Broken Frontier is a web-magazine

Online magazine

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 which publishes news

News

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, interview

Interview

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s, and essay

Essay

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s about the American comic book

American comic book

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 industry. It was founded by Editor-in-Chief Frederik Hautain in 2002.

Overview

Since its inception, Broken Frontier has aimed to cover every part of the comic book industry, as evidenced by the site's slogan: “Exploring the Comics Universe.” Broken Frontier places genre comics and publications by independent

Alternative comics

Alternative comics defines a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alternative to "mainstream" superhero comics which in the past have dominated the US comic book industry...

 companies and self-publishers on equal footing with the mainstream publishers and the dominant superhero

Superhero

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 genre.

Next to focusing on print publications, the site also covers digital comics

Digital comics

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, comic book adaptations in film and television, and other aspects of popular culture

Popular culture

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Coverage on the aforementioned topics is offered in various formats: headline news, previews, interviews, articles, reviews, columns, and blogging. Comics creators that have written columns for Broken Frontier include Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane

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, G. Willow Wilson

G. Willow Wilson

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, Cullen Bunn, Greg Pak

Greg Pak

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, and Tyler Chin-Tanner.

Acquisition by Platinum Studios

In 2006, Broken Frontier was purchased by the multimedia entertainment company and comics publisher Platinum Studios

Platinum Studios

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 as part of an initiative to increase Platinum's Web presence. Broken Frontier was a fully owned subsidiary of Platinum at this time, but was given the autonomy to continue operating as before. However, in July 2007, Platinum terminated its association with Broken Frontier, leaving the site independently owned once again.

The Frontiersman: Digital Comics Magazine

In 2010, Broken Frontier launched The Frontiersman, the world’s first digital comic book magazine for mobile devices. Initially, the magazine was available on iPad

IPad

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 only, but now is available on tablets using Android, and in PDF form.

The Frontiersman acts as a companion to the Broken Frontier website. It features in-depth interviews and articles, exclusive previews of upcoming comics, and guest features by a wide group of comics talent. New issues of the magazine are released bi-weekly on Tuesdays.