Decadence Comics – Decaying Forms and Abstract Comics
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! A drawing of a person is not a person. It might be recognisable as a representation of a person, but the complex systems of tissue and bone and…
Section: Features
Articles and interviews on all things comics-related.
ELCAF Artist-in-Residence Charlotte Dumortier Brings Something Old and Something New to the Festival
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! If you’ve admired the lovely poster and visual identity of this year’s ELCAF (and it’s certainly been hard to avoid it around here over the past couple of…
“That’s the Thing I Love about Comics: the Multitude of Possibilities of Approaches and Processes and Results” – Talking with João Sobral about Scottish Micropublisher O Panda Gordo
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! João Sobral established O Panda Gordo in 2011 in his native Portugal, before upping sticks and moving over to Glasgow in 2014. It’s here that the nascent publisher/distributor…
“I Was Scared Out of My Wits. But I Gradually Became Obsessed” – Henry and Stan Miller Talk About The Fall, Plasticine and Their New Comics
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Having made their ELCAF debut last year, South London-based Henry Miller and his son Stanley – the organisers and charming hosts of last year’s supremely convivial Catford Comic and Zine…
“Books that We Want to Read, but also Books that We Feel Other People Wouldn’t Publish” – Olle Forsslöf and Patrick Crotty on the Peow Studio Philosophy
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! The last time we spoke with Swedish micropublishing dynamos Peow Studio, they were coming off a hot streak of Ignatz nominations and a blockbuster Kickstarter campaign that funded…
“We Believe in Cultivating a Space where We Can Make Honest Work Without Pressure” – Gitanjali Iyer on the Values and Goals of the Sesame Drawing Club
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! As part of our very special ELCAF Fortnight interview series, we caught up with Gitanjali Iyer, who makes up one sixth of Sesame Drawing Club. A collective of diverse, female visual artists…
Oh No My Meta Irony Has Become So Popular No-one Knows what Reality is Anymore – Webcomic Name’s Alex Norris on His Overlapping Comic Practice, the Links Between Joy and Sadness and what the “Oh No” Voice Sounds Like
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Alex Norris, aka Dorris McComics of Webcomic Name fame, approached the trend of relatable comics with a format that works through any number of layers of irony (including none) and…
Relatable Stories Told with Wit, Whimsy and a Touch of Animal Magic – Rebecca K. Jones on Her Laydeez do Comics Prize-Nominated ‘Boomerang’ and the Struggles of Being Catless and Creative
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Rebecca K. Jones is a London-based illustrator and comic artist, recently shortlisted for the Laydeez do Comics prize for her graphic novel project Boomerang. Her work addresses contemporary social…
“My Nomadic Lifestyle Indirectly Encouraged Me to Adopt a Minimalist Mindset” – Araki Koman on Her Illustration, Influences and Aesthetic
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! With her distinctive style of minimalist line drawing, which frequently champions diverse female cultures from around the world, Araki Koman has exhibited her art in New York and…
“It’s Going to Be My Best Book Yet” – Rachael Smith Talks about Crowdfunding Contemporary Fantasy ‘Isabella & Blodwen’ Via Unbound Books
The prolific Rachael Smith is not an artist to rest on her laurels. After last year’s massively lauded Wired Up Wrong – her collection of autobiographical strips on living with…
“We Each Have Some Personalized Version of Who Superman is and What He Represents” – Comics Scholar A. David Lewis on 80 Years of the Cultural and Social Relevance of the Man of Steel
Catapulted away from his dying home planet. Hailed as the savior of his new world. Bearer of a red cape everyone instantly recognizes. And forever fighting for ‘Truth, Justic and…
From ‘Punk Rock Jesus’ to ‘Joe the Barbarian’ – Exploring Sean Murphy’s Artistic Process in His Own Words
Today at BF we’re presenting an unseen interview with creator Sean Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus, Hellblazer, The Wake) conducted by guest contributor Zoran Djukanovic. While the content is less recent the…
Funhouse: An Interactive Bookfair – Performance and Collaboration Are the Key Ingredients at a Truly Unique New York Small Press Experience
Last weekend attendees of Funhouse: An Interactive Bookfair were able to experience a comics festival unlike any other. The past few years have given rise to a host of new…
Laydeez do Comics Festival 2018 – Emma Burleigh Wins the First Laydeez Prize on an Inspiring Day of Comics Community and Celebration in London
For several years now the Laydeez do Comics group have provided a vital supportive platform for new voices in comics through their popular monthly meet-ups. A combination of creator presentations…
Page to Stage – Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki’s Astro Boy-Influenced Manga ‘Pluto’ at the Barbican
Everyone appears to have accepted cinematic adaptations of comic books as totally natural, but the theatre is another matter. There are the odd examples of blockbuster stage translations of comics…
“I Hope It’ll Open up the Conversation around Mental Health and Help to Diminish the Stigma” – Lucy Sullivan Talks about Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Barking’ and the Power of Graphic Medicine
Over the last year or so, we’ve been following a number of crowdfunding campaigns here at Broken Frontier for the Unbound Books line of graphic novels – beginning with an…
“I Realised at Once that this Was Something Special” – Legendary Artist John Stokes Talks About Classic British Comic Strip ‘Marney the Fox’, Working with Rebellion and His 50-Plus Years in Comics
BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST COLLECTION OF CLASSIC MATERIAL WINNER! Having gained the rights to a host of Brit weekly comics of yesteryear, 2017 saw 2000 AD publisher Rebellion release a…
All is Not Well – Jonathan Clode Talks Graphic Medicine and Comics Exploring Caregiving
Founded by comics writer and former care manager Jonathan Clode, in conjunction with Cardiff University and with funding from ESRC Impact Acceleration, All Is Not Well (AINW) is a new online space for independent…
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