A young woman. A promise she made. And the journey she undertakes to honour it. That’s the simple premise of Chloe Starling’s The Promise, another of the self-published comics I…
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Beatrice Mossman’s The Lure of the Flesh brings together dark fantasy, allegorical storytelling and autobiographical elements in an enticingly unusual physical format. Freya is a young girl who has struggled…
As the comics events calendar winds to a close we’re preparing here at BF for our final tabling appearance of the year at the Catford Comic & Zine Fair at…
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In the few short years since we first covered Olivia Sullivan’s sequential art we’ve witnessed her practice evolve from her first tentative short stories in the pages of anthology Dirty Rotten…
It’s the Catford Comic and Zine Fair this Sunday December 9th at the Blythe Hill Tavern, brought to us by that fine father and son small press duo Henry and…
It’s been a while since we ran one of our ‘BF Bulletin Board’ pieces but with so much comics-related fun happening in London this weekend it seems almost criminal not…
“It Started with a Compulsion to Draw a Room with Giant Eyeballs in Curtains” – John Chalmers and Sandra Marrs (Metaphrog) on Bringing the Weird and Wonderful World of ‘Wilomina’ to LifeNovember 10, 2026
“Comics Gradually Became a Way for Me to Bring Together Everything I Enjoyed” – Abu Amaan Pal on His Autobiographical Comic ‘Ranna Banna!’, Comics Community, and the ‘Indians for Palestine’ AnthologyNovember 9, 2026
“Mugshot Has Been in My Brain for About 6 Years” – Rachael Smith on Her New Webcomic, the ‘Nap Comix: First Steps’ Kickstarter and Upcoming ProjectsNovember 9, 2026
“I Want to Build a Feeling of Curiosity and Wonder about the World” – Skai Campbell, AKA Skhoshbell, on Exploring Environmental Themes in Comics, Navigating the Small Press Scene, and the Allure of HedgehogsNovember 5, 2026
“At the Base of Every Story I Tell is Some Aspect of Myself” – Michael Furler Talks Inspiration, Process, His ShortBox and Peow Work, and the Swiss Comics SceneOctober 26, 2026
