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We supplemented our annual Broken Frontier tradition of rounding up just ten UK small press comics representing the diversity of approach in self-published comics practice this year with an additional…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
In last year’s Broken Frontier Awards Debbie Fong’s short comic Greenhouse won the ‘Best One-Shot’ category for a story that I described as a subtle yet uncompromising account of mental…
From R.L. Stine, the author behind the phenomenon that is children’s horror book series Goosebumps, comes this series of eerily creepy tales for younger readers that promises to take them…
We’re turning off the lights at Broken Frontier Towers now, hopping on Bertie the BrokenFrontierasaurus and making our way to the office seasonal party. So it’s time for a little…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
A bit of fun today as we head towards the end of the year and the end of the decade (and yes, technically, I know that’s actually really a year…
After the recent announcement from Rebellion about next year’s Best of 2000 AD series comes news of a Free Comic Book Day tie-in special. The full press release and cover…
Surely now one of the most eagerly anticipated comics debuts of 2020 (just check out those pull quotes below!) Dark Horse Comics have released details this week of the mysterious…
Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 16th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our team has selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…
“With a mischievous hint of the meta this opening instalment underlines Folklords’ claim on the title of the Next Big Thing in serial comics.” That’s what we said about the first…
Next year sees a new category in the Comedy Women in Print Prize – founded by comedian, actor and novelist Helen Lederer (Absolutely Fabulous, Naked Video, Losing It) – as…
To present an account of British working class history from the 14th century to the present day in around 125 pages and keep it both succinct and accessible, without drifting…
New Michael Allred creations are always cause for excitement and Dark Horse have announced a new “Madmaniverse” title this week, debuting next March. The full press release on X-Ray Robot…
A few years back Paco Roca’s graphic novel Wrinkles was understandably acclaimed for its bittersweet portrayal of later life. It would go on to become an animated film, with voice…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Olivia Sualdea has always shown an acute understanding of how to utilise potent visual metaphor to convey emotional state through the delicate control of panel-to-panel flow in her pages. That…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
In a Stathis Tsemberlidis comic, narrative is almost secondary to the pure immersive visual experience the reader finds themselves engulfed by. Hisashi, his latest offering under the Decadence banner, is…
It’s been a few years now since I first met Camille Aubry as one of the artists I saw for portfolio reviews as part of ELCAF’s festival Springboard Meetings in…
Work that utilises a cross media approach always intrigues us here at Broken Frontier. Chris Callahan’s The Misplaced from Source Point Press combines photo collage, digital presentation, 3D modelling and…
Tillie Walden’s ability to root the profoundly human in the dreamily fantastical and make it seem all the more recognisable and universal for those extravagant visual trappings has become one…
