What’s Happening for Small Press Day 2026? – Check Out Events Around the UK and Ireland this Saturday
You’d have to be very new to the scene not to be aware that this Saturday July 25th is Small Press Day across the UK and Ireland and there’s a…
Blackheath Folk: Local History and Folklore – Delightful Anthology Zine Brings Together Tales of Highwaymen, Spooky Funfairs and Spring-Heeled Jack Via the Oxfam Blackheath Team
Blackheath Folk: Local History and Folklore is the kind of zine project that really sums up the spirit of Small Press Day. It’s been put together by the volunteer staff…
Hants Comics Club Anthology 01: Travel – A Community Effort for Small Press Day Featuring Tim Bird, Julian Payne, Ellie May and More
To see new regional community hubs forming in the UK comics scene is always reassuring. Such networks organically foster a sense of mutual support and collaboration after all. Great oaks…
“Without ‘A1’ and ‘Deadline’, We Might Be in an Entirely Different Place in Comics” – Alison Sampson, Dave Elliott, Fred Van Lente and Cathy Kwan on the Return of Two Legendary Publications in ‘A1 Deadline’
Bringing together two legendary comics titles from the late 20th century in one package, A1 Deadline is an anthology that both builds on the past and looks to the future….
Preview: Skrawl #3 – The SkrawlLordz Return with a New Anthology Featuring Contributions from Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Creators Olivia Sullivan and Dominica Claribelle
Always happy to give a boost to anthology projects featuring cool creative line-ups. Even happier when those contributors include Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists. More details on the crowdfunding…
Buuza!! Vol. 1: Good Morning, Salwa – Shazleen Khan’s Queer POC, Low Fantasy Epic Gets a Deserved Collection from Abrams
It is not uncommon for us here at Broken Frontier to revisit self-published projects when they are picked up by publishers to provide commentary that both repurposes previous reviews and…
Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Creator Mereida Fajardo Nominated for a Harvey Award for ‘The Keluarga Cable Ship Company’
We’re a little late reporting on this (post-ARC Festival updating hangover) but congratulations to our 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Mereida Fajardo for her Harvey Award nomination for…
Medium – Rae Whitlock Examines the Intersection of Reality and the Supernatural, from Comics Blogger Books
Rae Whitlock is a multidisciplinary creator from Richmond, Virginia. She earned a MFA in Performance Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Some of her previous self-published…
Pomegranate Flowers – Silvia Razakova Walks the Reader through the Fallout of Exile, Wielding the Dynamics of Memory
Pomegranate Flowers runs on the trigger association between memories. I re-read this piece many times and slowly, I could start to connect one moment’s meaning to another, even if they…
Declaration/Emancipation Illustrated – R. Sikoryak’s Version of the United States’ Founding Document for D+Q is Informative, Subversive, and Timelier than Ever
Sometime towards the end of 1969, an American musical group called The 5th Dimension recorded the opening of the Declaration of Independence for a song they performed on national television….
Looking Back at ARC Festival 2026 – A Truly Triumphant Celebration of Contemporary Comics in South East London
ARC FESTIVAL 2026! So… we all know the drill here. UK comics has very little in the way of infrastructure. It relies on volunteers, activists and those willing to give…
Come Join the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Small Press Day Special ONLINE on Thurs, July 16th – 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 for a pre-Small Press Day Special and we’re inviting you to join in the fun…
Utility #1 – Ben Wheatley and Joe Currie’s Story Will Appeal to Both People Who Love and People Who Loathe Super-Hero Comics
ARC FESTIVAL 2026! Finding a new angle on such a played-out genre as super-heroes is not an impossible one but it’s not an easy one either. While the Big Two…
The Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Are Going to ARC! – Where to Catch Our Mentored Artists at the Festival this Weekend
ARC FESTIVAL 2026! As you will have been reading for the last two weeks here at BF the ARC Festival of contemporary comics hits London this weekend and there’s plenty…
Limbo – Themes of Colonialism and Folklore Converge in Ferry Gouw’s Atmospheric Story from Breakdown Press
ARC FESTIVAL 2026! “I think Limbo is probably the best work I’ve ever done in any medium.” When a creator makes a statement like that in an interview it’s obviously something…
Pricks #5 – Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan Continue to Expose the Worst Corners of Society in the Small Press Scene’s Finest Satirical Series
ARC FESTIVAL 2026! New issues of Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan’s Pricks have been one of the highlights of the debut releases at Thought Bubble over the last few years….
Caribou #1-3 – Francis Todd’s Experimental Anthology Series Has an Unforgettably Nightmarish Quality
ARC FESTIVAL 2026! When we announced this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ back in January I spoke in more depth about why alt-style comics artist Francis Todd had been…
Judge Dredd to Meet the Biker Mice from Mars in a Rebellion and Oni Press Crossover
Judge Dredd and the Biker Mice from Mars? Not a crossover you might have expected but it is coming! Details in the press release below… YOU CAN’T OUTRACE THE LAW!…
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“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
“I Felt an Instant Connection with Bernie” – Joe D’Esposito on His Krigstein Graphic Biography ‘The Outsider’ and His Affinity with the Legendary EC Comics ArtistAugust 7, 2026
“The Creative Process is Always to Mine for Something Vibrant Inside of Me” – Jesse Moynihan on His Epic Saga ‘Forming’ and Working on One Continuous Narrative for a Decade and a HalfAugust 4, 2026- “Without ‘A1’ and ‘Deadline’, We Might Be in an Entirely Different Place in Comics” – Alison Sampson, Dave Elliott, Fred Van Lente and Cathy Kwan on the Return of Two Legendary Publications in ‘A1 Deadline’July 21, 2026
“I Want to Enjoy the Process without the Pressure of Pleasing Other People” – Henry McCausland on ‘Eight-Lane Runaways’, ‘River Rangers’ and Comics as a Physical ExperienceJuly 7, 2026