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First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth – Angélique Roché, Alvin Epps, Bex Glendining and Millicent Monroe Bring the Inspiring Story of a Remarkable Woman to the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 19, 2026

As a graphic biography First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth could not be more relevant in 2026. Sadly, its celebratory tone is, to a degree, contrasted by…

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Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide for Graphic Narrative – A Thorough and Absorbing Guide to Graphic Journalism by Eleri Harris and Shay Mirk

  • by Edward Picot
  • June 19, 2026

Eleri Harris and Shay Mirk are “award–winning graphic journalists and long-time editors of the critically acclaimed graphic journalism site, The Nib”, and Making Nonfiction Comics is described in the blurb…

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Charity & Sylvia – Tillie Walden Uses a Profound Record of Same-Sex Love to Paint a Broader Picture of 19th Century America

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • June 17, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! A little over a decade ago, the American Canadian historian Rachel Hope Cleves published a book titled Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America. It…

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I Didn’t Ask for This — Influencer Culture Criticized in Jennie Wood, Josh Cornillon and Maverick’s Young Adult Graphic Novel

  • by Harish P. I
  • June 15, 2026

One of the biggest revolutions that social media brought into the world is the culture of influencers. Product marketing and endorsement, dominated by celebrities and professional models, became democratized. The…

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Princess Pete – The Non-Binary Experience from a Child’s Eye Perspective in Zoey Allen and Frenci Sanna’s Delightful Children’s Book

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 11, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! Giving space to relevant illustrated children’s books always seems vitally important as part of our annual Pride Month celebrations here at Broken Frontier. Especially at a time…

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Leo Rising – Archie Bongiovanni’s Graphic Novel is a Considered Character Study About Navigating Queer Spaces

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 10, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! Something I wanted us to be more aware of this year when planning our annual Pride Month coverage at Broken Frontier was to be mindful of the…

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Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 – Queer Characters from Across the Franchise Get Spotlight Moments in this Anthology of Hope and Heart

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 8, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! Pride Month often sees us branching out a little in terms of our coverage boundaries. For other outlets “branching out” might mean expanding into experimental or indie…

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Dogs on Dates – Luke Healy’s Graphic Novel is a Charming, Funny Reminder About What Successful Relationships Are Built Upon

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • June 5, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! One of the hardest things to capture, in prose or visual art, is that heady feeling of falling in love with someone. This isn’t simply because that…

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Jacob’s Transition Goals – Arthur Webber and Ang Hui Qing’s Inspirational and Inclusive Sporting Story is a Beacon of Hope for Trans Kids

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 3, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! Over the years we have covered a lot of work in the areas of graphic medicine and social commentary from the direction of Jessica Kingsley Publishers and…

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Ghost Trains: Quotes from Partition – Bhavani Bala Illustrates First Hand Testimony of the Displacement and Trauma Resulting from the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 2, 2026

Recently at Broken Frontier we chatted with the Kutty Press team of Bhavani Bala and Deepesh Sangtani about their minicomics and zines; work that is “rooted in South Asian identity…

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Totally – Laura Zajacz’s Queer Slice-of-Life Story is a Highly Impressive Print Comic Debut

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 1, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! If there’s one thing that seems even more important than celebrating queer voices during our Pride Month coverage at BF it’s celebrating new  queer voices (to us…

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I, René Tardi, P.O.W. Vol. 1-3 – Jacques Tardi Chronicles Memory and Survival After World War II

  • by Swati Nair
  • May 28, 2026

How do you tell a story that has already been told many times? How do you tell a story that at times seems stuck in time because the past, present,…

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Noble Head Funnies – Edward Bolman’s Whimsical Series is Collected by Phoenix Productions

  • by Gary Usher
  • May 27, 2026

Edward Bolman has been self-publishing his own unique brand of droll nonsense since the Seventies. Aside from Tim Corrigan’s C&T Graphics publishing Bolman’s three issue solo series, The Bathing Machine,…

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The End of the Arab of the Future: A Youth in the Middle East Vol. 1 – Riad Sattouf’s Graphic Memoir Exploration of Clashing Cultures Continues

  • by Lara Boyle
  • May 26, 2026

The End of the Arab of the Future: A Youth in the Middle East Vol. 1 features 14-year-old Riad, an aspiring artist and a self-proclaimed loser, whose seemingly ordinary life…

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News from the Fallout TPB – A Nervy, Visually Arresting Zombie Tale from Chris Condon and Jeffrey Alan Love

  • by Edward Picot
  • May 22, 2026

1962. An atomic bomb test is taking place in Nevada. The general in charge has commanded that the site of the explosion should be shifted, so that all the troops…

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Meep, Logging Off_ – Bhavani Bala’s Foldout Minicomic Centres Themes of Mental Health through Cosmic Metaphor

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 21, 2026

One of the greatest joys in considering self-published comics work in print is the opportunities it affords for unfiltered experimentation with the form’s possibilities. To see something like Bhavani Bala’s…

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Artichoke Knight – Alex Newton’s Culinary Fantasy is a Real Treat

  • by Lydia Turner
  • May 20, 2026

Picture the scene: a small costal town at the end of the world. Not much happens here. In fact, it’s pretty mundane. Which is why residents look forward to the…

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The Book of Murmurs – Candice Purwin’s Graphic Novel is a Knock-Out Fantasy Epic You Won’t Want to Miss

  • by Lara Boyle
  • May 14, 2026

As a child, I devoured books about heroes who went on great adventures. I was the weird kid who spent more lunches than I cared to admit in the library,…

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