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A review by ashmeanything
Broken Frontier: Anthology by Rob Croonenboorghs, P.J. Holden, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Daniel Warren Johnson, Carla Berrocal, Yaroslav Astapeev, Justin Zimmerman, Karrie Fransman, Alison Sampson, Jamie Coe, Steve Orlando, Sean Wang, Scott Ferguson, Kurt Belcher, David Hine, Tyler Chin-Tanner, Salgood Sam, Facundo Percio, Ryan Kelly, Box Brown, Tom Raney, Greg Pak, Cullen Bunn, Toby Cypress, Jeff McComsey, Frederik Hautain, Edie Op, Phil Hester, Noel Tuazon, Mark Stafford, Steve Bryant, Mike Lawrence, A. David Lewis, Fred Van Lente, Nathan Fox, Ayşegül Sinav, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Marguerite Bennett, I.N.J. Culbard, Varga Tomi, Noah Van Sciver, Robert Sammelin
4.0
I love a graphic novel and I love short stories, but I somehow hadn't seen a book that combined the two. What a thoughtful and fun anthology! Variety in this collection was outstanding in every way - art style, story genre, theme, character demographics, etc. While it's always a big gamble to read a selection of different pieces (and of course, I didn't like every one of them), multiple new artists are now on my radar.
My favorite stories were Phantom Limb Ghost Puncher by Greg Pak, Tom Raney, Gina Going, & Simon Bowland, Stranger Than Fiction by Tyler Chin-Tanner, Aysegül Sinav, & Thomas Mauer, Dark, Dark World by Cullen Bunn, Nathan Fox, & Brad Simpson, No Regrets by Jamie Coe, It's About Time by Frederik Hautain, Facundo Percio, Paul Little, & Taylor Esposito, Quin Returns by David Hine & Mark Stafford, and Inside Outside by Karrie Fransman.
I forgot to note content warnings while reading, but I remember a little bit of many things: violence, war, guns, injury, mental health, surgery/illness, death, murder, neglect, and betrayal are all definites.
My favorite stories were Phantom Limb Ghost Puncher by Greg Pak, Tom Raney, Gina Going, & Simon Bowland, Stranger Than Fiction by Tyler Chin-Tanner, Aysegül Sinav, & Thomas Mauer, Dark, Dark World by Cullen Bunn, Nathan Fox, & Brad Simpson, No Regrets by Jamie Coe, It's About Time by Frederik Hautain, Facundo Percio, Paul Little, & Taylor Esposito, Quin Returns by David Hine & Mark Stafford, and Inside Outside by Karrie Fransman.
I forgot to note content warnings while reading, but I remember a little bit of many things: violence, war, guns, injury, mental health, surgery/illness, death, murder, neglect, and betrayal are all definites.