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It's Bitter, Baby, and it's Very Sweet - Keezy Young's Twisting Horror Tale is a Multi-Layered Masterpiece of Short Storytelling – Broken Frontier
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (221+ words) Fleeing from their harassers, the pair hide in the basement of an old house but are followed in by Jason. What they discover there will shed light on the fate of a missing school friend, as the trio become unlikely…...
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Vol. 1 - Tardi's Stories of Supernatural Adventures in Belle Époque Paris is Every Bit the Classic You've Been Told it Is – Broken Frontier
1+ week, 5+ day ago (94+ words) Jacques Tardi (W/A), Kim Thompson (T), Cynthia Rose (I) • Fantagraphics Books, $29.99 Buy online from Gosh! Comics here Review by Andy Oliver Fantagraphics at 50 Month runs through August at Broken Frontier. You can see articles as they’re published in one tagged list here....
"Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls" - Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of 'On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides' – Broken Frontier
1+ week, 5+ day ago (586+ words) ANDY OLIVER: There’s something very existential about On Their Frontlines. A book not simply about the choices we make but the ones we don’t as well. In that regard how would you describe the kind of philosophical themes you were…...
"There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist" - Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in 'Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken' – Broken Frontier
1+ week, 5+ day ago (564+ words) ANDY OLIVER: You’re associated with a number of firsts in comics including Dynamite Damsels, the first continuing self-published comic by a woman, and Naughty Bits becoming the longest running alt comic from a woman cartoonist. What was your introduction to…...
"I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power" - Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel 'Heaven', the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative Ride – Broken Frontier
2+ week, 2+ day ago (605+ words) BROKEN FRONTIER: Heaven initially looks like it might be a story about a mysterious strip club, but as the story unfolds, it becomes much more interested in the women who work there. What drew you to a strip club as…...
Fungae - Wawszczyk and Leśniak's Fantagraphics Graphic Novel is Strange, Grotesque, Funny, Unsettling and Visually Spectacular – Broken Frontier
2+ week, 4+ day ago (109+ words) The minimal dialogue throughout not only gives the sparse speech more insightful meaning, but also allows these gorgeous backgrounds to truly shine. Silence becomes just as important as what the characters say. A look, a gesture or a tiny exchange…...
Precious Rubbish - Kayla E.'s Remarkable Graphic Memoir of Childhood Trauma Subverts and Repurposes the Form – Broken Frontier
2+ week, 5+ day ago (88+ words) Kayla E. (W/A) • Fantagraphics Books, $29.99 Buy online from Gosh! Comics here Review by Andy Oliver Fantagraphics at 50 Month runs through August at Broken Frontier. You can see articles as they’re published in one tagged list here. Andy Oliver is Broken Frontier’s…...
Exclusive Preview: On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides Vol. 1 - Check Out Pages from Marina Lisa Komiya's World War II Historical Drama Here at BF – Broken Frontier
2+ week, 5+ day ago (159+ words) FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! A couple of weeks ago at Broken Frontier our Swati Nair reviewed the first volume of Marina Lisa Komiya’s On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides describing it as “an impressive opening volume.” Today at BF…...
Heaven - Katie Skelly Wraps Mystery and Horror Up in a Stylish Coming-of-Age Story of Female Camaraderie – Broken Frontier
3+ week, 1+ day ago (691+ words) Lydia is an MA English Literature graduate, with a history in children’s book publishing, and is currently working in publishing. She specialises in feminism, and wrote her masters thesis on the representation of women in The Chronicles of Narnia series....
Exclusive Preview: Quacky - Jim Woodring Returns to His Signature Character Frank in the Style of the 1930s 'Big Little Books' – Broken Frontier
3+ week, 3+ day ago (98+ words) 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, Poochytown, And Now, Sir — Is THIS Your Missing Gonad?). Check out pages…...