“The first generation were quiet, the second generation felt they couldn’t ask, and now the third generation tries to find out what happened.” It’s a framing that haunts Remember Us…
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…
Hog Hog: A Hedgehog Anthology comes to us via 2026 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Skai Campbell, AKA Skhoshbell. Its origins lie in the artist’s recent fascination with hedgehogs,…
Before Christmas we brought you news of a new event for our UK comics calendar. Sheffield Comic ARts Fair (SCARF) debuts this October and, courtesy of organiser Chris Mole, we…
While the Colossive Cartographies series constantly crosses through illustrative mediums its sixty-ninth issue, ‘A Fragile Obsession’ by Mel Gale, undeniably fits into the category of minicomic. Its 16-panel comic strip…
Stories about quiet seaside towns with something dark to hide feel almost like a sub-genre of British horror in themselves. Dix’s The Idris File follows the 1970s exploits of teenage…
In 2018, manga artist Shintaro Kago burst onto the comic scene with his English debut: Dementia 21 (reviewed here at Broken Frontier), a collection of absurdist short stories. Reminiscent of…
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…
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns for iat our new venue of The Royal George on Friday, February 27th, 2026. And this time we have…
Yo Comics! Fair – described by Tom Murphy in his report at Broken Frontier last year as an event that “oozed creativity, comics community spirit and FUN” – is back…
We like to go into the weekend with a preview of exciting upcoming comics work and this one certainly fits the bill. Check out the press release for Muslim Futures,…
Well here’s some huge news from Dark Horse this week. Paul Chadwick is returning to his much loved creation for the first time since 2012 in Concrete: Stars Over Sand……
Billed as “a slice of North-Eastern crime” The Closing Hour is that all too rare thing in one-shot comics genre fiction – a satisfying complete-in-one story that also blends deep…
Since we reviewed the first issue of Sanika Phawde’s Wedding Juice and Other Melodramas here last year at BF the comic has gone on to win in the Outstanding Series…
If you are a fan of the worlds of Archie Comics then the publisher’s diminishing output in recent years will no doubt have been of some disappointment. That all looks…
We’ve seen some powerful comics work centring on the atrocities in Gaza over the last couple of years. You can discover more of it via our Palestine comics resource list…
When a comic is described as “a 40-page exploration of thinking and perceiving, a love letter to the brain (and hate mail to AI) that champions the beauty of thinking…
As regular readers know we have in recent years dedicated June to an extensive month of LGBTQIA comics coverage (see our Pride Month 2024 coverage here and Pride Month 2025…
It’s always a pleasure to be able to use BF as a community hub and give some space to wider arts projects within the community on request as and when…
If you read Broken Frontier with any degree of regularity you will know that I often long wistfully for the days when small press comics self-publishing in the UK had…
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell and Yu-Ching ChiuJanuary 15, 2026
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
“I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!” – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Finding Home’December 3, 2025
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
