Bite-sized chunks on what’s going on in the comics industry and beyond.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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!…
ARC FESTIVAL 2026! The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns at our regular venue of The Royal George on Friday, July 10th, 2026. And this time…
So… the very briefest of Andytorials this month because we are soooooooo busy at Broken Frontier Towers right now. Events on the site and events off the site have precedence….
LICAF have announced a major new initiative for the festival this year. Full details below on ‘Belgian Comics Now’. Best of Belgian Talent comes to the Lake District to celebrate…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! As we wind up Pride Month 2026 at Broken Frontier just a little reminder that you can read all our coverage for this annual BF event in…
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…
Ready for Halloween a new Scream! Special is coming from Rebellion… The Scream Halloween Special 2026 Brings Vengeful Violence This October! October 2026 will see the return of the Eisner-Nominated…
Last year the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw – an event that has been running in multiple versions online and in-person since the summer of 2015 –…
Lots of information in the press release below… {hr] South London Comic and Zine Fair Returns for its 5th year Showcasing some of the finest established and fresh talent in…
We’re always here to give a community shout-out for indie comics at BF. So please do share this call for help with organising the Selkie Awards for Scottish comics and…
“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
“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 RideAugust 27, 2026
“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
