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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, March 7th for a Beano-Themed Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 4, 2024

Your favourite online comics social is back as we return to our guest artist format! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, March…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Beano #4146 – Footballer and Guest Editor Marcus Rashford Visits Beanotown in an Issue that Emphasises the Comic’s Inclusive and Socially Relevant Credentials

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 5, 2022

In comics you know you’re doing good work if you’re an object of both right-wing tabloid newspaper scorn and the ire of a certain demographic of angry middle-aged white men…

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Some Thoughts on Toxic Fandom in British Comics – Or Why the UK Comics Industry is Right to Unshackle Itself from What Amounts to Comicsgate-Style Thinking

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 22, 2022

Given that Broken Frontier is a site with a self-proclaimed mission to promote the positive aspects of the UK comics world and its supportive indie community, what follows may seem…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Staff Picks for August 28, 2019 – The Beano, Tommy Gun Wizards, Grease Bats, Marvel Comics #1000 and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 27, 2019

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…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Minnie: 65 Years of Minxing! – The Beano Throws a Fitting Birthday Bash for its Much Loved Mischievous Miscreant

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2018

The creation of the (genuinely) legendary cartoonist Leo Baxendale and former The Beano editor George Moone, the long-running Minnie the Minx strip celebrated its 65th birthday this year. Eternally aged…

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Beano: 80 Years of Fun – A Bumper and Fondly Nostalgic Collection of Eight Decades of the UK’s Longest-Running Weekly Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 18, 2018

The party bag – a take-home collection of goodies and novelties – is a traditional staple of British children’s birthday celebrations. Commemorating its 80th year this summer, venerable comics institution…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Beano #3945 – Comedian and Author David Walliams Steps in as Guest Editor as a British Institution Celebrates Its 80th Birthday

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 30, 2018

A British institution, a national treasure and the last survivor of a bygone age of children’s weekly comics, The Beano reached its 80th anniversary issue this past week. There’s something…

Features

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The Legendary Lunacy of Leo Baxendale – A Tribute to One of the All-Time Greats of British Comics

  • by Tony Ingram
  • May 2, 2017

Leo Baxendale passed away in April, aged 86. Not a bad innings by anyone’s standards. Many comics readesr these days won’t be aware of that, or even aware of Leo,…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Zoom Rockman’s ‘Mini Graphic Novels’ – Four Satirical Minicomics from the Teenage ‘The Beano’ Artist

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 14, 2015

Those who do the rounds on the UK small press comics circuit, particularly those in London, will need no introduction to prolific cartoonist Zoom Rockman. Broken Frontier is, of course,…

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The Etherington Brothers’ YORE! Collection is Coming!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 29, 2013

Those mischievous masters of manic mirth the Etherington Brothers have announced on their blog that their previously uncollected 2011 series YORE! (from the pages of the late, lamented The Dandy)…

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