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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, August 8th for a Small Press Day Special

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 5, 2024

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, August 8th. And this time we’re theming our drawing…

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Epitaphs from the Abyss #1 – Oni Press’s Much Anticipated EC Comics Revival Arrives

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 2, 2024

There’s an obvious question to be asked when considering Epitaphs from the Abyss, Oni Press’s first foray into reviving the classic EC brand. EC Comics, the game-changing line of genre…

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“Thought Bubble 2019… I Think that Experience Changed My Life” – Tom Philipson Talks CoCo Comics, Autobio and Working on Image’s ‘Radiant Black’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 31, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Event organiser, collective member, writer and artist… Tom Philipson is a man of many roles within the UK indie comics world. He’s…

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Gosh! Comics Presents ‘A Celebration of 10 Years of the Broken Frontier Six to Watch’ Party – Join BF and Around 30 ‘Six to Watch’ Artists on August 31st at London’s Much Loved Comics Shop

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 29, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! If you’re in London on Saturday August 31st between 7-9pm then keep your diaries free! Our chums at Gosh! Comics are putting…

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Small Press Day 2024 – 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 29, 2024

It’s nearly here! In just under three weeks Small Press Day returns on Saturday, August 17th. With event notifications coming in there are some incredible SPD celebrations on the calendar…

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Colossive Cartographies #56 – Judy Powell Takes Us on a Nostalgic Trip for ‘Tea with Granny’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 26, 2024

Sometimes comics can bring us into the immediacy of a moment – or in this case a series of moments – with a profound eloquence. Judy Powell’s ‘Tea with Granny’…

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Talking Shelves – A New Event from Comics Youth CIC Aims to “Share and Showcase Marginalised Comics to the Wider Public”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 25, 2024

Comics Youth CIC is a creative community organisation led by young people, for young people with “an aim is to empower youth across the Liverpool City Region to flourish from…

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The Selkies – New Scottish Indie Comics Awards Announced for 2024

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 22, 2024

Awards specifically for UK comics are a rare commodity right now and have been since the British Comic Awards disappeared several years ago. One of the last holdouts was the…

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“Horror Comics in the UK Indie Scene Are Doing Some Amazing Things” – Artists Letty Wilson and Aly Fell Talk About Working on the 2024 ‘Misty Special’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 17, 2024

Over the last several years Rebellion and the Treasury of British Comics have recognised the great fondness in which the short-lived late ’70s/early ’80s supernaturally themed girls comics Misty is…

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Rainlight Cope Aesthetic: Temporal Eructation – Meta Narrative and Accompanying Abstraction from the Incomparable Gareth A Hopkins

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 16, 2024

I have long been an advocate for raising awareness of longer-form comics work-in-progress by releasing self-contained sections as self-published comics. The benefits are numerous but chiefly it alerts potential publishers…

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Colossive Cartographies #55 – Chloe Starling Dissects the ‘Anatomy of a (Well-Funded) Public Library’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 15, 2024

One of the key features of the tactile fold-out format of the Colossive Cartographies series is the opportunities it gives to creators to consider alternative interpretations to the idea of…

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A Fall from Grace – Displaced Deities Abound in an Experimental Change of Pace from Norm Konyu

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 5, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! When Norm Konyu’s first graphic novel The Junction was self-published in 2020 there had been a gap of several years between that…

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Skate Knight – Shane Melisse Takes Us on a Road Knight Side Quest in this High Energy Supernatural Fantasy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 4, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! There’s a dynamism and an energy to the work of Shane Melisse that has become ever more pronounced over the last few…

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“It’s… Not a Great Feeling When Reality Outpaces Satire” – Jim Festante and James Asmus on the Social Commentary of ‘Survival Street: The Radical Left’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 2, 2024

Described as “an unrepentant action satire” the first Survival Street miniseries from Dark Horse Comics burst onto the scene in 2022 with a blistering mix of cutting social commentary, violent…

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Caliburn Prize 2024 Winner Announced – Broken Frontier 2024 ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Dominica Claribelle Wins for ‘Finding Home’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 1, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Exciting news from a Broken Frontier viewpoint today with the news that our 2024 BF ‘Six to Watch’ artist Dominica Claribelle has…

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Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank – Eric Orner’s Graphic Biography Tells the Story of One of the US’s First Openly Gay Politicians

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 28, 2024

PRIDE MONTH 2024! Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank is a graphic biography with an added level of authenticity given that its creator is Eric Orner, the one-time staff…

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A Potted Trans History – Rowan Frewin’s Zine Recounts the Stories of Trans and Non-Binary Figures through the Ages

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 27, 2024

PRIDE MONTH 2024! Across our Pride Month coverage this month at Broken Frontier we have attempted to bring relevant work from every facet of comics publishing to you. From small…

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Adversary – Blue Delliquanti’s Powerful Tale of a Queer Relationship in the Pandemic is a Challenging and Provocative Read from Silver Sprocket

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 25, 2024

PRIDE MONTH 2024! Adversary is not a single-read offering. Nor is it a story that you will digest quickly. It’s one of those comics you need to read, reflect on,…

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