Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!
Since way back in 2012 we have been running this annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ round-up at Broken Frontier, choosing a handful of comics we…
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Mother – The Oozing Body Horror of Abs Bailey’s Graphic Novel is a Sight to Behold
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Originally presented in digital format as part of the LDComics Fair this past Summer, Abs Bailey’s Mother will be available in print at this year’s Thought…
Boxes #3 – Abs Bailey, KitsuneArt, Millie Strachan and Elliot Hanks Join the Line-Up for the Third Issue of ThirdBear Press’s Anthology Series
Here we are with just a week and a few days from the end of the Kickstarter for ThirdBear Press’s fourth issue of acclaimed comics anthology Boxes and the realisation…
“There is Such a Rich History of Queer Liberation in Comics” – Looking Back on PrideCAF 2024 and Chatting with the Team Behind Bristol’s Much Loved LGBTQIA Comics Festival
Since its inception in 2021, Pride Comic Art Festival, affectionately known as PrideCAF has come back each year, bigger and better than ever. Every year, the festival occurs at The…
Currently Crowdfunding on Kickstarter the Comics and Illustration Anthology ‘Bosh Zine’ Features Work from BF ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Abs Bailey
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! We need more small press comics anthologies in the UK. I have been saying this for a few years now at Broken…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, November 26th for an Avery Hill Publishing Special Featuring Owen D. Pomery, Abs Bailey and Claire Scully
Our long-running, fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday November 26th with an Avery Hill Publishing Special! As usual we start at 7.30pm UK…
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Zebedee and the Valentines – Abs Bailey’s Intense, Rewarding and Occasionally Trippy Character Study is a Confident and Affecting Debut Graphic Novel
Zebedee and the Valentines is not the first time 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Abs Bailey has been published by Avery Hill. Two years ago, in the Comic…
Follow Friday: Abs Bailey – “Bailey’s Pages Toy with Traditional Panel-to-Panel Sequential Storytelling with a Self-Aware Sense of Fun”
Continuing our new feature for Fridays today at Broken Frontier! At the end of each week in Follow Friday we run an extensive spotlight profile on an artist we believe deserves…
Preview: Zebedee and the Valentines – Watch a Video Trailer of Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Abs Bailey’s New Graphic Novel from Avery Hill Publishing Here
Abs Bailey is one of a number of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists over the years to join the Avery Hill Publishing line-up (alongside such talents as Ellice…
Avery Hill Publishing Announce 2020 Publishing List – Includes Books from Owen D. Pomery, Charlot Kristensen, Zoe Thorogood, Patrick Wray, Katriona Chapman and 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Abs Bailey
Multiple Broken Frontier Award-winning publisher Avery Hill have provided us with details of their 2020 publishing schedule and, as you can imagine, it’s a genuinely exciting line-up. Of course, from…
Inside Look: Swim – Abs Bailey Talks Creative Process and Working in Multiple Media on Her Slice-of-Life One-Shot
Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis, process and…
“I Find it Really Satisfying to Have a Medium that’s so Visual and Accessible” – ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Barbawk on Making Her Way into the UK Small Press Comics Scene
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Abs Bailey, aka Barbawk, is one of this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ and also a contributor to Comic Book Slumber Party’s anarchic fantasy…
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