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Mad Villain #2 – Nikesh Shukla and Camille Aubry’s Socially Relevant, Nazi-Punching Comic Continues to Make Pertinent Points

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 2, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Comics that reflect the disturbing times we live are not simply a desirable development. They’re a crucial one. Earlier this year at Broken Frontier I reviewed…

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Katzine: The Catch-Up Issue – After Nearly a Decade Katriona Chapman’s Much-Loved Slice-of-Life Series Returns for a Special Issue this Autumn

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 2, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Running from 2015 to 2017, Katriona Chapman’s Broken Frontier Award-winning series Katzine mixed autobiographical comic strips, illustration pieces and and regular features. It’s one of those…

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The Great Marc Evers: The True Story of a Champion Against All Odds – An Inspiring Account of the Dutch Paralympic Swimmer that Makes Able Use of the Language of Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 2, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! To start with the obvious observation readers will make about this graphic biography, The Great Marc Evers: The True Story of a Champion Against All Odds…

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Come Join the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Thought Bubble Special ONLINE on Thurs, November 5th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 2, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week with a Thought Bubble Special and we’re inviting you to join…

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Everybody’s Happy Nowadays Book One – Professor Raco’s Goth Girl Macabre Mystery Series, Published by Odyssey Comics, is a Great Character Study

  • by Gary Usher
  • October 30, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Professor Raco is the pseudonymous comic book writer and artist of Everybody’s Happy Nowadays, who in real life is a Mexican-American life drawing instructor, author, and…

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Sgadanach – Letty Wilson’s Fluid Artwork Brings this Tale of Scottish Folklore to Enchanting Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 29, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! While the text of Letty Wilson’s Sgadanach is presented in Scots and Scottish Gaelic (Gaidhlig), it’s a narrative designed to be entirely readable for those who…

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Star Chamber – The Illustrative Splendour of Joe Killick’s Fantasy One-Shot is Something to Behold

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 29, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! It takes a particular skill in presenting a narrative in comics without the props of dialogue and exposition. Pure visual storytelling relies on an able and…

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Deathmetal Chapter One – The Fantastical and the Urban Converge in the Opener of Nessie Mooo and Mouette’s Magical Girl Saga

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 28, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! When I spoke to small press creator Nessie Mooo here at Broken Frontier earlier this year about Deathmetal, their comics collaboration with Mouette, they said of…

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Uncle Zaxlor Sampler – Leo Healy and Torgo Wells Introduce New Readers to Their Robot Repair Duo 

  • by Gary Usher
  • October 28, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Self-promotion is essential in small press comics, it’s especially nice when creators come up with a clever idea, as well. The Uncle Zaxlor Sampler is a…

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Old Souls – Abi Watson Brings a Brave Queer Romance to the American Western

  • by Swati Nair
  • October 27, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! The American Western has long been a genre of outlaws, of people living beyond the confines of conventional society. It’s primarily centered around the typical cowboy,…

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Preview: Visiting America – Fantagraphics to Publish R. E. Burke’s Graphic Memoir Account of Being Unjustly Incarcerated by ICE and the Stories of the Detained Women She Met

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 27, 2026

It goes without saying that there’s a personal element to promoting this particular graphic memoir here at BF. Early last year our friend and former Broken Frontier teammate R. E….

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The Artist: The Portfolio Edition – Breakdown Press Present the Ultimate Compilation of Anna Haifisch’s Satirical Take on the Art World

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 27, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Laughing at the pretensions and idiosyncrasies of the art world – whether doing so with fond and gentle humour or scathingly acidic wit – is hardly…

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To Catch a Landed Gull – Noah Frear Takes Us into an Allegorical Dreamscape of the Symbolic and the Oddly Familiar

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 27, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Comics with an experimental edge are an integral part of our coverage here at Broken Frontier. We are the site that probably oversaturates our coverage with…

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John of the Night – Darryl Cunningham Goes Cosmic in a Wild Multiversal Adventure of Gods, Cults and Chaos

  • by Lydia Turner
  • October 26, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Long term lovers of graphic novels will likely be familiar with the name Darryl Cunningham. A staple graphic novel non-fiction author, Cunningham has an extensive and…

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“At the Base of Every Story I Tell is Some Aspect of Myself” – Michael Furler Talks Inspiration, Process, His ShortBox and Peow Work, and the Swiss Comics Scene

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 26, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! With a body of quirky but relatable work behind him from publishers like ShortBox and Peow, Swiss artist Michael Furler has already built a knowing following…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists goblintoad and Weijia Wu on Friday, October 30th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 26, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns at our regular venue of The Royal George on Friday, October 30th, 2026. And this time our artist line-up…

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P*nk Lab Grl! Book One – Shannon Spence’s Protagonist Takes on Big Pharma and End-Stage Capitalism in this Likeable Romp with Something Serious to Say

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 23, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! As we know Thought Bubble is an opportunity to discover voices entirely new to us but it also provides us with a chance to pick up…

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The Cartoon Museum and Illustrators’ Fair to Host a Special ‘Spooky Night’ Late Opening on October 30th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 23, 2026

Our friends over at London’s Cartoon Museum have something special planned for their late night opening this month with a dedicated Spooky Night! Full details of what to expect in…

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