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We have all been there at some point. Restless nights, the frustration of not being able to drop off to sleep, the consequent anxiety that only exacerbates our insomnia. But…
Broken Frontier Award-winning artist Gareth Brookes has produced a body of work over the last decade that has been consistently innovative and experimental. From The Black Project through to The…
While we don’t tend to focus on super-heroes too heavily at Broken Frontier every so often a related news story comes up that has a relevance to the wider perception…
As London’s Cartoon Museum prepares for the final weeks of their landmark V for Vendetta: Behind the Mask exhibition plans are afoot for one final celebration for the show. On…
It’s time for another mini-season of our ‘Covers Album’ feature where we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers… but with a small…
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“Two demons practice the forbidden art of dress-up” is given premise of Geov’s Mercury’s Closet, another comic from the October-running Shortbox Fair which highlights the breadth and diversity of approaches…
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Let’s get my favourite phrase out of the way in the first sentence and make the remark that Joe Decie’s new comic No Comply is pure language of comics magic,…
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Over the last 18 months we have all got very used to alternative online methods of delivery in every aspect of our lives, and the comics scene has been no…
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association published a worrying report on the health of millennials in 2019, revealing a 12% increase in major depression amongst that demographic. The data showed…
Back in 2019 we ran an extensive interview with illustrator and Instagram sensation Zeppelinmoon, aka Amber Fossey, on her irreverent approach to cartooning and building up a profile on social…
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Over the summer at Broken Frontier I took a look at Holy Diver, the first in a series of autobio comics by Rachelle Meyer inspired by the infamous Chick Tracts…
If you’re a fan of the Treasury of British Comics’ reprints of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire then the New Year release of another Don Lawrence strip Karl…
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In our final interview with 2021’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artists I speak today to Hannah Carwardine whose flowing visuals, considered use of colour and inventive page layouts immediately…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, October 7th featuring guest artists Alba Ceide and Axe…
The multiple-chapter monthly meet-up group LDComics have announced the longlist for their 2021 prize for a graphic-novel-in-progress by artists who identify as female or non-binary. As is always the case…
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I love comics that I can’t easily define! Where No One Goes fits neatly into that niche area of comics practice whose genre classification is at best hazy. It’s kind…
We’ve always prided ourselves on our event coverage at BF, providing themed weeks/fortnights/months like our Hackney Comic + Zine Fair Month, ELCAF Fortnight and Safari Festival Fortnight. It’s been an…
Would you pick up a book titled ‘Better Stay Up All Night Before Starting That New Job’? Imagine an unadorned cover, part of a series, the books all lined up…
HCZF MONTH! As Hackney Comic + Zine Fair comes to a close we thought we’d wind up our HCZF Month of coverage with a round-up of some of the books…
HCZF Round-Up – Comics and Graphic Novels You May Have Missed from Alxndra Cook, Danny Noble, Dominique Duong, Gareth Brookes, Sabba Khan and More!September 30, 2021
“We Try to Remain as True as Possible to the Original Work” – Digital Publisher Europe Comics on Bringing the Very Best of European Comics Practice to Wider AudiencesSeptember 21, 2021
“Art Should Never Be a Point of Privilege” – Nora Goldberg on the ‘Ink Well’ Exhibition Bringing Comics to the Community as Part of Hackney Comic + Zine FairSeptember 14, 2021
Inside Look: Such, Such Were the Joys – An Exclusive Creator Commentary on Pluto Press’s George Orwell Adaptation by Sean Michael Wilson and Jaime HuxtableSeptember 2, 2021
“She is Beginning to Realize that She is Not so Young Anymore” – An Interview with Walter Scott, Creator of WendyAugust 30, 2021
