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    Gaza in My Phone – Mazen Kerbaj’s Powerful Account of Genocide is a Collection of Defiant Cartooning that Everyone Needs to Read

    • by Andy Oliver

    We have covered a lot of comics and cartooning work on the genocide in Gaza over the last year. Some of it has come directly from those living the nightmare….

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Introducing ‘Broken Frontier Connects’ – The Next Step in BF’s Ethos of Proactive Comics Community Support

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 17, 2023

PINNED POST! Introducing Broken Frontier Connects, the next stage in our evolution! Broken Frontier Connects is our new initiative designed to extend our community hub philosophy. BF already has an…

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Lotus’ Dream – Spiritual Darkness and Gay Fantasy Counterpoint Each Other in Wilson So’s Collection of Three Comics Shorts

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2026

Collecting shortform comics stories together in one package provides an excellent means for self-published creators to showcase their storytelling abilities over multiple themes and approaches. In Lotus’ Dream artist Wilson…

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I Couldn’t Stand By – New PositiveNegatives/SOAS Exhibition Focusses on the Impact Young People Have on Rebuilding Communities

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 12, 2026

We have given the work of PositiveNegatives much deserved coverage in the past at Broken Frontier. Their latest exhibition ‘I Couldn’t Stand By’, in collaboration with SOAS, is another opportunity…

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Come Join the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE New Year Special on Thurs, January 15th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 12, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week after a vacation break with a New Year Special and we’re inviting you to join…

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How to Make Life Better When It Feels Like It’s Getting Worse – Fluffy is Back: A Tender, Timely Coming-of-Age Twenty Years on from Simone Lia

  • by Lydia Turner
  • January 9, 2026

Way back between the years of 2003 and 2005, there was one indie comic in particular that stands out in my memory as something completely distinct. Simone Lia’s Fluffy, published…

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Preview: Silent Pictures – Kevin O’Neill’s Final Books ‘Feartreland’ and ‘The Balaclava Kid’ Available from Knockabout and Gosh! Comics this Month

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 9, 2026

Exciting news indeed today with the announcement that Kevin O’Neill’s final comics projects Feartreland and The Balaclava Kid, the two volumes that make up Silent Pictures, will be available this…

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Lavender Clouds: Comics About Neurodivergence and Mental Health – Bex Ollerton’s Collection of Short Strips is Beautifully Eloquent

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 8, 2026

In my opening 2026 Broken Frontier article I mentioned that this year we wanted to underline our commitment to covering socially relevant comics work with a renewed vigour. That will…

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Legendary Indie Creator Carol Swain Announces New Website

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 7, 2026

Sometimes a press release comes in that allows us to revisit previous Broken Frontier material and celebrate the work of a comics great. We can do that today with the…

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Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2025 – Events in Gaza Make Their Presence Felt in Another Eclectic Set of BF Nominations

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 6, 2026

Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 22nd annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our team has selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…

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Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine – An International Community of Palestinian Artists and Their Allies Respond to Events in Gaza

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2026

Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine is described as “an anthology of new short comics from an international community of Palestinian creators and their allies that speak to the Palestinian ability…

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Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2026

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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Broken Frontier Andytorial for January 2026 – Looking Back on a Very BF 2025 and Some Thoughts on the Future of Broken Frontier

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2026

You may have noticed that we skipped this monthly round-up towards the end of last year. In November the focus was entirely on our Thought Bubble Month and I figured…

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Happy Holidays from All of Us Here at Broken Frontier Towers! – We’ll Be Back on January 5th, 2026

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 18, 2025

We’re shutting up shop for the holidays slightly earlier than advertised this year at Broken Frontier. After our herculean coverage efforts for Thought Bubble in November I think it’s probably…

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Preview: White Shadows – Medieval Machinations and Supernatural Suspense from Magnetic Press in 2026

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 17, 2025

Take an advanced look at White Shadows, coming from Magnetic Press next year… Medieval Machinations, Supernatural Suspense, and Political Intrigue Abound in WHITE SHADOWS by Antoine Ozanam and Antoine Carrion…

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Come Join the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE Holiday Special on Thurs, December 18th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 16, 2025

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week with a festive-themed Holiday Special and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with…

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Applications Now Open for Sheffield Comic ARts Fair (SCARF) – Organiser Chris Mole Brings Us a Brand New Indie Comics Event in 2026

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 15, 2025

Here’s some excellent news for next year. New comics event SCARF (Sheffield Comic ARts Fair) is now open for applications. Indie/small press creators get on this now! SHEFFIELD COMIC ARTS…

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Nakama Press to Publish Pen So’s ‘See You in Memories’ – This “Lyrical Journey through Loss, Art and Rediscovery” Set for May 2026

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 12, 2025

More newly translated manga coming from Mad Cave’s Nakama Press imprint in 2026. Details of See You in Memories in the press release below. A lyrical journey through loss, art,…

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The Shadow Out of Time – Another Masterly Lovecraft Adaptation by Gou Tanabe and Dark Horse

  • by Edward Picot
  • December 11, 2025

In the year 1908, Dr Nathaniel Peaslee is delivering a lecture in politics and economics at Miskatonic University, when he suddenly has an attack of some kind, and loses consciousness….

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Slow Feet Comics Announce Anti-Fascist, Anti-Hate Comics Anthology ‘Horror Not Hate’ – Sign Up for the Pre-Launch Page on Kickstarter

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 10, 2025

Details below on Horror Not Hate, a new socially conscious comics anthology to mirror the times we live in… The newly minted Slow Feet Comics has announced a new horror…

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