I can be short and sweet in this week’s ‘A View from the Frontier’ because the visual eloquence of what is to come below will speak to you all on…
Last week I had the pleasure of chairing a panel discussion at London’s Gosh! Comics focusing on the new graphic novel line from Unbound Books. It was an opportunity to…
This past week I had the privilege of stepping into the very big shoes of Steven Walsh of Gosh! Comics to chair one of the shop’s Process evenings – talks…
“I first went to The Cartoon Museum before I got into doing comics, whilst having a secret plan to give it a shot. That I’m now in an exhibition there…
“I’m always a bit suspicious when people say they are humbled to be part of something. It’s such a funny little onion of a word and such a grand sentiment. But…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Shoreditch, London 2050, and CCTV operator Ted Fairfield’s job as part of the agency that monitors the city is far from rewarding. His slapdash attitude to his employment is hardly…
I’m going to use this space this week for a brief Small Press Day-related call-out as the date for the big day gets ever nearer on July 8th. For the…
Since 2014 Dirty Rotten Comics have been bringing us some of the most exciting new voices in UK comics and putting them side-by-side with acclaimed and established artists while also…
Another month, another guest-artist filled D&D! The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is back this coming Tuesday May 23rd with another top trio of artistic talent in Korinna…
This is a book that has clearly been designed for a crossover audience and a project that recognises the value of comics as a communication tool that is succinct in presentation but…
“I’m incredibly honoured to be part of the exhibition and especially glad to have some of my conservation-themed work display. I hope Inking Women will showcase the rich diversity of women’s…
“When I was making my early work zines were probably more important to me than comics, and exposure to the politics, aesthetics and DIY ethos of zine-making had a huge…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
“Liz was one of the neighbours in our block of flats. She lived on the other side of the fifth floor. She had one eye. My mum somehow got the…
“To be included in this amazing collection of inking women, alongside talented contemporaries and those I’ve admired for years, does indeed mean a great deal to me in my tenth…
Welcome to the Broken Frontier Bulletin Board, our semi-regular round-up of comics-related events, panels, exhibitions, shows and fairs designed to give our readers inspiration for extra-curricular activities of a sequential…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
The upcoming tenth issue of Dirty Rotten Comics – one of Broken Frontier’s favourite small press offerings – promises to be something extra special as publishers Throwaway Press put together a…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
When I selected Charlo Frade’s Goatherded as one of our weekly Staff Picks here at Broken Frontier this week I remarked that if there was one thing of which you could…
“The Inking Woman is an excellent celebration of a diverse mix of talent. The comics world can often (perhaps not intentionally) sideline the female creatives. I feel it is important…
