral
The Secret to Superhuman Strength may be to read this new brick of a book by Alison Bechdel, but the heavy lifting required to do so, both physical and mental,…
‘The Secret to Superhuman Strength’ Cover Reveal – New Alison Bechdel Graphic Memoir to Be Published by Jonathan Cape in the UK in May 2021
Alison Bechdel’s The Secret to Superhuman Strength is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated releases of 2021. Published in the UK this May by Jonathan Cape, the cover to the…
Dragman – Steven Appleby’s Unique Take on the Super-Hero World is Both Ambitious and Engaging
In recent years, Steven Appleby has been heard on occasion to speak two words in particular about what good art should be: ‘ambitious’ and ‘engaging’. Dragman is, of course, both….
Glass Town – Part Speculative Biography, Part Metafiction, Isabel Greenberg Brings the Brontë Juvenilia to Comics in Her Most Accomplished Work to Date
Isabel Greenberg’s previous books from Jonathan Cape – The Encyclopedia of Early Earth and The One Hundred Nights of Hero – adapted and re-imagined myth and legend to create a…
Flake – Matthew Dooley’s Tale of Warring Ice Cream Men is a Perfect Blend of Absurdism and Humanity
There’s something of the psychogeographical to the opening of Matthew Dooley’s Flake. Dooley, of course, is a Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica short story competition winner and a prolific fixture on the UK…
A Puff of Smoke – Sarah Lippett’s Touching Memoir of Childhood Illness is a Tribute to Family and Resilience
I’m sure it’s in the post, as they say, but I’ve always been uncommonly jammy with my health. Having lumbered around the earth for half a century now, I’ve never…
Staff Picks for February 5, 2020 – Glass Town, The Man Who F#&%ed Up Time, EC Archives: Psychoanalysis and More!
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
Staff Picks for October 2, 2019 – Rusty Brown, Kai and the Monkey King, Ruby Falls, Dead Eyes and More!
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
A Puff of Smoke – An Exhibition of Sarah Lippett’s New Jonathan Cape Graphic Memoir Comes to East London this November
Three years ago at Broken Frontier I covered Sarah Lippett’s graphic memoir Stan and Nan here; a comics record of the life of the grandfather she never knew and the…
The Drunken Sailor – Nick Hayes Breathes Life into French Poet and Surrealist Arthur Rimbaud’s Story
In 1871, the French poet, surrealist, traveller, soldier, trader, arms dealer, and explorer Arthur Rimbaud wrote a poem called Le Bateau ivre (The Drunken Boat). He was 16 at the…
Staff Picks for October 31, 2018 – Cassandra Darke, Sex Death Revolution, Through a Life and More!
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
Livestock – Hannah Berry’s Socio-Political Parable is a Brilliant, Brutally Relevant Final Graphic Novel
BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST WRITER AWARD WINNER AND BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL AWARD NOMINEE! When 2017 Broken Frontier Award-winning creator Hannah Berry announced last year in an interview with our…
The One Hundred Nights of Hero – Isabel Greenberg Returns to the World of Early Earth in a Triumphant Sequel from Jonathan Cape
Back in 2013 Isabel Greenberg was the winner of the Breakout Talent category in our annual Broken Frontier Awards for her much lauded debut graphic novel The Encyclopedia of Early…
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“There is a Beauty in What is Forgotten” – Chris Shepherd Talks About His Graphic Novel Love Letter to the City of LiverpoolNovember 14, 2024
“I Love Visual Storytelling: It Conjures Up Atmospheres and Feelings Difficult to Put Into Words” – Beatrijs Brouwer aka Beastly Worlds Talks New Projects and Inspirations Ahead of Her Thought Bubble DebutNovember 13, 2024
“Comics Are a Realm Where Multiple Dimensions of Time and Space Coexist on a Single Page” – Zhenyi Zheng on Experimenting with the Boundaries of the FormNovember 11, 2024
“If You Have a Story You Can’t Wait to Tell, then Just Start Making It” – Dave Cook Talks the Collected ‘Killtopia’ from Titan and Taking Your First Steps Into ComicsNovember 7, 2024
“I Talk about Capitalism, Mental Health, Corporate Greed and More” – Peruvian Creator Oscar Osorio Gives Us the Lowdown on His Comics Work Ahead of His Thought Bubble 2024 AppearanceOctober 31, 2024