“What if we met outside of time? Would we be friends? Or would we never understand each other? There is nothing left to see, but there is much left to…
Adapting Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s best-selling study Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States to a slimmer comics format while retaining its core essence is, of course, an achievement in itself. As…
Reading the sleekly illustrated mini kuš! #136 (‘Rain in Tears’) directly after its predecessor, #135’s loose and meandering ‘The Boy and the Worm’ only serves to underline just how much the…
At the heart of Kay Sohini’s This Beautiful, Ridiculous City is the idea of perception. As a graphic memoir it also fits into that strand of comics narrative we have…
Expecting the unexpected is, of course, a standard when reading one of kuš! comics’ mini kuš! offerings. Heather Loase’s ‘The Boy and the Worm’ in mini kuš! #135 is no…
A return in 2026 for BF’s Staff Picks feature where members of the team give a monthly overview of recommended new releases, designed to spotlight just a few key releases…
Welcome back to another beginning of the month look at our behind-the-scenes happenings at Broken Frontier. January shot by but, of course, our key posts this month where the results…
A winner in this year’s Broken Frontier Awards, in the category of Best Collection of Classic Material, The Smythes is a handsome oversized collection of Rea Irvin’s (the New Yorker’s…
Through his Fred Egg Comics micropublishing venture David Robertson has provided anthology platforms that spotlight other creators and embraced a lo-fi, grassroots style of self-publishing. In the latter case one…
Keezy Young’s win in the Best Artist category in the Broken Frontier Awards this year was all the more noteworthy for the incredibly strong shortlist of names nominated. Young’s first…
One final post for the week with the Friday afternoon news of Ben Harel’s Hotel Limbo, coming from Top Shelf in April… Top Shelf Checks In at Hotel Limbo for a Glimpse…
From New Yorker cartoonist Walker Tate, Laser Eye Surgery comes to its audience via the Fantagraphics Underground imprint. It represents Tate’s first full-length comics offering and centres on an unnamed…
The Lexicon of Comicana by cartoonist Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois) was something of a thematic forerunner of Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics. It represents Walker’s attempt to catalogue…
Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 22nd annual BF Awards, as voted for by you, our readers, and the BF team. Socio-political reportage, comics for the 7-14 years…
What perhaps sets Adieu Birkenau apart from some other graphic memoirs/biographies is the time-shifting commentary on events from its subject Ginette Kolinka. We observe Kolinka both as a young woman…
We have, admittedly, a little bit of catching up to do with our coverage of the Colossive Press series of Colossive Cartographies fold-out zines. So we are going to endeavour…
Once again at this point in the year I am going to repeat the sentiments of twelve months before. Every time we make our Broken Frontier Six to Watch announcement…
Collecting shortform comics stories together in one package provides an excellent means for self-published creators to showcase their storytelling abilities over multiple themes and approaches. In Lotus’ Dream artist Wilson…
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell and Yu-Ching ChiuJanuary 15, 2026
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
“I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!” – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Finding Home’December 3, 2025
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
