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    Goes Like This – An Eccentric New Compendium of Jordan Crane’s Comics from Fantagraphics

    • by Lydia Turner

    Having previously reviewed Jordan Crane’s Keeping Two for Pipedream Comics, I was thrilled to see an exciting new collection of his works being published at Fantagraphics this year. For the…

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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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Richard Corben’s ‘Rat God’ to Be Published in a New Edition this Autumn by Dark Horse as Part of the Corben Library

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 23, 2025

Coming in November from Dark Horse is another entry in their essential Richard Corben Library with the publication of Rat God. “RAT GOD,” RICHARD CORBEN’S TALE OF BACKWOODS TERROR, ARRIVES…

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The ‘2000 AD’ Artist and Writer Talent Search is Back for Thought Bubble 2025 – Your Chance to Be Featured in the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 23, 2025

Emerging comics creators! It’s time to start thinking about Thought Bubble and the 2000 AD talent search. Full details below. Do you have what it takes to be a 2000 AD creator? We’re looking…

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Comic Book Couples Counseling to Celebrate the Importance of Comics Stores with Their Ten-Day Cross-Country Comic Shop Road Trip

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 23, 2025

The challenges for comics commentary has been very much on our minds here at Broken Frontier of late so it’s nice to be able give a shout-out to some of…

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RoboWolf #1 – Jake Smith’s Dayglo Retro Crime Comedy from Dark Horse Comics Sells His Zany Vision

  • by Gary Usher
  • May 22, 2025

Jake Smith, a creator based out of Kansas City Missouri, is known for previous Dark Horse titles Blood Force Trauma and Into Radness. His most recent work was IDW’s Godzilla:…

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Cramp – Fredrik Rysjedal Obsesses Over a Fear of Drowning in this Slyly Funny Take on Autobio Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 21, 2025

There’s something that I like to think of as a sophisticated minimalism to Norwegian creator Fredrik Rysjedal’s short comic Cramp. It’s a simple enough premise. Rysjedal grew up living by…

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Chrysanthemum Under the Waves – Maggie Umber Provides a Darkly Layered, Haunting Insight into Her Psyche Across Nine Vignettes

  • by Lydia Turner
  • May 20, 2025

Chrysanthemum Under the Waves is a self-published collection of comics from cartoonist and former 2dcloud associate publisher Maggie Umber. Within nine wordless, black and white vignettes, Umber expresses a mourning…

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“We Have Been Feeling the Pressure Like Never Before” – The Worrying Disappearance of Comics Commentary and Journalism Sites from a Broken Frontier/UK Small Press Perspective

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 19, 2025

Many years ago, on a panel at the late, lamented London shop Orbital Comics, I was asked about my role in comics journalism. My answer was a simple one. “I’m…

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Here’s the SelfMadeHero Autumn 2025 Publishing Line-Up – Includes Work from the Rickard Sisters, Alex Taylor, Bobby Joseph, Abbigayle Bircham, Bill Tuckey and Francisco de la Mora

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 19, 2025

More publishing news from SelfMadeHero today at Broken Frontier with the announcement of their Autumn plans. The line-up includes new work from the Rickard Sisters and First Graphic Novel Competition…

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Come Join the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online on Thurs, May 22nd – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 19, 2025

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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“A Time Travel Story through Rave Culture” – Sara Kenney and Company on ‘Acid Box’, Working with Avery Hill, and Mentoring Young Creators

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 16, 2025

Described as “a darkly comic adventure through club culture, spanning space and time”, Acid Box is a multi-creator graphic novel with a difference, currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Written by Sara Kenney…

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Punk Rock in Comics – NBM’s Celebration of a Genre that Emerged in the 1970s and Never Fully Went Away

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • May 15, 2025

If you have to look up what it means, you probably aren’t very punk. That idea has been around for almost as long as the music, which is a long…

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They Shot the Piano Player – The Disappearance and Murder of Jazz Musician Tenório Jr. Investigated in this Compelling SelfMadeHero Graphic Biography

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 14, 2025

A 2024 Broken Frontier Award-nominated book in the Best Graphic Non-Fiction category, writer Fernando Trueba and artist Javier Mariscal’s They Shot the Piano Player is both a celebration of a period of…

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Preview: Roy #1 – Fantagraphics to Publish a New Collaboration from Gilbert and Natalia Hernandez

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 13, 2025

Check out this tasty preview of Roy #1 coming from Fantagraphics, Gilbert Hernandez and Natalia Hernandez this August… FANTAGRAPHICS TO PUBLISH ROY #1 BY GILBERT AND NATALIA HERNANDEZ FANTAGRAPHICS PRESENTS…

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SelfMadeHero to Publish UK Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph and Breakout Artist Abbigayle Bircham’s Graphic Novel ‘My Dad Fights Demons!’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 13, 2025

Exciting news from the direction of SelfMadeHero that current UK Comics Laureate, and good friend of BF, Bobby Joseph will be teaming up with artist Abbigayle Bircham on YA graphic…

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The Witch and Loaf Cat – Katherine Hemmings Creates a Magical and Adorable Duo from a Most Unlikely Premise in this Short Strips Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 12, 2025

A return to the UK small press world today and a look at one of the many comics I bought at Thought Bubble last year and have only just got…

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Colossive Press to Celebrate 5 Years of the ‘Colossive Cartographies’ with a Party Night at Gosh! Comics on June 20th, 2025

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 12, 2025

One of our very favourite series here at Broken Frontier is getting its own night in the spotlight next month. Colossive Press’s Colossive Cartographies are five years old and Colossive…

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Done with Demons – Meet Dora Grents’ Odd Couple in Hell in this Infernal Comedy

  • by Gary Usher
  • May 9, 2025

Dora Grents is an animator living in Denmark. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Storytelling from VIA University College, Denmark. According to her website, Done With Demons was her…

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Preparing for Pride Month 2025 at Broken Frontier – Creator Commentary and Coverage Opportunities for Your Queer Comics in June!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 8, 2025

Pride Month is very important to us every year here at Broken Frontier. Last year at BF we managed to get a review, interview, feature or creator commentary up every…

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