Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 22nd annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our team has selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…
Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine is described as “an anthology of new short comics from an international community of Palestinian creators and their allies that speak to the Palestinian ability…
Since way back in 2012 we have been running this annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ round-up at Broken Frontier, choosing a handful of comics we…
You may have noticed that we skipped this monthly round-up towards the end of last year. In November the focus was entirely on our Thought Bubble Month and I figured…
We’re shutting up shop for the holidays slightly earlier than advertised this year at Broken Frontier. After our herculean coverage efforts for Thought Bubble in November I think it’s probably…
One of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creators back in 2017, Olivia Sullivan has continued to amaze us in the years since with work that is both poetical and…
As always… we did tell you. Back in 2024, when I selected Dominica Claribelle to be one of that year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators, I said of that…
One of the privileges of our behind-the-scenes, off-site work at Broken Frontier is the chance to connect with emerging, often younger creators via initiatives like our Broken Frontier Connects/Small Press…
Comics work centring on mental health awareness can broadly take two paths into communicating its message: a directly autobiographical or biographical route, or by embedding those ideas into fictional narrative….
Another batch of fold-out Colossive Cartographies zines launched a few weeks back ready for the Autumn with the first of these always worthy Colossive Press artist showcases spotlighting the practice…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Already feeling separation anxiety from Harrogate? Our traditional Thought Bubble report may make that sense of loss linger but I’m sure we can all agree TB…
Just before this year’s Thought Bubble we received the news that Eve Greenwood had decided to take the difficult step of shutting down the inspirational publishing force that is Quindrie…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Every year at Broken Frontier we select two or three comics of the festival from the debuting titles that you need to make an absolute beeline…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! We can’t finish our Thought Bubble coverage this year without a mention as to where you can find artists from the 11 years of our Broken…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Thought Bubble regulars Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins have had a busy 2025. On top of another volume of their collected webcomic Our Super Adventure this…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Tying into both our Thought Bubble Month coverage and our spotlight interviews with this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators we’re speaking today at BF…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Since we first covered the work of Gustaffo Vargas way back in 2018 the UK-based South American artist’s star has risen to such a degree that…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! In a more just universe Mark Stafford would be one of the industry’s most sought after and renowned cartoonists. His work, with its singular visionary blend…
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“I Hugely Admire Comics with Dynamic Page Structure!” – Beatrijs Brouwer/Beastly Worlds on the Lure of Fantasy Storytelling and Her Creative ProcessNovember 13, 2025
