ARC FESTIVAL 2026! Sometimes in preparation for a piece like this you realise there are so many projects you could ask your subject about that you could probably run half…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! As we wind up Pride Month 2026 at Broken Frontier just a little reminder that you can read all our coverage for this annual BF event in…
ARC FESTIVAL 2026! Originally published digitally via the ShortBox Comics Fair, Alas, has the kind of premise for a comic that you could only expect from Sajan Rai. We’re thrown…
ARC FESTIVAL 2026! Compiling comics created by Andrés Magán in small notebooks between November 2025 and January 2026 the strips in Big Comic for Boy combine absurdism with off-centre reflections…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Pride Month at Broken Frontier may be drawing to a close but it’s also overlapping with the beginning of our summer spotlight interview series with this year’s…
The incredible work that the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival (LICAF) are doing to bring the stories of those affected by events in Gaza needs far more acknowledgment. Their From…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Irish comics creator AJ O’Neill’s breakout moment on the UK small press comics scene came two years ago with the powerful autobiographical comic The Kid in the Cave….
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Described as “a thoughtful and immersive coming-of-age memoir about one girl’s struggle to figure out and then claim her asexual identity” Cooklin’s Ace of Hearts: Lessons in…
Last year the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw – an event that has been running in multiple versions online and in-person since the summer of 2015 –…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Bone Broth by Alex Taylor (aka azbt) was the winner of the esteemed First Graphic Novel Award in 2023 and, as a result, was published last year…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Over the course of Pride Month at Broken Frontier we have included coverage of a number of children’s books on the grounds that there’s a growing adoption…
We’re always here to give a community shout-out for indie comics at BF. So please do share this call for help with organising the Selkie Awards for Scottish comics and…
As a graphic biography First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth could not be more relevant in 2026. Sadly, its celebratory tone is, to a degree, contrasted by…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Last year at Broken Frontier we gave some review time to Anna Trench’s touching graphic novel Florrie: A Football Love Story. A sporting queer romance tale set…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! KitsuneArt is one of the most versatile genre fiction creators currently working in the UK small press scene. From touching fantasy tales through to powerful sci-fi social…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! The new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration (formerly House of Illustration) has opened in Clerkenwell, London with exhibitions including the very timely, Paul Gravett-curated ‘Queer as Comics’….
PRIDE MONTH 2026! In another of our Pride spotlight interviews we chat today with emerging comics talent Nessie Mooo. Nessie talks about the premise of urban fantasy series Deathmetal, being…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Giving space to relevant illustrated children’s books always seems vitally important as part of our annual Pride Month celebrations here at Broken Frontier. Especially at a time…
“I Want to Enjoy the Process without the Pressure of Pleasing Other People” – Henry McCausland on ‘Eight-Lane Runaways’, ‘River Rangers’ and Comics as a Physical ExperienceJuly 7, 2026
“I Have a Vague Endpoint in Mind” – Linnea Sterte on the Epic ‘A Garden of Spheres’, Inspirations, and the Appeal of AmphibiansJuly 3, 2026“I Think ‘Limbo’ is Probably the Best Work I’ve Ever Done in Any Medium” – Ferry Gouw on His New Book from Breakdown Press, Cross-Media Work on ‘Major Lazer’, and Adapting His Style for Different ProjectsJune 30, 2026“Trans People Are Facing Pronounced Challenges to Our Rights Across the World Right Now” – Jua OK! on ‘Road to Chimera’ and Finding Spiritual Meaning in the Trans JourneyJune 29, 2026“Don’t Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Done – Finish Things” – AJ O’Neill on Finding Your Voice in Comics, Queer Autobio, and Experimenting with the FormJune 25, 2026
