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    Aristotle’s Cuttlefish – Matthew Dooley’s Tale of an Unlikely Friendship in a Lost Property Office is Another Beautifully Observed Story of Human Foibles and Eccentricities

    • by Andy Oliver

    Matthew Dooley is undoubtedly one of the wittiest people working in comics today. Sometimes that wit can be biting and dark, as in his alternate universe story of a failed…

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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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Preview: Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham Anniversary Edition – The Classic Crossover Team-Up Returns in an Oversized Edition from Rebellion

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 11, 2026

It’s hard to explain just what a big deal this comic was when it originally debuted in 1991. To be republished later this year, the Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham Anniversary…

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mini kuš! #137: Scraps of Memory – Ula Rugevičiūtė Rugytė Takes Us to a Hauntingly Ethereal Dreamscape

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 10, 2026

“What if we met outside of time? Would we be friends? Or would we never understand each other? There is nothing left to see, but there is much left to…

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The Cartoon Museum Conference is Back on February 23rd – Full Details on Guest Speakers Here

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 10, 2026

Details of the upcoming Cartoon Museum Conference coming this month via our pals there end. Our Andy spoke at this a few years back and can confirm it’s an excellent…

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Top Shelf to Publish Si Smith and Mark Mosedale’s ‘Gigs’, a Dystopian Tale of a World Adversely Affected by the Gig Economy and the Threat of AI

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 9, 2026

A very topical release coming soon from Top Shelf. details on the graphic novel Gigs below. Top Shelf Land Gigs, Technology-Driven Dystopian Tale from UK Creators Simon Smith and Mark…

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Preview: The Beast – First English Translation of Zidrou and Frank Pé’s Graphic Novel Coming from Magnetic Press and Oni Press this Year

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 9, 2026

Kicking off the week with this preview of Oni and Magnetic Press’s publication of Zidrou and Frank Pé’s The Beast… Oni Press and Magnetic Press Unleash THE BEAST – The First…

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

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 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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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation – Paul Peart-Smith Brings this Vital Text to the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 6, 2026

Adapting Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s best-selling study Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States to a slimmer comics format while retaining its core essence is, of course, an achievement in itself. As…

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mini kuš! #136: Rain in Tears – Mao Explores Ideas of Evolution and Environment in this Creepily Atmospheric Short

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 5, 2026

Reading the sleekly illustrated mini kuš! #136 (‘Rain in Tears’) directly after its predecessor, #135’s loose and meandering ‘The Boy and the Worm’ only serves to underline just how much the…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists Rein Lee, Matthew Dooley and Mark Stafford on Friday, February 13th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 5, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns for its sixth revived outing at our new venue of The Royal George on Friday, February 13th, 2026. And…

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Preview: All-New Roy of the Rovers Vol. 1 – Rebellion Collect the Rob Williams and Ben Willsher Revival in Time for the Summer’s World Cup

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 4, 2026

News today from Rebellion of a reissue of their Roy of the Rovers revival from a few years back. Hopefully this World Cup tie-in may lead to a resurgence of…

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This Beautiful, Ridiculous City – Kay Sohini Takes a Resonant Personal Journey through New York in this Standout Graphic Memoir

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 4, 2026

At the heart of Kay Sohini’s This Beautiful, Ridiculous City is the idea of perception. As a graphic memoir it also fits into that strand of comics narrative we have…

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Thought Bubble Shares Dates for Milestone 20th Edition and Launches Patron Call-Out

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 4, 2026

It may feel like just five minutes since we were all sitting in the bar of the Old Swan in Harrogate chatting comics but it’s already time to start thinking…

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mini kuš! #135: The Boy and the Worm – Heather Loase’s Meta Minicomic Shifts from Themes of Loneliness to Creative Block

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 3, 2026

Expecting the unexpected is, of course, a standard when reading one of kuš! comics’ mini kuš! offerings. Heather Loase’s ‘The Boy and the Worm’ in mini kuš! #135 is no…

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#Comics4Liam Invites Comics Creators from Around the US and the World to Create Art in Support of Liam Conejo Ramos and Families Impacted by ICE

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 2, 2026

I think we can agree this is something special that we can all get behind. Full details of Comix Action’s #Comics4Liam initative in the press release below… #Comics4Liam invites comics…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for February 2026 – Including First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth, Tortured Hearts #1, All the Living and More!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 2, 2026

A return in 2026 for BF’s Staff Picks feature where members of the team give a monthly overview of recommended new releases, designed to spotlight just a few key releases…

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The Woodchipper – Joe Ollmann’s Stories Look at Ordinary Lives and Everyday Struggles, with Empathy and Humour

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • February 2, 2026

An interesting assessment of Joe Ollmann’s work appears early on in his own introduction to this latest collection. It comes from the late American critic Tom Spurgeon who once reportedly…

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Broken Frontier Andytorial for February 2026 – Hannah McCann Wins the First Graphic Novel Competition, Comics Events Coverage, and a Plea for More Understanding and Less Entitlement…

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 2, 2026

Welcome back to another beginning of the month look at our behind-the-scenes happenings at Broken Frontier. January shot by but, of course, our key posts this month where the results…

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The Smythes – A Truly Handsome Collection of Rea Irvin’s 1930s Domestic Comedy Strips from New York Review Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 30, 2026

A winner in this year’s Broken Frontier Awards, in the category of Best Collection of Classic Material, The Smythes is a handsome oversized collection of Rea Irvin’s (the New Yorker’s…

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