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The Wall and the Uncharted Land – Yu-Ching Chiu’s Silent and Metaphorical Take on Mental Block is an Outstanding Piece of Visual Storytelling

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 2, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! A few years back at Broken Frontier, as part of our coverage of the online incarnation of the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair, I covered artist…

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Small Press Day 2025 – How Emerging Creators Can Apply for a Zoom ‘Work-in-Progress’ Meeting with BF’s Andy Oliver as Part of SPD/Our ‘Broken Frontier Connects’ Initiative

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 2, 2025

It’s nearly here! In just under three weeks Small Press Day returns on Saturday, July 19th. With event notifications coming in fast and furious there are some incredible SPD celebrations…

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Broken Frontier Andytorial, July 2025 – What’s Coming Up on the Site this Month, the Return of a London Comics Community Institution, and BF Breaks a New Comic Frontier at the V&A in London

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 1, 2025

Way back in the mists of time, when I first took ownership of Broken Frontier in 2017, we used to start the week off with a short blog piece called…

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Hindsight – The Pull of the Past Tugs at the Present in Natalie d’Arbeloff’s Intoxicating Autobiographical Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 1, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Natalie d’Arbeloff has certainly led a truly fascinating life in the arts. You can read more about that on her Wikipedia page here. In comics…

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Hey, Mary! – Andrew Wheeler and Rye Hickman Examine the Disconnection Between Religious Upbringing and Sexuality

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 30, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! With its emphasis on the convergence of sexuality and faith writer Andrew Wheeler and artist Rye Hickman’s Hey, Mary! from Oni Press tackles an important subject in…

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Hungry Heart – Jem Milton’s Foodie-Inspired Queer Romance is a Character-Led Delight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 27, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! Way back in 2015 artist Jem Milton was one of our first intake of Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists. In recent years their profile has seen…

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Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith – Ellis and Templer Provide an Intriguing Speculative History of a Flawed Individual

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 26, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! It would be woefully inadequate to describe novelist Patricia Highsmith as a problematic character. The author of Strangers on a Train and the Ripley series of novels,…

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Killer Queens 2 – Lively Adventure and Poignant Social Commentary Go Hand in Hand in Another Outing for the LGBTQIA Sci-Fi Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 20, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! “Putting the SASS in ASSASSIN!” is a tagline so good it deserved a second outing. Writer David M. Booher’s return to the world of interstellar former killers-for-hire…

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Sour Grapes – Rein Lee Portrays “an Asexual’s Worst Nightmare” in this Haunting Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 19, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! It will come as no surprise to anyone who is a regular visitor to Broken Frontier just how much of an amazing prospect I believe 2025 Broken…

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Thought Bubble and Travelling Man Team Up to Provide Another Round of Micro-Bursaries in 2025 for Early Career, Marginalised Creators

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 18, 2025

We are all very aware of what harrowing times we are living in and of the challenges now facing marginalised communities. At the beginning of the year we spoke about…

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Young Men in Love: New Romance – A Heady Mix of Genres Makes for a Rewarding Read in A Wave Blue World’s Latest LGBTQIA+ Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 17, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! A Wave Blue World’s queer comics anthologies have garnered deserved critical acclaim in recent times. Indeed they have also become a staple of our annual Pride Month…

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DC Pride 2025 #1 – The DCU’s LGBTQIA+ Characters Come Together in a Sprawling Narrative Built on a Foundation of Love

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 12, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! It is, of course, very rare for us to cover super-hero comics here at Broken Frontier. But Pride Month is one of those occasions when we are…

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Treading Water – Rowan Frewin’s Story of Gender Identity and Self-Realisation Spreads a Welcome and Positive Message

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 10, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! We’ve reviewed a number of projects featuring Rowan Frewin’s work over the last year and a half here at Broken Frontier, encompassing a number of different formats….

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The Metalhead Next Door – Mamita’s Gay Love Story of the Awkward Relationship Between Neighbours is a Slowly Building Yet Intense Character Piece

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 9, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! As love stories go, Mamita’s The Metalhead Next Door is something of a slow burn. This is not a criticism because this pensive, introspective pacing is very…

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Boy Island – Leo Fox Takes Us to an Allegorical Fantasy World as He Again Explores the Realities of the Trans Lived Experience

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 5, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! Last year for Pride Month at Broken Frontier I covered Leo Fox’s My Body Unspooling, a remarkable study of dysphoria and trans identity. Here we are, almost…

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Florrie: A Football Love Story – Anna Trench Brings Us a Touching Queer Love Story Set in the Early Years of Women’s Football

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 4, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! When a project has been shortlisted for both the First Graphic Novel Competition and the LDComics Prize you know it has quite the impressive back story. Anna…

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Tidal Waves – Homophobia and Cycles of Abuse Explored in Rein Lee’s Unflinching Portrayal of a Toxic Relationship

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 2, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! Earlier this year at Broken Frontier I reviewed our 2025 ‘Six to Watch’ creator Rein Lee’s comic My Taxidermy Angel declaring it to be “incredibly confident early…

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Happy Pride Month! – Welcome to Broken Frontier’s 2025 Celebration of Our Queer Comics Community

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 2, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! Although LGBTQIA coverage is a regular all year round part of our posting at BF, Pride Month is always extremely important to us as an even more…

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