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    Big Apple Matinee – A. T. Pratt’s Minicomic Tribute to New York Iconography is a Pop-Up, Foldout, Tactile Delight

    • by Andy Oliver

    A. T. Pratt’s work redefines the idea of tactile comics. Take today’s example, Big Matinee Comics, which includes layer after layer of pop-up, foldout, concertina effect and detachable elements. It’s…

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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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Comic Therapy: Meditations for Reflection – Kay Medaglia Explores Wellbeing in Comics Form in Their New Book from SelfMadeHero this Spring

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 23, 2026

Great to see old friend of BF Kay Medaglia back with their new book Comic Therapy from SelfMadeHero. Sounds like just the kind of project we all need in 2026….

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Zinezilla Arts Fair Returns to Bristol – The Comics, Illustration and Zine Fair Teams Up Again with Animinspo Animation Festival on Saturday, September 12th (Applications Open!)

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 23, 2026

The brilliant Zinezilla is back this Autumn for its fifth outing in Bristol. Find out more about this fantastic comics community event in the press release below. And please note…

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Come Join the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE on Thurs, March 26th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 23, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with a little reminder of some…

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Preview: New Adventures from the Trigan Empire – Michael Carroll and Tom Foster Return to a Comics Classic Later this Year

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 20, 2026

Back in January we announced the news that The Trigan Empire – the gorgeously illustrated classic science fantasy strip from the pages of Look & Learn – was returning with its…

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Save the Date! – Small Press Day is Back on Saturday July 25th, 2026

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2026

Yes it’s back! Small Press Day is coming on Saturday, July 25th, 2026. Founded by David Ziggy Greene (Private Eye, Scene & Heard, JAM Bookshop), the event’s mission is to…

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Ornithomancy – Lily Vie’s Gorgeously Glowing Pages Tell a Cathartic Sci-Fi Realism Story of Understanding the Other

  • by Ray McGrother
  • March 18, 2026

The Thought Bubble convention is a smorgasbord of amazing comic works. So much so that I have only just got around to finishing all the books and zines I bought…

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‘Saucer Country’ Optioned by Plot Point 1 – Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly’s Acclaimed Comics Series Set for Television Adaptation

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 17, 2026

With a circuitous route to its concluding comics chapters (see more on that in our review of The Complete[d] Saucer Country here at BF) Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly’s Saucer…

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London’s Cartoon Museum Turns 20 – Anniversary Programme Revealed Plus a Call for Funding Support in 2026

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 17, 2026

Broken Frontier’s relationship with London’s Cartoon Museum goes way back to 2011 and our interview with then director Anita O’Brien. Since then I have had the pleasure of speaking at…

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Mad Villain #1 – Nikesh Shukla and Camille Aubry’s Nazi-Punching Comic Combines Super-Heroics, Anti-Fascism and the Casually Dehumanising Realities of Racism

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 17, 2026

Written by Nikesh Shukla (editor of The Good Immigrant) and illustrated by Camille Aubry (A Journey to Motherhood) –  the latter of whom I first met at an ELCAF portfolio…

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This Place is a Prison, These People Aren’t Your Friends – Alexandra Gallant-Lee Explores the Ethics of Our Relationships with Carceral Spaces

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 16, 2026

Alexandra Gallant-Lee’s This Place is a Prison, These People Aren’t Your Friends is a zine-style exploration of a subject that is unafraid to ask difficult questions. Using her background in…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists Peony Gent, Joe Stone and Mark Stafford on Friday, March 20th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 16, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns at our regular venue of The Royal George on Friday, March 20th, 2026. And this time we have an…

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Colossive Cartographies #70 – Patrick Wray Observes as ‘The Badly Drawn Girl Climbs Out of the Drawing and Runs Into the Entrance of Turnpike Lane Tube Station’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 13, 2026

As I’ve said before when reviewing the Colossive Cartographies series there’s sometimes a dilemma as to whether the reader should bring their own interpretation to their fold-out zine narratives or…

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Preview: Archipelago Vol. 1 – Middle-Grade, Climate-Driven Adventure Coming from Papercutz in June

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 12, 2026

Check out an extensive preview of Archipelago from Papercutz below… ARCHIPELAGO VOL. 1 A Climate-Driven Adventure About Survival, Family, and Hidden Strength Nothing looks the way it used to. Mad Cave Studios’…

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Boss of the Underworld Book 1 and 2 – Inventive and Fun Adventures for Kids and Adults from Tor Freeman

  • by Edward Picot
  • March 11, 2026

Tor Freeman’s Boss of the Underworld series so far (Shirley vs. The Green Menace and Shirley vs. The Huge Beast) gives us two funny books for kids, but the humour…

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30 Seconds from Gaza: Diary of Genocide – Mohammad Sabaaneh Brings the Harrowing Stories of Palestinians to the Page in this Broken Frontier Award-Winning Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 10, 2026

The winner of the 2025 Broken Frontier Award for Best Graphic Non-Fiction, Mohammad Sabaaneh’s 30 Seconds from Gaza: Diary of Genocide was one four comics offerings on the atrocities in…

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Fantagraphics to Publish R. E. Burke’s ‘Visiting America: 19 Days in an I.C.E. Facility’ – Former BF Team Member’s Graphic Memoir to Explore Her Story and Those She Was Incarcerated With

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 9, 2026

Announced just before the weekend by Publishers Weekly, Fantagraphics have secured the rights to R. E. Burke’s graphic memoir Visiting America: 19 Days in an I.C.E. Facility. As long-term Broken Frontier…

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Silent Pictures – Kevin O’Neill’s ‘Feartreland’ and ‘The Balaclava Kid’ Give Us a Final Celebration of a True Comics Genius

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 9, 2026

What can one say about the work and influence of the late Kevin O’Neill that has not been said before? As a child growing up during the Golden Age of…

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Come Join the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE on Thurs, March 12th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 9, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with a little reminder of some…

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