Kevin pointed out to me last week that the comic news site Broken Frontier hasn’t been updated since Valentine’s Day. I checked in a few times over the weekend while collecting info and links on the New York Comic-Con, wondering if maybe it would be updated with con news.
The forums seem to be working, although Eric Reynolds with Fantagraphics posted a message about trouble emailing the site:
Been trying to respond to an email that Beth sent me last week but for some reason any emails I try to send to broken frontier bounce back to me.
Can one of you contact me by phone or via a non-broken frontier email address?
Beth Davies-Stofka responded, but didn’t elaborate on any trouble the site might be having. It wasn’t that long ago that the site was acquired by Platinum Studios, with the hope of increased financial backing and expanded coverage of European comics and webcomics.
February 26th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
I asked the guys at the Platinum offices about this, and received the following message, which I understand Frederik’s going to be posting in various places soon, if he hasn’t already:
“Our regular visitors will surely have noted the lack of updates recently on Broken Frontier. Rest assured, there’s no reason for concern and the explanation is pretty simple…
On Thursday, February 15, a server switch was initiated to put everything in place for our site expansion. Initially, this resulted in some downtime, a problem that was resolved fairly quickly and the main site and forums were put back online shortly afterward.
Still, a few technical issues with our site’s admin panel had to be ironed out before any new content could be posted. Most of these tech issues have been resolved, and the final bump in the road - restoring our email server - will be fixed today.
To make matters worse, last Wednesday, February 20, I got hit with a severe bout of the flu, so bad even that my doctor didn’t clear me to fly out to NY for this past weekend’s New York Comic-Con. That, along with the site’s technical problems, trashed our plans to get some convention coverage on the site.
Anyway, we’re getting back in the game full force this week. In the meantime, if anyone has any questions, feel free to contact me at snapshot5@hotmail.com.
Thanks for sticking with us,
Frederik Hautain
Editor In Chief
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Andrew