Zul Fadhli Kamarrudin Named as Winner of the 2026 Top Cow Talent Hunt
We’re all about the emerging talent here at Broken Frontier so a quick follow-up to a story we ran earlier this year about the Top Cow Talent Hunt for 2026….
“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of Escapism
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! In our final interview and article for our Fanta month of 50th anniversary celebrations here at Broken Frontier we talk today with Yudori about her graphic novel series…
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Vol. 1 – Tardi’s Stories of Supernatural Adventures in Belle Époque Paris is Every Bit the Classic You’ve Been Told it Is
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! It’s been fifteen years since Fantagraphics first published a collection of the first four stories of Jacques Tardi’s adventuring anti-hero. To celebrate the character’s 50th anniversary (some…
“There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Fantagraphics describe Roberta Gregory’s Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken as collecting “one of the most influential, feminist comics series.” Presenting the character’s life for the…
“Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Marina Lisa Komiya’s On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides Vol. 1 has had a lot of attention already this month at Broken Frontier with…
Exclusive Preview: Sherlock Time – Fantagraphics Bring Alberto Breccia and Héctor Germán Oesterheld’s 1950s Argentinian Cross-Genre Strip to New Audiences
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Our final exclusive preview today for our August celebrations of Fantagraphics’ 50th birthday. Bringing both translated work and classic comics from yesteryear to new readerships are two…
Bimbo Agitprop – With its Unfiltered Honesty, Bleak Humour and Visceral Approach Raquelle Jac’s Graphic Memoir is an Outstanding Breakout Book
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! When I interviewed creator Raquelle Jac about Bimbo Agitprop earlier this month at Broken Frontier I described it as one of my books of the year. This…
Limit Break Comics ‘Bump in the Night’, an Eco-Horror Comic Anthology about Cryptids, Launches on Zoop
One of a small number of micropublishers in the UK and Ireland still putting out anthology titles with regularity, Limit Break Comics have announced the crowdfunding campaign for their latest…
London’s Queer Comic Fair inQ! Returns on September 26th-27th – Exhibitors Include Rein Lee, Dominique Duong, Abs Bailey, Shazleen Khan, Alex Taylor and Many More
London’s queer comic fair inQ! returns at the end of September with double the days and double the exhibitors. The firest edition of this in 2024 was an amazing day…
Exclusive Preview: The Mess – Noah Van Sciver’s Much Anticipated New Graphic Novel from Fantagraphics Mixes Family Drama and a Missing Picasso
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Heading into the weekend with our penultimate exclusive preview of our celebratory Fantagraphics month and this time it’s from The Mess, the much anticipated new graphic novel…
“I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power” – Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel ‘Heaven’, the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative Ride
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Katie Skelly’s Heaven focuses on the tantalising mystery of a strip club that seems to appear and disappear at will. As the story unfolds, its focus shifts…
Dark Horse to Publish ‘The King Goes West: The Complete Marvel Westerns by Jack Kirby’
Marvel continue to license out their classic back catalogue to other publishers like Dark Horse, Fantagraphics and Clover Press but it’s leading to some interesting approaches including the upcoming The…
Lost Marvels No. 4: The Gil Kane Rarities Vol. 1 – Take a Tour of Some of the More Obscure Corners of the Legendary Artist’s Bronze Age Marvel Work with Fantagraphics
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! The title Lost Marvels may be something of a misnomer (forgotten, obscure, rare… yes… lost? Not so much) but Fantagraphics’ reprint series of some of the hidden…
Exclusive Preview: Forming – Jesse Moynihan’s “Eon-Spanning, Psychedelic, Metaphysical, Mystical, and Epic Work of Modern Mythology and Comedy”
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! At the beginning of our celebration of 50 years of Fantagraphics at Broken Frontier this past month we interviewed Jesse Moynihan about his epic saga Forming. Jesse…
Fungae – Wawszczyk and Leśniak’s Fantagraphics Graphic Novel is Strange, Grotesque, Funny, Unsettling and Visually Spectacular
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! As part of our celebration of 50 years of Fantagraphics, we’re highlighting their most revolutionary, their most out there, their most individual graphic novels of the last…
Comics Cultural Impact Collective to Hold Online Scottish Comics Roundtable for Creators in September
One final Comics Cultural Impact Collective online roundtable meeting for the moment with a Scottish Comics Roundtable coming in September. There’s an incredible evolving small press and indie scene in…
Precious Rubbish – Kayla E.’s Remarkable Graphic Memoir of Childhood Trauma Subverts and Repurposes the Form
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Reading a book as raw and candid as Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish the reader can’t help but ask themself the question of whether this truly singular approach…
Exclusive Preview: On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides Vol. 1 – Check Out Pages from Marina Lisa Komiya’s World War II Historical Drama Here at BF
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! A couple of weeks ago at Broken Frontier our Swati Nair reviewed the first volume of Marina Lisa Komiya’s On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War…
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“After Reading… So Many Works… from Caribbean-British Writers and African Americans… I Wanted to Create that Space for Myself in Comics”- Lara Boyle Talks to Michael D. Kennedy on the Process Behind the Making of ‘Milk White Steed’September 30, 2026
“We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We Are Going to Make Glorious Comics About it! Get Used to It!” – The inQ! Team Are Back with the Second Edition of London’s Queer Comics FairSeptember 17, 2026- “Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
- “There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’August 31, 2026
- “Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’August 31, 2026