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Come Join the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE New Year Special on Thurs, January 15th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 12, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week after a vacation break with a New Year Special and we’re inviting you to join…

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Lavender Clouds: Comics About Neurodivergence and Mental Health – Bex Ollerton’s Collection of Short Strips is Beautifully Eloquent

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 8, 2026

In my opening 2026 Broken Frontier article I mentioned that this year we wanted to underline our commitment to covering socially relevant comics work with a renewed vigour. That will…

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Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2025 – Events in Gaza Make Their Presence Felt in Another Eclectic Set of BF Nominations

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 6, 2026

Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 22nd annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our team has selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…

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Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine – An International Community of Palestinian Artists and Their Allies Respond to Events in Gaza

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2026

Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine is described as “an anthology of new short comics from an international community of Palestinian creators and their allies that speak to the Palestinian ability…

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Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2026

Since way back in 2012 we have been running this annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ round-up at Broken Frontier, choosing a handful of comics we…

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Broken Frontier Andytorial for January 2026 – Looking Back on a Very BF 2025 and Some Thoughts on the Future of Broken Frontier

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 5, 2026

You may have noticed that we skipped this monthly round-up towards the end of last year. In November the focus was entirely on our Thought Bubble Month and I figured…

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Happy Holidays from All of Us Here at Broken Frontier Towers! – We’ll Be Back on January 5th, 2026

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 18, 2025

We’re shutting up shop for the holidays slightly earlier than advertised this year at Broken Frontier. After our herculean coverage efforts for Thought Bubble in November I think it’s probably…

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Olivia Sullivan’s ‘Oracles’ from Avery Hill Publishing Coming Early Next Year – Sign Up to the Kickstarter Pre-Launch Page Now

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 4, 2025

One of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creators back in 2017, Olivia Sullivan has continued to amaze us in the years since with work that is both poetical and…

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“I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!” – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Finding Home’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 3, 2025

As always… we did tell you. Back in 2024, when I selected Dominica Claribelle to be one of that year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators, I said of that…

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Daisy Crouch’s ‘Very Hungry Women’ Comes to Kickstarter – Back this Super-Hero Story with a Genuine Twist Now!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 28, 2025

One of the privileges of our behind-the-scenes, off-site work at Broken Frontier is the chance to connect with emerging, often younger creators via initiatives like our Broken Frontier Connects/Small Press…

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I Feel Awful, Thanks – Lara Pickle’s Fantasy Graphic Novel Confronts Themes of Anxiety, Stress, Bullying and Self-Worth

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 27, 2025

Comics work centring on mental health awareness can broadly take two paths into communicating its message: a directly autobiographical or biographical route, or by embedding those ideas into fictional narrative….

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Colossive Cartographies #67 – Sheep, Wool and Crafts Are the Basis of Taran Taylor’s ‘Fleece and Fibre’ Zine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 26, 2025

Another batch of fold-out Colossive Cartographies zines launched a few weeks back ready for the Autumn with the first of these always worthy Colossive Press artist showcases spotlighting the practice…

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“Thought Bubble Continues to Be an Intoxicating Comics Brew of Styles, Approaches, Subject Matter and Presentation” – BF’s Andy Oliver Looks Back on Another Memorable Weekend in Harrogate

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 18, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Already feeling separation anxiety from Harrogate? Our traditional Thought Bubble report may make that sense of loss linger but I’m sure we can all agree TB…

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The Inspirational Quindrie Press to Close at the End of 2026 – Read Publisher Eve Greenwood’s Statement Here

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 17, 2025

Just before this year’s Thought Bubble we received the news that Eve Greenwood had decided to take the difficult step of shutting down the inspirational publishing force that is Quindrie…

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What Are the Broken Frontier Comics of the Festival for Thought Bubble 2025? – Some Must-Buys Here!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 14, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Every year at Broken Frontier we select two or three comics of the festival from the debuting titles that you need to make an absolute beeline…

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Where to Find the Broken Frontier Six to Watch at Thought Bubble 2025!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! We can’t finish our Thought Bubble coverage this year without a mention as to where you can find artists from the 11 years of our Broken…

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“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience Interactions

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Thought Bubble regulars Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins have had a busy 2025. On top of another volume of their collected webcomic Our Super Adventure this…

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“I Hugely Admire Comics with Dynamic Page Structure!” – Beatrijs Brouwer/Beastly Worlds on the Lure of Fantasy Storytelling and Her Creative Process

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Tying into both our Thought Bubble Month coverage and our spotlight interviews with this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators we’re speaking today at BF…

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