The transformation of Avery Hill Publishing from enthusiastic proponents of the DIY culture of self-publishing to one of the UK’s leading boutique publishers is, of course, no secret to anybody who…
If comics are to continue to evolve and permeate the consciousness of a broader readership we need far more breakout books like Supercrash and, by definition, far more Darryl Cunninghams…
Just before Christmas we began a major series of articles here in ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier dealing with the current state of play of small press publishing in the…
It’s an old reviewer’s standby to describe their subject as work that will stay with the reader long after they have put it down. In the case of the emotionally…
Yesterday we began a major multi-part series of articles in ‘Small Pressganged’ looking at the challenges facing micro and self-publishers as we go into 2015. Over the next few weeks…
Throughout December the fine folk at the Forbidden Planet International blog ask the assembled masses of the comics world to look back on the previous twelve months and select their…
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For those of us involved in the world of independent British comics – whether directly as creators and publishers or more tangentially as commentators and observers – it’s easy to…
Self-publishing and DIY culture is something we have always been very supportive of here at Broken Frontier with my own ‘Small Pressganged’ column having a focused role on the site in…
One of the true pleasures – no, the ultimate pleasure – of writing a column with a primary mission statement to unearth the real gems of small press and self-published…
The great appeal of Alex Potts’s A Quiet Disaster is that on the one hand not very much actually occurs and yet, conversely, it’s in that same triviality of happenstance…
Free comics! It’s hardly a difficult proposition is it? It’s been a while since I last spotlighted accessible online work covering creators who have either appeared in ‘Small Pressganged’ in…
On the Trail of Sandalwood Smugglers was the first graphic novel published by Lush Comics, an imprint of the Lush cosmetics company, earlier this summer. The book is an account from two…
Richy K. Chandler’s Lucy the Octopus has always been a comic with a penchant for interacting with its audience. From the sense of community that exists in its back pages…
As this year’s Autumn strand of Comica programming comes to a close, a reminder that there’s still time to make those final festival events! Tonight, Tuesday 18th November, sees Isabel…
There were probably a few raised eyebrows when UK small press mainstay Sean Azzopardi first proposed his idea for curating the Crouch End Comic Art Festival. With a stated intention…
The genius of French artist Tardi is celebrated this week at Comica Festival with two events. On Monday night (10 November), Pat Mills, writer of the classic Charley’s War, will…
The next Comica Festival Conversation arrives tomorrow evening – Friday 7 November – at London’s Foyles bookstore when, in conjunction with Broken Frontier, four very distinctive graphic novelists will be discussing…
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Three years of dedicated and committed self-publishing coverage. Around 300 small press comics reviewed. Approximately 40 creators interviewed. Comics from four continents featured. Yes, today we’re celebrating the third birthday…
“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
