‘Once there was magic in Britain. There were dragons and wizards and green knights and kings who pulled swords out of stones. But now, the doors to the Otherworld have…
BRITISH COMICS NOW! As mentioned at Broken Frontier earlier this year six British/UK-based comic creators will be attending this year’s Toronto Comic Art Festival (TCAF) as part of the British…
As a general rule we don’t encourage copying large swathes of text directly from the publicity of work we review at BF. But in the case of Isabel Greenberg’s The…
SLCZF 2023! It’s hard to believe that it has been three years since we last reviewed a book by Isabel Greenberg (Glass Town, her part speculative biography/part metafictional meditation on…
Isabel Greenberg’s previous books from Jonathan Cape – The Encyclopedia of Early Earth and The One Hundred Nights of Hero – adapted and re-imagined myth and legend to create a…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
When it comes to inspiring an interest in the ancient world in younger readers, sisters Imogen and Isabel Greenberg have a proven track record in this area with books like…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital…
Back in 2013 Isabel Greenberg was the winner of the Breakout Talent category in our annual Broken Frontier Awards for her much lauded debut graphic novel The Encyclopedia of Early…
This is a book that has clearly been designed for a crossover audience and a project that recognises the value of comics as a communication tool that is succinct in presentation but…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
Thought Bubble may be over but the comics and socialising continues in London tonight with a post-TB Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw featuring Emma Rios and Isabel…
If last week’s first impressive list of 2015 books coming from Avery Hill Publishing wasn’t enough for you then the micropublisher have followed up with a second announcement of projects…
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Over the last few years Isabel Greenberg has carved something of a niche out for herself with work that puts her own distinctive spin on the worlds of myth, legend…
After last year’s extravaganza, it’s nice to see that the Edinburgh International Book Festival hasn’t forgotten about comics this year. The ‘Stripped 2014’ strand is there “to celebrate this brilliant…
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Billing itself as the UK’s “first graphic newspaper since the Titanic sank” Modern Times is an intriguing new project overseen by a three-woman team of Royal College of Art students….
While 2013’s The Encyclopedia of Early Earth was the graphic novel that brought Isabel Greenberg to a deservedly wider audience – indeed she was the winner of our Breakout Talent…
“Basically, I’m Hoping to Please Both Nostalgia Fans and Those Who Enjoy Pop Culture Critique!” – Paul Cornell on the Bronze Age Avengers, His First ‘Commando’ Comic, and New Publishing Venture Cosmic LighthouseOctober 23, 2025
“We Hope to Explain Our Passion for the Medium to Gallery Visitors Who May Not Have Any Idea about Comics” – Katriona Chapman on the Avery Hill Exhibition ‘Vision & Labour: Making Comics’ at the Mercer Gallery for Thought BubbleOctober 22, 2025
“There Are Hard Parts and There Are Wonderful Parts. I’m Just a Mum Trying Her Best” – Rachael Smith Gives Us the Lowdown on the Collected ‘Nap Comix’October 21, 2025
“Comics Bring Art at Its Highest Level to the People” – Alison Sampson Talks Comics and Architecture, Crossing Genres, and the Communicative Power of the FormOctober 20, 2025
“I’m Always Trying to Make Comics the Other Way Around” — An Interview with Portuguese Cartoonist Joana Mosi on Her Graphic Novels ‘The Mongoose’ and ‘Physical Education’October 13, 2025
