Thought Bubble Shares Dates for Milestone 20th Edition and Launches Patron Call-Out
It may feel like just five minutes since we were all sitting in the bar of the Old Swan in Harrogate chatting comics but it’s already time to start thinking…
mini kuš! #135: The Boy and the Worm – Heather Loase’s Meta Minicomic Shifts from Themes of Loneliness to Creative Block
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…
#Comics4Liam Invites Comics Creators from Around the US and the World to Create Art in Support of Liam Conejo Ramos and Families Impacted by ICE
I think we can agree this is something special that we can all get behind. Full details of Comix Action’s #Comics4Liam initative in the press release below… #Comics4Liam invites comics…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for February 2026 – Including First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth, Tortured Hearts #1, All the Living and More!
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…
The Woodchipper – Joe Ollmann’s Stories Look at Ordinary Lives and Everyday Struggles, with Empathy and Humour
An interesting assessment of Joe Ollmann’s work appears early on in his own introduction to this latest collection. It comes from the late American critic Tom Spurgeon who once reportedly…
Broken Frontier Andytorial for February 2026 – Hannah McCann Wins the First Graphic Novel Competition, Comics Events Coverage, and a Plea for More Understanding and Less Entitlement…
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…
The Smythes – A Truly Handsome Collection of Rea Irvin’s 1930s Domestic Comedy Strips from New York Review Comics
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…
The Tragedy of Morty, Prince of Denmarke – The Absurdity of Life Shown Through Steve Willis’s Adaptation of ‘Hamlet’, Published by Phoenix Productions
Steve Willis is a Washington state-based creator who has been self-publishing his own particular brand of strange and surreal comics out of the Pacific Northwest of the United States since…
For the Record: A Lifetime of Loving Music – David Robertson Guides Us through His Comics Playlist in this Nostalgic Short Strip Collection
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…
Hello Sunshine – Keezy Young’s Teen Drama Blends Queer Romance, Explorations of Schizoaffective Disorder, and Horror to Outstanding Effect
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…
Come Join the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE on Thurs, January 29th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with a little reminder of some…
Hotel Limbo: Book 1 – Writer Ben Harel Teams Up with 28 Artists as the Supernatural Webcomic Series Comes to Print from Top Shelf
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…
Helioscope Announces New Mentorship Program – Claire Scott and Emilie Kelly Are Their Current Mentees with Applications Opening for 2026 this Autumn
And another opportunity for aspiring creators to spotlight today at BF. Details of the mentoring initiative from Helioscope below. Helioscope Announces New Mentorship Program The interdisciplinary program pairs the next generation…
The Top Cow Talent Hunt 2026 is Open – Breakthrough Artists Sought to Work on ‘Witchblade’ and ‘The Darkness’
Another opportunity for emerging creators to spotlight here at BF. Details on the Top Cow Talent Hunt 2026 below… Top Cow Productions, Inc. Announces the Witchblade and The Darkness Top…
Laser Eye Surgery – Walker Tate Blurs the Boundaries of Reality in this Fantagraphics Underground Offering
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…
Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen – Kate Evans’s Portrait of Jane Austen Beyond the Literary Icon, from Verso Books
There are many names throughout literature that are known as ‘the greats’: Dickens, George Eliot, Mary Shelley, and countless others. And amongst them sits one of the most radical female…
The Lexicon of Comicana – Mort Walker’s Exploration of the Language of Comics Comes Back to Print Via New York Review Comics
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 Awards 2025: Announcing the Winners – Comics Centring on Gaza Win Nearly a Third of the Categories and London’s Cartoon Museum and Conundrum Press Enter Our Hall of Fame
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…
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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