Pantheon is a frenetically paced and darkly comedic triumph. Describing Hamish Steele’s Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Deities as irreverent in tone seems woefully, pitifully and even staggeringly…
It’s a new era at Broken Frontier and to usher in the next stage in BF’s evolution we’ve been building an expanded writing team to broaden our scope and approach…
One of this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, Kate-mia White has been building up a steady buzz around her work over the last couple of years…
The original thinking behind ‘A View from the Frontier’ as our regular start to the week was twofold. Firstly it would provide a direct point of contact between ourselves and…
Springing from the witty imagination of artist Tor Freeman, webcomic Welcome to Oddleigh depicts the (largely) crimefighting (mis)adventures of police officers Chief Inspector Jessie and Sergeant Sid and follows their exploits…
Another month, another guest-artist filled D&D! The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is back this coming Tuesday April 18th with another top trio of artistic talent in John Cei Douglas, Tor Freeman…
Glamorous camping? Can there really be such a thing? Joe Decie’s new book Collecting Sticks from Jonathan Cape recounts the Decie family’s “glamping” holiday – camping from the “comfort” of…
ELCAF – the East London Comics & Arts Festival – returns for its sixth incarnation this June courtesy of Nobrow Press. Longer-term Broken Frontier readers may remember my very enthusiastic write-up…
In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…
When you get as many small press books submitted for review as I do then it’s inevitable that sometimes more than the odd title will slip through the cracks, only…
Collecting Sticks is the perfect showcase offering for the singular talents of this most distinctive practitioners of autobio comics. I will confess to never having heard the term “glamping” before…
Those who follow my personal social media feeds, rather than the Broken Frontier ones, will be well aware that I like to share images of my current comics reading matter on…
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A seat for him and a seat for his bag. People watching films on their tablets at full volume with no headphones on. The person sitting opposite who never once…
In Primahood: Magenta Tyler Cohen juxtaposes slice-of-life storytelling with visual metaphor in two inter-related strands of storytelling that ostensibly sit side-by-side yet occasionally seep into each other’s narratives. On the…
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Katzine: The Factory Issue marks something of a departure for Katriona Chapman’s popular semi-regular autobio collection of comics, articles and illustrations. For the first time in the publication’s 7-issue history…
The gallery space in London’s Eisner Award-winning Orbital Comics has hosted a number of must-see exhibitions over the last few years. Some of them have been topical and covered more recognisable,…
In just over three months, on Saturday July 8th, Small Press Day will return to the UK and Ireland with another celebration of self-publishing, micropublishing and DIY culture. Last year’s event was…
A few years back at Broken Frontier I reviewed Ed Syder’s My Skateboard Life (published by Blank Slate Books) – a coming-of-age piece of autobio that, despite its particular focus…
“Lots of My Sapphic Comics Focus on Small, Intimate Moments” – Nessie Mooo Talks ‘Deathmetal’, Comics Community, and Queer Representation in the MediumJune 12, 2026
“In Order to Create Societal Change, We Have to First Imagine It” – Tyler and Wendy Chin-Tanner Talk A Wave Blue World, Their LGBTQIA+ Anthologies and Publishing with a Social PurposeJune 9, 2026
“We Wanted to Publish the Books We Wanted to Read” – Outgoing Avery Hill Co-Founder Dave White Looks Back on 14 Years at the UK’s Game-Changing Indie Comics PublisherJune 8, 2026
“There is No Singular or Correct Intersex Narrative” – LJ Nakamura on Intersex Representation and the Liberating Nature of Pulp Sci-FiJune 4, 2026
“We Want Trans and Queer Teens to Feel Seen and Understood” – Tilly Bridges and Susan Bridges on Their New Graphic Novel ‘Just Another Summer’ and the Collaborative Writing ProcessJune 2, 2026
