Bite-sized chunks on what’s going on in the comics industry and beyond.
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Our month of Fanta-stic (see what we did there?) anniversary coverage continues today with another exclusive to Broken Frontier preview. Take a look at interiors from Leah…
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week with a Summer Special edition and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with…
Perhaps it may seem a little strange for me to be writing some form of report on a two-day programming-driven festival that I was only at for day one. But…
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! The added advantage of being able to run exclusive previews, beyond sharing them with potential new audience,s is that we get to pencil projects into the “must-buy”…
Affordability equals accessibility. Excellent news today from the direction of Rebellion about Judge Dredd: Compact Crimes, a new series of reprint volumes at a very sweet price point. Judge Dredd:…
While Rebellion has been hugely active in recent years bringing vintage comics back to print via its Treasury of British Comics line similar projects from DC Thomson have been much…
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Spanish cartoonist Paco Roca (The House, The Lighthouse) is a true master of the form, and a Broken Frontier Award-winning creator back in 2019. Coming later this year…
So… it’s Caption Festival (or Pirate Caption to give it its official theme) in Oxford this coming weekend and if you love small press comics and community programming this is…
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! We like putting on event coverage here at Broken Frontier Towers and it’s become something of a staple of our output over the years. And you, our…
In the style of their The Corbyn Comic Book from a few years back (reviewed here at Broken Frontier) UK publisher SelfMadeHero have today announced The Count Binface Comic Book…
Ahead of the upcoming Small Press Vs. AI panel at Caption the festival’s Event Manager Amy Letts has written the following piece on the aims of the panel and the…
Well this is huge from Thought Bubble for its 20th edition. Alice Oseman of Heartstopper fame has been announced as the headline guest for 2026. Heartstopper fans can read our…
With no less than twenty events taking place in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and even the US, this year’s Small Press Day built on the foundations of last year’s reinvigorated…
Lots of reasons that this SDCC announcement is notable, not the least of which is that it means we get Tango art on a new series. Full details on Mad…
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…
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns at our regular venue of The Royal George on Friday, July 31st, 2026. And this time our artist line-up…
This sounds rather cool doesn’t it? Check out the full details of this August’s Sputnik Festival in the press release below. SPUTNIK FESTIVAL 12th ED. — PRACTICES OF TERRESTRIAL RESTANZA…
With the Archie line about to experience a major new relaunch via Oni Press the previews are beginning to work their way to us. Check out a preview of Horvath…
“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
“I Have a Vague Endpoint in Mind” – Linnea Sterte on the Epic ‘A Garden of Spheres’, Inspirations, and the Appeal of AmphibiansJuly 3, 2026
