Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
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…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
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…
A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! If you’re going to be in the London area over the middle weekend of November and are already imagining that it’s going to be two drawn-out…
Two cracking Comica Conversations take place next week as part of the ongoing series of Comica Festival programming for this Autumn – events that we have been supporting with a…
Titan Comics – who were establishing themselves as an exciting new force for UK serial comics way before they landed the plum Doctor Who franchise – have announced an intriguing new…
Over the weekend news broke that the Comica Festival Comiket – the twice yearly fair showcasing UK independent, micro and self-published comics due to be held at Central Saint Martins…
A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! While the remit of this column is to specifically focus on self and micropublished comics there are times when it’s wholly appropriate to bend the rules a…
A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Comica Festival kicked off this week with two events revolving around the dark fantasy worlds of Junko Mizuno, the Queen of Creepy Manga herself. On Monday…
“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
“There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’August 31, 2026
“Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’August 31, 2026
“I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power” – Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel ‘Heaven’, the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative RideAugust 27, 2026
“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
